''Spiritual Warfare'' is a 1992

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developed by

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for the

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, it was later ported to

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, and

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, and re-released as a part of the ''Spiritual Warfare & Wisdom Tree Collection'' in 2017 on

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for

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, and

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.Interview: Brenda Huff
- By Nick Gibson on August 29, 2006 The game was not officially licensed by

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for the NES, so it was mostly sold in Christian bookstores instead of traditional video game retailers.

Gameplay

''Spiritual Warfare'' is presented in a

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, similar to

action-adventure game The action-adventure genre is a video game hybrid genre that combines core elements from both the action game and adventure game genres. Typically, pure adventure games have situational problems for the player to solve to complete a story ...

The Legend of Zelda ''The Legend of Zelda'' is an action-adventure game franchise created by the Japanese game designers Shigeru Miyamoto and Takashi Tezuka. It is primarily developed and published by Nintendo, although some portable installments and re-rele ...

''. The player controls a

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as he traverses an

overworld An overworld (sometimes referred to as a hub world) is, in a broad sense, commonly an area within a video game that interconnects all its levels or locations. They are mostly common in role-playing games, though this does not exclude other vide ...

with various environments. Areas of the game include a park, a downtown, an airport, a warehouse district, a hotel district, a shipyard, a residential area, a junkyard, a beach, some woods, and a prison which sits upon the final demon stronghold level. During the gameplay,

angel In various theistic religious traditions an angel is a supernatural spiritual being who serves God. Abrahamic religions often depict angels as benevolent celestial intermediaries between God (or Heaven) and humanity. Other roles include ...

s can be encountered that give

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s and

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style

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quizzes. The game has two forms of attack; a simple wind-and-dust

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(similar to the ''feng chen pao'' depicted in the ''

Huolongjing The ''Huolongjing'' (; Wade-Giles: ''Huo Lung Ching''; rendered in English as ''Fire Drake Manual'' or ''Fire Dragon Manual''), also known as ''Huoqitu'' (“Firearm Illustrations”), is a Chinese military treatise compiled and edited by Jiao ...

'') and the main weapon features

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levels Level or levels may refer to: Engineering *Level (instrument), a device used to measure true horizontal or relative heights *Spirit level, an instrument designed to indicate whether a surface is horizontal or vertical *Canal pound or level *Regr ...

in the form of the

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, represented by five fruits;

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s and

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s. The

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is a

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. The player defeats enemies by harnessing the fruits to save souls from demons, and using the currency of peace to add more Fruits of the Spirit to their arsenal. In order to free the town of the influences of "ultimate source of evil," the player must collect each of the six pieces of the

Armor of God The phrase "Armor of God" (, ''panoplian tou Theou'') is derived from Ephesians 6:11: "Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil." (King James Version).Bible Gateway Passage Lookup: Armour of God ...

, which are guarded by bosses. Along the way, the player may collect other helpful Biblical items such as Samson's Jawbone and

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Re-release

The game was ported in 2017 to

and

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using

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, as the main featured title in the ''Spiritual Warfare & Wisdom Tree Collection'' which featured the

version of ''Spiritual Warfare'', ''

Bible Adventures ''Bible Adventures'' is a Christian video game by Wisdom Tree first released in 1991 for the Nintendo Entertainment System, and ported to the Mega Drive/Genesis in 1995. The game was unusual in that it was never sold in video game outlets. It co ...

'', ''

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'', and ''

Joshua & the Battle of Jericho ''Joshua & the Battle of Jericho'' is a 1992 Christian video game developed and published by Wisdom Tree. The game is themed on the Battle of Jericho described in the Book of Joshua, in which the Israelites topple the defensive wall of the ci ...

''.

References

External links

Wisdom Tree's Spiritual Warfare websiteSpiritual Warfare
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Gameplay

Re-release

See also

References

External links