One Must Fall

One Must Fall (OMF) is a fighting game series for the IBM PC compatible, programmed by Diversions Entertainment.

The original One Must Fall is a game demo created in the wake of the success of Street Fighter II.

It features two human fighters, resembling the Karate Champ characters, who fight in a single arena.

In-game competitors were connected to a machine which allowed them direct control of, and shared sensation with, their robot counterparts.

Developed by Diversions Entertainment and co-published in December 2003 by Diversions Publishing and Trisynergy Inc. following nearly seven years of development, One Must Fall: Battlegrounds brought the One Must Fall series into a second installment released in an age where the gaming world expected graphics and gameplay in three dimensions with internet gameplay as integral portion of the offering.

A screenshot from the original One Must Fall demo.
One Must Fall: 2097 screenshot showing Crystal (in the Jaguar robot) fighting Jean-Paul (in the Shadow robot).
A screenshot from One Must Fall: Battlegrounds .