Power Athlete

Power Athlete (パワーアスリート), known outside Japan for the Sega Genesis as Deadly Moves and for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System as Power Moves, is a 1992 fighting video game developed by System Vision and published by Kaneko.

The gameplay is that of a traditional head-to-head fighting game.

But unlike most games of its type, the single-player mode is limited to one character, Joe, who is the protagonist of the game.

One of the game's most distinctive aspects is an RPG-like system which enables the player to boost Joe's various attributes, such as strength, speed and endurance.

Another gimmick is the use of a two-plane fighting area (similar to that of SNK's Fatal Fury: King of Fighters).