So yeah, it’s been places.

The original installment followed a somewhat clichéd storyline; Heihachi Mishima, talented martial artist and head of a huge corporation is holding the “King of Iron Fist Tournament.” To the victor go the spoils and riches. As the tournament begins, there are only 8 combatants left to claim the prize.  

Based on a 4 Button layout, Namco opted for a neat twist on the button allocation. Rather than High and Low like Mortal Kombat, or the advancing strengths of Street Fighter’s, they opted to assign each button to a limb; one for right and left foot, as well as left and right hand. This allowed a more logical explanation to the thought process in developing and remembering combos, since moves were performed by the proper body part. Players could now ‘dial in’ combos by just remembering the animations. Those quick enough on the draw could then perform the devastating 10 to 11-Hit combo patterns that lay buried deep within each fighter’s arsenal. Although 3D in graphics, Tekken is a 2D game, though playfields will automatically scroll so that a player can not be trapped against a wall. Blocking is performed by pressing back on the controller.

Once you plow through the other 7 characters, you would face a sub-boss. This opponent was based entirely on who you picked, and would become playable once the game was beaten.

Considering this was basically arcade exact, especially now with the PlayStation 2’s Smooth and Fast Load functions, the game still hold sup after all these years. Granted, there’s no tagging, no super-moves, no nothing.

But then, Tekken never needed that.  

• There are 3 known variants. See Below.
  
  
• This is the first PlayStation game to ever sell 1 Million units.
  
  
• Tekken's hidden characters really are hidden. Once unlocked, you must scroll off-screen to select them.



• Like Ridge Racer, while Tekken is being loaded into RAM, you can play a mini game based on one of Namco's older arcade games. In this case, the loading screen game is the bonus stage from Galaga.



• Tek ken means "Iron Fist"



• Tekken features 4 camera views that are selectable to player one in the first 10 seconds of the round. These views are Standard, High, Above, and Ground. 



• Features two different Attraction screens: Movie based and actual game play footage. Namco still uses this format today. 

   

No known changes appear between the three versions aside from the standard layout issue.