Eternal Champions: Challenge from the Dark Side
Eternal Champions: Challenge from the Dark Side — frequently asked questions
- What platforms is Eternal Champions: Challenge from the Dark Side on?
- Eternal Champions: Challenge from the Dark Side was released on Sega CD.
- When did Eternal Champions: Challenge from the Dark Side release?
- Eternal Champions: Challenge from the Dark Side was first released on February 5, 1995.
About Eternal Champions: Challenge from the Dark Side
From various time periods of past, present and future, nine fighters killed in an unjust manner find themselves given a second chance for life. An alien being, known only as the Eternal Champion, brings back the fighters into a competition for one reason: to find one among them worthy of being resurrected, giving them a chance to avert their death and tip the balance between good and evil. The fighters range from different eras of Earth's History: Larcen, the cat burglar. Jetta, the circus acrobat. Blade, the futuristic bounty hunter. Midknight, the vampiric bio-chemist. Rax, the cyborg. Shadow, the corporate assassin. Slash, the neanderthal. Trident, a Atlantean warrior. And Xavier, a warlock and alchemist.
Summary via IGDB.
Game details
- Platforms
- Sega CD
- Developer
- SEGA Interactive Development Division
- Publisher
- Sega Enterprises, Ltd.
- Game modes
- Single player, Split screen
- Themes
- Action
Details via IGDB.
Collector value & authenticity
Sega CD · PriceCharting sold data · Verified 2026-11-02
Other releases and variants
| Release | Loose | Complete | Sealed |
|---|---|---|---|
| European (PAL) release (Eternal Champions Challenge From The Dark Side) | $70 | $137 | — |
How often it sells
- Loose: about 2 times a month
- Complete: about once a week
- Sealed: about 5 times a year
Sales frequency from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, as of 2026-11-02.
Price over time
- Loose
- Complete
A loose copy sold for about $5.90 in Apr 2008, $31 five years ago, and $22 as of Nov 2026.
Show as table
| Month | Loose | Complete |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 2009 | $7.99 | — |
| Jan 2010 | $2.54 | — |
| Jan 2011 | $2.45 | — |
| Jan 2012 | $3.68 | — |
| Jan 2013 | $5.31 | — |
| Jan 2014 | $9.99 | $14.99 |
| Jan 2015 | $11.99 | $16.49 |
| Jan 2016 | $9.99 | $16.99 |
| Jan 2017 | $14.99 | $21 |
| Jan 2018 | $17.12 | $21 |
| Jan 2019 | $15.81 | $25 |
| Jan 2020 | $21 | $28 |
| Jan 2021 | $25 | $33 |
| Jan 2022 | $38 | $45 |
| Jan 2023 | $25 | $45 |
| Jan 2024 | $15.01 | $40 |
| Jan 2025 | $19.95 | $39 |
| Jan 2026 | $17.87 | $37 |
| Nov 2026 | $22 | $38 |
Monthly price estimates from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, sampled quarterly, through Nov 2026.
Release record
| Territory | Date | Product number | Barcode |
|---|---|---|---|
| North America | 1995 | 4427 | 010086044270 |
| Europe / PAL | May 1995 | 4427-50 | — |
- Region
- NA+EU
- Released
- 1995
- Authenticity
- Med
An enlarged Sega CD take on the Genesis fighter whose extra characters and video finishers did not impress Electronic Gaming Monthly.
Eternal Champions: Challenge from the Dark Side is the Sega CD update of the Genesis fighter Eternal Champions. It keeps the nine fighters and the boss from that game and adds 13 playable characters, nine of them hidden, plus a new boss. Its new finishers, called Cinekills, are fatality scenes in full motion video.
Electronic Gaming Monthly was unimpressed. Ed Semrad called it a hodgepodge of fatalities around a poor fighting game, and the other three reviewers agreed that flashy finishers were drawing attention away from loose controls, sluggish combat and little improvement over the first game.
How it was made
Sega Interactive Development Division developed it, and Michael Latham designed both this game and the original.
What the press said at the time
| Computer + Video Games Issue 162 | May 1995 | Graphics 84, Sound 85, Playability 90, Value 93 |
| Next Generation Issue 2 | February 1995 | 4/5 |
“This is a really superb example of how to make use of the space a CD affords.”
“Apart from that, take Eternal Champions CD for what it is: a very playable, highly enjoyable combat game. If Mega- CD had more releases of this quality, the system might really have taken off.”
“Mortal Kombat 2 especially moved the genre on in a way that makes Eternal Champions look dated.”
“the CD version improves the fighting system and picks up the pace, then pulls out all the stops and throws in every kind of extra”
Before you buy
The North American disc sits about in the middle on price among North American Sega CD games, while the European disc usually costs far more, loose and complete. A European disc needs a European Mega-CD. Ask for photos of the printed side of the disc, the data side and the inner ring, and match the title and catalogue number to the case.
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