Great Swordsman
Released: 1984
Pitch: Prove yourself the greatest swordsman in the world.
Great Swordsman is basically a fencing simulator. You can move left and right and attack high, mid, and low. That's it. There is definitely some strategy with timing and what attacks expose certain parts of your body but it's not too deep. Coolest thing that happened while I was playing was I somehow knocked my opponent's sword from his hand once and it flew up and hit his own head. That was a neat moment.
There are multiple themed stages but I couldn't get past the third opponent of the fencing stage.
I could see Nether Realms Studios updating this one ...
Fencing huh? Is there a Curling video game too?
Leave it to Taito to make a dedicated arcade fencing game. I know there are fencing mini-games in some Olympic video games, but I don't think there are too many dedicated fencing games only.
Hmmm, I don't know about this one. Kinda like the different arena designs though, inventive with a limited palette.