▁ ▁Direct ed ▁by ▁V irt ua ▁F ighter ▁designer ▁Se i ichi ▁I sh ii , ▁T ek ken ▁was ▁intended ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁fund ament ally ▁similar ▁title , ▁with ▁the ▁addition ▁of ▁detailed ▁text ures ▁and ▁twice ▁the ▁frame ▁rate . ▁T ek ken ▁was ▁further ▁distinguished ▁by ▁its ▁intuit ive ▁control ▁scheme ▁and ▁memor able ▁characters . ▁Because ▁it ▁was ▁developed ▁for ▁Nam co ' s ▁System ▁ 1 1 ▁ar cade ▁board , ▁which ▁was ▁based ▁on ▁raw ▁Play Station ▁hardware , ▁T ek ken ▁was ▁easily ▁port ed ▁to ▁the ▁latter . ▁It ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁ar cade ▁game ▁to ▁use ▁this ▁board . ▁T ek ken ▁was ▁market ed ▁to ▁small ▁arc ades ▁as ▁a ▁che aper ▁alternative ▁to ▁S ega ' s ▁V irt ua ▁F ighter ▁ 2 , ▁which ▁was ▁released ▁for ▁the ▁more ▁expensive ▁Model ▁ 2 ▁ar cade ▁board . ▁ ▁Origin ally ▁released ▁for ▁the ▁arc ades ▁in ▁late ▁ 1 9 9 4 , ▁T ek ken ▁was ▁later ▁port ed ▁to ▁the ▁Play Station . ▁The ▁console ▁version ▁allowed ▁players ▁to ▁un lock ▁mid - b oss ▁characters ▁when ▁the ▁game ▁was ▁be aten ▁and ▁had ▁FM V s . ▁The ▁Play Station ▁ 2 ▁version ▁of ▁T ek ken ▁ 5 ▁features ▁the ▁ar cade ▁version ▁of ▁T ek ken ▁( be ing ▁an ▁em ulated ▁version ▁of ▁its ▁ar cade ▁counter part ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁the ▁other ▁two ▁that ▁were ▁included ▁in ▁the ▁ar cade ▁history