The original PlayStation version developed by Tamsoft. Inspired by "Virtua Fighter", they showcased it to Sony, who was impressed by this. At E3 1995, Sony announced it as an PlayStation exclusive and was promoted as a “Saturn killer” to be a rival to the Sega Saturn. It was ported by Nextech/Sega to the Sega Saturn as Toh Shin Den S in Japan and as Battle Arena Toshinden Remix in the United States and Europe. A few new features were added, including an exclusive new character named Cupido and a story mode which enables the player to learn a few details about the characters' story backgrounds and the reasons of why they had entered into the tournament. Work on the Saturn port began while the PlayStation original was still in development.