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Virtua Fighter (arcade game)

Virtua Fighter
North American arcade flyer of Virtua Fighter.
North American arcade flyer
Developer(s) Sega AM2
Publisher(s) Sega
Director(s) Yu Suzuki
Producer(s) Yu Suzuki
Designer(s) Seiichi Ishii
Programmer(s) Toru Ikebuchi
Composer(s) Takayuki Nakamura
Series Virtua Fighter
Platform(s) Arcade, Saturn, 32X, R-Zone, Windows
Release Arcade
October 1993
April 1995 (Remix)
Saturn
  • JP: November 22, 1994
  • NA: May 11, 1995
  • EU: July 8, 1995
  • JP: July 14, 1995 (Remix)
  • NA: October 2, 1995 (Remix)
  • EU: October 27, 1995 (Remix)
32X
  • JP: October 20, 1995
  • NA: October 10, 1995
  • EU: November 30, 1995
Windows 95 (Remix)
  • NA: August 31, 1996
  • EU: 1996
Genre(s) Fighting
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer
Cabinet Upright
Arcade system Model 1, ST-V (Remix)
Display Horizontally oriented, 496 × 384, 8192 palette colors
Review scores
Publication Score
AllGame 5/5 stars (Arcade)
CVG 95%
Edge 9 / 10 (SAT)
EGM 31.5 / 40 (SAT)
29 / 40 (32X)
Famitsu 36 / 40 (SAT)
30 / 40 (32X)
GamesMaster 96%
Maximum 5/5 stars (SAT)
Mean Machines 96%
Mega 97%
Next Generation 4/5 stars (SAT, 32X)
5/5 stars (Remix)
Sega Power 97%
Sega Saturn Magazine 5/5 stars (Remix)
Sega Saturn Tsūshin 38 / 40
Ultimate Future Games 96%
Awards
Publication Award
(1994) 3rd Best Game of the Year,
3rd Best Fighting Game,
6th Best Graphics
Electronic Gaming Monthly, 1UP,Famitsu,
Computer Gaming World
Best Games of All Time
GameSpot, 1UP Most Influential Games of All Time

Virtua Fighter (Japanese: バーチャファイター Hepburn: Bācha Faitā?) is a fighting game created for the Sega Model 1 arcade platform by AM2, a development group within Sega, headed by Yu Suzuki. It was released in October 1993. It is the first game in the Virtua Fighter series, and the first arcade fighting game to feature fully 3D polygon graphics. The game has been ported to several platforms including the Sega Saturn, Sega 32X, and Microsoft Windows. A critically acclaimed and hit game, Virtua Fighter was highly regarded for its in-depth fighting engine and real world fighting techniques, and has been revolutionary and highly influential in the evolution of the genre and video games in general.

An update titled Virtua Fighter Remix by AM1 was released for the Saturn in 1995, and ported to the arcade later that same year. The game's remake, Virtua Fighter 10th Anniversary, was released exclusively for the PlayStation 2 in 2003 as a stand-alone title in Japan and as a bonus to Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution in North America.

The Virtua label indicates that the onscreen action takes place in 3D. The images were created using wireframe and flat-shaded quads. Beyond 3D, it retained the staple of multiple characters, each with their own distinctive moves.


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