(LAST UPDATE: 7/14/09)
Developer(s): Sega AM2
Publisher(s): Sega
Designer(s): Seiichi Ishii (main designer), Yu Suzuki (director)
Platform(s): Arcade,
Sega Saturn, Sega 32X, Windows
Release: November 1993 (Arcade), November 22nd 1994 (JP Saturn), May
1995 (NA Saturn), October 20th 1995 (JP 32X), 1995 (NA 32X), August 31st 1996
(NA PC)
Characters:
Akira,
Jacky,
Kage,
Lau,
Jeffry,
Sarah,
Wolf,
Pai,
Dural
Related Games:
Virtua
Fighter Remix,
Virtua Fighter 2, Virtua
Fighter Kids, Virtua Fighter 3, Virtua
Fighter 4, Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution,
Virtua
Fighter 5, Virtua Fighter 5 R, Fighting
Vipers, Fighting Vipers 2, Fighters
Megamix, Last Bronx
Review:
Virtua
Fighter was the first fighting game to feature fully 3D polygonal
graphics... It was
Sega's rare gem in arcades consisting of mainly 2D fighting games (and
2D games in general). At the time of it's debut, gamers were amazed at
the depth of the graphics, as well as the unique and rather solid gameplay. Even though the fighters in
the game looked more like a stack of blocks than 'people', VF was still a visual
"achievement" at the time of it's debut.
The characters
of VF have their own fighting style, although they do share a lot of
the same moves. Characters fight inside an open square ring, and for some
reason, could jump INCREDIBLY high, and stay in the air for quite a long
period of time. "Ring outs" were introduced in the fighting game world
for the first time... If a fighter was knocked out of the ring, even if he or
she still have life left, they lose the round. VF had a pretty simply yet fun gameplay system that some
fighting game fans appreciated, and other (2D) fighting game fans despised. Love
it or hate it, it was undeniably an innovative fighting game.
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7.5 / 10 |
Closing Comment:
Sega was ballzy enough to take the first step into 3D fighting, and VF
definitely got some attention at 1993 arcades... It really stood out from the
crowd, and paved the way for many future 3D fighting games. I still preferred
the 2D fighting games at the time, but also put quite a few dollars into
that VF machine. That's funny, because still to this day, I enjoy both 2D &
3D fighters practically equally. ~F.Yagami,
Webmaster
of TFG
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