Virtua Fighter

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For the series, see Virtua Fighter series.

Virtua Fighter is a 1993 fighting game developed by the Sega studio AM2, headed by Yu Suzuki. It was the first game in the Virtua Fighter series, and the very first 3D-based fighting game. It has been ported to several home video game consoles including the Sega Saturn and Sega 32X. A port with enhanced graphics was also released for Microsoft Windows.

Overview

The Virtua label indicates that the onscreen action takes place in 3D; Virtua Fighter was one of the first fully 3D games to do so. The images were created using wireframes and flat-shaded polygons. Beyond 3D it retained the staple of multiple characters, each with their own distinctive moves. The game is highly regarded for its in-depth fighting engine and real world fighting techniques, and was considered revolutionary when it first appeared.

Virtua Fighter Remix

Virtua Fighter Remix was an enhanced version of the original Virtua Fighter with higher-polygon counts, texture-mapping and some gameplay changes. It was given free to all registered Saturn owners in the US via mail. [link]. It also had an arcade release.

External links

[Virtua Fighter] at MobyGames
[Video featuette] showing how Virtua Fighter later evolved into "Project Berkley" aka Shenmue
[Arcade version referenced and shown] within this 2002 video piece on the history of Polygon Graphics

*Virtua Fighter* series
Main series: Virtua Fighter > Virtua Fighter 2 \| Virtua Fighter 3 \| Virtua Fighter 4 \| Virtua Fighter 5
Related titles: Virtua Fighter Kids > Virtua Fighter Mini \| Fighting Vipers \| Fighters Megamix \| Virtua Quest

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