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

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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

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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. ^*. It also had an arcade release.

External links

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• 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

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