I was 11 when Virtua Fighter first came out in the arcades. I know it looks like garbage now but I remember how revolutionary it was at the time. There was nothing else out there like it and there was always a crowd of kids around a machine at the local arcade. I was excited about one day being able to play a game like that at home.
Yes, back then polygon games were still in their infancy, so it was a gigantic leap forwards. This was the same year that Mortal Kombat II and Super Street Fighter II were released.
It's quite amazing how quickly developers were getting used to making 3D games at the time. In a space of 3 years we went from death shaded polygons to fully texture mapped ones. It's also the reason why home consoles were vastly different in what they could do in terms of 3D for ones released at this time.
I remember first seeing a screenshot of a 3D Ryu in a blue gi from SF EX in a magazine back in 1996. It was a stark realization of how much video technology had changed by the mid nineties, especially as many of us were still playing the 2D SF2 and SF Alpha.
With the sole exception of Last Bronx, I remember playing each of these in the arcade. Talk about nostalgia! You forgot Beastorizer or bloody roar, though. I know it was gimmicky, but I still love that game... maybe because of just how rare it was ...
Thanks for the awesome trip down in memory lane. The 90s was such a blast with these types of games. Love these types of games to death especially Soul Edge, Virtua Fighter, and Fighting Vipers. Also there's a typo on 4:01.
This takes me back. The first time I played Virtua Fighter was in a Arcade in Bogey's Golf and Family Entertainment in Memphis, Tennessee. I use to play Virtua Fighter 2 at the local K-Mart department store walking distance from home. The Sega Model 2 developed by Sega with assistance from American aerospace contractor Lockheed Martin.
Okay, minor call out, the version of Dead or Alive shown is Dead or Alive++ which was an arcade port of the PS1 version of the game and ran on a Tecmo variant of the SONY ZN-1 and not the Model 2. The variant is closer to the Namco System 12 architecture than the System 11 similarly specced ZN-1's mostly found in arcade games at the time and was called the Tecmo TPS (Tecmo PlayStation). It was developed with assistance from SONY and Namco and supposedly contains Tekken 2 code. I'm pointing this out as the original arcade release was indeed on Model 2 and featured assistance from members of AM2 and used parts of the Virtua Fighter 2 code AM3 used for Last Bronx in it's development. The Saturn port, like Last Bronx, was also built from the base source code of Virtua Fighter 2 for Saturn, which is the reason the PlayStation version differs drastically in terms of visuals, arena configuration, etc, as those features could be replicated, but were not permitted under the license. Dead or Alive is notable for being one of the few non SEGA produced arcade titles to use the Model 2 hardware, but also the only game to appear on both SEGA's main arcade board and SONY's main arcade board of it's time. This is most likely the reason Itagaki stated that the Saturn/Model 2 version was the "true Dead or Alive 1" when interviewed about the release of Ultimate, it's due to licensing issues at the time not allowing him to release DoA++ on Xbox thanks to the licensed code owned by Namco and their contract with SONY, in contrast, if the PS2 or PS3 ever saw a release of Ultimate, then we could have seen DoA++ included instead of the Saturn/Model 2 version of DoA1.
Many memories of the 90s,i remember i played Tekken 2 and 3 a lot in 1997-98 on the arcades what a great time to be alive,if i remember correctly Virtua Fighter was one the first 3d games i saw in the arcades,also Dead or Alive 1 ,Namco Alpine Racer and Battle Arena Toshinden on Ps1.
I kinda remember Virtua Fighter 2 back in the days. Fighting Games on the original Playstation is what got me into the Fighting Genre. 6:10- That's the Playstation Version of Dead Or Alive. It's completely different from the Arcade/Saturn Versions.
Oh man, I miss Last Bronx. I wish they made a sequel or a remake. Or at least some kind of patch that supported hardware rendering. I used to play a pc version.
The Virtua Fighter series was the most that I spent with a 3D fighter. It got me to take 3D fighters seriously. Dead or Alive was the 1st 3D fighting game series that got me to like 3D fighters.
I know it was never especially popular, but I actually love the Street Fighter EX series, and EX3 is my second favorite Street Fighter game, after Third Strike.
Yeah the early days of 3d fighting games where Sega and Namco introduced us 3d hand to hand combat system or weapon based combat meanwhile Akira was introduced 2.5 d street fighter gameplay which shows that they were really ahead of it's time and Team ninja provide us great fan services with great physics
Tekken gave me a lot of memories as a kid I beat it twice and loved it even got it as a birthday gift for the original playstation when it was released for that console 😲
Battle Arena Toshinden 2 (a reverse port?) is a pretty good fighter imo but not as good as Soul Edge/Blade. It’s predecessor is a C-tier fighter though I won’t deny its importance and I wish people would recognize its historical significance/impact and put it in a positive light as it was a launch title on the PS1 and the first ever weapon-based fighter. Dare I say without it, we wouldn’t have Soul Calibur.
I do love 90s fighting games for their clear graphics and atmosphere of Asian martial arts. Ironically, the hardware of 2000s made the genre dead for me. The backgrounds are full of low poly shit moving forward and backward. Every punch or kick causes crazy lighting effects, which fill up the screen. And these stupid combos, which literary don't let you land - it's stupid.
Dead or Alive takes influence from games like Virtua Fighter, and add gameplay elements of its own. Pretty sure what many are thinking about. 🤣👍 Love Toshinden (my most played PC fighter) and Soul Edge and SF EX (PS1).
I'm looking for a game that was 3D and I think it had moves like street fighter and the characters were kinda cubed in shape and form? Someone please help me! It's a bit like Street Fighter EX Plus Alpha.
i hate to be that guy but....tekken, vf2, tekken 2, fighting vipers and last bronx all have the resolution set too high on your emulator. and the doa footage is not doa but doa++, an arcade port of the playstation edition. it sounds like a nitpick but they are not the same game.
Virtual fighter fue para un 🤯 en esa época (creo que te conté eso en el vídeo de juegos de carreras que pusiste) esa máquina estaba en el lugar donde me llevaba mi mamá a jugar varios fines de semana, yo siendo una niña que solo conocía el pixel, ver virtual fighter fue wow para mí, creo creo creo que ví el Tekken 1 por allí tengo recuerdos un poco difusos; con Tekken de manera "oficial" empecé con el 3 y vaya que si agarre vicio con Tekken 3 en las maquinitas xDDDD Realmente es una lastima que Street fighter ex, supuestamente fue un fracaso, a mi personalmente me encantó, otro que veía con relativa frecuencia en algunos lugares, en mi país hacían una feria cada año en agosto y casi siempre lo ponían junto a otros, ya te imaginarás para donde agarraba caminito yo verdad? 😏😏🤭🤭 Dead or alive me caía mal, no se... Sentía que solo era resaltar tipas tetonas, puro fan service pues (yo sé que los juegos de lucha no están extensos a eso) xDDDD y lo sentía una copia de Tekken o virtual fight, pero la cuestión es que me caía mal, y pues al ver la película me cayó más mal aún xDDDD (yo sé que las películas de videojuegos suelen ser malas) Buen video presente aquí como siempre 👌
thats insane when you think that street fighter 2 was made only 2 years before virtua fighter, and 2 years after you had more advance graphics and gameplay, today people wont understand how great and important was the 90s , in 6 years you came from praising super nes games or arcade games graphics like final fight to playing 3d games with rotating camera, and in 1996 arcades thar were the king were declining because you had better and really longer gams in your home. ( actually they extended life with big cabinets imposible to play it at hhome games.
SOUL EDGE FOR LIFE! HAd Toshinden 2, but it was boring fast. Virtua Fighter 2 was better, Tekken 2 was better than that, SF EX was superior to those and almost all that came before too. SOme might consider SOUl Edge a close 2nd to EX, but I love SOul Edge more. Dead or Alive is in third place regardless because, lets be honest...the games didnt really up the "eye candy" until later years, but it was still cool to see chicks bustin moves and kickin ass.
This video belongs to a series that recalls the beginnings of a genre through its first 10 games. I hope you enjoy this trip down memory lane!
That is true the 90 fighting game where good times especially 3D
Kids of today will never understand the leap into 3D fighting back in 1993 when Virtua Fighting was released. It was absolutely amazing!
Wrong! I am 14 and absolutely adore VF!
I was 11 when Virtua Fighter first came out in the arcades. I know it looks like garbage now but I remember how revolutionary it was at the time. There was nothing else out there like it and there was always a crowd of kids around a machine at the local arcade. I was excited about one day being able to play a game like that at home.
Yes, back then polygon games were still in their infancy, so it was a gigantic leap forwards. This was the same year that Mortal Kombat II and Super Street Fighter II were released.
It's quite amazing how quickly developers were getting used to making 3D games at the time. In a space of 3 years we went from death shaded polygons to fully texture mapped ones.
It's also the reason why home consoles were vastly different in what they could do in terms of 3D for ones released at this time.
I remember first seeing a screenshot of a 3D Ryu in a blue gi from SF EX in a magazine back in 1996. It was a stark realization of how much video technology had changed by the mid nineties, especially as many of us were still playing the 2D SF2 and SF Alpha.
With the sole exception of Last Bronx, I remember playing each of these in the arcade. Talk about nostalgia!
You forgot Beastorizer or bloody roar, though. I know it was gimmicky, but I still love that game... maybe because of just how rare it was ...
Thanks for the awesome trip down in memory lane. The 90s was such a blast with these types of games. Love these types of games to death especially Soul Edge, Virtua Fighter, and Fighting Vipers.
Also there's a typo on 4:01.
These Games are Legendary, thank you for uploading this.
This takes me back. The first time I played Virtua Fighter was in a Arcade in Bogey's Golf and Family Entertainment in Memphis, Tennessee. I use to play Virtua Fighter 2 at the local K-Mart department store walking distance from home. The Sega Model 2 developed by Sega with assistance from American aerospace contractor Lockheed Martin.
3D fighting games in particular are my favorite in the genre. I own every single one of these games and a few obscure ones.
Too bad that this genre is almost forgotten nowadays, 3d fighting games were awesome, but they come back to 2d or 2.5d.
Okay, minor call out, the version of Dead or Alive shown is Dead or Alive++ which was an arcade port of the PS1 version of the game and ran on a Tecmo variant of the SONY ZN-1 and not the Model 2. The variant is closer to the Namco System 12 architecture than the System 11 similarly specced ZN-1's mostly found in arcade games at the time and was called the Tecmo TPS (Tecmo PlayStation). It was developed with assistance from SONY and Namco and supposedly contains Tekken 2 code.
I'm pointing this out as the original arcade release was indeed on Model 2 and featured assistance from members of AM2 and used parts of the Virtua Fighter 2 code AM3 used for Last Bronx in it's development. The Saturn port, like Last Bronx, was also built from the base source code of Virtua Fighter 2 for Saturn, which is the reason the PlayStation version differs drastically in terms of visuals, arena configuration, etc, as those features could be replicated, but were not permitted under the license.
Dead or Alive is notable for being one of the few non SEGA produced arcade titles to use the Model 2 hardware, but also the only game to appear on both SEGA's main arcade board and SONY's main arcade board of it's time.
This is most likely the reason Itagaki stated that the Saturn/Model 2 version was the "true Dead or Alive 1" when interviewed about the release of Ultimate, it's due to licensing issues at the time not allowing him to release DoA++ on Xbox thanks to the licensed code owned by Namco and their contract with SONY, in contrast, if the PS2 or PS3 ever saw a release of Ultimate, then we could have seen DoA++ included instead of the Saturn/Model 2 version of DoA1.
The Sega model 2 is just amazing
Many memories of the 90s,i remember i played Tekken 2 and 3 a lot in 1997-98 on the arcades what a great time to be alive,if i remember correctly Virtua Fighter was one the first 3d games i saw in the arcades,also Dead or Alive 1 ,Namco Alpine Racer and Battle Arena Toshinden on Ps1.
I still remember the first time I saw Virtua Fighter in the arcade as a kid. Truly mind blowing experience, 32x port was worthy as well.
One more mention needs to go to Psychic Force, Fighting Bujutsu, Fighters Impact.
I kinda remember Virtua Fighter 2 back in the days.
Fighting Games on the original Playstation is what got me into the Fighting Genre.
6:10- That's the Playstation Version of Dead Or Alive. It's completely different from the Arcade/Saturn Versions.
Oh man, I miss Last Bronx. I wish they made a sequel or a remake. Or at least some kind of patch that supported hardware rendering. I used to play a pc version.
Amazing video broh, cheers from valparaiso-chile dear friend😀
Given the figures for Virtua Fighter you provided, Sega generated around $840 million in revenue from the sale of those arcade machines.
The SEGA SATURN / PLAYSTATION era it's my favorite one. I simply love the clumsy 3D graphics. 😎
Star Gladiator Episode 1. I'll never forget.
The Virtua Fighter series was the most that I spent with a 3D fighter. It got me to take 3D fighters seriously. Dead or Alive was the 1st 3D fighting game series that got me to like 3D fighters.
Virtua Fighter keeps a special reserved slot in my soul. First fighting game I played as a kid and glad to know its still remembered...sort of.
Very good job. But DOA ++ and DOA 2 were way different games. DOA++ was a Sony ZN-1 arcade game, while DOA 2 was a Sega model 2 game.
I know it was never especially popular, but I actually love the Street Fighter EX series, and EX3 is my second favorite Street Fighter game, after Third Strike.
I'd like to add Ehrgeiz and Fighters Impact as nice 3D arcade games in the 90s.
Yeah the early days of 3d fighting games where Sega and Namco introduced us 3d hand to hand combat system or weapon based combat meanwhile Akira was introduced 2.5 d street fighter gameplay which shows that they were really ahead of it's time and Team ninja provide us great fan services with great physics
Tekken gave me a lot of memories as a kid I beat it twice and loved it even got it as a birthday gift for the original playstation when it was released for that console 😲
Out of all the games listed here, Last Bronx is the only one I hadn't played.
I remember SoulBlade on PS1. It was a damn good game.
CRAZY HOW QUICKLY THEY WERE PUMPING OUT BRAND NEW TITLES BACK THEN 💪
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my dear virtua fighter
Toshiden 1 was the first weapon based 3D fighting game, so it's strange that you ignored it and skipped to the sequel.
When 3D fighters rarely had sidestepping mechanics, them fun days hhahaaha
Voiceovers! Give it a shot, really transforms video.
VF2 is still my second favorite 3d fighting game of all time (Soul calibur is number 1 and soul calibur 2 and Tekken 5 would be my 3 and 4)
I have never heard of Sony zn1 was it more powerful than ps1?
Happy 30th anniversary for virtua fighter
Battle Arena Toshinden 2 (a reverse port?) is a pretty good fighter imo but not as good as Soul Edge/Blade. It’s predecessor is a C-tier fighter though I won’t deny its importance and I wish people would recognize its historical significance/impact and put it in a positive light as it was a launch title on the PS1 and the first ever weapon-based fighter. Dare I say without it, we wouldn’t have Soul Calibur.
I do love 90s fighting games for their clear graphics and atmosphere of Asian martial arts.
Ironically, the hardware of 2000s made the genre dead for me. The backgrounds are full of low poly shit moving forward and backward.
Every punch or kick causes crazy lighting effects, which fill up the screen.
And these stupid combos, which literary don't let you land - it's stupid.
I Wish For Sonic The Fighters On The SEGA Saturn
First real 3d games were Tekken 3 and Soul Blade with 3d movement, Tobal too.
VF3 in 1996 ;l
Evolved ! (PS4, Xbox One)
Virtua fighter was scary.
Tekken was hideous!
BUT TEKKEN 2 waa when I really took notice of 3D fighting games✌🏽
Dead or Alive takes influence from games like Virtua Fighter, and add gameplay elements of its own.
Pretty sure what many are thinking about. 🤣👍
Love Toshinden (my most played PC fighter) and Soul Edge and SF EX (PS1).
New Joel Perez from virtua fighter
I'm looking for a game that was 3D and I think it had moves like street fighter and the characters were kinda cubed in shape and form? Someone please help me! It's a bit like Street Fighter EX Plus Alpha.
So now, it's just Tekken, Soul Calibur and DOA.
Pretty sure Psychic Force predates Dead or Alive by a few months.
@1:36 "RIP... YOUR... TWAT!"
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i hate to be that guy but....tekken, vf2, tekken 2, fighting vipers and last bronx all have the resolution set too high on your emulator. and the doa footage is not doa but doa++, an arcade port of the playstation edition. it sounds like a nitpick but they are not the same game.
I was there, I played them all
Virtual fighter fue para un 🤯 en esa época (creo que te conté eso en el vídeo de juegos de carreras que pusiste) esa máquina estaba en el lugar donde me llevaba mi mamá a jugar varios fines de semana, yo siendo una niña que solo conocía el pixel, ver virtual fighter fue wow para mí, creo creo creo que ví el Tekken 1 por allí tengo recuerdos un poco difusos; con Tekken de manera "oficial" empecé con el 3 y vaya que si agarre vicio con Tekken 3 en las maquinitas xDDDD
Realmente es una lastima que Street fighter ex, supuestamente fue un fracaso, a mi personalmente me encantó, otro que veía con relativa frecuencia en algunos lugares, en mi país hacían una feria cada año en agosto y casi siempre lo ponían junto a otros, ya te imaginarás para donde agarraba caminito yo verdad? 😏😏🤭🤭
Dead or alive me caía mal, no se... Sentía que solo era resaltar tipas tetonas, puro fan service pues (yo sé que los juegos de lucha no están extensos a eso) xDDDD y lo sentía una copia de Tekken o virtual fight, pero la cuestión es que me caía mal, y pues al ver la película me cayó más mal aún xDDDD (yo sé que las películas de videojuegos suelen ser malas)
Buen video presente aquí como siempre 👌
thats insane when you think that street fighter 2 was made only 2 years before virtua fighter, and 2 years after you had more advance graphics and gameplay, today people wont understand how great and important was the 90s , in 6 years you came from praising super nes games or arcade games graphics like final fight to playing 3d games with rotating camera, and in 1996 arcades thar were the king were declining because you had better and really longer gams in your home. ( actually they extended life with big cabinets imposible to play it at hhome games.
Bloddy roar ? Rivals School ???
VF3 maybe ?
I made a game called Woken. You play a 506lbs Karen and beat up service people who don't let you see the manager.
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90s
And physics... 😂
How could virtua fighter ripped off Ryu and Ken just like that
Many same fightings where 3D is only graphics and real 3D fighting Virtual On not on list
SOUL EDGE FOR LIFE! HAd Toshinden 2, but it was boring fast. Virtua Fighter 2 was better, Tekken 2 was better than that, SF EX was superior to those and almost all that came before too. SOme might consider SOUl Edge a close 2nd to EX, but I love SOul Edge more. Dead or Alive is in third place regardless because, lets be honest...the games didnt really up the "eye candy" until later years, but it was still cool to see chicks bustin moves and kickin ass.
If you grew up as anything other than an 80's born....unlucky