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Virtua Fighter

Description

3-D rendered fighting game. Can select characters, etc. Cool lit mirror marquee, came in big cabinet. Medium-res graphics.

Virtua Fighter was produced by Sega in 1993.

Sega released 593 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1960. Sega was based in United States.

Other machines made by Sega during the time period Virtua Fighter was produced include: Awesome Rat, Megalo 50 Cabinet, Desert Breaker, delete, Quiz Mekurumeku Story, Alien 3: The Gun, Dark Edge, Mazin Saga, Out Runners, and Sega Mega Play

Specs

Name	Virtua Fighter
Developer	Sega (United States)
Year	1993
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	10328
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Fighting
Monitor	Orientation: Horizontal Type: Raster: Medium Resolution Color: Color
Conversion Class	Sega Model 1
# Simultaneous Players	2
# Maximum Players	2
Game Play	Competitive
Control Panel Layout	Multiple Player
Controls	Joystick: 8-way Buttons: 3 - Punch\|Kick\|Guard
Sound	Amplified Stereo (two channel)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard
Control Panel	Virtua Fighter Control Panel Image
Side Art	Virtua Fighter Side Art Image

Video Clips

Virtua Fighter short play by Ivan Paduano

Game Play

This game is very similar to Street Fighter EX without the Hyper-Combos, some of the throws, and you can push the joystick back to block. You must push button to block.

Virtua Fighter KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.68 (8 votes)

Fun Factor: 3.97

Overall Like	4.14
Fun (Social)	4.43
Fun (Solo)	3.86
Collector Desire	3.29

Technical Rating: 3.75

Gameplay	3.86
Graphics	4.29
Originality	4.29
Sound/Music	3.75

Personal Impressions and Technical Impressions each account for half of the total score. Within the Personal Impressions category, Like carries a little more weight than the other factors.

Images

Cabinet Information

The game has a cool, mirror-lit marquee (makes it look 3-D). The cabinet above is a conversion of Mega Man: The Power Battle, and Rockman 2: The Power Fighters.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Virtua Fighter Census

There are 15,247 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,663 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 166,913 machines (6,994 unique titles).

Very Common - There are 96 known instances of this machine owned by Virtua Fighter collectors who are active members. Of these, 78 of them are original dedicated machines. 18 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There are 13 active VAPS members with a Virtua Fighter machines for sale. There are 5 active VAPS members with a Virtua Fighter circuit boards for sale.

Wanted - There is one active VAPS member currently looking for Virtua Fighter. There is one active VAPS member looking for a Virtua Fighter circuit board set.

This game ranks a 24 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

This game ranks a 3 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.

Rarity and Popularity independently are not necessarily indications of value. [More Information]

Flyers

Sega Amusement CG World Machine Guide

1995 / 12 Pages

Legacy

Manuals

Manual - Virtua Fighter Manual — **Manual**
(9 pages, 1.5 MB File)

Additional References (logged in members often see more)

3D Model (External): Upright (437b709166ab4081baf441433a518a3d)

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