Virtua Fighter (Japanese: バーチャファイター, Hepburn: Bācha Faitā) is a fighting game created for the Sega Model 1 arcade platform by AM2, a development group within Sega, headed by Yu Suzuki. It was released in October 1993. It is the first game in the Virtua Fighter series, and the first arcade fighting game to feature fully 3D polygon graphics. The game has been ported to several platforms including the Sega Saturn, Sega 32X, and Microsoft Windows. A critically acclaimed and hit game, Virtua Fighter was highly regarded for its in-depth fighting engine and real world fighting techniques, and has been revolutionary and highly influential in the evolution of the genre and video games in general.
An update titled Virtua Fighter Remix, developed by AM1, was released for the Saturn in 1995, and ported to the arcade later that same year. The game’s remake, Virtua Fighter 10th Anniversary, was released exclusively for the PlayStation 2 in 2003 as a stand-alone title in Japan and as a bonus to Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution in North America.
Virtua Fighter
Virtua Fighter helped define the future of fighting games as one of the first fully 3D polygonal fighters, proving that 3D gameplay could work in arcades and at home.
Its clean mechanics, distinctive fighters and technical depth make Virtua Fighter feel precise, elegant and rewarding even decades later.
- One of the most influential fighting games ever made
- Helped popularise 3D polygon graphics in arcades
- Inducted into multiple gaming hall-of-fame lists
Virtua Fighter was so influential that some of its technology was later used by Lockheed Martin for military simulation research.
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