Street Fighter Zero 3 Upper

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Street Fighter Zero 3 Upper
System(s): Sega NAOMI GD-ROM
Publisher: Sega Corporation
Developer:
Peripherals supported: Visual Memory Unit
Genre: Fighting

















Number of players: 1-2
Release Date RRP Code
Arcade (NAOMI GD-ROM)
JP
¥? GDL-0002

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Street Fighter Zero 3 Upper (ストリートファイター ZERO3アッパー) is a revision of Street Fighter Zero 3 for Sega NAOMI GD-ROM. It is based on the Sega Dreamcast port of the game rather than the original arcade game (which was developed for Capcom's CPS-2 arcade board).

This version incorporates many features from the home ports, including the new characters (Evil Ryu, Shin Gouki, Dee Jay, Fei Long, T. Hawk, and Guile, plus M. Bison, Juli, and Juni are now immediately selectable and have their full stories and endings). It also includes some balance changes, including fixing the "crouch canceling" glitch that could lead to infinite combos in V-ism. Upper also allows players to upload customized characters from the Dreamcast version's World Tour mode by inserting a VMU into a memory card slot on the cabinet.

Gameplay

Main article: Street Fighter Alpha 3#Gameplay.

History

Legacy

A Game Boy Advance version was developed by Crawfish Interactive and released in 2002. Due to hardware limitations, this version cuts animation frames, stages, music tracks, and voices. However, it retains the entire roster and adds Eagle, Maki, and Yun from Capcom vs. SNK 2.

In 2006, the game was re-released as a hidden game in Street Fighter Zero: Fighters' Generation for the PlayStation 2 (called Street Fighter Alpha Anthology outside of Japan). This version adds the Dramatic Battle and Survival modes and the "Mode" fighting styles (Normal, Mazi, Saikyou, and Classic) from the Dreamcast version. In 2025, the game was re-released again as part of Capcom Fighting Collection 2 for the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Steam. This version includes online play and additional features such as a new training mode with visible hitboxes and an input display. The game is called Street Fighter Alpha 3 Upper in the Western re-releases.

Production credits

  • Producer: Noritaka Funamizu
  • Director: Naoto Ohta, Mamoru Ohhashi, Buruma, Ohko Zero5
  • Visual Planner: Haruo Murata
  • Programer: Cham, Hard.Yas ~?-ism~, Pon, Hyper Shinchan, 24 ~Nishi~, Minomi ~RockMan-ism~, Reiko Toh, Senõr, Knight Rider Giu, Ittetsu
  • Character Design: Akiman, Osusi
  • Title Design: Shoei
  • Object Design: Eri-N, Fujihara, Mizuho, Takemoto, Hitoshi Igarashi, Mizupyon, Kimo Kimo Jinzin, Ball Boy, Yuesuke, D-Kurita, A.Iwasaki, Kaname, Fuzii & Peliko, Chimorin Shogun, Sagata, Ikusan Z, Kitasan, Yu-Ten.Nakano, Tomohiko Ohsumi, Hiro, Rumichan, Reiko Komatsu, Kozuchi Tamura, Youichi Matsuo, Makoto Ishii
  • Scroll Design: Asae Nisituji-Ba, S.Mukai (Jijii), H.Yonezuka, Kohama Akeguro, Y.Tanoue (Tanopu), Ryo Uno, Yoko.Fukumoto, Takako Nakamura, Kazu.T, A.Ohnishi, N.Niiyama, C.Iwai, Sawatch, K.Yamahashi, H.Ohnishi
  • Main Music Compose: Anarchy Takapon
  • Sub Music Compose: Yuki Iwai, Isao Abe, Hideki Okugawa, Tetsuya Shibata
  • Sound Direction: Hiroaki "X68k" Kondõ
  • Sound Design: Moe.T, Satoshi Ise
  • Voice Actor: Tetsuya Iwanaga, Yuji Ueda, Akiko Kohmoto, Yuko Sasamoto, Masashi Sugawara, Wataru Takagi, Junko Takeuchi, Tomomichi Nishimura, Michiko Neya, Osamu Hosoi, Shin'ichiroh Miki, Yuko Miyamura, Tomoyuki Morikawa, Miho Yamada, Yoshiharu Yamada, Kouichi Yamadera, Jin Yamanori, Greg Irwin
  • Test Player: Nuki, M.P Oni-Suzuki, Skill Smith‑Bug, Skill Smith‑TTK, M Kunishige, Miura.F.Katsusuke, Yoshihiro Tomita, Akimori Murata
  • Special Thanks: Sakomizu, Neo_G (Ishizawa), Spp Iorya, Satsuma, Takuya Shiraiwa, Erik Suzuki, Dan Okada, Chris Tang, Miki Takano, Maki Yoshiura, The Edge, Super Sailor, and Capcom All Staff
  • Market Producer: Kouji Nakajima
  • General Producer: Noritaka Funamizu, Yoshiki Okamoto
Source:
In-game credits

Magazine articles

Main article: Street Fighter Zero 3 Upper/Magazine articles.

Physical scans

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"Top" instructions
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"Long" instructions
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"Long" instructions (2)
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Disc

References




Street Fighter games for Sega systems
Sega Mega Drive
Street Fighter II': Champion Edition (unreleased) | Street Fighter II': Special Champion Edition (1993) | Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers (1994)
Sega Saturn
Street Fighter: The Movie (1995) | Street Fighter Alpha: Warriors' Dreams (1996) | Street Fighter II Movie (1996) | Street Fighter Alpha 2 (Dash) (1996) | Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo (1996) | Street Fighter Collection (1997) | X-Men vs. Street Fighter (1997) | Pocket Fighter (1998) | Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter (1998) | Capcom Generation: Dai 5 Shuu Kakutouka-tachi (1998) | Street Fighter Zero 3 (1999)
Sega Master System
Street Fighter II' (1997)
Sega Dreamcast
Street Fighter Alpha 3 (1999) | Street Fighter III: Double Impact (1999) | Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike (2000) | Super Street Fighter II X for Matching Service (2000) | Street Fighter Zero 3 for Matching Service (2001) | Super Puzzle Fighter II X for Matching Service (2001)
Arcade
Street Fighter Zero 3 Upper (2001)
Sampler discs
Sega Saturn
Street Fighter Zero 2 Taikenban (199x) | Street Fighter Collection Taikenban (1997)
Sega Dreamcast
Street Fighter Zero 3 Tentou Taikenban (199x)
Unlicensed Street Fighter games for Sega systems
Sega Master System
Sega Game Gear
Jang Pung II (1993)
Sega Mega Drive
X-Men vs. Street Fighter (Mega Drive) (1998)