Virtua Fighter/Technical information

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In comparison, Virtua Fighter was fully 3D (using 3D polygons for both the fighters and environments), the 3D fighters resembled humans (using polygons for individual limbs, fingers, eyes, ears, nose, mouth and hair). The human body had never before been rendered with such detail using polygons in a video game. It also had a character physics engine, free-flowing camera system, and realistic martial arts simulation gameplay.

In the original Model 1 arcade version, each 3D character in the game is rendered with around 2000 polygons, while the ground uses more than 220 polygons. Akira is rendered with 2300 polygons, while Dural uses 2600 polygons. The game thus renders at least 5420 polygons per frame, pushing at least 162,600 polygons/sec at 30 frames/sec.

Since the Saturn is capable of texture mapping and Gouraud shading, the number of polygons needed for the Saturn version is less. As a result, the Saturn version renders each character with 550 polygons, while the ground is rendered using 220 polygons, adding up to 1,300 polygons per frame for the Saturn version. The Saturn version thus renders 39,000 polygons/sec at 30 frames/sec.

ROM dump status

System	Hash	Size	Build Date	Source	Comments
✔	CRC32 b5de9626 MD5 901e97c9f731fbdf1f1ead0fbf58249a SHA-1 f35754f4bfe3a53722d7a799f88face0fd13c424	4MB		Cartridge (US/JP)
?	CRC32 25aea73c MD5 adcf6c6150d1bc3d073d3754b22ebc69 SHA-1 24b3063284a914c76d8d1f681e3ed6323b0d7d0b	4MB		Cartridge (EU)
✔	CRC32 46a88625 MD5 14d0fdf6df181ec4902942975e470913 SHA-1 fbb0d96c22465abb1702499f0a8c68228dcf8fc6	4MB	1995-05-30	CD-R disc				Page
✔	CRC32 8df6401c MD5 500ab2d460721db06b6243027f6a0eab SHA-1 28e99cc511e7c539fec66acbf5662f81528389d3	4MB	1995-06-15	CD-R disc				Page
✔	CRC32 3b88f987 MD5 4a51f39e2e6fd27456cdfc18c1b1017c SHA-1 cc6a95d10a95a91337f995a0120cb353196ce080	4MB	1995-06-30	CD-R disc				Page
✔	CRC32 6a364bce MD5 374dd57d027e06601d1193b67da8c2b2 SHA-1 c931cd60543b41e8bfb29511dcc70e4648471cbf	4MB	1995-07-17	CD-R disc				Page
✔	CRC32 1c4c13f3 MD5 b969b201c236a764f125ed2e9b3a12f9 SHA-1 d26708a26a3add9e4d6083e6b9ccd48776cd4c56	4MB	1995-07-21	CD-R disc				Page
✔	CRC32 d4f5484b MD5 16c67ad8853789279178f93780aa69c3 SHA-1 4600fb1c80c968728688269dfbd9c480d4d70abe	4MB	1995-07-24	CD-R disc				Page
✔	CRC32 aff4d320 MD5 f48a565aab16802c99b645f48a5cb503 SHA-1 7b881a7849320187389d4af5bd4bf8d3ee6fd796	4MB	1995-07-25	CD-R disc				Page
✔	CRC32 b5de9626 MD5 901e97c9f731fbdf1f1ead0fbf58249a SHA-1 f35754f4bfe3a53722d7a799f88face0fd13c424	4MB	1995-07-26	CD-R disc				Page
✔	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1	572,011,104	1995-03-17	CD-ROM (US)	81005 V1.000 (Bundled with Sega Saturn)
✔	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1	571,731,216	1995-04-25	CD-ROM (EU)	MK81005-50 V1.000
?	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1	571,731,216	1995-04-25	CD-ROM (EU)	MK81005-50 V1.000 (Made in EU)
✔	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1	572,046,384	1994-10-05	CD-ROM (JP)	GS-9001 V1.000

Identifiers

ROM header

Saturn (NTSC-J)

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CD-ROM identifiers

Saturn, NTSC-J version

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Track list

Saturn, NTSC-J version

1. Data track

2. AM2 Logo (0:09)

3. Stage Clear (You Won) (0:08)

4. Stage Failed (You Lost) (0:07)

5. Continue? - Game Over (0:18)

6. Player Select (5:04)

7. Jacky Bryant (5:10)

8. Jeffry Mcwild (5:05)

9. Sarah Bryant (5:09)

10. Kage-Maru (5:06)

11. Pai Chan (5:07)

12. Wolf Hawkfield (4:55)

13. Lau Chan (5:11)

14. Akira Yuki (5:12)

15. Dural (5:04)

16. Name Entry (0:50)

17. Rating - Average (0:09)

18. Rating - Poor (0:09)

19. Rating - Excellent (0:12)

► Running time: 53:05

References

Virtua Fighter

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