Virtua Fighter PC

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Virtua Fighter PC
System(s): Windows PC
Publisher: Sega
Developer: Sega PC
Distributor: SKC Softland (KR) Worldwise Enterprise (TW)
Genre: Fighting
Number of players: 1-2
Release Date RRP Code JP 1996-06-26 ¥8,8008,800 HCJ-0101 JP (PC Home) 1999-02-10 ¥1,980 (2,079)1,980e JP (Super 1500 Series) xxxx ¥1,5001,500 JP (PC GamePad) 199x US 1996-09-05 $44.9544.95 85041 US (Expert Software) 1997-09 $19.9919.99 T-6807-01 US (Sidewinder) 199x DE 1996-06 MK-85041 ES (Xplosiv) 199x PT (Top Games) 200x UK 1996-08-02 £44.9944.99 MK-85041 UK (Demo Disc) 1996-05-27 680-6016-50 UK (Expert Software) 1999 XP 202024 UK (Xplosiv) 2001-04-06 EI-1283 UK (Fair Game) 200x UK (Grabit) 2006 GDL 086 IT (I Grandi Giochi per PC) 200x 7.90£7.90 PL 1996-11 169zł169 AU 199x FVIR07CDR KR 199x TW 199x

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Virtua Fighter PC (バーチャファイター PC) is a fighting game released as part of the Virtua Fighter series for Windows PCs. It is essentially a port of Virtua Fighter Remix for the Sega Saturn, but unlike that game also features a switch to revert the aesthetics back to the original Virtua Fighter, making it the closest official means of playing the original title on PC too.

Versions

At least two distinct versions of the game exist. The first, released in the US as Virtua Fighter Remix in November 1995, was optimised for NV1 graphics chipsets and was not sold as a stand-alone product. Instead, it was bundled exclusively with Diamond EDGE 3D (NV1-compatible) graphics cards (the 2120, 2200 and 3240 variants) alongside other software. Remix on the PC is written directly for the NV1 specification, so will not run on any other types of card without help.

The second, now titled Virtua Fighter PC, was released in September 1996 and was designed to function with Microsoft's then-new multimedia standard, DirectX. This version of the game is thought to be identical in terms of content, but is rendered entirely in software (ignoring any installed NV1 cards). As such, the game requires at least a Pentium-class processor to run (the older Virtua Fighter Remix could be made to run on 486-class machines (running Windows 95)).

Music in Virtua Fighter PC was designed to be streamed off the disc, however this feature breaks if running the game in Windows 2000 or any subsequent version of the OS. A community-made patch exists to force the game to use local copies of the music ripped from the CD.

Though both versions of the game operate at a higher resolution than the Sega Model 2 version of Virtua Fighter, like the Saturn conversions, Virtua Fighter PC uses fewer polygons than its arcade counterpart, and is capped at 30FPS. In the arcade for example, each of the characters' fingers are individually modelled, while here the whole hand is animated as one.

Production credits

• Main Programmer: Keiji Okayasu
• Programmers: Tetsuya Sugimoto, Hiroaki Shoji, Motoi Kaneko, Jun-ichi Ishito
• Designers: Yoshinao Asako, Youji Kato, Ryoya Yui
• Sound Designers: Takayuki Nakamura, Takenobu Mitsuyoshi, Kazuhiko Kouchi
• Thanks: Yutaka Nishino, Hideya Shibazaki, Takayuki Yamaguchi, Kazuo Otani, Sega Digital Studio
• V.F. PC By: V.F. PC Team
• Producer: Yu Suzuki

Source:

In-game credits

Magazine articles

Main article: Virtua Fighter PC/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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  PC UK trade print advert

Print advert in Next Generation (US) #22: "October 1996" (1996-09-17)

Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #87: "October 1996" (1996-xx-xx)

Print advert in EGM² (US) #29: "November 1996" (1996-xx-xx)

Print advert in 576 KByte (HU) #2002-03: "Március 2002" (2002-xx-xx)

Physical scans

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Publication Version Score 576 KByte (HU) 85 Arcade (UK) PAL 50 Computer & Video Games (UK) 75 Gambler (PL) 90 Gry Komputerowe (PL) 80 LeveL (CZ) 57 PC Zone (UK) 89 Random Access (UK) 60 Secret Service (PL) 85 Svet Kompjutera (YU) 89 Ultra Game Players (US) NTSC-U 75

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Virtua Fighter PC

PC, JP
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PC, JP (DirectX)
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PC, JP (with PC GamePad)
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PC, JP (Super 1500 Series)
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PC, JP (PC Home)
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PC, US (Remix)
Disc

PC, US
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Jewel Case

PC, US (Expert Software)
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Jewel Case

PC, US (Expert Software; alt)
Jewel Case

PC, US (with Sidewinder)
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PC, EU
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Disc Jewel Case

PC (Demo Disc), EU
Disc Trade paper Advert

PC, UK (Expert Software)
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Disc Jewel Case

PC, UK (Xplosiv)
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PC, UK (Xplosiv; newer)
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PC, UK (Grabit)
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PC, UK (Fair Game)
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PC, FR (Xplosiv)

PC, ES (Xplosiv)
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PC, IT
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PC, PT (Top Games)
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PC, PL (CD Action)
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Disc

PC, AU
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PC, KR
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PC, KR (alt)

PC, SG (Replaygem)

PC, TW

External links

• Sega of America webpage: PC
• Sega of Japan catalogue pages (Japanese): PC