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Virtua Cop 3

System(s): Sega Chihiro

Publisher: Sega Corporation

Developer: Sega-AM2

Supporting companies: Katsugekiza (motion capture)

Genre: Shoot-'em-Up

Number of players: 1-2

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	2003-02-18^[1]	¥?	?
US	2003-03^[2]	$?	?
UK	2003	£?	?

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Virtua Cop 3 (バーチャコップ３) is an arcade game developed by Sega-AM2 as a sequel to Virtua Cop 2. It was released in 2003 for Sega Chihiro hardware. Like its prequels, it is a light gun shoot-'em-up, however unlike its prequels it has yet to be ported to a home system. Sega Logistics Service announced it would end service on the machines on March 31, 2017.^[3]^[4]

Gameplay

Missions

	Angel Allow
	Difficulty: Simple
	Located in the office district at the center of Virtua City. The area is filled with many skyscrapers and company buildings. One of these, a pharmaceutical company conducting cell and genetic research in their cutting-edge laboratory, is overtaken by an armed group in the dead of night. The Virtua Cops' mission is to take control of the building and apprehend the culprits. Flown in by helicopter and dropping from above, they use plastic bombs to make an entrance to to the facility at the exhibition hall on the 72nd floor^[5]. View Room Research Facilities Area
	Stray Cat
	Difficulty: Normal
	Begins at the VC Bank on 16th Ave, the most powerful bank in Virtua City. In the mid-afternoon, an armed force with clear combat training storms the bank. The Virtua Cops team up with the VCPD's assault team, with instructions to divert attention and capture the ringleader^[5]. Bank 16th Ave Subway
	Owl Strike
	Difficulty: Hard
	Located at The Military Base on the outskirts of Virtua City, which houses the air defense Scramblers, a tank unit designed for urban warfare, and is rumoured to also house top-secret next generation tanks. One night during heavy rain, all communications are lost with the base. With no outside attack confirmed, it is suspected to have been a coup. The Virtua Cops (accompanied by Janet) must infiltrate the base through the underground waterways and report back in secret, but are cleared to respond appropriately to hostilities^[5]. Drainage Passage Runway Central Hangar

Production credits

Main article: Virtua Cop 3/Production credits.

Digital manuals

US manual (deluxe)
US wiring diagram (deluxe)
US manual (upright)
US wiring diagram (upright)
UK manual (deluxe)
UK manual (upright)

Magazine articles

Main article: Virtua Cop 3/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

US flyer
US flyer (ASI)
UK flyer
Render

Photo gallery

Deluxe cabinet
Upright cabinet

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Hyper (AU)

95

^[6]

	95
Based on 1 review

Virtua Cop 3

Chihiro, World(?)

References

↑ https://sega.jp/search/result.php
↑ https://archive.org/details/ArcadeGameList1971-2005/page/n26/mode/1up
↑ File:SegaProductsTerminationAnnouncement 2016-11 JP.pdf
↑ File:SegaProductsTerminationAnnouncement 2016-12.pdf
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 http://www.sega-am2.co.jp/vc3/html/whatsvc3/mission.html (Wayback Machine: 2004-04-05 10:41)
↑ Hyper, "September 2003" (AU; 2003-08-06), page 79

Virtua Cop 3
	Main page \| Credits \| Magazine articles No results

Virtua Cop series of games
	Virtua Cop (1994) \| Virtua Cop 2 (1995) \| Virtua Cop 3 (2003)
	Virtua Cop (1995) \| Virtua Cop 2 (1996) \| Virtua Cop Special Pack (1998) \| Virtua Cop 1-2 Pack (1998)
	Virtua Cop 2 (2000)
	Virtua Cop (1996) \| Virtua Cop 2 (1997)
	Virtua Cop (199x)
	Virtua Cop: Elite Edition (2002)
Virtua Cop related media
	Virtua Cop Soundtracks (1996)
	Virtua Cop Official Guide Book (1995) \| Virtua Cop Kyuukyoku Hon (1996) \| Virtua Cop: Crisis City (1996) \| Virtua Cop Vol. 2: Gyakushuu no Fang (1996) \| Virtua Cop 2 Tai Terrorist Chinatsu Manual (1996) \| Virtua Cop 2 Killer Manual (1997) \| Virtua Cop 2 Detective Manual (1997)

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[https:.2F.2Farchive.org.2Fdetails.2FArcadeGameList1971-2005.2Fpage.2Fn26.2Fmode.2F1up-2] ttps://archive.org/details/ArcadeGameList1971-2005/page/n26/mode/1up

[:File:SegaProductsTerminationAnnouncement_2016-11_JP.pdf_p-3] File:SegaProductsTerminationAnnouncement 2016-11 JP.pdf

[:File:SegaProductsTerminationAnnouncement_2016-12.pdf_p-4] File:SegaProductsTerminationAnnouncement 2016-12.pdf

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20040405104101.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fwww.sega-am2.co.jp.2Fvc3.2Fhtml.2Fwhatsvc3.2Fmission.html-5] 5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 http://www.sega-am2.co.jp/vc3/html/whatsvc3/mission.html (Wayback Machine: 2004-04-05 10:41)

[:File:Hyper_AU_119.pdf_p79-6] Hyper, "September 2003" (AU; 2003-08-06), page 79

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+{{sub-stub}}'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' (バーチャコップ３) is an arcade game developed by [[Sega-AM2]] as a sequel to ''[[Virtua Cop 2]]''. It was released in 2003 for [[Sega Chihiro]] hardware. Like its prequels, it is a light gun shoot-'em-up, however unlike its prequels it has yet to be ported to a home system. [[Sega Logistics Service]] announced it would end service on the machines on March 31, 2017.{{fileref|SegaProductsTerminationAnnouncement 2016-11 JP.pdf}}{{fileref|SegaProductsTerminationAnnouncement 2016-12.pdf}}
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+| title=Angel Allow
+| screenshot=Notavailable.svg
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+| desc=Located in the office district at the center of Virtua City. The area is filled with many skyscrapers and company buildings. One of these, a pharmaceutical company conducting cell and genetic research in their cutting-edge laboratory, is overtaken by an armed group in the dead of night.
-==Production credits==
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+<br/>'''View Room'''
-{{creditsheader|Cast}}
+<br/>'''Research Facilities Area'''
-*'''Rage (Michael Hardy):''' Andrew Chaikin
+}}
-*'''Smarty (James Cools):''' Kevin Miller
+{{InfoRow
-*'''Janet T.Marshall:''' Ann Marie Martin
+| title=Stray Cat
-*'''Frank Karanza:''' Bob Symonds
+| screenshot=Notavailable.svg
-*'''Chief Inspector:''' James Iglehart
+| info1name=Difficulty
-*'''Glitter (File-1 Boss):''' Mike Inouye
+| info1=Normal
-*'''Brand (File-2 Boss):''' Al Bedrosian
+| desc=Begins at the VC Bank on 16th Ave, the most powerful bank in Virtua City. In the mid-afternoon, an armed force with clear combat training storms the bank. The Virtua Cops team up with the VCPD's assault team, with instructions to divert attention and capture the ringleader{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20040405104101/http://www.sega-am2.co.jp/vc3/html/whatsvc3/mission.html}}.
-*'''Joe Fang:''' ???
-{{creditsheader|Staff}}
+'''Bank'''
-*'''Producer:''' [[Masanori Ohe]]
+<br/>'''16th Ave'''
-*'''Planning Director:''' [[Yoshihiro Okabayashi]]
+<br/>'''Subway'''
-*'''Program Director:''' [[Masayuki Sumi]]
+}}
-*'''Design Director:''' [[Takehiko Mikami]]
+{{InfoRow
-*'''Tactical Adviser:''' Tomo Hasegawa
+| title=Owl Strike
-*'''Planners:''' [[Yoshihiro Okabayashi]], [[Kazuhiro Fushimi]]
+| screenshot=Notavailable.svg
-*'''Programmers:''' [[Masayuki Sumi]], [[Junichiro Matsuura|Jun-ichiro Matsuura]], [[Masaru Moriguchi]], [[Takeshi Yamaguchi]], [[Fuminori Sato]], Shintaro Tsukamoto
+| info1name=Difficulty
-{{creditsheader|Designers}}
+| info1=Hard
-*'''Character Designers:''' [[Akihito Hiroyoshi]], [[Atsuo Takayasu]]
+| desc=Located at The Military Base on the outskirts of Virtua City, which houses the air defense Scramblers, a tank unit designed for urban warfare, and is rumoured to also house top-secret next generation tanks. One night during heavy rain, all communications are lost with the base. With no outside attack confirmed, it is suspected to have been a coup. The Virtua Cops (accompanied by Janet) must infiltrate the base through the underground waterways and report back in secret, but are cleared to respond appropriately to hostilities{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20040405104101/http://www.sega-am2.co.jp/vc3/html/whatsvc3/mission.html}}.
-*'''Stage Designers:''' [[Takehiko Mikami]], [[Hiroyasu Tamura]], [[Tatsuya Wakabayashi]]
-*'''Effect Designers:''' [[Norikazu Hirai]], [[Ryo Shibasaki]]
+'''Drainage Passage'''
-*'''Motion Designers:''' [[Hiroshi Kawasaki]], [[Shinya Shimada]], [[Kouji Kudou]], [[Hajime Itou]], [[Kazuaki Kitazawa]]
+<br/>'''Runway'''
-*'''Movie Designers:''' [[Shungo Seki]], [[Kazuhiro Fushimi]]
+<br/>'''Central Hangar'''
-*'''2D Designers:''' [[Masaya Saida]]
-*'''Storyboard:''' [[Kenji Miyawaki]]
-*'''Motion Actor (Katsugekiza):''' Wataru Koga, Tony Hosokawa, Akira Sugihara, Yoshio Miyaki, Motoki Kawana
-*'''Motion Actor:''' [[Shinya Shimada]], [[Hiroshi Kawasaki]]
-*'''Motion Capture:''' [[Hans van Veenendaal]], [[Takeo Iwata]], [[Hiroshi Tanaka]]
-*'''Sound Team:''' [[Sachio Ogawa]], [[Seiichi Hamada]], [[Hideaki Miyamoto]], [[Shinichi Goto]], [[Yasuhiro Takagi]], [[Tatsutoshi Narita]]
-{{creditsheader|Voice Recording}}
-*'''Localization Manager:''' [[Osamu Shibamiya]] (S.O.A.)
-*'''Coordinator:''' [[Yosuke Moriya]] (S.O.A.)
-*'''Recording Director:''' Greg Weber ([[Webtone]])
-*'''English Translation:''' Kay Miura
-*'''Coordinator:''' Koji Kobayashi (Jay Film)
-{{creditsheader|Cabinet Design}}
-*'''Mechanical Engineer:''' [[Seiji Ishii]], [[Toshiya Yamaguchi]], [[Hirofumi Konishi]]
-*'''Electronic Engineer:''' [[Hiroki Koyama]], [[Hideyuki Yamada]], [[Mitsuru Kawamura]], [[Toru Mori]]
-*'''Product Designer:''' [[Hiroki Nunokawa]]
-*'''Supervisor:''' [[Masao Yoshimoto]]
-*'''Publicity:''' [[Taku Kihara]], [[Kazuyoshi Terada]]
-*'''Visual Editing Team:''' [[Naonori Watanabe]], [[Hidekuni Ohta]]
-*'''Special Thanks:''' [[Takumi Matsui]], [[Toshinobu Sakurai]], [[Kazuo Ishii]], [[Nozomi Watanabe]], Yoshinori Isoda, [[Takayuki Sorimachi]], [[Hideaki Fukai]], [[Katsuhiro Fujita]], Hiromi Suzuki, [[Osamu Murata]], Takeshi Yamazaki (Level-4), Jay Film Co. Ltd., Tokyo Marui Co. Ltd., KSC Corporation, World Photo Press, Combat Magazine & Knife Magazine, [[Sonic Team]], [[Hitmaker]], Level 4 Co. Ltd., Phantom, Powered by Hardware R&D
-*'''Executive Director:''' [[Yu Suzuki]]
-*'''Executive Producer:''' [[Hisashi Suzuki]]
-*Original Game © [[Sega]]
-*©[[Sega-AM2]]/[[Sega]], 2003
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-| console=CHIHIRO
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+==Production credits==
+{{mainArticle|{{PAGENAME}}/Production credits}}
 ==Digital manuals==
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+VirtuaCop3 Chihiro UK Flyer.pdf|UK flyer
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