Virtua Fighter 3tb

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Virtua Fighter 3tb
System(s): Sega Model 3 Step 1.0, Sega Dreamcast
Publisher: Sega
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Genre: Action

















Number of players: 1-2
Release Date RRP Code

Virtua Fighter 3tb (バーチャファイター3ｔｂ) is an update to Virtua Fighter 3. It was developed by Sega AM2 for Sega Model 3 Step 1.0 arcade hardware in 1997. The tb stands for Team Battle, as the game now allows players to select a team of characters, with each taking it in turns to fight members from an opposing team.

Virtua Fighter 3 had originally been planned for the Sega Saturn, however due to the Saturn's vastly inferior graphics capabilities the port was scrapped. Virtua Fighter 3tb, on the other hand, was brought to the Sega Dreamcast as a launch title in both Japan and Europe. Critics were quick to judge the game after its success in the arcades, and found the Dreamcast version to be slightly below par. This may be attributed to the fact the Dreamcast port was handled by Genki and not Sega AM2, who were busy on other projects at the time, or by the fact it may have been rushed out as a launch title.

The original Japanese Dreamcast release of the game was distributed in a double CD case with a special preview disc of "Project Berkley". This would eventually become Shenmue. Later prints of the game lacked this extra.

Production Credits

Arcade Version

Producer: Yu Suzuki
Program Director: Tetsuya Kaku
Design Director: Kazuhiro Izaki
Game Director: Daichi Katagiri

Programmers

Game System, Undulation: Tetsuya Kaku
Game System: Daichi Katagiri
Game System, CPU Battle: Kota Matsumoto
Cloth, Motion System: Yuichiro Mine
Polygon Management: Yoichi Nakazato, Naohiro Hirao
Camera: Takashi Ono
Stage Collision: Norio Haga
Stage & Character Effects: Shigeru Yoshida
Stage Effects: Tsuyoshi Nishida
Replay, Ending: Syuji Takahashi
Advertise, Ending: Hiroshi Masui
Scroll, Hand Motion: Takeshi Yamanouchi
Main Motion Set: Masataka Daigo
Motion Set: Kazuhiro Shigekuni, Masaya Takeshige

Designers
Motion Designers

Main Motion Design, Direction: Kazuhiro Izaki
Motion Design, Advise: Toshiya Inoue, Naotake Nishimura
Motion Design: Kasyo Oda, Akira Morimoto
Assistant Motion Design: Daichi Katagiri, Manabu Tsukamoto

Character Designers

Character Modeling Direction: Toshihiro Nagoshi
Main Character Design, Modeling: Mika Kojima
Character Design, Modeling: Ringo Manabe

Stage Designers

Stage Design Direction: Naotake Nishimura
Main Stage Design, Modeling: Hideaki Kato
Stage Design, Modeling: Gaku Nakatani, Shinichiro Shimano, Naoaki Tasaka, Masaaki Somaki

Planner

Planning Support: Manabu Tsukamoto

Sound Designers

Program: Hiroshi Kawaguchi
Compose, SE: Takenobu Mitsuyoshi, Fumio Ito, Hidenori Syoji

Supervisor: Toshihiro Nagoshi

Assistant Programmers

Reflection Mapping, Model3 Base: Takuji Masuda
Collision, Pin Point Light, Utility: Takashi Fujimura
Polygon Converter: Kazuhiko Takata
Sound, I/O Utility: Koki Koiwa
Test Mode, Coin Utility: Kazutoshi Tozawa

Assistant Designers

Stage Design: Yasuo Kawagoshi, Junichi Yamanaka, Kazufumi Ohashi, Hidenobu Miyakita, Mitsugu Tsuchida
Assistant Stage Design: Shinya Inoue
Effect Design: Makio Kida
Scroll Design: Yukinobu Arikawa, Kazuhiro Izaki
Character Design: Akihito Hiroyoshi, Daisuke Sato
Taka-Arashi Design: Tetsunari Iwasaki

Publicity: Yasushi Nakajima, Yoshifusa Hayama
Special Thanks: AM R&D Dept. #4, AM Hardware R&D, AM R&D Dept. #2 Technical Research Section, 81 Produce, Action Team AAC, Yasuyuki Hattori, Terushige Watanabe, Yuko Ota
Presented by: Sega

Dreamcast Version

Producer: Yu Suzuki
Program Director: Tetsuya Kaku
Design Director: Kazuhiro Izaki
Game Director: Daichi Katagiri

Programmers

Game System, Undulation: Tetsuya Kaku
Game System: Daichi Katagiri
Game System, CPU Battle: Kota Matsumoto
Cloth, Motion System: Yuichiro Mine
Polygon Management: Yoichi Nakazato, Naohiro Hirao
Camera: Takashi Ono
Stage Collision: Norio Haga
Stage & Character Effects: Shigeru Yoshida
Stage Effects: Tsuyoshi Nishida
Replay, Ending: Syuji Takahashi
Advertise, Ending: Hiroshi Masui
Scroll, Hand Motion: Takeshi Yamanouchi
Main Motion Set: Masataka Daigo
Motion Set: Kazuhiro Shigekuni, Masaya Takeshige

Designers
Motion Designers

Main Motion Design, Direction: Kazuhiro Izaki
Motion Design, Advise: Toshiya Inoue, Naotake Nishimura
Motion Design: Kasyo Oda, Akira Morimoto
Assistant Motion Design: Daichi Katagiri, Manabu Tsukamoto

Character Designers

Character Modeling Direction: Toshihiro Nagoshi
Main Character Design, Modeling: Mika Kojima
Character Design, Modeling: Ringo Manabe

Stage Designers

Stage Design Direction: Naotake Nishimura
Main Stage Design, Modeling: Hideaki Kato
Stage Design, Modeling: Gaku Nakatani, Shinichiro Shimano, Naoaki Tasaka, Masaaki Somaki

Planner

Planning Support: Manabu Tsukamoto

Sound Designers

Program: Hiroshi Kawaguchi
Compose, SE: Takenobu Mitsuyoshi, Fumio Ito, Hidenori Syoji

Supervisor: Toshihiro Nagoshi

Assistant Programmers

Reflection Mapping, Model3 Base: Takuji Masuda
Collision, Pin Point Light, Utility: Takashi Fujimura
Polygon Converter: Kazuhiko Takata
Sound, I/O Utility: Koki Koiwa
Test Mode, Coin Utility: Kazutoshi Tozawa

Assistant Designers

Stage Design: Yasuo Kawagoshi, Junichi Yamanaka, Kazufumi Ohashi, Hidenobu Miyakita, Mitsugu Tsuchida
Assistant Stage Design: Shinya Inoue
Effect Design: Makio Kida
Scroll Design: Yukinobu Arikawa, Kazuhiro Izaki
Character Design: Akihito Hiroyoshi, Daisuke Sato
Taka-Arashi Design: Tetsunari Iwasaki

Dreamcast Version

Programmers (Genki): Yoshinari Sunazuka, Satoshi Ishii, Daisuke Tanaka, Tsuyoshi Matsumoto, Keijiro Iwase, Mitsuru Kudo
Designers (Genki): Ichirou Kojima, Yumie Ohtake, Naomi Yakushijin, Akemi Watanabe, Tomoki Kuroiwa, Shinya Kozaki
Sound Designers: Tatsuhito Narita, Takenobu Mitsuyoshi, Fumio Ito, Hidenori Shoji, Takashi Nakamura, Tatsuya Suitsu
Technical Support: Tadahiro Kawamura, Masafumi Fujita, Takayuki Ota, Seiji Fujiwara, Norimasa Yoshizawa, Shinichi Uchida
Publicity: Yasushi Nakajima, Chiaki Yagi
Special Thanks: Hiroshi Aso, Hiroshi Hamagaki (Genki), Seiki Saito, AM R&D Dept. #2, Naomi Lib Team, MPEG Sofdec, 81 Produce, Action Team AAC, Yasuyuki Hattori, Terushige Watanabe, Yuko Ota
Presented by: Sega

Physical Scans

Model 3 Version

Dreamcast Version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
100 №3, p132/133
60 №12, p77
96 №84, p88/89/90/91/92/93
85 №93, p134/135
80 №215, p62/63
70 №2, p41
70 №1, p60/61
93 №1, p66/67/68
85 №2, p78
80 №67, p84/85/86
70 №77, p100
82 №100, p130/131
90
Sega Dreamcast
 82
Based on
13 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Ação Games (BR)
97
[1]
Arcade (UK) NTSC-J
100
[2]
Arcade (UK) PAL
50
[3]
Consoles + (FR) NTSC-J
96
[4]
Consoles + (FR) PAL
85
[5]
Computer & Video Games (UK)
75
[6]
Dreamcast Monthly (UK) PAL
70
[7]
DC-UK (UK) PAL
90
[8]
DC-UK (UK) PAL
70
[9]
Dreamcast: Le Magazine Officiel (FR) PAL
80
[10]
Dreamcast: Das Offizielle Magazin (DE)
75
[11]
Dreamcast Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
100
[12]
Dreamcast Magazine (UK)
93
[13]
Dreamcast Magazine (UK) PAL
85
[14]
Dorimaga (JP) NTSC-J
82
[15]
Dreamzone (FR) PAL
88
[16]
Edge (UK) NTSC-J
80
[17]
Edge (UK) PAL
70
[18]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
80
[19]
Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast (RU)
81
[20]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
90
[21]
GameFan (US) NTSC-U
84
[22]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
58
[23]
Gen 4 Consoles (FR)
40
[24]
Game Informer (US) NTSC-U
75
[25]
Gamers' Republic (US) NTSC-J
91
[26]
Incite Video Gaming (US) NTSC-U
60
[27]
MAN!AC (DE) NTSC-J
90
[28]
MAN!AC (DE) PAL
88
[29]
Man!ak (PL)
95
[30]
Man!ak (PL)
83
[31]
Mega Fun (DE) PAL
86
[32]
Neo Plus (PL)
70
[33]
Next Generation (US) NTSC-U
75
[34]
neXt Level (DE) NTSC-J
90
[35]
neXt Level (DE) PAL
90
[36]
Next Level (AR)
68
[37]
Official Dreamcast Magazine (UK)
70
[38]
Player One (FR)
82
[39]
Playmag (FR) PAL
70
[40]
Play (PL)
85
[41]
PSX Extreme (PL)
70
[42]
Revista Oficial Dreamcast (ES) PAL
80
[43]
Sega Magazin (DE) NTSC-J
93
[44]
Strana Igr (RU)
90
[45]
Strana Igr (RU)
93
[46]
Total Control (UK) NTSC-J
90
[47]
Video Games (DE) PAL
81
[48]
Sega Dreamcast
 81
Based on
48 reviews

Virtua Fighter 3tb

Dreamcast, US
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Cover
Dreamcast, EU
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Cover
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Disc
Dreamcast, JP (double CD)
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Cover
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Disc
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Project Berkley Disc
Dreamcast, JP (single CD)
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Cover

External Links



Virtua Fighter series
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Spin-offs
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Cross-overs
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Portrait series
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Others
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Unlicensed
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Demo discs
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Albums
Music
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Books
Book
 Virtua Fighter Maniax (1994) | V Jump Books Game Series: Sega Saturn Virtua Fighter (1994) | Virtua Fighter Maniax Replays (1994) | Virtua Fighter Sega Saturn Fighting Manual Vol. 1 for Novice (1994) | Virtua Fighter Ougi no Sho (1995) | Virtua Fighter Maniax for Windows (1995) | Virtua Fighter 2 Act.1 (1995) | Virtua Fighter Sega Saturn Fighting Manual Vol. 2 for Expert (1995) | Virtua Fighter 2 Maniax Replays (1995) | Virtua Fighter 2 Act.2 (1995) | Virtua Fighter Remix Sega Saturn Fighting Manual Complete (1995) | Virtua Fighter 2 Maniax (1995) | Virtua Fighter 2 Sega Saturn Fighting Manual Vol. 1 for Novice (1995) | Virtua Fighter 2 Act.3 (1995) | Arcade Game Hisshou Hou Special: Virtua Fighter Kids (1996) | Virtua Fighter 3 Command Game Guide (1996) | Virtua Fighter Legend of Sarah (1996) | Virtua Fighter 2 Perfect Guide (1996) | Virtua Fighter 2 Fighter's Bible (1996) | Virtua Fighter 2 Game Guide Book (1996) | Virtua Fighter Graphics "Model 2" (1996) | Tokyo Virtua Monogatari (1996) | Virtua Fighter 2 Sega Saturn Fighting Manual Vol. 2 for Expert (1996) | Virtua Fighter Kids Fan Book (1996) | Virtua Fighter Honoo no Maki: Pai Chan Bukyou Gaiden (1996) | Virtua Fighter Ryuu no Maki: Touken Kairou (1996) | Virtua Fighter Kids Sega Saturn Fighting Manual (1996) | Virtua Fighter Kids Kyuukyoku Hon (1996) | Virtua Fighter Relax (1996) | Virtua Fighter: Arashi no Maki (1996) | Virtua Fighter 3 Act. 0.5 (1996) | Virtua Fighter 3 Act.1 (1996) | Virtua Fighter 3 Act.2 (1996) | Fighters Megamix Fighting Master's Guide (1997) | Fighters Megamix Official Guide (1997) | Virtua Fighter 2: Ten Stories (1997) | Fighters Mega Books (1997) | Fighters Megamix Comic Anthology (1997) | Virtua Fighter 3 Official Playing Guide (1998) | Virtua Fighter 3tb Kanzen Kouryaku Dokuhon (1998) | Virtua Fighter 3tb Perfect Guide (1998) | Virtua Fighter 4 Perfect Guide (2001) | Virtua Fighter 4 Yoku Wakaru Haoh Yousei Dojo (2002) | Virtua Fighter 4 Kanzen Kouryaku Guide PS2 Ban (2002) | PS2 Ban Virtua Fighter 4 Perfect Guide (2002) | Virtua Fighter 4 The Complete (2002) | Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution Perfect Guide (2002) | Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution: Yokuwakaru Hisshou Senjutsu Shinan (2003) | PS2 Ban Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution Complete Guide (2003) | Virtua Fighter 10th Anniversary: Memory of Decade (2003) | Virtua Fighter 2 Technical Archive (2004) | Virtua Fighter 4 Final Tuned Master Guide (2004) | Virtua Fighter Cyber Generation: Judgement Six no Yabou Kouryaku Navigation (2004) | Virtua Fighter 4 Final Tuned Orange Book: Junkies' Last Stand (2004) | Virtua Fighter 5 Technical Book (2006) | Virtua Fighter 5 White Book: Keep It Real (2006) | Virtua Fighter 5 Black Book: Keep It Moral (2007) | Virtua Fighter 5 for PlayStation 3 Complete Guide (2007) | Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown Masters Guide (2010) | Virtua Fighter no Neppa (2018)
TV and Film
Virtua Fighter CGMV (1994) | CGMV Virtua Fighter 2 (1995) | Virtua Fighter 2 (1995) | Virtua Fighter 2 Eternal Battle (1995) | Virtua Fighter (1995) | Virtua Fighter Special Training Pack (1995) | Virtua Fighter 2 Wheel of Fortune (1995) | Virtua Fighter 2 Wheel of Fortune The Best Bout (1996) | Sega Official Video Library Vol. 2: Virtua Fighter Kids (199x) | Virtua Fighter 3 (Columbia video series) (1996) | CGMV Special Virtua Fighter 3: Shippuu no Shou "System" (1996) | CGMV Special Virtua Fighter 3: Geki no Shou "Battle" (1996)
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  2. ↑ Arcade, "February 1999" (UK; 1999-01-13), page 132
  3. ↑ Arcade, "November 1999" (UK; 1999-09-20), page 77
  4. ↑ Consoles +, "Janvier 1999" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 88
  5. ↑ Consoles +, "Octobre 1999" (FR; 1999-xx-xx), page 138
  6. ↑ Computer & Video Games, "October 1999" (UK; 1999-09-15), page 62
  7. ↑ Dreamcast Monthly, "September 1999" (UK; 1999-xx-xx), page 60
  8. ↑ DC-UK, "September 1999" (UK; 1999-09-02), page 20
  9. ↑ DC-UK, "October 1999" (UK; 1999-09-29), page 41
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  11. ↑ Dreamcast: Das Offizielle Magazin, "Oktober 1999" (DE; 1999-10-14), page 22
  12. ↑ Dreamcast Magazine, "1998-03 (1998-12-04)" (JP; 1998-11-20), page 25
  13. ↑ Dreamcast Magazine, "No. 1" (UK; 1999-09-09), page 66
  14. ↑ Dreamcast Magazine, "No. 2" (UK; 1999-10-21), page 78
  15. ↑ Dorimaga, "2002-18 (2002-10-11)" (JP; 2002-09-27), page 34
  16. ↑ Dreamzone, "Novembre 1999" (FR; 1999-10-16), page 86
  17. ↑ Edge, "January 1999" (UK; 1998-12-23), page 84
  18. ↑ Edge, "Autumn 1999" (UK; 1999-10-01), page 102
  19. ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "November 1999" (US; 1999-10-05), page 236
  20. ↑ Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast, "Izdaniye chetvertoye, dopolnennoye" (RU; 2002-xx-xx), page 291
  21. ↑ Famitsu, "1998-12-04" (JP; 1998-11-20), page 35
  22. ↑ GameFan, "Volume 7, Issue 12: December 1999" (US; 1999-xx-xx), page 20
  23. ↑ GamePro, "December 1999" (US; 1999-1x-xx), page 194
  24. ↑ Gen 4 Consoles, "Novembre 99" (FR; 1999-xx-xx), page 138
  25. ↑ Game Informer, "November 1999" (US; 1999-1x-xx), page 68
  26. ↑ Gamers' Republic, "February 1999" (US; 1999-01-15), page 84
  27. ↑ Incite Video Gaming, "December 1999" (US; 1999-1x-xx), page 127
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  29. ↑ MAN!AC, "11/99" (DE; 1999-10-06), page 96
  30. ↑ Man!ak, "Wrzesień 1999" (PL; 1999-xx-xx), page 18
  31. ↑ Man!ak, "Grudzień 1999" (PL; 1999-xx-xx), page 74
  32. ↑ Mega Fun, "10/99" (DE; 1999-09-01), page 76
  33. ↑ Neo Plus, "Listopad 1999" (PL; 1999-xx-xx), page 31
  34. ↑ Next Generation, "December 1999" (US; 1999-11-23), page 104
  35. ↑ neXt Level, "Januar 1999" (DE; 1998-12-18), page 6
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  37. ↑ Next Level, "Marzo 1999" (AR; 1999-xx-xx), page 35
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  39. ↑ Player One, "Septembre 1999" (FR; 1999-xx-xx), page 130
  40. ↑ Playmag, "Octobre 1999" (FR; 1999-xx-xx), page 129
  41. ↑ Play, "Lipiec 2001" (PL; 2001-xx-xx), page 18
  42. ↑ PSX Extreme, "03/2001" (PL; 2001-0x-xx), page 41
  43. ↑ Revista Oficial Dreamcast, "Enero 2000" (ES; 1999-12-20), page 42
  44. ↑ Sega Magazin, "Februar 1999" (DE; 1998-12-28), page 10
  45. ↑ Strana Igr, "Yanvar 1999 2/2" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 8
  46. ↑ Strana Igr, "Sentyabr 2000 2/2" (RU; 2000-xx-xx), page 21
  47. ↑ Total Control, "January 1999" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 148
  48. ↑ Video Games, "10/99 It's Dreamcast Time supplement" (DE; 1999-09-22), page 6
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