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Dead or Alive
System(s): Sega Model 2A CRX , Sega Model 2B CRX , Sega Saturn
Publisher: Sega , Tecmo
Developer: Tecmo
Sound driver: SCSP/CD-DA (23 tracks)
Genre: Fighting
Number of players: 1-2
Release
Date
RRP
Code
JP
1996-11-26
¥?
?
JP (++)
1998-10-16
¥?
?
US
1996
$?
?
UK
1996
£?
?
JP
1997-10-09
¥5,8005,800
T-3603G
JP (Genteiban)
1997-10-09
¥5,8005,800
T-3604G
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Dead or Alive (デッド オア アライブ) is a 1996 arcade fighting game by Tecmo for the Sega Model 2 (2A CRX and 2B CRX) arcade hardware and the first game in their Dead or Alive franchise. It was ported to the Sega Saturn in 1997. A limited edition was also released for the Saturn which came with an art book.
A US Sega Saturn release was at one point planned for December 1997[1] , having appeared at E3 1997 [2] [3] .
History
Release
The Saturn conversion went straight to the top of the Japanese Saturn software charts on launch, and sold 92,000 copies within 12 hours[4] .
Production credits
Saturn version
Programmers: Hiroaki "D" Ozawa, T.Sawatari, Yume Maboroshi, Shigeaki "Val" Ohta, Satoshi Fuyuno
Planners: Motohiro Shiga, Jun
Scenario by: Asamin
Motion Designers: C.Sasaki, Tohru Mishima, Sane Kondo, Masanori Sato , Akira Izumi, Guerrilla Saitoh, Naruse Yuki, Hiraoka Tomoo, LEO, Shigefumi Ishizuka, Masaki Koshikawa, Ryuji Ikeda, Hikaru Nakano, Taro Matsushita
Saturn Character Modelling: Yasushi.N
Character Design & Texture Designers: Kubotan, Jumbo Matumura, Yoshiki Horiuchi, Nobuyuki Suzuki
Stage Designers: H.Niimi, H.Sakauchi
Sound Effect: K.Inaba
Music Composer: M.Hosoi
Character Design & Movie Modelling: Shinichiro Komori
Movie Staff: Yusuke Iida, D.Ota
Artwork Designer: N.Yamada
Testing Staff: Yuko Sasaki, Mizuki Takeda, Jun Katou, Sousuke Samesima, Takashi Watanabe, Masaki Asakura, Tetsuya Imamura, Mikiyasu Kambayashi, Manabu Kiguchi (GRI), Koujirou Seino
Voice Actress: Aoni Production
Kasumi: Sakura Tange
Tina: Mami Koyama
Lei fang: Yumi Touma
System voice: Miyako Endo
Voice Actor: Aoni Production
Zack: Bin Shimada
Hayabusa: Hideyuki Hori
Jann lee: Toshio Furukawa
Bayman: Hisao Egawa
Gen fu: Takeshi Aono
Raidou: Kouji Yada
Publicity by: Kazumi Fujita, Teruaki Ichikawa
Special Thanks: Eigo Miyazaki, H.Suzuki , Shinsuke Usui
Producer & Director: Tom. Itagaki
Technical Director: Gussan Kawaguchi
Planning Director: Katsunori Ehara
Motion Manager: Makoto 50 Isomine
Motion Director: Hiro Matsui
CG Director: Hideyuki Kato
Main programmer: Nuehina
Motion Programmer: Mitsuo
Motion Data: Noriaki Kazama
Movie Director: Great Egawa
Co-Producer: Yujin Rikimaru, Y.Koga
Executive Producer: Max Naka.
Presented by: Team Ninja
Source : In-game credits [5]
Track list
Magazine articles
Main article: Dead or Alive/Magazine articles .
Promotional material
PDF
Saturn flyer
Print advert in
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1997-35: "1997-35 (1997-10-17)" (1997-10-03)
also published in:
Physical scans
Model 2 version
Saturn version
Saturn, JP
Cover
Technical information
ROM dump status
System
Hash
Size
Build Date
Source
Comments
✔
459,369,120
1997-09-12
CD-ROM(JP)
T-3603G (Alt) V1.002
✔
459,369,120
1997-09-10
CD-ROM(JP)
T-3603G, T-3604G V1.001
References
↑ Tips & Tricks , "xxxx xxxx" (US; xxxx-xx-xx), page 38
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine , "August 1997" (UK; 1997-07-16), page 13
↑ File:EGM US Supplement E31997.pdf, page 9
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine , "December 1997" (UK; 1997-11-12), page 13
↑ File:DoA_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine , "1997-36 (1997-10-24)" (JP; 1997-10-09), page 203
↑ 7.0 7.1 Computer & Video Games , "December 1997" (UK; 1997-11-12), page 90
↑ 8.0 8.1 Edge , "Christmas 1997" (UK; 1997-11-27), page 106
↑ 9.0 9.1 GameFan , "Volume 5, Issue 12: December 1997" (US; 1997-xx-xx), page 26
↑ 10.0 10.1 MAN!AC , "01/98" (DE; 1997-12-10), page 62
↑ 11.0 11.1 Sega Saturn Magazine , "April 1998" (UK; 1998-03-11), page 67
↑ 12.0 12.1 Sega Saturn Magazine , "1997-35 (1997-10-17)" (JP; 1997-10-03), page 199
↑ 13.0 13.1 Saturn no Game wa Sekai Ichi~i~i~i!: Satamaga Dokusha Race Zen Kiroku , SoftBank Publishing, page 10 Cite error: Invalid <ref>
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↑ Ação Games , "Janeiro 1998" (BR; 199x-xx-xx), page 13
↑ Consoles + , "Décembre 1997" (FR; 1997-1x-xx), page 180
↑ Famitsu , "1997-10-17" (JP; 1997-10-03), page 1
↑ GamePro , "March 1998" (US; 1998-xx-xx), page 102
↑ Mega Console , "Novembre 1997" (IT; 1997-xx-xx), page 74
↑ Mega Fun , "12/97" (DE; 1997-11-05), page 114
↑ Next Generation , "January 1998" (US; 1997-12-16), page 157
↑ Saturn Fan , "1997 No. 19" (JP; 1997-09-26), page 180
↑ Saturn Fan , "1997 No. 22" (JP; 1997-11-14), page 82
↑ Strana Igr , "Dekabr 1997" (RU; 1997-xx-xx), page 96