Vampire Chronicle for Matching Service

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Vampire Chronicle for Matching Service
System(s): Sega Dreamcast
Publisher: Capcom
Developer:
Peripherals supported: Dreamcast Arcade Stick, Jump Pack, Dreamcast Keyboard, Dreamcast Modem, Visual Memory Unit, Dreamcast VGA Box
Genre: Fighting/Taisen Kakutou (対戦格闘)[1][2], Action[3]

















Number of players: 1-2
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Dreamcast
JP 		¥4,800 (5,040)4,800e[2] T-1235M
Sega Rating: All Ages

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Vampire Chronicle for Matching Service (ヴァンパイア クロニクル フォー マッチングサービス) is a Sega Dreamcast fighting game featuring a mix of characters from the Vampire franchise (Darkstalkers in the West). It takes advantage of Capcom's Matching Service online system.

Gameplay

This version of the game allows players to select between fighting styles from each Vampire game: Vampire, Vampire Hunter, and the multiple arcade releases of Vampire Savior.

Characters

  • Anakaris
  • Aulbath (Rikuo)
  • Bishamon
  • Bulleta (B.B. Hood)
  • Demitri Maximoff
  • Donovan Baine
  • Felicia
  • Gallon (Jon Talbain)
  • Jedah Dohma
  • Lei-Lei (Hsien-Ko)
  • Lilith
  • Morrigan Aensland
  • Phobos (Huitzil)
  • Pyron
  • Q-Bee
  • Sasquatch
  • Victor von Gerdenheim
  • Zabel Zarock (Lord Raptor)

History

Legacy

The game was ported to the PlayStation Portable in 2004. This version was released in North America and Europe as Darkstalkers Chronicle: The Chaos Tower in 2005. It includes all of the features from the original Dreamcast game, as well as a new single-player "Chaos Tower" mode.

Production credits

  • Program Design: Nobuaki Minomiya, Hisashi Kuramoto
  • Scroll Design: Sawatch
  • Music: Tetsuya Shibata, Yuko Takehara
  • Sound: Hiroaki "X68K" Kondo, (Moe・T) Takeshi Kitamura
  • Planner: Buruma (Kojimax), Oni-Suzuki
  • Title Design: Shoei
  • Instruction Card Design: Mizuho Toyonaga
  • Opening Movie: Naoto Satou, Takuji Mishima
  • Network: Kaz Yunde, Kentaro Kaneko, Mineyuki Noda, Net Man, Shin., Tomohiro Ueno, Kohei Akiyama
  • Test Player: Kobashu, Mukaism, Masapi, T‑Ono, Ume‑Zono, Izumi, Nipanda
  • Special Thanks: Cham, Meijin, Senor, Hyper Shinchan, Haruo Murata
  • Director: Hideaki Itsuno
  • Producer: Yoshihiro Sudou
  • General Producer: Noritaka Funamizu
  • Executive Producer: Yoshiki Okamoto
and Capcom All Staff
Source:
In-game credits
Vampire Chronicle DC credits.pdf
[4]

Magazine articles

Main article: Vampire Chronicle for Matching Service/Magazine articles.

Physical scans

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Publication Score Source
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0 review
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Consoles + (FR) NTSC-J
80
[5]
Dreamcast Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
87
[6]
Dorimaga (JP) NTSC-J
87
[7]
Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast (RU)
81
[8]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
78
[9]
Fun Generation (DE) NTSC-U
80
[10]
Gamers' Republic (US) NTSC-J
75
[11]
Playmag (FR) NTSC-J
70
[12]
Video Games (DE) NTSC-J
70
[13]
Sega Dreamcast
 79
Based on
9 reviews

Vampire Chronicle for Matching Service

Dreamcast, JP
VCfMS DC JP Box Back.jpgVCfMS DC JP Box Front.jpg
Cover
VCfMS DC JP Spinecard.jpg
Spinecard
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Disc
Vampire Chronicle DC JP Manual.pdf
Manual

Technical information

Main article: Vampire Chronicle for Matching Service/Technical information.

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Dreamcast
 ?
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
GD-ROM (JP)

External links

References

  1. ↑ File:VCfMS DC JP Box Back.jpg
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 http://sega.jp/dc/000811/ (Wayback Machine: 2015-01-14 22:07)
  3. ↑ https://sega.jp/history/hard/dreamcast/software_l.html#tab01 (Wayback Machine: 2020-02-01 22:57)
  4. ↑ File:Vampire Chronicle DC credits.pdf
  5. ↑ Consoles +, "Novembre 2000" (FR; 2000-1x-xx), page 113
  6. ↑ Dreamcast Magazine, "2000-27 (2000-08-18)" (JP; 2000-08-04), page 26
  7. ↑ Dorimaga, "2002-18 (2002-10-11)" (JP; 2002-09-27), page 34
  8. ↑ Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast, "Izdaniye chetvertoye, dopolnennoye" (RU; 2002-xx-xx), page 288
  9. ↑ Famitsu, "2000-08-18,25" (JP; 2000-08-04), page 32
  10. ↑ Fun Generation, "12/2000" (DE; 2000-11-22), page 77
  11. ↑ Gamers' Republic, "October 2000" (US; 2000-xx-xx), page 94
  12. ↑ Playmag, "Octobre 2000" (FR; 2000-xx-xx), page 53
  13. ↑ Video Games, "01/2001" (DE; 2000-12-06), page 113


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Darkstalkers/Vampire games for Sega systems
Night Warriors: Darkstalkers' Revenge (1996) | Vampire Savior: The Lord of Vampire (1998) | Vampire Chronicle for Matching Service (2000)
Related games
Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo (1996) | Pocket Fighter (1998)
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