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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 September 1996[5], later December 1997[6], having appeared at E3 1997[7][8].
Gameplay
Characters
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(Ryu) Hayabusa
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Bayman
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Lei-Fang
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Tina
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Zack
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Kasumi
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Jann-Lee
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Gen-Fu
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Raidou
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Boss
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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[9].
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
- Voice Actor: Aoni Production
- 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[10]
Magazine articles
- Main article: Dead or Alive/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
PDF
Saturn flyer
Print advert in (JP) #1996-17: "1996-17 (1996-10-11)" (1996-09-27)
Print advert in (JP) #1997-33: "1997-33 (1997-09-26)" (1997-09-12)
Print advert in
(JP) #1997-35: "1997-35 (1997-10-17)" (1997-10-03)
also published in:
- (JP) #1997-36: "1997-36 (1997-10-24)" (1997-10-09)[11]
Print advert in (JP) #1997-37: "1997-37 (1997-10-31)" (1997-10-17)
Physical scans
Model 2 version
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Division by zero.
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[12]
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Saturn version
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Technical information
- Main article: Dead or Alive/Technical information.
ROM dump status
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459,369,120
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1997-09-10
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T-3603G, T-3604G V1.001
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459,369,120
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1997-09-12
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CD-ROM (JP)
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T-3603G V1.002 (Rev A)
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Track list
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References
- ↑ File:DOA Saturn JP Box Back.jpg
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 https://sega.jp/fb/segahard/ss/soft_licensee3.html (Wayback Machine: 2019-07-28 12:30)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Sega Saturn Magazine, "1997-33 (1997-09-26)" (JP; 1997-09-12), page 207
- ↑ Intelligent Gamer, "July 1996" (US; 1996-0x-xx), page 42
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Next Generation, "April 1997" (US; 1997-03-11), page 134
- ↑ Ação Games, "Janeiro 1998" (BR; 199x-xx-xx), page 13
- ↑ Consoles +, "Décembre 1997" (FR; 1997-1x-xx), page 180
- ↑ Computer & Video Games, "December 1997" (UK; 1997-11-12), page 90
- ↑ Edge, "Christmas 1997" (UK; 1997-11-27), page 106
- ↑ Famitsu, "1997-10-17" (JP; 1997-10-03), page 1
- ↑ GameFan, "Volume 5, Issue 12: December 1997" (US; 1997-xx-xx), page 26
- ↑ GamePro, "March 1998" (US; 1998-xx-xx), page 102
- ↑ MAN!AC, "01/98" (DE; 1997-12-10), page 62
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "April 1998" (UK; 1998-03-11), page 67
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "1997-35 (1997-10-17)" (JP; 1997-10-03), page 199
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "Readers rating final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 10
- ↑ Strana Igr, "Dekabr 1997" (RU; 1997-xx-xx), page 96
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