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'''''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 '''T'''eam '''B'''attle, 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.
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'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' (バーチャファイター3ｔｂ) (Virtua Fighter 3 team battle) is a [[Sega Model 3 Step 1.0]] arcade fighting game developed by [[Sega AM2]] and manufactured by [[Sega]]. An update to the developer's earlier ''[[Virtua Fighter 3]]'', it was first released to Japanese arcades in September 1997, and is notable for allowing a team of fighters to be selected, rather than just one.
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In November 1998, ''Virtua Fighter 3tb'' was ported to the [[Sega Dreamcast]], courtesy of developer [[Genki]] and publisher [[Sega]].
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==Gameplay==
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''Virtua Fighter 3tb'' is much the same game as ''Virtua Fighter 3'', but as its name suggests, the arcade cabinet defaults to a "team battle" mode. Here, users are asked to select three characters instead of one (not dissimilar to [[SNK]]'s ''The King of Fighters'' series), who will go up against other teams of three. The same character can be picked more than once (so it is possible to have three Akiras on a team), but the roster and ordering cannot be changed between battles.
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Each character only gets one chance against the opposing team. If he/she is knocked out, this character cannot be used for the rest of the match. Winners recover a portion of their health for the next fight. Once eight stages are completed, the player will be challenged by a team of three Durals. Beating them ends the game.
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While no new stages have been added to ''Virtua Fighter 3tb'', each returning arena is set at a different time of day than ''Virtua Fighter 3''. For example, Wolf's desert stage now takes place in daylight, rather than sunset.
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''Virtua Fighter 3tb'' arcade machines can be reverted to traditional ''Virtua Fighter 3'' through a setting in the service menu, although this does not change the title screen.
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The Dreamcast version has most of the features from the arcade game (including settings relegated to its service menu), plus a training mode and a "history" option, in which a video showcasing early footage of ''[[Virtua Fighter]]'' and ''[[Virtua Fighter 2]]'' is shown, alongside the initial reveal video for ''Virtua Fighter 3''.
  
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''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.
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==History==
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''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. The original Japanese Dreamcast release of the game was distributed in a double CD case with a special preview disc of "Project Berkley", which would eventually become ''[[Shenmue]]''. Later prints of the game lacked this extra.
  
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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.
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==Versions==
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''Virtua Fighter 3'' garnered a great deal of attention upon its original arcade release in 1996, and throughout the Dreamcast's development lifecycle was used as a rough guide as to how capable a new Sega system might be. However, the two year gap (three in the West) before a comparable home console outing led to it being compared unfavourably to newer titles
  
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This is most evident in the Western launch, when ''Virtua Fighter 3tb'' debuted on the same day as the critically acclaimed ''[[SoulCalibur]]''. Whereas ''SoulCalibur'' is considered to have improved during its transition from arcade to Dreamcast, ''Virtua Fighter 3tb'' makes noticeable cutbacks in areas, despite being the older and simpler game of the two. This may be attributed to the fact the Dreamcast port was handled by [[Genki]] and not in-house by Sega AM2, in contrast to the Saturn releases of ''[[Virtua Fighter]]'' (''[[Virtua Fighter Remix|Remix]]'') and ''[[Virtua Fighter 2]]''.
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While operating at a higher resolution, texture quailty is often worse for ''Virtua Fighter 3tb'' on the Dreamcast, and lighting and fog effects also differ between the two versions. Some stages have different coloured backgrounds for unknown reasons.
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In the Dreamcast port, the character model of Aoi Umenokoji consists of about 7,500 polygons, with her head alone consisting of about 4,300 polygons. In the water stage, the polygon count reaches up to 1.9 million polygons per second, about 32,000 polygons per scene at 60 FPS.
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Returning to the Dreamcast version of the game as a secret is the so-called "alphabet character", a fighter sharing movesets with the regular cast but constructed out of 3D letters from the name entry screen. The alphabet character debuted in the Saturn version of ''Virtua Fighter 2'' (also as a secret), however here it is more fleshed out, with limbs being spread out across the ground when knocked over. The alphabet character is are made up of a single letter rendered at different sizes (save for its hands) - if hit, the letter changes, becoming the "END" graphic if the player loses a match.
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A normal player model is loaded if the alphabet character attempts to fight Dural, and this model is also used for the credits sequence. A mode also exists where all opponent players are replaced with the alphabet character (using their moves).
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==Production credits==
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{{mainArticle|{{PAGENAME}}/Production credits}}
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===Arcade version===
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*'''Producer:''' [[Yu Suzuki]]
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*'''Program Director:''' [[Tetsuya Kaku]]
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*'''Design Director:''' [[Kazuhiro Izaki]]
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*'''Game Director:''' [[Daichi Katagiri]]
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{{creditsheader|Programmers}}
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*'''Game System, Undulation:''' [[Tetsuya Kaku]]
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*'''Game System:''' [[Daichi Katagiri]]
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*'''Game System, CPU Battle:''' [[Kota Matsumoto]]
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*'''Cloth, Motion System:''' [[Yuichiro Mine]]
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*'''Polygon Management:''' [[Yoichi Nakazato]], [[Naohiro Hirao]]
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*'''Camera:''' [[Takashi Ono]]
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*'''Stage Collision:''' [[Norio Haga]]
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*'''Stage & Character Effects:''' [[Shigeru Yoshida]]
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*'''Stage Effects:''' Tsuyoshi Nishida
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*'''Replay, Ending:''' [[Syuji Takahashi]]
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*'''Advertise, Ending:''' [[Hiroshi Masui]]
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*'''Scroll, Hand Motion:''' [[Takeshi Yamanouchi]]
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*'''Main Motion Set:''' [[Masataka Daigo]]
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*'''Motion Set:''' [[Kazuhiro Shigekuni]], [[Masaya Takeshige]]
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{{creditsheader|Designers}}
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*'''Motion Designers'''
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**'''Main Motion Design, Direction:''' [[Kazuhiro Izaki]]
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**'''Motion Design, Advise:''' [[Toshiya Inoue]], [[Naotake Nishimura]]
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**'''Motion Design:''' [[Kasyo Oda]], [[Akira Morimoto]]
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**'''Assistant Motion Design:''' [[Daichi Katagiri]], [[Manabu Tsukamoto]]
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*'''Character Designers'''
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**'''Character Modeling Direction:''' [[Toshihiro Nagoshi]]
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**'''Main Character Design, Modeling:''' [[Mika Kojima]]
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**'''Character Design, Modeling:''' [[Ringo Manabe]]
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*'''Stage Designers'''
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**'''Stage Design Direction:''' [[Naotake Nishimura]]
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**'''Main Stage Design, Modeling:''' [[Hideaki Kato]]
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**'''Stage Design, Modeling:''' [[Gaku Nakatani]], [[Shinichiro Shimano]], [[Naoaki Tasaka]], [[Masaaki Somaki]]
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*'''Planner'''
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**'''Planning Support:''' [[Manabu Tsukamoto]]
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*'''Sound Designers'''
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**'''Program:''' [[Hiroshi Kawaguchi]]
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**'''Compose, SE:''' [[Takenobu Mitsuyoshi]], [[Fumio Ito]], [[Hidenori Shoji|Hidenori Syoji]]
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**'''Supervisor:''' [[Toshihiro Nagoshi]]
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*'''Assistant Programmers'''
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**'''Reflection Mapping, Model3 Base:''' [[Takuji Masuda]]
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**'''Collision, Pin Point Light, Utility:''' [[Takashi Fujimura]]
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**'''Polygon Converter:''' [[Kazuhiko Takata]]
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**'''Sound, I/O Utility:''' [[Koki Koiwa]]
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**'''Test Mode, Coin Utility:''' [[Kazutoshi Tozawa]]
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*'''Assistant Designers'''
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**'''Stage Design:''' [[Yasuo Kawagoshi]], [[Junichi Yamanaka]], [[Kazufumi Ohashi]], [[Hidenobu Miyakita]], [[Mitsugu Tsuchida]]
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**'''Assistant Stage Design:''' [[Shinya Inoue]]
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**'''Effect Design:''' [[Makio Kida]]
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**'''Scroll Design:''' [[Yukinobu Arikawa]], [[Kazuhiro Izaki]]
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**'''Character Design:''' [[Akihito Hiroyoshi]], [[Daisuke Sato]]
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**'''Taka-Arashi Design:''' [[Tetsunari Iwasaki]]
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*'''Publicity:''' [[Yasushi Nakajima]], [[Yoshifusa Hayama]]
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*'''Special Thanks:''' [[AM4|AM R&D Dept. #4]], AM Hardware R&D, [[AM2|AM R&D Dept. #2]] Technical Research Section, [[81 Produce]], Action Team AAC, [[Yasuyuki Hattori]], Terushige Watanabe, Yuko Ota
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*'''Presented by:''' [[Sega]]
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===Dreamcast version===
 
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===Dreamcast Version===
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'''Producer:''' [[Yu Suzuki]]<br>
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*'''Producer:''' [[Yu Suzuki]]
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'''Program Director:''' [[Tetsuya Kaku]]<br>
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*'''Program Director:''' [[Tetsuya Kaku]]
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'''Design Director:''' [[Kazuhiro Izaki]]<br>
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*'''Design Director:''' [[Kazuhiro Izaki]]
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'''Game Director:''' [[Daichi Katagiri]]<br>
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*'''Game Director:''' [[Daichi Katagiri]]
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: '''Programmers'''
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{{creditsheader|Programmers}}
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'''Game System, Undulation:''' [[Tetsuya Kaku]]<br>
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*'''Game System, Undulation:''' [[Tetsuya Kaku]]
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'''Game System:''' [[Daichi Katagiri]]<br>
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*'''Game System:''' [[Daichi Katagiri]]
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'''Game System, CPU Battle:''' [[Kota Matsumoto]]<br>
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*'''Game System, CPU Battle:''' [[Kota Matsumoto]]
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'''Cloth, Motion System:''' [[Yuichiro Mine]]<br>
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*'''Cloth, Motion System:''' [[Yuichiro Mine]]
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'''Polygon Management:''' Yoichi Nakazato, [[Naohiro Hirao]]<br>
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*'''Polygon Management:''' [[Yoichi Nakazato]], [[Naohiro Hirao]]
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'''Camera:''' [[Takashi Ono]]<br>
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*'''Camera:''' [[Takashi Ono]]
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'''Stage Collision:''' [[Norio Haga]]<br>
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*'''Stage Collision:''' [[Norio Haga]]
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'''Stage & Character Effects:''' [[Shigeru Yoshida]]<br>
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*'''Stage & Character Effects:''' [[Shigeru Yoshida]]
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'''Stage Effects:''' Tsuyoshi Nishida<br>
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*'''Stage Effects:''' Tsuyoshi Nishida
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'''Replay, Ending:''' [[Syuji Takahashi]]<br>
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*'''Replay, Ending:''' [[Syuji Takahashi]]
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'''Advertise, Ending:''' [[Hiroshi Masui]]<br>
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*'''Advertise, Ending:''' [[Hiroshi Masui]]
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'''Scroll, Hand Motion:''' [[Takeshi Yamanouchi]]<br>
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*'''Scroll, Hand Motion:''' [[Takeshi Yamanouchi]]
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'''Main Motion Set:''' [[Masataka Daigo]]<br>
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*'''Main Motion Set:''' [[Masataka Daigo]]
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'''Motion Set:''' [[Kazuhiro Shigekuni]], [[Masaya Takeshige]]<br>
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*'''Motion Set:''' [[Kazuhiro Shigekuni]], [[Masaya Takeshige]]
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:: '''Designers'''
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{{creditsheader|Designers}}
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: '''Motion Designers'''
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*'''Motion Designers'''
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'''Main Motion Design, Direction:''' [[Kazuhiro Izaki]]<br>
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**'''Main Motion Design, Direction:''' [[Kazuhiro Izaki]]
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'''Motion Design, Advise:''' [[Toshiya Inoue]], [[Naotake Nishimura]]<br>
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**'''Motion Design, Advise:''' [[Toshiya Inoue]], [[Naotake Nishimura]]
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'''Motion Design:''' [[Kasyo Oda]], [[Akira Morimoto]]<br>
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**'''Motion Design:''' [[Kasyo Oda]], [[Akira Morimoto]]
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'''Assistant Motion Design:''' [[Daichi Katagiri]], [[Manabu Tsukamoto]]<br>
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**'''Assistant Motion Design:''' [[Daichi Katagiri]], [[Manabu Tsukamoto]]
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: '''Character Designers'''
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*'''Character Designers'''
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'''Character Modeling Direction:''' [[Toshihiro Nagoshi]]<br>
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**'''Character Modeling Direction:''' [[Toshihiro Nagoshi]]
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'''Main Character Design, Modeling:''' [[Mika Kojima]]<br>
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**'''Main Character Design, Modeling:''' [[Mika Kojima]]
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'''Character Design, Modeling:''' [[Ringo Manabe]]<br>
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**'''Character Design, Modeling:''' [[Ringo Manabe]]
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: '''Stage Designers'''
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*'''Stage Designers'''
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'''Stage Design Direction:''' [[Naotake Nishimura]]<br>
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**'''Stage Design Direction:''' [[Naotake Nishimura]]
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'''Main Stage Design, Modeling:''' [[Hideaki Kato]]<br>
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**'''Main Stage Design, Modeling:''' [[Hideaki Kato]]
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'''Stage Design, Modeling:''' [[Gaku Nakatani]], [[Shinichiro Shimano]], [[Naoaki Tasaka]], [[Masaaki Somaki]]<br>
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**'''Stage Design, Modeling:''' [[Gaku Nakatani]], [[Shinichiro Shimano]], [[Naoaki Tasaka]], [[Masaaki Somaki]]
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: '''Planner'''
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*'''Planner'''
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'''Planning Support:''' [[Manabu Tsukamoto]]<br>
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**'''Planning Support:''' [[Manabu Tsukamoto]]
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: '''Sound Designers'''
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*'''Sound Designers'''
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'''Program:''' [[Hiroshi Kawaguchi]]<br>
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**'''Program:''' [[Hiroshi Kawaguchi]]
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'''Compose, SE:''' [[Takenobu Mitsuyoshi]], [[Fumio Ito]], [[Hidenori Shoji|Hidenori Syoji]]<br>
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**'''Compose, SE:''' [[Takenobu Mitsuyoshi]], [[Fumio Ito]], [[Hidenori Shoji|Hidenori Syoji]]
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'''Supervisor:''' [[Toshihiro Nagoshi]]<br>
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**'''Supervisor:''' [[Toshihiro Nagoshi]]
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: '''Assistant Programmers'''
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*'''Assistant Programmers'''
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'''Reflection Mapping, Model3 Base:''' [[Takuji Masuda]]<br>
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**'''Reflection Mapping, Model3 Base:''' [[Takuji Masuda]]
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'''Collision, Pin Point Light, Utility:''' [[Takashi Fujimura]]<br>
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**'''Collision, Pin Point Light, Utility:''' [[Takashi Fujimura]]
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'''Polygon Converter:''' [[Kazuhiko Takata]]<br>
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**'''Polygon Converter:''' [[Kazuhiko Takata]]
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'''Sound, I/O Utility:''' [[Koki Koiwa]]<br>
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**'''Sound, I/O Utility:''' [[Koki Koiwa]]
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'''Test Mode, Coin Utility:''' [[Kazutoshi Tozawa]]<br>
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**'''Test Mode, Coin Utility:''' [[Kazutoshi Tozawa]]
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: '''Assistant Designers'''
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*'''Assistant Designers'''
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'''Stage Design:''' [[Yasuo Kawagoshi]], [[Junichi Yamanaka]], [[Kazufumi Ohashi]], [[Hidenobu Miyakita]], [[Mitsugu Tsuchida]]<br>
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**'''Stage Design:''' [[Yasuo Kawagoshi]], [[Junichi Yamanaka]], [[Kazufumi Ohashi]], [[Hidenobu Miyakita]], [[Mitsugu Tsuchida]]
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'''Assistant Stage Design:''' [[Shinya Inoue]]<br>
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**'''Assistant Stage Design:''' [[Shinya Inoue]]
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'''Effect Design:''' [[Makio Kida]]<br>
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**'''Effect Design:''' [[Makio Kida]]
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'''Scroll Design:''' [[Yukinobu Arikawa]], [[Kazuhiro Izaki]]<br>
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**'''Scroll Design:''' [[Yukinobu Arikawa]], [[Kazuhiro Izaki]]
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'''Character Design:''' [[Akihito Hiroyoshi]], [[Daisuke Sato]]<br>
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**'''Character Design:''' [[Akihito Hiroyoshi]], [[Daisuke Sato]]
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'''Taka-Arashi Design:''' [[Tetsunari Iwasaki]]<br>
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**'''Taka-Arashi Design:''' [[Tetsunari Iwasaki]]
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{{creditsheader|Dreamcast version}}
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*'''Programmers (Genki):''' [[Yoshinari Sunazuka]], [[Satoshi Ishii]], [[Daisuke Tanaka]], [[Tsuyoshi Matsumoto]], [[Keijiro Iwase]], Mitsuru Kudo
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*'''Designers (Genki):''' [[Ichiro Kojima|Ichirou Kojima]], Yumie Ohtake, Naomi Yakushijin, [[Akemi Watanabe]], Tomoki Kuroiwa, Shinya Kozaki
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*'''Sound Designers:''' [[Tatsutoshi Narita|Tatsuhito Narita]], [[Takenobu Mitsuyoshi]], [[Fumio Ito]], [[Hidenori Shoji]], [[Takayuki Nakamura|Takashi Nakamura]], [[Tatsuya Suizu|Tatsuya Suitsu]]
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*'''Technical Support:''' [[Tadahiro Kawamura]], [[Masafumi Fujita]], [[Takayuki Ota]], [[Seiji Fujiwara]], [[Norimasa Yoshizawa]], [[Shinichi Uchida]]
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*'''Publicity:''' [[Yasushi Nakajima]], [[Chiaki Yagi]]
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*'''Special Thanks:''' [[Hiroshi Aso]], [[Hiroshi Hamagaki]] (Genki), [[Seiki Saito]], [[AM2|AM R&D Dept. #2]], Naomi Lib Team, [[Sofdec|MPEG Sofdec]], [[81 Produce]], Action Team AAC, [[Yasuyuki Hattori]], Terushige Watanabe, Yuko Ota
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*'''Presented by:''' [[Sega]]
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==Magazine articles==
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: '''Dreamcast Version'''
 
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'''Programmers (Genki):''' Yoshinari Sunazuka, Satoshi Ishii, Daisuke Tanaka, Tsuyoshi Matsumoto, Keijiro Iwase, Mitsuru Kudo<br>
 
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'''Designers (Genki):''' Ichirou Kojima, Yumie Ohtake, Naomi Yakushijin, Akemi Watanabe, Tomoki Kuroiwa, Shinya Kozaki<br>
 
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'''Sound Designers:''' [[Tatsutoshi Narita|Tatsuhito Narita]], [[Takenobu Mitsuyoshi]], [[Fumio Ito]], [[Hidenori Shoji]], Takashi Nakamura, [[Tatsuya Suizu|Tatsuya Suitsu]]<br>
 
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'''Technical Support:''' [[Tadahiro Kawamura]], [[Masafumi Fujita]], [[Takayuki Ota]], [[Seiji Fujiwara]], [[Norimasa Yoshizawa]], Shinichi Uchida<br>
 
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'''Publicity:''' [[Yasushi Nakajima]], [[Chiaki Yagi]]<br>
 
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'''Special Thanks:''' [[Hiroshi Aso]], Hiroshi Hamagaki (Genki), [[Seiki Saito]], [[AM2|AM R&D Dept. #2]], Naomi Lib Team, MPEG Sofdec, 81 Produce, Action Team AAC, [[Yasuyuki Hattori]], Terushige Watanabe, Yuko Ota<br>
 
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'''Presented by:''' [[Sega]]<br>
 
 
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==External Links==
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==External links==
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* [http://sega.jp/dc/981004/ Sega of Japan catalogue page (Japanese)]
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* Sega of America webpage: [https://web.archive.org/web/20031125150753/http://www.sega.com:80/games/dreamcast/post_dreamcastgame.jhtml?PRODID=281 Dreamcast]
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Latest revision as of 18:45, 8 January 2024

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  • Model 3
  • Sega Dreamcast
    NTSC-U
  • Sega Dreamcast
    NTSC-J
  • Sega Dreamcast
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Virtua Fighter 3tb
System(s): Sega Model 3 Step 1.0, Sega Dreamcast
Publisher: Sega
Developer:
Supporting companies:
Peripherals supported:
Sega Dreamcast
Dreamcast VGA Box, Dreamcast Arcade Stick, Visual Memory Unit
Genre: Fighting Action/Kakutou Action (格闘アクション)[1], Fighting/Taisen Kakutou (対戦格闘)[2], Action[3]

















Number of players: 1-2
Release Date RRP Code
Arcade (Model 3)
JP		 ¥60,000[4] 837-11858
Arcade (Model 3)
US		 $? 837-11858
Arcade (Model 3)
UK		 £300[4] 837-11858























Sega Dreamcast
JP 		¥5,800 (6,090)5,800e[2] HDR-0002
Sega Rating: All Ages
Sega Dreamcast
JP
(Repeat-ban) 		¥5,800 (5,974)5,800e[2] HDR-0017
Sega Dreamcast
US 		$49.9549.95[7] 51001
ESRB: Teen
Sega Dreamcast
DE 		MK-51001-53
USK: 0
Sega Dreamcast
ES 		8,990Ptas8,990[13] MK-51001-53
ELSPA: 15+ OK
Sega Dreamcast
FR 		MK-51001-53
SELL: Tous Publics
Sega Dreamcast
UK 		£39.9939.99[10][11] MK-51001-53
ELSPA: 15+ OK
Sega Dreamcast
DE/FR/UK 		MK-51001-53
ELSPA: 15+ OK
Sega Dreamcast
UK/IT 		MK-51001-56
ELSPA: 15+ OK
Sega Dreamcast
AU 		$89.9589.95[15] FVIR29DCS
OFLC: M15

Virtua Fighter 3tb (バーチャファイター3ｔｂ) (Virtua Fighter 3 team battle) is a Sega Model 3 Step 1.0 arcade fighting game developed by Sega AM2 and manufactured by Sega. An update to the developer's earlier Virtua Fighter 3, it was first released to Japanese arcades in September 1997, and is notable for allowing a team of fighters to be selected, rather than just one.

In November 1998, Virtua Fighter 3tb was ported to the Sega Dreamcast, courtesy of developer Genki and publisher Sega.

Gameplay

Virtua Fighter 3tb is much the same game as Virtua Fighter 3, but as its name suggests, the arcade cabinet defaults to a "team battle" mode. Here, users are asked to select three characters instead of one (not dissimilar to SNK's The King of Fighters series), who will go up against other teams of three. The same character can be picked more than once (so it is possible to have three Akiras on a team), but the roster and ordering cannot be changed between battles.

Each character only gets one chance against the opposing team. If he/she is knocked out, this character cannot be used for the rest of the match. Winners recover a portion of their health for the next fight. Once eight stages are completed, the player will be challenged by a team of three Durals. Beating them ends the game.

While no new stages have been added to Virtua Fighter 3tb, each returning arena is set at a different time of day than Virtua Fighter 3. For example, Wolf's desert stage now takes place in daylight, rather than sunset.

Virtua Fighter 3tb arcade machines can be reverted to traditional Virtua Fighter 3 through a setting in the service menu, although this does not change the title screen.

The Dreamcast version has most of the features from the arcade game (including settings relegated to its service menu), plus a training mode and a "history" option, in which a video showcasing early footage of Virtua Fighter and Virtua Fighter 2 is shown, alongside the initial reveal video for Virtua Fighter 3.

History

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

Versions

Virtua Fighter 3 garnered a great deal of attention upon its original arcade release in 1996, and throughout the Dreamcast's development lifecycle was used as a rough guide as to how capable a new Sega system might be. However, the two year gap (three in the West) before a comparable home console outing led to it being compared unfavourably to newer titles

This is most evident in the Western launch, when Virtua Fighter 3tb debuted on the same day as the critically acclaimed SoulCalibur. Whereas SoulCalibur is considered to have improved during its transition from arcade to Dreamcast, Virtua Fighter 3tb makes noticeable cutbacks in areas, despite being the older and simpler game of the two. This may be attributed to the fact the Dreamcast port was handled by Genki and not in-house by Sega AM2, in contrast to the Saturn releases of Virtua Fighter (Remix) and Virtua Fighter 2.

While operating at a higher resolution, texture quailty is often worse for Virtua Fighter 3tb on the Dreamcast, and lighting and fog effects also differ between the two versions. Some stages have different coloured backgrounds for unknown reasons.

In the Dreamcast port, the character model of Aoi Umenokoji consists of about 7,500 polygons, with her head alone consisting of about 4,300 polygons. In the water stage, the polygon count reaches up to 1.9 million polygons per second, about 32,000 polygons per scene at 60 FPS.

Returning to the Dreamcast version of the game as a secret is the so-called "alphabet character", a fighter sharing movesets with the regular cast but constructed out of 3D letters from the name entry screen. The alphabet character debuted in the Saturn version of Virtua Fighter 2 (also as a secret), however here it is more fleshed out, with limbs being spread out across the ground when knocked over. The alphabet character is are made up of a single letter rendered at different sizes (save for its hands) - if hit, the letter changes, becoming the "END" graphic if the player loses a match.

A normal player model is loaded if the alphabet character attempts to fight Dural, and this model is also used for the credits sequence. A mode also exists where all opponent players are replaced with the alphabet character (using their moves).

Production credits

Main article: Virtua Fighter 3tb/Production credits.

Arcade version

Programmers
Designers

Dreamcast version

Programmers
Designers
Dreamcast version

Magazine articles

Main article: Virtua Fighter 3tb/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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Print advert in Dreamcast Magazine (JP) #1998-05: "1998-05 (1998-12-18)" (1998-12-04)
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Print advert in Freak (IL) #75 (1999-xx-xx)

also published in:

  • Freak (IL) #78 (1999-xx-xx)
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Print advert in Dreamcast: Das Offizielle Magazin (DE) #1: "Oktober 1999" (1999-10-14)
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Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #125: "December 1999" (1999-11-09)
also published in:
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Print advert in Next Level (AR) #12: "Enero 2000" (xxxx-xx-xx)
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Print advert in Neo Plus (PL) #30: "Marzec 2001" (2001-xx-xx)
also published in:
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Print advert in Neo Plus (PL) #35: "Wrzesień 2001" (2001-xx-xx)
also published in:
  • Play (PL) #14: "Październik 2001" (2001-xx-xx)[22]
  • Neo Plus (PL) #36: "Październik 2001" (2001-xx-xx)[23]
  • Play (PL) #15: "Listopad 2001" (2001-xx-xx)[24]
  • Neo Plus (PL) #37: "Listopad 2001" (2001-xx-xx)[25]
  • Play (PL) #15: "Listopad 2001" (2001-xx-xx)[26]
  • Neo Plus (PL) #38: "Grudzień 2001" (2001-xx-xx)[27]
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Artwork

  • DreamcastPressDisc4 VF3TB vf3tb.jpg
  • VirtuaFighter3tb DC Art Akira Portrait.jpg
  • VirtuaFighter3tb DC Art Aoi Portrait.jpg
  • VirtuaFighter3tb DC Art Dural Portrait.jpg
  • VirtuaFighter3tb DC Art Jacky Portrait.jpg
  • VirtuaFighter3tb DC Art Jeffry Portrait.jpg
  • VirtuaFighter3tb DC Art Kagemaru Portrait.jpg
  • VirtuaFighter3tb DC Art Lau Portrait.jpg
  • VirtuaFighter3tb DC Art Lion Portrait.jpg
  • VirtuaFighter3tb DC Art Pai Portrait.jpg
  • DreamcastPressDisc4 VF3TB sar summer.jpg
  • NurnbergerSpielwarenmesse1999 VF3tb 01SHUN.jpg
  • NurnbergerSpielwarenmesse1999 VF3tb 02LAU.jpg
  • NurnbergerSpielwarenmesse1999 VF3tb 03AOI.jpg
  • NurnbergerSpielwarenmesse1999 VF3tb 04AKIRA.jpg
  • NurnbergerSpielwarenmesse1999 VF3tb 05LION.jpg
  • NurnbergerSpielwarenmesse1999 VF3tb 06PAI.jpg
  • NurnbergerSpielwarenmesse1999 VF3tb 07Jeffry.jpg
  • NurnbergerSpielwarenmesse1999 VF3tb 08SARAH.jpg
  • NurnbergerSpielwarenmesse1999 VF3tb 09WOLF.jpg
  • NurnbergerSpielwarenmesse1999 VF3tb 10KAGE.jpg
  • NurnbergerSpielwarenmesse1999 VF3tb 11JACKY.jpg
  • NurnbergerSpielwarenmesse1999 VF3tb 12TAKA-ARASI.jpg
  • DreamcastPressDisc4 VF3TB am2logo.jpg
  • DreamcastPressDisc4 VF3TB VF3ART.jpg
  • DreamcastPressDisc4 VF3TB VF3TB PACKSHOT.jpg
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Physical scans

Model 3 version

Arcade, World

Dreamcast version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
{{{{{icon}}}|L}} Division by zero.
Based on
0 review
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Ação Games (BR)
97
[28]
Arcade (UK) NTSC-J
100
[29]
Arcade (UK) PAL
50
[30]
Consoles + (FR) NTSC-J
96
[31]
Consoles + (FR) PAL
85
[32]
Computer & Video Games (UK)
75
[33]
Dreamcast Monthly (UK) PAL
70
[34]
DC-UK (UK) PAL
90
[35]
DC-UK (UK) PAL
70
[36]
Dreamcast: Le Magazine Officiel (FR) PAL
80
[37]
Dreamcast: Das Offizielle Magazin (DE)
75
[38]
Dreamcast Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
100
[39]
Dreamcast Magazine (UK)
93
[40]
Dreamcast Magazine (UK) PAL
85
[41]
Dorimaga (JP) NTSC-J
82
[42]
Edge (UK) NTSC-J
80
[43]
Edge (UK) PAL
70
[44]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
80
[45]
Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast (RU)
81
[46]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
90
[47]
GameFan (US) NTSC-U
84
[48]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
58
[49]
Gen 4 Consoles (FR)
40
[50]
Gamers' Republic (US) NTSC-J
91
[51]
Incite Video Gaming (US) NTSC-U
60
[52]
MAN!AC (DE) NTSC-J
90
[53]
MAN!AC (DE) PAL
88
[54]
Man!ak (PL)
95
[55]
Man!ak (PL)
83
[56]
Mega Fun (DE) PAL
86
[57]
Neo Plus (PL)
70
[58]
Next Generation (US) NTSC-U
75
[59]
neXt Level (DE) NTSC-J
90
[60]
neXt Level (DE) PAL
90
[61]
Next Level (AR)
68
[62]
Official Dreamcast Magazine (UK)
70
[63]
Player One (FR)
82
[64]
Playmag (FR) PAL
70
[65]
Play (PL)
85
[66]
PSX Extreme (PL)
70
[67]
Revista Oficial Dreamcast (ES) PAL
80
[13]
Sega Magazin (DE) NTSC-J
93
[68]
Strana Igr (RU)
90
[69]
Strana Igr (RU)
93
[70]
Total Control (UK) NTSC-J
90
[71]
Video Games (DE) PAL
81
[72]
Sega Dreamcast
 81
Based on
46 reviews

Virtua Fighter 3tb

Dreamcast, JP (double CD)
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Cover
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Spinecard
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Disc
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Manual
VFighter3tb-DC-J-SurveyCard.PDF
Reg Card
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Guidebook Flyer
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Tech Manual Flyer
Dreamcast, JP (single CD)
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Cover
Dreamcast, US
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Cover
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Disc
VF3TB DC US Manual.pdf
Manual
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Inlay
Dreamcast, EU
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Cover
Vf3tb dc eu disc.jpg
Disc
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Manual
Dreamcast, UK/IT
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Cover
Vf3tb dc eu disc.jpg
Disc
Dreamcast, PT

VirtuaFighter3tb-DC-PT-Manual.pdf
Manual
Dreamcast, AU
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Cover
Vf3tb dc eu disc.jpg
Disc

Technical information

Main article: Virtua Fighter 3tb/Technical information.

ROM dump status

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

External links

References

  1. ↑ File:VF3TB DC JP Box Back.jpg
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 http://sega.jp/dc/981004/ (Wayback Machine: 2007-05-27 17:20)
  3. ↑ https://sega.jp/history/hard/dreamcast/software.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-11-09 14:09)
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Edge, "January 1999" (UK; 1998-12-23), page 130
  5. ↑ http://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?m=pc&a=page_h_title&title_id=24346 (Wayback Machine: 2016-05-30 15:13)
  6. ↑ http://www.sega.com:80/games/dreamcast/post_dreamcastgame.jhtml?PRODID=281 (Wayback Machine: 2003-11-25 15:07)
  7. ↑ Press release: 1999-10-21: Renowned Game Designer Yu Suzuki Expands On an Arcade Hit With Virtua Fighter 3tb for Sega Dreamcast
  8. ↑ http://www.chipsworld.co.uk/detProd.asp?ProductCode=1113 (Wayback Machine: 2003-11-26 05:44)
  9. ↑ Dreamcast Magazine, "No. 3" (UK; 1999-11-25), page 7
  10. ↑ Computer & Video Games, "October 1999" (UK; 1999-09-15), page 63
  11. ↑ Official Dreamcast Magazine, "November 1999" (UK; 1999-09-30), page 77
  12. ↑ http://www.centromail.es/top/ficha.asp?codmail=13394&codprov= (Wayback Machine: 2001-09-17 04:43)
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