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
Dreamcast version
Programmers
Designers
- Motion Designers
- Character Designers
- Stage Designers
- Planner
- Sound Designers
- Assistant Programmers
- Assistant Designers
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
Magazine articles
- Main article: Virtua Fighter 3tb/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
Physical scans
Model 3 version
Dreamcast version
Sega Retro Average
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Publication
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Score
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Source
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Arcade (UK)
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100
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№3, p132/133[3]
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Arcade (UK)
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60
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№12, p77[4]
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Consoles + (FR)
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96
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№84, p88-93
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Consoles + (FR)
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85
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№93, p134/135
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Computer & Video Games (UK)
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80
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№215, p62/63[5]
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DC-UK (UK)
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90
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№1, p20-23[6]
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DC-UK (UK)
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70
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№2, p41[7]
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Dreamcast Monthly (UK)
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70
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№1, p60/61[8]
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Dreamcast Magazine (JP)
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100
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№1998-03, p25[9]
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Dreamcast Magazine (readers) (JP)
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82
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№2002-18, p34[10]
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Dreamcast Magazine (UK)
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93
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№1, p66-68[11]
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Dreamcast Magazine (UK)
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85
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№2, p78[12]
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Edge (UK)
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80
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№67, p84-86[13]
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Edge (UK)
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70
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№77, p100[14]
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Famitsu (JP)
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90
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№520, p35
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MAN!AC (DE)
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88
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№1999-11, p96[15]
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Player One (FR)
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82
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№100, p130/131
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Revista Oficial Dreamcast (ES)
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80
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№1, p42[16]
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neXt Level (DE)
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90
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№1/99, p6/7/8[17]
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neXt Level (DE)
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90
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№11-12/99, p38[18]
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Video Games (DE)
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100
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№1/99, p24/25[19]
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Video Games (DE)
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81
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№10/99, p6[20]
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Dreamcast, US
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Cover
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Disc Inlay
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Dreamcast, UK/IT
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Disc
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Dreamcast, JP (double CD)
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Cover
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Spinecard Disc Project Berkley Disc
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Dreamcast, JP (single CD)
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Cover
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External links
- Sega of Japan catalogue pages (Japanese): Dreamcast
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 File:DreamcastMagazine UK 03.pdf, page 7
- ↑ File:CVG UK 215.pdf, page 63
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- ↑ File:DreamcastMonthly UK 01.pdf, page 59
- ↑ File:DCM_JP_19981204_1998-03.pdf, page 25
- ↑ File:Dorimaga_20021011_JP.pdf, page 34
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- ↑ File:VideoGames DE 1999-10 -Suppliment.pdf, page 6
- ↑ Ação Games, "Janeiro 1999" (BR; 199x-xx-xx), page 18
- ↑ Consoles +, "Janvier 1999" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 88
- ↑ Consoles +, "Octobre 1999" (FR; 1999-xx-xx), page 138
- ↑ Dreamcast Monthly, "September 1999" (UK; 1999-xx-xx), page 60
- ↑ Dreamcast: Le Magazine Officiel, "Octobre/Novembre 1999" (FR; 1999-xx-xx), page 66
- ↑ Dreamcast: Das Offizielle Magazin, "Oktober 1999" (DE; 1999-10-14), page 22
- ↑ Dreamcast Magazine, "1998-03 (1998-12-04)" (JP; 1998-11-20), page 25
- ↑ Dorimaga, "2002-18 (2002-10-11)" (JP; 2002-09-27), page 34
- ↑ Dreamzone, "Novembre 1999" (FR; 1999-10-16), page 86
- ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "November 1999" (US; 1999-10-05), page 236
- ↑ Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast, "Izdaniye chetvertoye, dopolnennoye" (RU; 2002-xx-xx), page 291
- ↑ Famitsu, "1998-12-04" (JP; 1998-11-20), page 35
- ↑ GameFan, "Volume 7, Issue 12: December 1999" (US; 1999-xx-xx), page 20
- ↑ GamePro, "December 1999" (US; 1999-1x-xx), page 194
- ↑ Gen 4 Consoles, "Novembre 99" (FR; 1999-xx-xx), page 138
- ↑ Game Informer, "November 1999" (US; 1999-1x-xx), page 68
- ↑ Gamers' Republic, "February 1999" (US; 1999-01-15), page 84
- ↑ Incite Video Gaming, "December 1999" (US; 1999-1x-xx), page 127
- ↑ MAN!AC, "02/99" (DE; 1999-01-07), page 36
- ↑ MAN!AC, "11/99" (DE; 1999-10-06), page 96
- ↑ Man!ak, "Wrzesień 1999" (PL; 1999-xx-xx), page 18
- ↑ Man!ak, "Grudzień 1999" (PL; 1999-xx-xx), page 74
- ↑ Mega Fun, "10/99" (DE; 1999-09-01), page 76
- ↑ Neo Plus, "Listopad 1999" (PL; 1999-xx-xx), page 31
- ↑ Next Generation, "December 1999" (US; 1999-11-23), page 104
- ↑ neXt Level, "Januar 1999" (DE; 1998-12-18), page 6
- ↑ Next Level, "Marzo 1999" (AR; 1999-xx-xx), page 35
- ↑ Official Dreamcast Magazine, "November 1999" (UK; 1999-09-30), page 76
- ↑ Player One, "Septembre 1999" (FR; 1999-xx-xx), page 130
- ↑ Playmag, "Octobre 1999" (FR; 1999-xx-xx), page 129
- ↑ Play, "Lipiec 2001" (PL; 2001-xx-xx), page 18
- ↑ PSX Extreme, "03/2001" (PL; 2001-0x-xx), page 41
- ↑ Sega Magazin, "Februar 1999" (DE; 1998-12-28), page 10
- ↑ Strana Igr, "Yanvar 1999 2/2" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 8
- ↑ Strana Igr, "Sentyabr 2000 2/2" (RU; 2000-xx-xx), page 21
- ↑ Total Control, "January 1999" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 148
- ↑ Video Games, "10/99 It's Dreamcast Time supplement" (DE; 1999-09-22), page 6