Virtua Fighter

Polygonal 3D fighting with ring-outs and three buttons, redefining the genre away from sprites.

Released 1993 Developer Sega AM2 Publisher Sega Platform Arcade Genre Fighting Era 8- and 16-bit Website virtua-fighter.com ↗

Mechanics it built on

Ideas Virtua Fighter inherited rather than invented — each traceable back through the ontology to a root.

Same-Screen Two-Player ~~1972~~Coin-Op Difficulty Economy ~~1978~~Hit Points ~~1980~~

Directly influenced

Tekken ~~1994~~

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