Sega Almost Sued Atari Over A Terrible Virtua Fighter Clone But Decided It Would Be “Embarrassing”

“The culprit was definitely that French person”.

When Sega released Virtua Fighter in the early ’90s, it represented one of the single biggest leaps the competitive fighting genre had since in years; without Yu Suzuki’s 3D masterpiece, things would have been very different indeed.

Unsurprisingly, other companies quickly released their own 3D fighters in the wake of Sega’s arcade game going viral, and Atari was no exception. Development on what would become Fight For Life began in 1994 for the 64-bit Jaguar console, with former Sega AM2 member Francois Yves Bertrand handling the direction, design, and programming.

Read the full article on timeextension.com

“The culprit was definitely that French person”.

When Sega released Virtua Fighter in the early ’90s, it represented one of the single biggest leaps the competitive fighting genre had since in years; without Yu Suzuki’s 3D masterpiece, things would have been very different indeed.

Unsurprisingly, other companies quickly released their own 3D fighters in the wake of Sega’s arcade game going viral, and Atari was no exception. Development on what would become Fight For Life began in 1994 for the 64-bit Jaguar console, with former Sega AM2 member Francois Yves Bertrand handling the direction, design, and programming.

Read the full article on timeextension.com

 

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