Those noses have never looked sharper.
When Virtua Fighter smashed its way onto the arcade scene in 1993, it caused a helluva ruckus. Sega’s one-on-one fighter launched slap-bang in the middle of the fighting game explosion, with titles such as Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, and Fatal Fury already gobbling up the quarters in arcade centres while riding high on the home release charts. It was an unenviable market to enter, especially when playing catch-up.
Of course, Virtua Fighter had an ace up its sleeve, courtesy of Sega’s groundbreaking Model 1 technology, which allowed for the high-speed rendering of huge 3D polygonal models. This gave Virtua Fighter a striking aesthetic edge over its competition, and while Yu Suzuki’s highly polished scrapper didn’t exactly wipe the floor with its arcade competitors, it certainly cemented itself as an exciting alternative to its 2D brethren. Today, Virtua Fighter is widely recognised as the first 3D fighter, a groundbreaking release that would pave the way for franchises such as Tekken, Soulcalibur, and… umm… Ballz 3D.
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Those noses have never looked sharper.
When Virtua Fighter smashed its way onto the arcade scene in 1993, it caused a helluva ruckus. Sega’s one-on-one fighter launched slap-bang in the middle of the fighting game explosion, with titles such as Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, and Fatal Fury already gobbling up the quarters in arcade centres while riding high on the home release charts. It was an unenviable market to enter, especially when playing catch-up.
Of course, Virtua Fighter had an ace up its sleeve, courtesy of Sega’s groundbreaking Model 1 technology, which allowed for the high-speed rendering of huge 3D polygonal models. This gave Virtua Fighter a striking aesthetic edge over its competition, and while Yu Suzuki’s highly polished scrapper didn’t exactly wipe the floor with its arcade competitors, it certainly cemented itself as an exciting alternative to its 2D brethren. Today, Virtua Fighter is widely recognised as the first 3D fighter, a groundbreaking release that would pave the way for franchises such as Tekken, Soulcalibur, and… umm… Ballz 3D.
Read the full article on timeextension.com