Virtua Fighter 3 AOU 1996

[miiwii93]

hmm i should pop this one into my Dreamcast for another spin, eh?

[FischKopfD]

The graphics were SO amazing for the time cause the best we had in 1996 was playstation 1 and then this beast of graphics came.

[carlrhxphn]

Does anyone knows if they ever released the music that is played during durals demo. It just stuck in my head since I first heard back in 98' which in a way is really sad.

[tmMcHugh]

@carlrhxphn

i agree this music makes me want to cry cry. it's so beautiful! ;)

[SamusSuperStar]

@tmMcHugh I find it pretty relaxing :)

[NickSCFC]

The Dreamcast version was called 'Virtua Fighter 3 tb', which was a conversion of the arcade follow up to VF3.

The difference between VF3 and VF3tb were the added team battle mode and several stages being altered from night to day.

[25FreakOuts]

On the Dreamcast version they called it Virtual Fighter 3rd, But why the arcade version called Virtual Fighter 3?

[SDSOverfiend]

@25FreakOuts 3tb not 3rd. it had teambattle.

[Alexdl13]

Model 3... 

[david2k]

how good would it be if sega was to release vf2 and vf3 on psn or xbox live?

[M1XART]

Actually, they squeesed loads of power out from those Models. Sega Dreamcast is more than cabable for those games and Virtua Fighter 3TB was looking awesome in Arcades in 1998. Saturn version was going to be nearly Arcade -perfect... But it all eats money and time i suppose...

[tecmo1]

Pause at 1:43.......... DOES THAT FUCKING LOOK 32 BIT TO YOU?!!!

[dinizgames]

Man, no wonder why in 1998 Sega releases the Dreamcast with this kind of mind blowing graphics 2 years before the Sony ps2 "ps2 who isn't even has advanced has the Dreamcast",

Sega was really ahead of they're time, i hope Sega comes back to the consoles world! They do know how to be advanced, DAMN!!!!

[sonicromer]

wow if i was watched this in 1996 i make shiit in my pants really imposible imaginate this graphics 128 bits in 1996 !!! dreamcast rules !!! and sega of the years 90' was so amazing !! sega need comeback to the hardware bussines!

[Demondscott]

Respond to this video... imgema so tru thats y arcades died out the line between arcade&home were erased...it was fun leaving quarters on the cabinet waiting ur turn.sega capcom had arcades on lock! daytona USA super GT SF2 namco too.arcades died so sad :-(

[lookitskazzy]

@bag04u Imgema is the only person here that knows what he is talking about.

The PS1, Saturn and N64 could not compare hardware-wise to the Model 2, let alone the Model 3.

Comparing the PS1/Saturn/N64 to the Model 3 is like comparing a milk truck to a rocket ship. The Model 3 was so far beyond everything else at the time, it wasn't even worth making the comparison.

[david2k]

@lookitskazzy yeah sega ruled in the arcades cos of there model 3 board. no console at the time could come close to what sega had in the arcades and even to this date where the model 3 board is 14/15 years old. it can still hold its own.

[JuliusMalemaisgod]

Better then Atari 2600.

[Imgema]

Model 3 was the last custom based arcade hardware that wiped the floor with any machine in 1996-97. Even the highest end PCs with the newest 3Dfx cards couldn't compete with Model 3. The 3 consoles of the time (PSX, Saturn, N64) couldn't even touch the Model2 board, let alone the Model 3...

A few years later (after the Dreamcast) there was no gap between the capabilities of consoles and arcades anymore.The Naomi was about as powerful as a dreamcast, the Chihiro was basically a XBOX and so on

[wondereyedrive]

@fareedbackhit

what are you on about. there was no such thing as VF vs Tekken! in the day, sega and namco were bitter rivals

[VF5]

@wondereyedrive They weren't bitter rivals at all. In an interview about Tekken X Street Fighters, one of Namco rep said Namco and Sega where planning a similar project back in the day, but it never follow through.

[wondereyedrive]

@VF5

yeh, i believe that. i think Sony signed an exclusivity deal with namco. what i was referring to was that VF versus Tekken was a bogus game. An April fools joke by the great gaming mag CVG. Just like the nude cheat for Tomb Raider was an April fools joke!

[er1ck194]

is this on the dream cast?

[CervantesXV]

@er1ck194 They made a port for the Dreamcast. Virtua Fighter 3tb, I think it was one of the launch-titles for the system.

[barlog20]

These visuals was very impressive for its time.I remember first seeing pics of this game in Gamefan Magazine in 1996,then seeing it in the Arcades in late 96.The best video-game mag ever created was GameFan.

[binokoda]

sega will return with a console one day...

[kornkixassman]

i wish that vf3 would come out on ps2.. and wish there is vf vs tekken, just like marvel vs capcom

[fareedbakhit]

@kornkixassman ps2 have vf4 and vf4 evoltion and it's a blast. and about vf vs tekken is already out but that's is way back in the 16 bit era vf vs tekken have released for the mega drive but trust me i got the game back then it's is very very bad.

[smigmarmelo]

good old times.

I really miss this years of my life:(

[0Megaman0]

Call me crazy, but am I the only one who rather have video games looking like this? The games today feel... TOO real...

[xboxlover2k57]

the Dreamcast version SUCKED horribly. i had it for a couple weeks and hardly played it except for the first day. this is the only VF game that i cant stand. DC should have been able to perfectly replicate the arcade version.

[MoonCrashed]

Sadly true. I blame Sega for not letting Yu Suzuki release the Saturn version, which would have been a graphical downgrade, but probably much better than Genki's DC abomination.

[ashfury]

I remember seeing this for the first time and being amazed by the graphics - Quite impressive at the time.

[mrKRW]

The mid-90's was quite the era for 3D-CGI, ranging from movies like Toy Story to game consoles like the N64 & PS1 and even things like this. They were all 3D to the highest possible denominator then, and impress even today.

[assais]

God!!! I remember spending hundreds of dollars playing this magnificent game at the arcades!!!! I absolutely loved the ring outs!! How can I get this jewel on PC???

[tsdcX]

Just to provide context for those of you who aren't aware, in 1996 VF3 was, literally, the best looking game on the planet. By a wide margin.

[s14tat]

Yes without a doubt, it took up to tekken tag tournament on the ps2 to finally catch up to this. When I first saw this I was blown away and thought it was too real. It still does not look bad today.

[NFLMZ]

is this shenmue music?

[pahndo]

It's music from Virtua Fighter 3. I think some of the composers worked on both games.

[Zyntheria]

It's AM2 - both Games (VF and Shenmus) r published and also made by Sega and AM2...

[caneida]

Too bad that level with lau in it doesn't exist.

[nooblet911]

this is amazing for 1996

[Zyntheria]

this is better animated then the Dreamcast Version...

[VirtuaFighter5R]

wrong! it was a FMV on DC from dis real time CG demo...

[Zyntheria]

nope...

[delorianstar]

when i saw this in the arcade i was like WOW this game looks like im looking outside a window watching a fight....it looked that real back then...it looked better than the DC version

but soul calibur and dead or alive 2 look better on DC than in the arcades.....

[Zyntheria]

Just what I think - DOA2 and SC look way better on the finished DC Version

[Tippotipo]

DC version of VF3 was done by Genki, not AM2.

[miiwii93]

VF3 is my favorite in the series.

[SethBlizzard]

Truly inspiring video, like a mini-movie inviting us to see the characters' personalities and fighting styles up close. My favourite part is the one with my favourite fighter, Jeffry. Beautiful, very moving (and - the muscles blowing up like balloons - hilarious). The animation is superb, as is all the character presentation.

[morgs2020]

Thanks for sharing luving those man boobs. If I had scene that enviornmnet mapped character in 1996 I would have creamed my pants.

[flop5]

I can't believe this is 96! Some games had CG that looked worse than this. Incredible.

[Angie2343]

Aoi's fan dancing sequence is just a beautiful sight. :)

[uouvictuorxD]

This game has 128-bit generation graphics

[ensigma]

Amazing and wonderfull video, if i watched this in 1996 I would say the same: "imposible", Sega was truly fantastic in the 90's

[david2k]

@ensigma yeah there where the best in the 90s, no one could touch AM2. would love an perfect arcade version of vf2 and 3 on PSN.

[NickSCFC]

This was shown to the press in 1996 and, according to EDGE magazine, people in the audience were shouting "impossible".

Took til Dreamcast came out in 1998 for home hardware to be able to run this, the best we had at the time was probably the first PlayStation.

Shame the game never had the liquid metal character Dural from the trailer, still looked stunning though.

[alvieao2]

Dural was in Virtua Fighter 3... as a boss like usual.

[lookitskazzy]

@NickSCFC Curiously, can you cite a source for this? It isn't that I don't believe you, it is just that if that is in fact true, I'd love to read it for myself

[NickSCFC]

@lookitskazzy I believe it was in this magazine you can download...

retromags-com/forums/files/fil­e/2069-computer-video-games-is­sue-176/

[JasonK1992]

Jesus Christ...1996 was an amazing year for a whole lotta reasons...

[Atomduck]

Metal Slug... Mario 64 :p

[setheurovision94]

You can say that again, and again.

[janzo]

amo este juego es mi preferido junto con el soul blade y joder esq de donde sacais todo esto coño... es impresionante el material q tiene la gente

[setheurovision94]

Fabulous video, an almost artistic journey through the characters' personalities and fighting styles. My favourite segment is the one of my favourite fighter, Jeffry. Really moving - though also hilarious (the way his muscles blow up like balloons make me laugh out loud)! Spectacular animation and character representation; thumbs up for this movie!