Virtua Athlete 2K - Dreamcast - Intro, Character Creation, All Events Playthrough 7195 Score [4K]
10Full gameplay longplay, playthrough walkthrough, guide and trueplay of a full tournament of all seven events coming 1st. Converted to arcades at a later date, the Dreamcast version was clearly a rushed tie in for the Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics. Seems to have been in part a follow up to SEGA Saturn early Athlete game Athlete King / DecAthlete developed by Hitmaker and Climax Entertainment.
As the game is sadly inferior in just about every way to DecAthlete with the character creation mode being the only real plus over it. Even then the options are very limited and the generic looking characters have no charm or spirit compared to the characters from DecAthlete and Winter Heat. The game also only features seven events cutting three of them seen in DecAthlete.
The events it does features includes 100 Meter Dash, Long Jump, Shot put, High Jump, 110 Meter Hurdles, Javelin Throw and 1500 Meter Race. All seems to use the gameplay mechanics from DecAthlete, which largely borrowed from Konami's Track & Field. One unwelcome change is the stamina bar added to the sprint races, which just doesn't work and hinders players racing the CPU. In the end ESPN International Track & Field on Dreamcast and DecAthlete on SEGA Saturn are much better games.
0:00 - Game Details & Attract
2:33 - Character Creation
6:08 - Tournament Playthrough 1st Event 100M Dash
8:08 - Long Jump
10:44 - Shot Put
13:12 - High Jump
15:15 - 110 Meter Hurdles
16:44 - Javelin Throw
19:26 - 1500 Meter Race
24:05 - Award Ceremony Ending & Credits
27:26 - Highlights & Outro
Also known as: バーチャアスリート2K (Japan) Virtua Athlete 2000 (North America) Virtua Athlete (Arcade version
Year: 2000
Developer: Hitmaker & Climax Entertainment
Publisher: SEGA
Genre: Sports, Track & Field
Players: 1 - 4
Version Shown: PAL
Format: Sega Dreamcast (DC) / ドリームキャスト
Virtua Athlete 2K was later converted to arcade and the can was combined with DecAthlete and Winter Heat in the Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 15: Decathlete Collection on PlayStation 2.
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Outros included in this video, template from Panzoid by Magnus DZN, edited by Riven, outro music is Kawaii! by bad snacks.
Footage is captured directly from a SEGA Dreamcast using a VGA cable via an Elgato Game Capture HD60 Pro. Upscaled to UHD 4K to improve the video bit rate, watch in HD or UHD for best video playback on YouTube.
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