Virtua Fighter - Arcade SEGA Model 1 - Arcade playthrough as Akira

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Published on August 4, 2023 4:43:43 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h52YnxpDPOI

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Virtua Fighter (1993)

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Let's Play

Duration: 16:14

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Full gameplay, longplay, playthrough, walkthrough, guide and trueplay of the Arcade version of Virtua Fighter as Akira. Hot on the heels of our Remix video comes a look at the original Model 1 SEGA AM2 arcade version, which until very recently had no direct home release until the recent SEGA Astro City Mini and even that version has some visual upgrades from the original.

This is of the original Model 1 version under emulation, however SEGA Model 1 emulation is still far from perfect despite the hardware being 30 years old. While visuals and audio are largely correct, along with the controls, there is a issue with hit detection which causes some hits not to register at all. However, with only a handful of video on the original arcade version with a lucky few owners of the original PCB. We felt it was time to do a video on it even if this version is flawed.

Back in 1993 this really was a cutting edge arcade game and impressive to look at. The original arcade version was a little rough in the gameplay department as it was rather unfairly balanced against the player with the CPU always having more health. The damage range on some moves also changes wildly based on the hit, with some moves doing up to 80% damage. It's fair to say this laid the building blocks for its bigger and cooler sequel.

While 3D cutting edge at the time, Model 1 hardware did face the issue of not looking as good as many of the 2D arcades in 1993 and it's easy to see why SEGA quickly upgraded to Model 2. Full credit to SEGA AM2. Note we had to remove the opening intro due to a content id claim from SEGA, you can see the intro in this unlisted version of this video: https://youtu.be/9-Le5-S_e-o

Time stamp and chapter details:
00:00 Video Introduction & Details, outtake footage
04:34 Arcade Title Screen & Character Select
04:55 Vs Jacky
05:40 Vs Jeffry
07:04 Vs Sarah
08:06 Vs Kage
09:12 Vs Pai
10:23 Vs Wolf
12:00 Vs Lau
12:57 Vs Akira
13:54 Vs Dural
15:09 Ending and Credits

Also known as: バーチャファイター

Year: 1993
Developer: SEGA AM2
Publisher: SEGA
Genre: Versus Fighting
Players: 1 - 2
Version Shown: USA
Format: Arcade SEGA Model 1 / アーケードゲーム セガモデル1

Virtua Fighter SEGA Model 1 Arcade only has one known direct home release in the first SEGA Astro City Mini. Cut down home ports were released on both the SEGA Saturn and SEGA 32X consoles.

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Footage is captured from MAME 0.157

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