Virtua Fighter 2 (Version 2.1) - MAME machine

Arcade Video game published 30 years ago:

Virtua Fighter 2 © 1994 Sega.

TECHNICAL
Runs on the Sega "Model 2A" Hardware.

Screen Orientation: Horizontal

Players: 2
Control: 8-Way Joystick
Buttons: 3
→ Punch, Kick, Guard

TRIVIA
Virtua Fighter 2 (or VF2 for short) was released in November 1994. It was a technical knockout for its time with 300,000 polygons per second. Two times faster than the original "Virtua Fighter".

A super deformed version of this game, "Virtua Fighter Kids", was released in 1996.

Soundtrack releases:
[JP] [Audio CD] February 22, 1995; Virtua Fighter 2 Sound Track [TYCY-5410]
[JP] [Audio CD] July 26, 1995; Dancing Shadows. - Virtua Fighter 2 [TYCY-5449]

Video releases:
[JP] [VHS] February 22, 1995; Virtua Fighter 2 [CGMV] [TYVY-5004]
[JP] [VHS] April 20, 1995; Virtua Fighter 2 [Gamest Video Vol.15]
[JP] [VHS] April 26, 1995; Virtua Fighter 2 - Eternal Battle [TYVY-5006]
[JP] [Video CD] June 23, 1995; Virtua Fighter 2 [CGMV] [TYIY-5001]
[JP] [VHS] November 8, 1995; Wheel of Fortune - Virtua Fighter 2 [Akira] [TYVH-5004]
[JP] [VHS] November 8, 1995; Wheel of Fortune - Virtua Fighter 2 [Jacky] [TYVH-5005]
[JP] [VHS] November 08, 1995; Wheel of Fortune - Virtua Fighter 2 [Sarah] [TYVH-5006]
[JP] [VHS] November 8, 1995; Wheel of Fortune - Virtua Fighter 2 [Lau] [TYVH-5007]
[JP] [VHS] November 8, 1995; Wheel of Fortune - Virtua Fighter 2 [Pai] [TYVH-5008]
[JP] [VHS] November 8, 1995; Wheel of Fortune - Virtua Fighter 2 [Wolf] [TYVH-5009]
[JP] [VHS] November 8, 1995; Wheel of Fortune - Virtua Fighter 2 [Jeffry] [TYVH-5010]
[JP] [VHS] November 8, 1995; Wheel of Fortune - Virtua Fighter 2 [Kage] [TYVH-5011]
[JP] [VHS] November 8, 1995; Wheel of Fortune - Virtua Fighter 2 [Shun] [TYVH-5012]
[JP] [VHS] November 8, 1995; Wheel of Fortune - Virtua Fighter 2 [Lion] [TYVH-5013]
[JP] [VHS] November 8, 1995; Wheel of Fortune - Virtua Fighter 2 [The Unknown] [TYVH-5014]
[JP] [Video CD] March 29, 1996; Virtua Fighter 2 - Wheel of Fortune The Best Bout [TYIY-5002]

Related literatures:
[JP] March 9, 1995; Virtua Fighter 2 Act.1 [Gamest Mook Vol.5]
[JP] June 20, 1995; Virtua Fighter 2 Act.2 [Gamest Mook Vol.10]
[JP] December 10, 1995; Virtua Fighter 2 Act.3 [Gamest Mook Vol.19]

Sega Saturn CG Portait Series:
[JP] October 13, 1995; Virtua Fighter CG Portrait Series Vol.1 Sarah Bryant [Model GS-9062]
[JP] October 13, 1995; Virtua Fighter CG Portrait Series Vol.2 Jacky Bryant [Model GS-9064]
[JP] November 17, 1995; Virtua Fighter CG Portrait Series Vol.3 Akira Yuki [Model GS-9065]
[JP] November 17, 1995; Virtua Fighter CG Portrait Series Vol.4 Pai Chan [Model GS-9066]
[JP] December 8, 1995; Virtua Fighter CG Portrait Series Vol.5 Wolf Hawkfield [Model GS-9068]
[JP] December 8, 1995; Virtua Fighter CG Portrait Series Vol.6 Lau Chan [Model GS-9069]
[JP] January 26, 1996; Virtua Fighter CG Portrait Series Vol.7 Shun Di [Model GS-9070]
[JP] January 26, 1996; Virtua Fighter CG Portrait Series Vol.8 Lion Rafale [Model GS-9071]
[JP] March 1, 1996; Virtua Fighter CG Portrait Series Vol.9 Kage Maru [Model GS-9067]
[JP] March 1, 1996; Virtua Fighter CG Portrait Series Vol.10 Jeffry McWild [Model GS-9072]
[JP] 1996; Virtua Fighter CG Portrait Series Vol.11 The Final Dural [Model GS-9073]

UPDATES
The US version has the 'Recycle It, Don't Trash It!' screen.

TIPS AND TRICKS

• Slow motion replay:

Hold Punch + Kick + Dodge immediately after winning a round. This may only be done once per game.

• Replay taunt:

Hold Punch, Kick, or Dodge during a replay. Another taunt is available if a round is won in less than ten seconds.

• View credits:

Hold Start during demo mode.

• Alternate music:

Hold Start in the brief pause before the first match of each round. Player one and two's Start butting brings up different music.

• Alternate costumes:

Hold Up while choosing a fighter at the character selection screen.

• Hint; View Kage unmasked:

Fight as Kage and win twenty consecutive matches. From now on, Kage's mask will fall off when he is knocked down.

• Hint; Bird in Jacky's stage:

Hold all buttons and both joysticks down during Jacky's mountain stage to bring a bird that will appear in the background. It will fly over the fighter that loses the match.

• Hint; Shake high score screen:

Play as Akira and get to the high score screen. Enter you initials, but do not select "End". Move Akira back as far as possible, then execute any special move.

SERIES

• Virtua Fighter (1993)
• Virtua Fighter 2 (1994)
• Virtua Fighter Remix [Model 610-0373-02] (1995)
• Virtua Fighter Kids [Model 610-0373-14] (1996)
• Virtua Fighter 3 (1996)
• Virtua Fighter 3 Team Battle (1997)
• Virtua Fighter 4 [GDS-0012] (2001)
• Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution (2002)
• Virtua Fighter 4 Final Tuned (2004)
• Virtua Fighter 5 (2006)
• Virtua Fighter 5 Version B (2006)
• Virtua Fighter 5 Version C (2006)
• Virtua Fighter 5 Version D (2006)
• Virtua Fighter 5 R (2008)
• Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown (2010)

STAFF
Main programmer: Toru Ikebuchi
Main designer: Kazuhiro Izaki
Motion choreographer: Shin Kimura
Variety: Tetsuya Kaku
Enemy: Daichi Katagiri
Object: Kazuhiko Yamada
Character Effects: Takeshi Suzuki
Co-processor: Eisuke Miura
AI&Rank mode: Kota Matsumoto
Motion set: Shinji Ohshima
Stage Effects: Takashi Fujimura
Scroll: Goho Ogura
Motion designers: Toshiya Inoue, Takayuki Ota, Naotake Nishimura, Yasuo Kawagoshi, Kaoru Nagahama
Character designers: Tomohiro Ishii, Kaori Yamamoto
Stage designers: Toshihiro Nagoshi, Yasuko Suzuki, Takafumi Kagaya, Makoto Osaki
Texture designers: Kenji Okada, Takashi Isono, Kaznori O, Jeffry Buchanan, Yukinobu Arikawa
Scroll designer: Hideaki Kato
Motion capture: Susumu Takatsuka
Planning support: Manabu Tsukamoto, Hiroshi Masui
Publicist: Fumio Kurokawa
Sound designers: Takayuki Nakamura, Takenobu Mitsuyoshi, Youichi Ueda, Akiko Hashimoto
Special Thanks: ATTRACTIVE ACTION CLUB, ACTION DATA STUNT TEAM, 81 PRODUCE, Kazunari Uchida
Producer & Director: Yu Suzuki

PORTS

• CONSOLES:

[JP] Sega Saturn (dec.1, 1995) "Virtua Fighter 2 [Model GS-9079]"
[KO] Sega Saturn (1995) "Virtua Fighter 2 [Model GS-9507J]"
[US] Sega Saturn (dec.1995) "Virtua Fighter 2 [Model 81014]"
[EU] Sega Saturn (jan.26, 1996) "Virtua Fighter 2 [Model MK81014-50]"
[EU] Sega Mega Drive (1996) "Virtua Fighter [Model 1845-50]"
[BR] Sega Mega Drive (1997) "Virtua Fighter [Model 052010]" by Tec Toy.
[US] Sega Genesis (mar.4, 1997) "Virtua Fighter 2 [Model 1845]"
[JP] Sega Saturn (apr.5, 1997) "Virtua Fighter 2 [Sega Saturn Collection] [Model GS-9146]"
[JP] Sony PS2 (oct.14, 2004) "Virtua Fighter 2 [Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol.16] [Model SLPM-62547]"
[US] Sony PlayStation 3 [PSN] (nov.27, 2012)
[US] [EU] [AU] [JP] Microsoft XBOX 360 [XBLA] (nov.28, 2012)
[JP] Sony PlayStation 3 [PSN] (nov.28, 2012) "Virtua Fighter 2 [Model NPJB-00251]"
[EU] Sony PlayStation 3 [PSN] (dec.5, 2012)

• COMPUTERS:

[EU] PC [MS Windows 95, CD-ROM] (1997)
[JP] PC [MS Windows 95, CD-ROM] (sept.5, 1997) "Virtua Fighter 2 [Model HCJ-0127]"
[US] PC [MS Windows 95, CD-ROM] (sept.17, 1997)

• OTHERS:

Tiger R-Zone (1996)
[US] Apple iPhone/iPad (jan.20, 2011) "Virtua Fighter 2 [Model 413313931]"

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