Virtua Fighter 2 (Version 2.1) - Gioco MAME

Arcade Video game published 32 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]"

• CONTRIBUTE -

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