Carl Williams writes, "Sega continued their arcade in the home initiative with Virtua Fighter 2. Other arcade titles they brought into the living room included the first Virtua Fighter and Sega Rally Championship. Virtua Cop and many other titles that came later continued defining Sega’s dominance in this area. While Sony was busy focusing on original titles and building new brands, Sega was focusing on continuing their well-known titles. Virtua Fighter 2 was just another notch in the belt of Sega and they wore it proudly. While there were a few sacrifices made with the transition home, this was a venerable port."
Sega is set to bring some of its most loved franchises to film and TV! It has just been announced that Stories International, the production arm of Sega in a joint venture with Hakuhodo DY Group, is going to partner up with Circle of Confusion to produce adaptations of Sega’s hugely popular video games Altered Beast and Streets of Rage for film and television as well as several other hit franchises.
Annoying that they would create a Streets of Rage series but not another game. Granted, a new game would never live up to the expectations of the fans but it would still be nice to see.
So many great titles to choose from. How about Space Harrier or Altered Beasts?!
Virtua Fighter was a staple in Arcade’s in the mid-90’s, and found a great following on the Saturn and Dreamcast as well during the prime of the series. Another version of Virtua Fighter was released quietly on the Sega Genesis however, and it seems like time has forgotten this game. Is it worth checking out though? Let’s find out!
Readers Vietnamvet celebrates the 20th anniversary of the Saturn, and recommends 12 of its best games – from Burning Rangers to Sega Rally.
Oh saturn, how I love thee! I still have a black UK spec console that was chipped by CEX to play games from any region..also has a 50/60Hz switch...and my white limited edition JDM saturn. Both still work perfectly and I will NEVER sell them or the games I have amassed for them. The saturn versions of capcom fighting games are still the best to this day, imo.
SEGA was the absolute king of the arcade.. I loved the fact that some big names from the arcade were available at home like VF, Fighting Vipers, SEGA Rally...
VF2 was a great game, but suffered so much from competition from Tekken and especially Tekken 2.
VF is the king of 3D fighters. It's the most skillful well balanced fighter out there. No flashy fire balls, no super meters, no rage bars just skillful combat. If your losing in VF and you make a major combat it's do to smart play not spamming the counter button. VF is the only fighter I need. My El Blaze Lau and Jean are Legendary...
VF2...possibly the greatest fighting game I ever played. I play the arcade perfect port on my x360 with my fight stick these days. It is still fighting game perfection. Amazed at how the up rezzed it to HD and kept the look of the original arcade. I really like that solid, blockish polygonal look they had, even now.