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Virtua Fighter 3

Description

A one-on-one martial arts fighting game. Players can choose one of twelve different fighters, originating from various nations, to fight battles in various arenas all over the world. The game's detailed 3-D graphics are meticulously rendered.

Virtua Fighter 3 was produced by Sega in 1997.

Sega released 591 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1936. Sega was based in United States.

Other machines made by Sega during the time period Virtua Fighter 3 was produced include: Sega Blast City, Virtua Fighter 3 - The New Standard, DecAthlete, Golden Eye, Taisen Tanto-R 'Sasshissu!', All Japan Pro Wrestling Featuring Virtua, Columns 97, House Of The Dead, The, Lost World: Jurassic Park, The, and Motor Raid

Specs

Name	Virtua Fighter 3
Developer	Sega (United States)
Year	1997
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	10331
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Fighting
Monitor	Orientation: Horizontal Type: Raster: Medium Resolution Color: Color
Conversion Class	Sega Model 3
# Simultaneous Players	2
# Maximum Players	2
Game Play	Either
Control Panel Layout	Multiple Player
Controls	Joystick: 8-way Buttons: 4 - GuardPunchKickEscape
Sound	Amplified Stereo (two channel)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard

Game Introduction

The team battle mode allows up to eight players to test their skills against each other.

Game Play

Matches can be won by pushing the opponent out of the ring, knockout, or by having more stamina remaining after the 30 seconds elapse.

Virtua Fighter 3 KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 0.00 (0 votes)

Personal Impressions and Technical Impressions each account for half of the total score. Within the Personal Impressions category, Like carries a little more weight than the other factors.

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Cabinet Information

Sega offered two types of cabinets for this game an unusual looking pinball machinesized cabinet with a 33inch monitor and a large 50inch projection screen megalo unit. The marquee is greenishblue and features the characters of the game. Both cabinets offer playing instructions on or near the control panel.

Conversion

The Model 3 boardset can be JAMMAtized. They are difficult to find outside of Japan, but retailers in Japan offer JAMMA kits for them.

Can be converted/upgraded to Virtua Fighter 3: Team Battle by using a ROM upgrade kit. A simple ROM swap adds new features, a team battle mode and various tweaks and adjustments to the fighting engine, making the game far more balanced.

Miscellaneous

The Team Battle version of Virtua Fighter 3 is the fifth title in Sega's series, which was originally released in 1996. Four other revisions were released in between, but as far as gameplay is concerned along with some major graphics changes, Virtua Fighter 3 Team BattleI is an entirely new game.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Virtua Fighter 3 Census

There are 14,754 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,474 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 164,463 machines (6,895 unique titles).

Common - There are 24 known instances of this machine owned by Virtua Fighter 3 collectors who are active members. Of these, 6 of them are original dedicated machines. 17 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There is one active VAPS member with a Virtua Fighter 3 machine for sale. There is one active VAPS member with an extra Virtua Fighter 3 circuit board for sale.

Wanted - No active members have added this machine to their wish list.

This game ranks a 8 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

Rarity and Popularity independently are not necessarily indications of value. [More Information]

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Technical

The boardset uses a PPC 603 chip as the main CPU. Also, the board uses a special 3.3 VDC power supply in addition to the normal 5 VDC supply.

Legacy

Manuals

Virtua Fighter 3 Deluxe Manual - Virtua Fighter 3 Manual — **Virtua Fighter 3 Deluxe Manual**
(61 pages, 8.8 MB File)

Additional References (logged in members often see more)

3D Model (External): Upright

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This game is available at the following public arcades, bars or museums:

Name	Location	State	Country	Details	Check-ins
Level One Bar + Arcade	130 Hutchinson Ave, Columbus	Ohio	United States		0

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