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1996 video game
Virtua Fighter 3
Developer(s)
Sega AM2 Genki (Dreamcast)
Publisher(s)
Sega
Director(s)
Yu Suzuki[3] Daichi Katagiri
Producer(s)
Yu Suzuki
Designer(s)
Kazuhiro Izaki
Programmer(s)
Tetsuya Kaku
Composer(s)
Takenobu Mitsuyoshi Fumio Ito Hidenori Shoji
Series
Virtua Fighter
Platform(s)
Arcade, Dreamcast
Release
Arcade July 26, 1996 (location test)[1] September 1996[2] September 1997 (Team Battle) Dreamcast (Team Battle)
JP: November 27, 1998
EU: October 14, 1999
NA: October 18, 1999
Genre(s)
Fighting
Mode(s)
Single-player, multiplayer
Arcade system
Model3 Step1.0
Virtua Fighter 3 (Japanese: バーチャファイター3, Hepburn: Bācha Faitā Surī) is the sequel to 1994's Virtua Fighter 2 and the third fighting game in the Virtua Fighter series, developed by Sega AM2 and published by Sega in 1996. It was the first arcade game to run on the Sega Model 3 system board.
Like its predecessors, Virtua Fighter 3 was a major hit in arcades, selling 30,000 arcade cabinets worldwide. In Japan, it was the fourth highest-grossing arcade game of 1996 and the overall highest-grossing arcade game of 1997. A port for the Sega Saturn was announced but ultimately cancelled. However, the game eventually reached home consoles in the form of a conversion for the Dreamcast.
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