Editing Virtua Fighter (video game) (section)

==Development and release==
===''Virtua Fighter''===
The game's development began in 1992, following the development of ''[[Virtua Racing]]''.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Horowitz |first1=Ken |title=The Sega Arcade Revolution: A History in 62 Games |date=July 6, 2018 |publisher=[[McFarland & Company]] |isbn=978-1-4766-3196-7 |page=293 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7qZhDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA293 |quote=Work on Sega's ground-breaking 3D fighter began in 1992, using the same Model 1 Pro Board that powered ''Virtua Racing''.}}</ref> ''Virtua Fighter'' was developed to run on [[Sega Model 1]] arcade hardware,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sega-16.com/2010/02/history-of-virtua-fighter|title=Sega-16 – History of: Virtua Fighter}}</ref> developed internally at [[Sega]].<ref name="Real3D">{{cite web |title=Sega Enterprises Ltd. |url=http://www.real3d.com/sega.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19970102114017/http://www.real3d.com/sega.html |website=[[Real3D]] |publisher=[[Lockheed Martin]] |year=1996 |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 2, 1997 |access-date=April 19, 2021}}</ref><ref name="thg">{{cite web |title=Second Hand Smoke – One up, two down |url=http://www.thg.ru/smoke/19991022/print.html |website=[[Tom's Hardware Guide]] |publisher=[[Tom's Hardware]] |access-date=April 19, 2021 |date=October 22, 1999 |archive-date=February 22, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150222220103/http://www.thg.ru/smoke/19991022/print.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> According to Sega of Japan's publicity manager, Kurokawa, "We deliberately didn't publicize all the [fighting] moves at the same time but instead revealed them to gamers one at a time by means of the Japanese videogame press."<ref>{{cite journal|title=AM2 |journal=[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]|issue=4|publisher=[[Imagine Media]]|date=April 1995|pages=68–69}}</ref> ''Virtua Fighter'' also used 3D [[motion capture]] technology.<ref name="CVG158"/><ref name="Maximum"/> Before ''Virtua Fighter'', [[Sega AM3]] simulated 3D using a creative method of sprite scaling on the 1993 arcade fighting game ''Dark Edge''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dark Edge - Videogame by Sega |url=https://www.arcade-museum.com/Videogame/dark-edge |access-date=2024-08-29 |website=Museum of the Game |language=en-US}}</ref>

According to Suzuki, an issue during the game's development was performing fast [[Division (mathematics)|division]] calculations for 3D operations. The only applications he was aware of performing fast enough divisions at the time were [[nuclear reactors]] and space [[rockets]]. The team "were working away with craftsmanship equivalent to inscribing 100 words on a single grain of rice" to achieve fast 3D division operations, according to Suzuki.<ref>{{cite book |chapter=Yu Suzuki Interview |title=セガハードヒストリア |trans-title=Sega Hard Historia |date=March 2021 |publisher=[[SB Creative]] |isbn=978-4-7973-9943-1 |language=ja}} ([https://www.phantomriverstone.com/2021/08/mar-2021-yu-suzuki-interview-sega-hard.html Part 1] and [https://www.phantomriverstone.com/2021/08/march-2021-yu-suzuki-interview-part-two.html Part 2])</ref>

An early prototype version of the arcade game featured an [[Arab]] fighter called Siba. This early version did not have Akira Yuki, who was added later in development as a replacement for Siba, with Akira becoming the game's protagonist.<ref>{{cite news |title=Before Shaheen There Was (Almost) Siba |url=https://hardcoregamer.com/2015/01/01/before-shaheen-there-was-almost-siba/126867/ |access-date=May 30, 2021 |work=Hardcore Gamer |date=January 1, 2015}}</ref> This early prototype version was location tested in Japan and then demonstrated at the [[Amusement Machine Show]] (AM Show) in August 1993.<ref name="RePlay">{{cite magazine |title=Once Again, JAMMA Says "Bigger is Better" |magazine=RePlay |date=October 1993 |volume=19 |issue=1 |pages=129–150 |url=https://archive.org/details/re-play-volume-19-issue-no.-1-october-1993-600dpi/RePlay%20-%20Volume%2019%2C%20Issue%20No.%201%20-%20October%201993/page/129}}</ref><ref name="Edge2">{{cite magazine |title=New wave graphics dominate AMS '93 |magazine=[[Edge (magazine)|Edge]] |date=September 30, 1993 |issue=2 (November 1993) |pages=16–8 |url=https://retrocdn.net/images/b/b9/Edge_UK_002.pdf#page=16}}</ref>

''Virtua Fighter'' was a [[launch game]] for the [[Sega Saturn]],<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Sega's Saturn Launched in Japan|magazine=[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]]|issue=65|publisher=[[Ziff Davis]]|date=December 1994|page=60}}</ref> and served as the [[pack-in game|pack-in]] launch game in North America.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Sega Hopes to Run Rings Around the Competition with Early Release of the Saturn|magazine=[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]]|issue=72|publisher=[[Ziff Davis]]|date=July 1995|page=30}}</ref> Its [[Sega 32X]] version was developed by the same team responsible for the Genesis port of ''[[Virtua Racing]]''.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Virtua Short Stories|journal=Maximum: The Video Game Magazine|issue=1|publisher=[[Emap International Limited]]|date=October 1995|page=117}}</ref>

===''Virtua Fighter Remix''===
''Virtua Fighter Remix'' was an update of the original ''Virtua Fighter'' with higher-polygon models, [[texture mapping]], and some gameplay changes. It was given free to all registered Saturn owners in the United States via mail.<ref name=":0">{{cite journal|last=Kalinske |first=Tom |title=Saturn Savaged on the Net: Tom Kalinske Strikes Back|journal=Maximum: The Video Game Magazine|issue=1|publisher=[[Emap International Limited]]|date=October 1995|page=115}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Sega+|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160402164749/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Sega+%22Knocks+Out%22+Sega+Saturn+owners+with+free+Virtua+Fighter+Remix...-a017119903|title=Sega "Knocks Out" Sega Saturn owners with free Virtua Fighter Remix giveaway.|website=[[Business Wire]]|publisher=[[Berkshire Hathaway]]|archive-date=April 2, 2016|access-date=August 10, 2019|via=[[The Free Dictionary]]|url-status=live}}</ref> It had an arcade release on the [[Sega Titan Video|ST-V]] (an arcade platform based on the Sega Saturn) and later ported to [[Microsoft Windows]] as ''Virtua Fighter PC''.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=NG Alphas: Sega Entertainment |magazine=[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]|issue=22 |publisher=[[Imagine Media]]|date=October 1996|page=103 |quote=One of the first titles to appear is ''Virtua Fighter PC'', which has more in common with ''VF Remix'' than the original.}}</ref> In Japan, ''Game Machine'' listed it on their August 1, 1995, issue as being the twenty-first most-successful arcade game of the month.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 – TVゲーム機ーソフトウェア (Video Game Software)|magazine=[[:ja:ゲームマシン|Game Machine]]|issue=500|publisher=[[:ja:アミューズメント通信社|Amusement Press, Inc.]]|date=August 1, 1995|page=25|lang=ja}}</ref>

===''Virtua Fighter 10th Anniversary''===
With the 2003 [[PlayStation 2]] release of ''Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution'' arriving in time for the series' tenth anniversary, a remake of ''Virtua Fighter'', ''Virtua Fighter 10th Anniversary'', was released on the PlayStation 2. While the music, stages and low-polygon visual style were retained from the first game, the character roster, animations, mechanics and movesets were taken from ''Evolution''. In the previous PS2 release of ''Virtua Fighter 4'', a button code would make the player's character look like a ''Virtua Fighter'' model. In Japan, the game was included as part of a box set with a book called ''Virtua Fighter 10th Anniversary: Memory of a Decade'' and a DVD. The box set was released in November 2003 and was published by [[Enterbrain]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2003/10/10/virtua-fighter-10th-anniversary-hits-japan|title=Virtua Fighter 10th Anniversary Hits Japan|date=October 10, 2003|work=[[IGN]]|publisher=[[Ziff Davis]]|access-date=May 19, 2013}}</ref> In North America, the game was included in the home version of ''Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution'', and in Europe it was only available as a promotional item; it was not sold at retail.