Virtua Fighter 2

Fighting Games 

Type of the game: [Coin-Op] Arcade Video Game
Virtua Fighter 2 © 1994 Sega.

Sega Model 2A hardware

Main CPU : i960KB (@ 25 Mhz), 68000 (@ 12 Mhz)
Sound Chips : SCSP (@ 12 Mhz)

Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 4

Virtua Fighter 2 was released in November 1994.

Virtua Fighter 2 (or VF2 for short) was a technical knockout for its time with 300,000 polygons per second. Two times faster than "Virtua Fighter".

A super deformed version of this game, "Virtua Fighter Kids", was released in 1996.

Soundtrack releases:
[Audio CD] Feb. 22, 1995; Virtua Fighter 2 Sound Track [TYCY-5410]
[Audio CD] July 26, 1995; Dancing Shadows. - Virtua Fighter 2 [TYCY-5449]

Video releases:
[VHS] Feb. 22, 1995; Virtua Fighter 2 [CGMV] [TYVY-5004]
[VHS] Apr. 20, 1995; Virtua Fighter 2 [Gamest Video Vol.15]
[VHS] Apr. 26, 1995; Virtua Fighter 2 - Eternal Battle [TYVY-5006]
[Video CD] June 23, 1995; Virtua Fighter 2 [CGMV] [TYIY-5001]
[VHS] Nov. 08, 1995; Wheel of Fortune - Virtua Fighter 2 [Akira] [TYVH-5004]
[VHS] Nov. 08, 1995; Wheel of Fortune - Virtua Fighter 2 [Jacky] [TYVH-5005]
[VHS] Nov. 08, 1995; Wheel of Fortune - Virtua Fighter 2 [Sarah] [TYVH-5006]
[VHS] Nov. 08, 1995; Wheel of Fortune - Virtua Fighter 2 [Lau] [TYVH-5007]
[VHS] Nov. 08, 1995; Wheel of Fortune - Virtua Fighter 2 [Pai] [TYVH-5008]
[VHS] Nov. 08, 1995; Wheel of Fortune - Virtua Fighter 2 [Wolf] [TYVH-5009]
[VHS] Nov. 08, 1995; Wheel of Fortune - Virtua Fighter 2 [Jeffry] [TYVH-5010]
[VHS] Nov. 08, 1995; Wheel of Fortune - Virtua Fighter 2 [Kage] [TYVH-5011]
[VHS] Nov. 08, 1995; Wheel of Fortune - Virtua Fighter 2 [Shun] [TYVH-5012]
[VHS] Nov. 08, 1995; Wheel of Fortune - Virtua Fighter 2 [Lion] [TYVH-5013]
[VHS] Nov. 08, 1995; Wheel of Fortune - Virtua Fighter 2 [The Unknown] [TYVH-5014]
[Video CD] Mar. 29, 1996; Virtua Fighter 2 - Wheel of Fortune The Best Bout [TYIY-5002]

Related literatures:
Mar. 09, 1995; Virtua Fighter 2 Act.1 [Gamest Mook Vol.5]
June 20, 1995; Virtua Fighter 2 Act.2 [Gamest Mook Vol.10]
Dec. 10, 1995; Virtua Fighter 2 Act.3 [Gamest Mook Vol.19]

Sega Saturn CG Portait Series:
Oct. 13, 1995; Virtua Fighter CG Portrait Series Vol.1 Sarah Bryant [Model GS-9062]
Oct. 13, 1995; Virtua Fighter CG Portrait Series Vol.2 Jacky Bryant [Model GS-9064]
Nov. 17, 1995; Virtua Fighter CG Portrait Series Vol.3 Akira Yuki [Model GS-9065]
Nov. 17, 1995; Virtua Fighter CG Portrait Series Vol.4 Pai Chan [Model GS-9066]
Dec. 08, 1995; Virtua Fighter CG Portrait Series Vol.5 Wolf Hawkfield [Model GS-9068]
Dec. 08, 1995; Virtua Fighter CG Portrait Series Vol.6 Lau Chan [Model GS-9069]
Jan. 26, 1996; Virtua Fighter CG Portrait Series Vol.7 Shun Di [Model GS-9070]
Jan. 26, 1996; Virtua Fighter CG Portrait Series Vol.8 Lion Rafale [Model GS-9071]
Mar. 01, 1996; Virtua Fighter CG Portrait Series Vol.9 Kage Maru [Model GS-9067]
Mar. 01, 1996; Virtua Fighter CG Portrait Series Vol.10 Jeffry McWild [Model GS-9072]
???. ??, 1996; Virtua Fighter CG Portrait Series Vol.11 The Final Dural [Model GS-9073]

* 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.

1. Virtua Fighter (1993)
2. Virtua Fighter 2 (1994)
3. Virtua Fighter Remix [Model 610-0373-02] (1995)
4. Virtua Fighter Kids [Model 610-0373-14] (1996)
5. Virtua Fighter 3 (1996)
6. Virtua Fighter 3 Team Battle (1997)
7. Virtua Fighter 4 [GDS-0012] (2001)
8. Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution (2002)
9. Virtua Fighter 4 Final Tuned (2004)
10. Virtua Fighter 5 (2006)
11. Virtua Fighter 5 Version B (2006)
12. Virtua Fighter 5 Version C (2006)
13. Virtua Fighter 5 Version D (2006)
14. Virtua Fighter 5 R (2008)
15. Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown (2010)

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

Consoles:

Sega Saturn (Dec. 01, 1995) "Virtua Fighter 2 [Model GS-9079]"
Sega Saturn (Apr. 05, 1997) "Virtua Fighter 2 [Sega Saturn Collection] [Model GS-9146]"
Sega Genesis (1997) "Virtua Fighter 2 [Model 1845]"
Sony PlayStation 2 (Oct. 14, 2004) "Virtua Fighter 2 [Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol.16] [Model SLPM-62547]"
Sony PlayStation 2 (July, 11, 2006) "Sega Genesis Collection [Model SLUS-21542]"
Sony PSP (Nov. 16, 2006) "Sega Genesis Collection [Model ULUS-10192]"
Sony PlayStation 2 (Feb., 02, 2007) "Sega Mega Drive Collection [Model SLES-54333]"
Sony PSP (Feb., 02, 2007) "Sega Mega Drive Collection [Model ULES-00556]"
Sony PSP [AU] (Feb., 08, 2007) "Sega Mega Drive Collection [Model ULES 00556]"
Nintendo Wii [Virtual Console] (Mar. 20, 2007) "Virtua Fighter 2 [Model MAWJ]" (Mega Drive version)
Nintendo Wii [Virtual Console] (Apr. 16, 2007) "Virtua Fighter 2 [Model MAWE]" (Mega Drive version)
Nintendo Wii [Virtual Console] (May 05, 2007) "Virtua Fighter 2 [Model MAWP]" (Mega Drive version)

Computers:

PC [MS-Windows] (Sep. ??, 1997) [HCJ-0127]
PC [MS-Windows] (Nov. 26, 2010) "Sega Mega Drive Classic Collection Volume 3"
PC [MS-Windows] (Mar. 15, 2011) "Sega Genesis Classic Collection [Gold Edition]"
PC [MS-Windows] (Mar. 18, 2011) "Sega Mega Drive Classic Collection [Gold Edition]"

Others:

Tiger R-Zone (1996)

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