"Virtua Fighter PC" delivers arcade action on the PC.REDWOOD CITY Redwood City, city (1990 pop. 66,072), seat of San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1868. Manufactures include commmunications, electrical, electronic, and medical equipment. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 9, 1996--Computer owners who take out their frustration by banging or hitting their computers, be warned. Your PCs may soon have a black belt. Sega Entertainment Inc. (SEI) began shipping its first "arcade-to-PC" title, "Virtua Fighter
Virtua Fighter is a 1993 fighting game developed for the Sega Model 1 arcade platform by AM2, a development group within Sega, headed by Yu Suzuki. PC," to retailers nationwide this week. "Virtua Fighter PC" is a 3-D polygon arcade game An arcade game is a coin-operated entertainment machine, typically installed in businesses such as restaurants, pubs, video arcades, and Family Entertainment Centers. Most arcade games are redemption games, merchandisers, video games or pinball machines. for the PC, which offers true plug-and-play gaming without added 3-D acceleration. The new enhanced PC version of the world-renowned arcade hit now gives PC owners the exhilaration of a $10,000 arcade machine in their home or office PC. Never before has a game with such fast frame rates, split-second animation, and 3-D characters and environments been possible on a PC. Sega Entertainment's PC translation includes both the original "Virtua Fighter" as well as the high-resolution version, "Virtua Fighter Remix re·mix tr.v. re·mixed, re·mix·ing, re·mix·es To recombine (audio tracks or channels from a recording) to produce a new or modified audio recording: ," allowing gamers to customize their own game based on their individual PC's memory. "Our mission with the arcade-to-PC games is to deliver the absolute best gameplay available on the PC," said Greg Suarez, business unit director, Sega Entertainment. "By utilizing the power of the Pentium chip and Sega's 40-year heritage in arcades, we've been able to produce a game that blows away any other PC fighting game This article or section has multiple issues: * It may contain original research or unverifiable claims. * It needs additional references or sources for verification. * It may be too technical for a general audience. Please help make it more accessible. on the market." "Virtua Fighter PC" features all eight classic 3-D arcade characters: Akira, Sarah, Jacky, Lau, Pai, Wolf, Jeffrey and Kage; texture-mapped polygon graphics; and more than 700 motion rebound fighting moves like Lau's "Renshin Tenkan Kyaku" (one of the game's fastest moves) and Pai's "Hien Toukyaku" (a slick display of speed and agility) creating the most realistic martial arts This is a list of martial arts, broken down by region and style. African martial arts Eritrea
To kick off the launch of "Virtua Fighter PC," Sega Entertainment is offering a special "trade-in" program between September and Oct. 31, 1996. Consumers are encouraged to trade in any PC CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). arcade fighting game and a proof-of-purchase for "Virtua Fighter PC" to receive an $8 rebate; details are enclosed with each game. Consumers who trade in their old games will also be automatically entered into a sweepstakes for a "Virtua Fighter" arcade unit valued at more than $10,000. Entries will be accepted through Dec. 31, 1996, and additional sweepstakes prizes include: -- 10 second-place prizes: a "Virtua Fighter PC" T-shirt and six Sega Entertainment PC software titles (titles determined by availability); -- 25 third-place prizes: a "Virtua Fighter PC" T-shirt. Additional entries for the sweepstakes promotions are accepted on-line (http://www.sega.com/segapc/vfcontest) or through 3x5 cards mailed in to Sega Entertainment. In November 1995, Sega Entertainment produced a version of "Virtua Fighter" that required Diamond Multimedia's Edge 3D acceleration card (utilizing nVidia's NV1 chip). Through SEI's advanced programming, which uses the power of the Pentium chip for enhanced graphic clarity and real-time interactivity, the company can now deliver "Virtua Fighter" and other arcade games You can also check the Killer List of Videogames. This is a list of arcade games organized alphabetically by name. It does not include computer or console games unless they were also released in video arcades. See Lists of video games for related lists. to the PC in a "native" version, without accelerator card requirements. "Virtua Fighter PC" utilizes Microsoft's Direct X and Direct 3D development software to enhance the 3-D characters and environments. With frame rates topping 30 frames per second for smooth animation and intense fighting action, the game can be played with either a keyboard or standard PC control pads. "Virtua Fighter PC" is recommended for use with Windows 95 and a 100 MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. Pentium processor with 8 MB of RAM, 2X CD-ROM speed and 16-bit audio. Users can reconfigure the game in the "Options" menu to run on lower powered systems, as instructed in the manual. SEI also recommends a Sound Blaster A very popular family of sound cards from Creative Labs. In the days of DOS, Sound Blaster was the de facto interface for gaming sounds. Monaural Sound Blaster cards were introduced in 1989, and stereo cards followed in 1992 (Sound Blaster Pro). 16 or compatible sound card and SVGA (Super VGA) A screen resolution of 800x600 pixels. Third-party vendors extended IBM's VGA display standard and were the first to use the term. SVGA has also referred to 1,024x768 resolutions. See PC display modes. : 256 colors graphics to play this title for greater impact. The arcade-fighting title is available at a suggested retail price of $44.95. Sega Entertainment Inc. is a joint venture between Sega of America, the arm of Tokyo, Japan-based Sega Enterprises Ltd. responsible for the development, marketing and distribution of Sega video-game systems and video games See video game console. in the Americas, and SOFTBANK Holdings Inc., one of the world's largest distributors of computer software, peripherals and systems, as well as Japan's largest publisher of computer-related magazines and books. Sega Entertainment is responsible for creating, marketing and distributing PC-based entertainment which utilizes Sega's arcade and console-based games and characters. The company has headquarters in Redwood City. -0- NOTE: Screenshots are available under Sega Entertainment on Sega of America's World Wide Web site located at http://www.sega.com/segapc. For Sega's past news releases, go to http://www.businesswire.com/emk. CONTACT: Seema Rahman/Leasa Vignale Manning, Selvage & Lee 213/782-6600 x 252/228 or Dan Stevens Daniel Jonathan Stevens (born 10 October 1982 in Croydon, England) is a British actor. He was educated at Tonbridge School and Cambridge Universtiy, reading English Literature at Emmanuel College. Sega Entertainment, Inc. 415/802-3996 |
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