Virtua Fighter 3 - Arcade - 1cc - Hardest - 60FPS(No commentary)

[@georgefromjungle5211]

For people who are amazed by this graphics in 1996, the machine that ran this cost 10 000 usd, it was the most powerful gaming computer of that period, far superior than any pc or console.

[@dalaxdercrisper957]

Even to this day Arcade machine still the powerful game engine and superior graphic

[@dustmasterflex1541]

@@dalaxdercrisper957 Uh... What?

[@ricksterdrummer2170]

@@dalaxdercrisper957 Really? They can run ray-tracing?

[@sO_RoNerY]

I doubt it. How do you think this was made? A PC.

[@epeksergastis]

@@sO_RoNerY you have no idea how software development works. I can write code from my phone if I wanted to abd the target would be my pc

[@rightfiction6359]

The graphics is incredible for the 1996 😮

[@ghostboi165]

1996? i thought this was 1999-2000! amazing

[@thesch2867]

It's funny and also sad to think that the 1998/1999 Dreamcast port looks and sounds worse than the Original 1996 game, not many people outside of Japan got to experience this game on it's original form back when it came out.

[@orlanzo2621]

Yea as someone who LOVED this game in arcades back in 1996/1997 and wanted a home port so bad I was excited for the DC port in 1999 but man was I disappointed. I think it would have turned out a lot better if Sega had handled the port themselves instead of letting Genki do it. What we got was a rushed half assed port of an amazing game. Till this day this game has never received a proper home port. A shame.

[@thesch2867]

the legend Well AM2 was too busy making Shenmue and a VF3 Saturn port which got cancelled (there are rumors about it being completed) so that's why genki had to make the port also SEGA rushed them to have the game ready for the DC JP release the port was literally made in 7 months. It's a shame games as important to the series as VF1 and VF3tb never got good ports. At least Model3 emulation is improving a lot with the newer versions of Supermodel.

[@orlanzo2621]

S.C.H 2.8 Yea I actually play it on supermodel all the time, I can’t wait until it’s 100% perfect on there. There are still some graphical issues with VF3 here and there (like in the video) but it’s definitely improving every release, some games are 100% perfect.

[@diobrando-qv3uv]

Fun fact when this came out it was the best looking game in the world apparently.

[@alfredosilvaneto]

I remember seing this when I was a kid and not believing my eyes. I still get impressed on how they were able to launch this machine back then. It was more powerful than any PC of that time. Must've been extremely expensive.

[@VandalXXI]

Back when this first came out, the non-traditional stages completely blew my mind.

[@Megalocade]

VF3 is my favourite of the series, I always remember seeing it first on the tv in the UK, we had a show called GamesMaster and a whole show was dedicated to it with one Japanese guy beating 100 UK players, I fell in love with the game then and there, many consider it the black sheep of the series but in my opinion it's the best, the inclusion of the dodge function and getting rid of the traditional square rings in favour of more tactical play like fighting on roof tops, up and down stairs and fighting in snowy weather this all makes this the best version of Virtua Fighter. So glad we have this on Super Model 3 Emulator the game runs as sweet as nut and special thanks to the developers because its a stellar emulator and the best I've seen in a while especially considering its in beta, you realise how cut-down the dreamcast version was when you see and play the arcade at home, awsome game.

[@kenricnarbrough8191]

Absolutely

[@aestheticstorm]

This intro was godlike.

[@james-stevenmulraney8747]

Yep my favourite intro ever!

[@wellofcire]

what about 2 ?????

[@james-stevenmulraney8747]

@@wellofcire For me its literally me 2nd favourite intro ever 😄 the music running through it felt so intense it would scare me when i was 5/6 😂

[@wellofcire]

@@james-stevenmulraney8747 :0) yeah, similar for me....at 13/14 that is.....funny how different 2 and 3 are in the intro.....2 is really gathering all its power and projecting it out onto the spector/(victim in a way:)).....while 3 is more coasting on a high left over, instead making one reach for it

[@james-stevenmulraney8747]

@@wellofcire the intro for virtua fighter 2 is probably the reason my parents loved Shun Di the most! when i was growing up in the 90s 😂👍

[@michaelc5217]

OMG the quality of this game is unique

[@griskykunnn1005]

guilty pleasure of mine!! loved this as a kid! used to be big back in the arcades in the philippines! graphics used to be out of this world back then, and now aged beautifully!! best VF for me so far, and it's an underrated one!! ALSO, VF6 HYPEEE

[@-castradomis-1773]

Just to remind people who aren't that impressed: This was released in 19-fucking-96, the same year as Tekken 2. Let that sink in..

[@mukankakuna]

Exactly, VF3 is often compared to Tekken 3 when it should be compared to the second installment. In fact, to give you an idea, Virtua Fighter 2 came out before Tekken 1 (by a small margin, but still before).

[@mateuszdabrowski6348]

For 1996 this looks like a early PS2 game.

[@globalistgamer6418]

When this came out it was by far the most graphically advanced game in the world. PC games had barely started using dedicated graphics cards.

[@BF-Gator]

And Virtua Fighter 4 which is on PS2 looks like PS3 game

[@AndyKusanagi86]

@@globalistgamer6418 you could say it was out of this world for the time. you could look at the pictures and swear that was real. amazing how far technology can go.

[@Longlostpuss]

PS2 games didn't run at 60 fps, so no, this was way ahead of even that

[@thesch2867]

@@Longlostpuss some of them did tho.. especially many fighting games. Virtua Fighter 4 / Evolution is among those of course.

[@gunshotlagoon922]

I remember how amazed I was seeing this in the arcades for the first time. I see it now and still in awe. Can't say that for many fighters even today.

[@mukankakuna]

I felt the same. That game was something to behold. A step forward in the graphics aspect.

[@BerninaPoubelle]

I really like the stages in this game. This is so much better than just being inside a “cage” or a “box” like VF5

[@FamilyTeamGaming]

VF3's stages are good casual fun, but really there's a reason both Virtua Fighter and Tekken didn't stick to this style of stage design too long... They don't play all that well and they can be really unbalanced.

[@Merlaut715]

At least DOA still has stages like these.

[@PoletBally]

That Jeffry stage = SEGA in the 90s in a nutshell

[@titsbitchmcgee7502]

It even reminds me of the AM2 logo.

[@ecor150]

Only stage I care about. So relaxing, just paradise. I deliberately died all the time to look at the beach scenery

[@marcusbullock630]

Reminds me of sega bass fishing 😂

[@jeffkhan9563]

Blue skies sega

[@byronlewis7154]

lol right? For some reason, Sega always like making sunny beach stages

[@EX1515]

I used to love playing Virtua Fighter 3 in the arcades during my summer vacation trips to Las Vegas in the late 90’s to early 2000’s lol. My family loves Vegas haha We went to the Strip every summer.

[@SuperMasterJefe]

Damn, lookin like early ass ps2 graphics in 1996

[@jstandhh]

Looks like a PS2, ahead of its time

[@tHeWasTeDYouTh]

SEGA MODEL 3 was truly a monster!!!! those Real3D PRO-1000 GPUs must have been real beasts

[@DarKKnightt07]

I always loved how you could knock your opponent off a ledge or out of the ring in this game.

[@wingzero2348]

Tekken 4 just about looks as good as this, this was mind blowing for 96.

[@Sumire973]

cutting-edge technology in 1996, i wouldn't be surprised to see 7th gen graphics in 1999, too ahead of its time.

[@raijinmeister]

This machine still is one of the best fighting games ever made to this date.

[@kolbykauffman4180]

I'm trying to figure out how this game looked and played five years ahead of their contemporaries. My god. Like, keep in mind what Tekken looked like in '96. I know that an arcade/PC port is gonna run circles around a console port but jeeeeeeez.

[@shinkibigami9]

Lockheed Martin helped make this game board, the Sega Model 3 was a monster in 1996. They released the famous NAOMI board 2 years later in 98 at a third of the price of this board because the Model 3 was overkill af and pricey.

[@mukankakuna]

I can tell you know your stuff. One question about it that has always interested me is, do you know or have any reliable information about how much a Model 3 board and a NAOMI board cost back in the day?

[@trcsonic]

I wish this game was in one of the Yakuza games.

[@NovaFeedback1979]

Sega needs to do a comp of all the Virtua Fighter games for PS5.

[@orlanzo2621]

Well now you get your wish! “Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth” will have VF3.

[@trcsonic]

@@orlanzo2621 Thank Lord, for that. Now i just need Last Bronx.

[@easytiger3302]

3 was the best in the series I hope they make a Next Gen style remake

[@edotsuki1979]

it is the next generation you can not improve the best looking game on earth

[@easytiger3302]

@edotsuki1979 I mean by today's standards it isn't Modern Warfare 3# in terms of textured modeling.

[@AlexandrosRaXVIII]

The best Virtua Fighter ever and the best fighting game ever.

[@james-stevenmulraney8747]

Absolutely!!!

[@furious237]

The first one I played was the 4th evolution on ps2

[@kobeisthegoat8157]

@Jeremy Dixon Lol good one

[@kobeisthegoat8157]

@Jeremy Dixon woah great comeback. thanks for only further proving tekken fans are retarded.

[@bjjisaripoffofjudo3764]

@Jeremy Dixon go back to your casual fighters buddy. even some pro tekken players bow down to VF.

[@X-XVQ]

Man somebody said tekken 3 looks bette than this. I’m blow the fuck away this is amazing !

[@mukankakuna]

Certainly, Tekken 3 is a marvel for the PSX, but it's also true that the console limited the game's graphical quality. Virtua Fighter 3 debuted on the Model 3 board, which was the most advanced arcade board in the world at the time. Tekken 3 ran on a System 12 board, which was significantly inferior to Sega's board. However, and as I said before, it's impressive how well they squeezed every ounce of performance out of it. All things considered, a direct and unvarnished comparison of the graphics shows that Virtua Fighter 3 easily beats Tekken 3.

[@kenricnarbrough8191]

The SOUNDS from coin ops were so raw! This, samurai spirits, sega rally etc had noises that just dragged you in! Amazing.

[@tHeWasTeDYouTh]

I cannot believe that Virtua Fighter 6 has not come out

[@themoderatescorner7643]

I remember playing in 1996, at the arcade, fun game all around. Got it for the Dreamcast. It was fun all around.

[@kenricnarbrough8191]

The move lists were out of this world, and even though i loved wolfs Giant Gram inspired set, it was Sarah's year. Hands down. superb

[@lionelsteele007]

When I saw this in 1996, I knew polygon graphics were the way of the future...

[@tHeWasTeDYouTh]

dual Real3D Pro‑1000 GPU was a real beast back in the day!!!!

[@james-stevenmulraney8747]

I would have these graphics over anything today!

[@RainingFlow19]

Sure, its not hard to emulate the game nowadays.

[@okokok8100]

James - Steven Mulraney I definitely think it’s very visually appealing. It’s more colorful than games today.

[@james-stevenmulraney8747]

@@okokok8100 Absolutely!

[@sgclips9120]

@@okokok8100 games nowadays just to bland and washed out, I think that's why they were so appealing, who want real? I play this to get away from reality lol

[@dreamer5261]

Epic final combat!! :)

[@mukankakuna]

Dural was not in the mood.

[@Dee15gon]

Dural was cooling off since she's at her toughest in VF2.

[@furious237]

Wtf is her tits hanging out and made of metal

[@Kyokushinman]

I need this game in HD on the console. Sega Please give me the best game of all time in perfect machining conversion. Something like Virtua Fighter 2 HD.

[@TheyoungZidane]

Yep, VF3TB in HD for PS4 with online mode. Hopefully someday we get it.

[@sladejosephwilson2300]

They have Virtua Fighter 2 hd as a playable game on yakuza kiwami 2

[@james-stevenmulraney8747]

@@TheyoungZidane If that happened i'd buy a ps4 straight away until then im still on ps3!!!

[@james-stevenmulraney8747]

@@TheyoungZidane If that happened all my christmases would come at once

[@james-stevenmulraney8747]

Same! Nothing would come close!

[@puranostalgia415]

This is one game of the fighter.

[@baroqueobama6199]

The Fighters look so real!...

[@jeddflanders9394]

I’d agree! Except Aoi looks a bit too awkward.

[@SicketMog]

I enjoyed 5:35 with both... "cranial accessories" flying off by the same move at the same time. 👍

[@yomang6614]

This game is as old as me but has aged better.

[@harunabdulrazak4299]

Lion looks like an a Tik Tok star.

[@yomang6614]

I can't wait to play this in Like A Dragon Infinite Wealth now if only RGG had VF4 at the club Sega arcade.

[@GhostTower]

The toxic nature and poor gameplay of mk11 has brought me back to *REAL* fighting games like Virtua fighter. it's just not worth the hassle to deal with game devs these days. they are full of soy ideas.

[@veki5535]

Yeah i kinda agree. Its not the same to play mk 11, it feels like a similar but a complete different game. Im 12 and we were poor when i was little so i only had a ps 1 and mk4 and whit some other few games . And MAN that was a good game. I know the graphics wasn't the best, but i really liked and the game and still like it! Every game before mk 10 were ok, but 4 was the BEST followed by the arcade realises.

[@CrystalBulger]

the only thing more soy than modern mortal kombat is using the word soy unironically

[@Jugdjay]

9:32 Now that was a beautiful Ring Out comeback!

[@mukankakuna]

Thank you, sir.

[@dodgykebaab]

What emulator are you using? 4:20 gave that away!

[@mukankakuna]

It's "supermodel": www.emucr.com/2023/08/supermodel-git-20230819.html I think it works better now, with fewer graphical issues.

[@蔡軒正]

You did a smart job at the last moment.XD

[@JUYAN16]

Virtua Fighter 3, literally the only VF I never got a chance to play. Like, none of the arcades in Memphis had it. And I couldn't afford a Dreamcast back then eiether.

[@patcoston]

5:34 rare instance where they knock each other down

[@misteuraxe691]

i remember playing that game on the arcades back in the day. graphics were *jaw dropping* for it's time. i also finished the game with 1 credit only playing sarah and using mostly the triple kick she has lol.

[@ProfileFb]

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[@SanTM]

Love me a bit of Disco Kage

[@KareemHillJr]

This is from 1996?! This looks like an early PS2 game!

[@cyanjudaslegends6567]

9:37 *LOL*

[@ivan4087]

most lol kzbin.info/www/bejne/iXjYpXaDocmcopY

[@danilocaponera]

Pai is my love.

[@spearPYN]

VF2 and VF3 were the best in the series!

[@angeljin5031]

best fighting game in the world when it came out, and alos the most graphically impressive game in the world.

[@jblue88hoodgamer]

Virtua Fight 3 had the best stages in the series it should of stayed this way.

[@guilleros7893]

Model 3 awesome motherboard

[@warus76]

Beside street fighter is Virtua fighter 3 best fighting game ever made. We need remake on PS5/Xbox

[@onlyusernameleft1981]

How was the arcade scene created at the very beginning of this video? Anyone know where this is from or how it was created?

[@mukankakuna]

Hello, the whole intro was created using (Autodesk) Softimage (btw, it took a ton of render hours).

[@netako]

I keep forgetting that the announcer since VF3 is actually a female announcer.

[@thekrumber]

1996? Holy shit

[@Manicman746]

how do you get this at perfect 60fps? flycast says 60 on the counter but feels more like 30 or 20

[@mukankakuna]

Well, this video is from the arcade machine (emulated with supermodel) anyhow the dreamcast version shall run also at 60 fps smooth. I have another video with the dreamcast version and I did nothing special with the emulator to achieve such smoothness (be sure to have the ntsc version instead he PAL).

[@Manicman746]

@@mukankakuna guess ill have to keep looking thanks anyway flycast is a mess of a emulator

[@mspeter97]

The 1st stage's emerald coast then?

[@LRon-ef7ni]

I feel like this was the last great VF. Once 4 came around it felt too complicated with multiple stances etc. I had to spend hours in training modes vs minutes.

[@mukankakuna]

Indeed, in fact this is the last VF Yu Suzuki directed.

[@LRon-ef7ni]

mukankakuna that’s why it seemed different. More accessible.

[@angeljin5031]

VF4 or VF5(vanilla) IS THE BEST VF GAME! complexity is always a good thing in fighters, you get what you put in with VF.

[@yoseflopez5141]

Were these the same people who made DOA? I'm seeing similarities in animation.

[@hershellumiere]

The best DOA games were when they were copying Sega closely.

[@yoseflopez5141]

@@hershellumiere Copying how?

[@orlanzo2621]

Joseph Tardieff Not the same people. DOA was made by Tecmo, VF was made by Sega. But DOA creator Itagaki is on record saying how they copied VF’s basic formula but “spiced it up” he was heavily inspired by VF. They even use almost the same button layout. There’s a reason the VF guest characters fit so well in DOA 5. Oh yea as a side note the early DOA games used Sega’s NAOMI arcade board.

[@yoseflopez5141]

@@orlanzo2621 Yeah I noticed that too for Sara Bryant and Pai Chan. It was like they were simply drafted with no changes.

[@strizzyl]

how do i play this..What System? ect

[@rinaldy86]

Up up (same question)

[@mukankakuna]

"Supermodel" is the answer. It's a Sega's model 3 emulator.

[@TheyoungZidane]

mukankakuna Or dreamcast. Arcade version is hard to emulate. NullDc works great and doesn’t take as much power. As for OG Hardware, get a Dreamcast with a VGA box and you’re set. Dreamcast are starting to get kinda expensive so now is the probably the best time.

[@ToyotaKudoFan]

I want VF6 to return to the VF3 style, uneven terrains and the evade system, it made matches that much more strategic and interesting. Fighting game fans are so unwilling to adapt to change, no wonder fighting games are so bland nowadays, franchises take even the slightest risk or experiment with the formula even a little bit and fans just throw tantrums until they just go back to doing the same old shit.

[@ABC-od6fr]

I agree that this game was innovative, but you self-fulfilled the same criticisms that you pointed out :P

[@danielfonville1840]

1996 Graphics? What wtf this is crazy how tf did they do this?

[@mukankakuna]

The mighty Sega's Model 3. The most powerful machine in the world at the time.

[@sdlock83]

I remember when this game was about to come out for the arcade, the producer Yu Suzuki was bragging about how amazing the graphic will be, telling folks how amazing newcomer Taka'arashi is, how Aoi is actually performing a real life Japanese dance, telling us to appreciate the individual snowflakes in one of the stages, etc. Way to hype of the game's graphics that's barely above PS1 quality lol!

[@krisla8211]

Stfu simp.

[@orlanzo2621]

You're blind if you think this is "barely" above PS1 quality man. VF3 was lightyears ahead of anything on PS1 graphically. PS1 graphics weren't even close. This was '96, you could take the best looking PS1 game from the end of it's life cycle in 2006 and this would still blow it away. Lol

[@ToyotaKudoFan]

this blows PS2 titles out of the water, this was graphically ahead of its time by nearly a decade. you're just dumb

[@_xail]

Pai doing hellsweeps? Lol

[@orlanzo2621]

Pai had that move before Kazuya even existed, lol.

[@doom5895]

New fighters don't look this good

[@patcoston]

4:46 cheap shot!

[@AndyKusanagi86]

yeah, but that's VF5 Pai on the cabinet. you - or whoever made the intro - could've done some research on that.

[@mukankakuna]

Guilty as charged. I Couldn't resist to put Pai from VF5. She is cuter in VF5.

[@AndyKusanagi86]

oh God, i didn't remember i had done this comment before, i'm so sorry. anyway, it's cool that you owned up to it without getting upset.

[@oa5394]

Me gusta

[@okokok8100]

Que pasa holmes

[@gameplaysolotheblade]

3:04 Very similar to this theme used in Tobal 2 where they incorporate more rock element from this. Tobal 2 is another classic and well ahead of its time Fighting game.. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y2eqhYCebteHhs0

[@mesgrutilopatefultramwarum7636]

1:40 3:19 3:23

[@christopherdoyle8081]

I take it that this is the emulator version, and not real arcade hardware.

[@mukankakuna]

Supermodel's emulator version r486.

[@christopherb.5797]

That explains the music quality and graphical issues.

[@AndyKusanagi86]

still pretty good for emulation. especially the speed at which it runs.

[@JuanRamirez-ov7ps]

The game was really amazing but still tekken is the best in physics. What a great era

[@Smael64]

Naked OK

[@BennyHarassi]

maybe it's just me but...the music and sfx sound terrible compared to 2

[@AlexanderMazucco]

The graphics are great, but the soundtrack is terrible!!!

[@EdzonDeLaRosa]

Did you do all the character mate?

[@mukankakuna]

No, just mastered Pai for this hardest run. Also did Lau on VF1 and Sarah on VF2.