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title Virtua Fighter Kids (JUET 960319 V0.000)
set name vfkids
manufacturer Sega
year 1996
genre Fighter (hof)
category Fighter / Versus (hof)
driver status imperfect
driver source stv.c
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rating

64.5% after 42 votes
 
BIOS stvbios
display
colour emulation good
palette 6144
display type raster
orientation horizontal
resolution 704x512
frequency 60.000000Hz
sound
sound emulation imperfect
channels stereo
controls
players 2
nplayers 2P sim
controls 8 way joystick
buttons 6
coin slots 2
hardware
cpu SH-2 @ 28.6364MHz
cpu SH-2 @ 28.6364MHz
cpu 68000 @ 11.45456MHz
audio SCSP
data
version added .074u2
last change(s) .109 .075
roms
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cabinet art
additional information
info 0.76u2 [David Haywood, Angelo Salese, Olivier Galibert]

0.74u2 [?]

0.63 [?]

WIP:
  • 0.126u2: R. Belmont fixed logging for the SH-2 has been left on.
  • 0.99u3: Mariusz Wojcieszek added VDP2 rotation in RBG0 layer to the ST-V driver. This improves 'Virtua Fighter Kids' backgrounds.
  • 0.80u1: Mariusz Wojcieszek improved ST-V scaling tilemap backgrounds. The backgrounds in Virtua Fighter Kids are better now.
  • 1st January 2003: Mariusz Wojcieszek fixed the sprite color calculation in Winter Heat and Virtua Fighter Kids, and he fixed Princess Clara Daisakusen so that it is playable now.
  • 0.76u2: Status - Virtua Fighter Kids has bad sprite colours and missing ground effects.
  • 0.74u2: Added Virtua Fighter Kids (Sega 1996).
  • 0.63: Added Virtua Fighter Kids (Testdriver).
LEVELS: 11

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Romset: 37888 kb / 10 files / 22.4 zip
history Virtua Fighter Kids (c) 1996 Sega.


Virtua Fighter Kids is based on the Sega Saturn conversion of "Virtua Fighter 2". The differences are mostly art-related : Virtua Fighter Kids' character cast are now drawn in a super-deformed style.


- TECHNICAL -


Sega Titan Video hardware (STV)


Main CPU : (2x) SH-2 (@ 28.6364 Mhz), 68000 (@ 11.45456 Mhz)

Sound Chips : SCSP (@ 11.45456 Mhz)


Screen orientation : Horizontal

Video resolution : 704 x 513 pixels

Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz

Palette colors : 6144


Players : 2

Control : 8-way joystick

Buttons : 6


- TRIVIA -


Released in March 1996.


Each character has a range of facial expressions not evident in "Virtua Fighter 2".


The game features some product placement : when Jacky wins a bout, he drinks from a can labelled 'Java Tea' - a famous Japanese brand name.


PATENTS :

U.S.A : 4,442,486 - 4,454,594 - 4,462,076

Europe : 80244

Canada : 1,183,276

Honk Kong : 88-4302

Singapore : 88-155


Toshiba EMI released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Virtua Fighter Kids Sound Tracks - TYCY-5520) on 26/09/1996.


- TIPS AND TRICKS -


Alternate Costumes : Hold UP and then select your character with any button.


- SERIES -
  1. Virtua Fighter (1993)
  2. Virtua Fighter 2 (1995)
  3. Virtua Fighter Remix (1995)
  4. Virtua Fighter Kids (1996)
  5. Virtua Fighter 3 (1997)
  6. Virtua Fighter 3 - Team Battle (1998)
  7. Virtua Fighter 4 (2001)
  8. Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution (2002)
  9. Virtua Fighter 10th Anniversary (2003, Sony PlayStation 2)
  10. Virtua Fighter 4 Final Tuned (2004)
  11. Virtua Fighter Cyber Generation - Judgment Six No Yabou (2004, Sony PlayStation 2)
  12. Virtua Fighter 5 (2006)
  13. Virtua Fighter 5 R (2008)
  14. - STAFF -
    • Director : Makoto Osaki
    • Main program & Programming direction : Takayuki Yamaguchi
    • Scroll & Console program : Takashi Isowaki
    • Texture & Animation program : Takeshi Matsuda
    • Command & Test mode program : Shinji Ohshima
    • Enemy & Effect program : Norihiro Sekine
    • Motion program : Hiroaki Shoji
    • Character design & Design direction : Masataka Aochi
    • Stage & Scroll design : Ryoya Yui
    • Stage & Effect design : Saori Nishikawa
    • Stage & Title design : Masumi Uchida
    • Sound compose : Kazuhiko Kouchi
    • Publicity : Koji Umeda
    • Producer : Yu Suzuki
    • - PORTS -
    • * Consoles :
    • Sega Saturn (1996)
    • - SOURCES -
    • Game's rom.
    • Edit this entry at Arcade-History.com: http://www.arcade-history.com/?n=virtua-fighter-kids&page=detail&id=3080&o=2
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00000000:6062565:000000A0:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Energy PL1
00000001:6062565:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Drain All Energy Now! PL1
00000000:6063665:000000A0:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Energy PL2
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