Remember when Sega made fighting games? - The Flophouse Files

People didn't support the games enough

I love that Matt loves fighting games. He almost makes me want to get back into them… but no, no I won’t.

Sega kills Eternal Champions because they don't want it stealing VFs potential business by saturating the market... Then creates multiple other fighting games and saturates the market, screwing VF in the process

I loved Sega as a kid, but Sega of Japan is just inane

Going back to Virtua Fighter 2 was like trying to jump on a trampoline with crippling back pain 😢

Fantastic video as usual...i d have shown some SS/MODEL 2 DOA footage instead of the quite different PS1 port though...when magnifying VF3 gfx i d compare it to TEKKEN 3 more than QUAKE gfx, to show how beyond that game (released 1 year later...ported to PS1 in 1998, btw) it was...

I wanna see a DC vs. Sega crossover fighting game (especially in the hopes of seeing the Flash fight against Sonic the Hedgehog).

I'm putting it out there I prefer. D.O.A. And Virtua Fighter over Tekken any day.

No love for Eternal Champions? It's my favourite Sega fighting game.

Wolf vs jefry lmfao 🤣

Sonic got a second fighting game with Sonic Battle on the GBA

Please consider talking about Virtua Quest sometime. Its a weird cousin of Virtua Fighter. Its pretty bad, but also... good in some ways? I liked its upgrade system and customizable moveset for the protagonist.

Holy, what emulator are you using to play fighters megamix in there? It looks so CLEAN!

Fortunately or unfortunately the virtua fighter 5 engine lives on to be used in the project diva games

And.. VF5US ended up being real and a fucking success. God bless sega.

i honestly want a remaster of Fighters Megamix, a Fighting Vipers 3, and a new Virtua Fighter

Definitely feel like VF strugglin' outside of Japan is some form of karma for SoJ's treatment of SoA back in the 90's.

I prefer eternal champions than vf. F u Sega of japan

Where is the intro music from? It's driving me crazy! I know I know it!

I remember the first time I played Last Bronx. It was at an old Nathan's in The Bronx (I know), and I was hooked. When I got the PC port, it was one of the first PC games I bought for myself. I'm sad that Last Bronx didn't get more love, because it was such an intense game with solid characters and great fights.

I was a Sega kid the fighters Megamix was my Super Smash Brothers

I never understood the Virtua Fighter figthing system.. IT always felt like it was very stiff to me and i couldn't do anything. I was hoping to see a "mechanics" side of the history of the franchise like, how the mechanics evolved but unfortunately it wasn't the case.

Still good ! Thanks !

We need more flophouse files! I love this series!

I just love the ‘Flophouse’ 🤗

Fighting vipers was so sick as a kid. Been trying to find this game for a long time as I never actually knew the name lol

Sega's next major collection should be a Model 2/Model 3 collection.

I was always willing to find a different game to play
Never was amused by the animations of Virtual Fighter

Simple, traditional, martial arts game, Holosseum: HOLOGRAMS!

UNCONVENTIONAL. SCI FI. THREE DIMENSONAL COMBAT GAME. DAAAARK EEEEDGEEEEE: crt monitor.

No mention of VF Kids? Or did I blink and miss it?

If nothing else, this video reminded me that Last Bronx was ever a thing. I enjoyed Fighters Megami back in the day, but was never a major VF fan. I was one of the kids though staring longingly through shop windows watching trailers for the upcoming Tekken running on the PlayStation. I'll never forget the moment I first saw Law run up his opponents chest and then land on them. That was the future.

Love how when mentioning Dead or Alive using the Model 2 hardware and VF2 source code (Saturn version also used the Saturn VF2 source code), decided to show the PS1 version which used an inhouse engine based as they weren't licenced to use it for obvious reasons, and this inhouse engine was based on Tekken 3 from observation (don't know if they managed to get any of the actual code, but DOA++ the arcade version of the PS1 port is running on hardware identical to the Tekken 3 arcade board).

Bro, Holograpgic arcade cabinets are so sick lol

Mat love your flopfile... you should do one on blizzard!

For me .... Fighters Megamix was like Christmas coming early. Never forgotten.

Didn't Sega make VirtualOn? I thought that game had a pretty sweet concept

I got VF showdown from the PS store a few months ago for free too lol

Fighting vipers? Ya mean JoJo without stands Right? Lmao

I had a Sega 32X and only had Virtua Fighter and Knuckles Chaotix.

Honestly bought a Saturn just for VF1 back in the olden days...

Thank you for using the VF anime theme and T2 character select theme

For all matter and purpose, Virtua Fighters was the first Shenmue game

I need me some Virtua Fighter 6. That’d be a day one purchase, no question.

Still patiently waiting for VF6

I remember playing Fighters Megamix in my childhood. One of my favorites