RoryDropkick
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Better that than a fighting game Jehova's Witness and passing out copies of say, Kensei:Sacred Fist or Kakuto Chojin.
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13 years ago today the best fighting game port of all time arrived on PS2
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Better that than a fighting game Jehova's Witness and passing out copies of say, Kensei:Sacred Fist or Kakuto Chojin.
I have the fondest memories of playing Virtua Fighter 4 Evo with a friend who'd done judo all his life. His Goh was unstoppable and I could only beat him if I got angry enough to properly read him at 60fps.
I am dogshit at all other fighting games but I can hold my own in VF at a decent level so it pains me that almost no one plays it in the USA.
I am dogshit at all other fighting games but I can hold my own in VF at a decent level so it pains me that almost no one plays it in the USA.
i hear you tekken 5 proponents but still feel that VF4EVO is the better package despite less graphical fidelity (still looks amazing -- akira's dojo via component on a CRT == :OO )
dont know wtf you 3S guys are talking about though. that game never got a great port although 3SO was good enough. Guessing you just like 3S.
dont know wtf you 3S guys are talking about though. that game never got a great port although 3SO was good enough. Guessing you just like 3S.
ShinMaruku
Member
Well it's Sega, they always have things like this and very few people take it up or everybody grabs it and they get hung out to dry due to bad management.
done!
Rephin
Member
This is still my favorite fighting game of all time. VF4 vanilla was one of the first games I bought on my PS2, and between that and Evolution I must have sunk maybe 1000 hours into the VF4 series. I liked it better than VF5. Is Sega even doing a VF6? I want a new VF game.
#aoi4life
#aoi4life
ShinMaruku
Member
I tried VF and I wanted to badly play Vanessa, but nope so I was stuck with Eileen. She was good fun.
Emperor Bohe
Member
Does anyone play VF2 on ps3?
ugh_the_boot
Banned
This was the first VF game I got into properly, I became so good at it all my mates refused to play because as soon as I was able to pull of 1 or 2 juggles the match would be over (I was using the Akira). I used to love the Survival Mode (I think it was called....so long ago), the one mentioned in the OP where you get to buy items and customize your character. My guy ended up looking like some sorta demon with spinning symbols hovering around him.
I do.
ThatCrazyGuy
Member
Why do you care? Don't click on it.
Great thread man. I need to bust out the PS2. I still remember picking this game up at lunch that week. Awesome use of 20 bucks.
I wish current games let you put your save on a USB stick somehow to take to VS mode at gatherings to have all your stuff. Would be cool. All the customs and records.
one time i made a bowl of cereal while searching ranked and ate it 2 rooms away, realizing while i was nearly done eating i could hear the sounds of VF2. ran back to see defeat.
anyway, its quieter than 5FS and you either have to wait 100x as long for a match or set one up with a buddy. i'll play VF2 - i know some funny glitches in that game.
LookAtMeGo
Member
Never played VF4 on PS2 but I played VF back on Sega Saturn and played the shit out it at the arcade. Loved those games. I still got my PS2. Maybe I should pick one up from one of the retro shops in town.
PendekarRajawali
Member
Never say never.
RagingAvatar
Member
OP is correct. This game is/was King. Gonna break it out tonight 
MidgarBlowedUp
Member
Apparently the iso can be backed for 480p 16:9
I'll try it sometime this week and report back.
http://virtuafighter.com/threads/ps2-patches-explained-vf4evo.19907/
Gillian Seed
Banned
For some reason I remember the arcade version of Virtua Fighter 3 looking so much better than this game, but maybe I am just blinded by nostalgia.
Grizzlyjin
Supersonic, idiotic, disconnecting, not respecting, who would really ever wanna go and top that
VF4 Evo is when I fell in love with the franchise. I already owned a copy of VF4 vanilla, but Evo had me addicted. I still remember getting my copy on Day 1. Amazing value for $20. I mean, how can you not love Quest Mode? But what I liked the most about Evolution is that it felt like it was teaching me how to be a better Virtual Fighter player.
Stumbled? The early post DC era was pretty damn high quality. Sonic was the exception to the rule. Of course the damn hedgehog likey sold better then all of them despite that so that's why we're in Sega only making Sonic games hell now.
Coulomb_Barrier
Member
Content-wise T5 maybe beats it. Story too.. But fighting mechanics, VF5 is truly unmatched. It's that supreme fighting engine underneath married to all that SP content that elevates VF4E above anything else before or since.
Augemitbutter
Member
yes, i need more VF. the next Yakuza should have some nice VF cameo. someone msg the nagoshi nation.
would be very interested to hear how this goes!
I loved Virtua Fighter 4 so much!
This was the only game I've seen which made great use of memory cards for each player.
VF4 Evo, however, screwed this up.
At the time I had a candy cabinet hooked up to my PS2 via RGB, so I was playing VF4 exclusively on a 29" sit down arcade setup with good quality sticks. A few times I arranged long weekends with my VF playing friends.
We all brought our memory cards and swapped them in between rounds so that we were always playing with our dedicated version of the character. Players would accrue perks based on winning streaks and losing streaks, and it always felt amazing to have the arcade style experience. One PS2 memory card per character. It worked amazingly.
I never bought VF4 Evo, because they changed it so that extra characters were stored on the first memory card. I was told that you couldn't plug two memory cards into the game, so you couldn't do the multiplayer thing where each player has their own memory card.
VF5 came about and memory cards were dead and buried, and it was clear to me that we'd never see an experience like VF4 again. There's no concession for multiple players on a single machine now, and even less for people to switch between a large group of players.
This was the only game I've seen which made great use of memory cards for each player.
VF4 Evo, however, screwed this up.
At the time I had a candy cabinet hooked up to my PS2 via RGB, so I was playing VF4 exclusively on a 29" sit down arcade setup with good quality sticks. A few times I arranged long weekends with my VF playing friends.
We all brought our memory cards and swapped them in between rounds so that we were always playing with our dedicated version of the character. Players would accrue perks based on winning streaks and losing streaks, and it always felt amazing to have the arcade style experience. One PS2 memory card per character. It worked amazingly.
I never bought VF4 Evo, because they changed it so that extra characters were stored on the first memory card. I was told that you couldn't plug two memory cards into the game, so you couldn't do the multiplayer thing where each player has their own memory card.
VF5 came about and memory cards were dead and buried, and it was clear to me that we'd never see an experience like VF4 again. There's no concession for multiple players on a single machine now, and even less for people to switch between a large group of players.
HueyFreeman
Banned
Well that's... really not what I said. My point was the amazing offering from VF4 Evo - that as far as I'm concerned perfected or at least epitomized the notion of SP in a console fighter - occurred as OP points outs over a decade ago. It's just amazing to me that all companies didn't build on it's successes. I realize there have been tremendous single player modes in fighters since then - MKX is a great recent example - but i'm just amazed that in 2016 we get a barebones SP when it was perfected so long ago.
Anyways, it's not necessary to shit up the thread with SFV comparisons, my main point was to praise VF4Evo. Praise be!
Osu 16 Bit
Member
I remember using the name Apple Pai for my profile name. That was pretty awesome.
synce
Member
I remember playing VF4 and being amazed by the graphics but quickly forgetting about the game because it had no character stories or anything. If only Sega bothered to put some of that stuff in I think we'd have VF6 or even VF7 by now. That said, these days I love VF despite the lack of casual content.
SatelliteOfLove
Member
Oh God its metastisizing...
i've heard this but have never seen it substantiated honestly
FallingEdge
Member
SEGA, please release FS on Steam.
tyvm.
tyvm.
xaeroxcore
Banned
Remember back in 2001 when i read about this game being in development for PS2, instead on Dreamcast. PS2 version is terrific...But i´d kill to play it on DC, despite any downgrade possible!
Coulomb_Barrier
Member
Yeah but the character designs and diverse fighting styles more than make up for that. It has the most well designed FG characters from a gameplay perspective i've ever had the pleasure to enjoy. Plus all the characters are cool as fuck.
i'm imagining trying to do multiple throw escape on the DC pad and its giving me a panic attack
Or at least it would've been, if Apple Pai wasn't already the name of one of the AI opponents.
MidgarBlowedUp
Member
480p Works
But 16:9 hack is needed for proper 4:3 ratio.
And I don't know how to do it for the US version.
Code:
A0100234 24110000
A0100244 24130001
A0100784 00000000
A02F5414 24050000
A02F5480 00111D40
A02F4C6C 00111540
A01004F4 000793C3
A01007D8 24840032
A02F4C0C 0C0BD498
A02F4E20 0C0BBAA8
A02F4E24 3C056071
A02F4E28 34A52435
A02F4E2C 00052C38
A02F4E30 34A57160
A02F4E34 00052C38
A02F4E38 34A53524
A02F4E3C 0C0BBAA8
A02F4E40 24040044
A02F4E44 24050001
A02F4E48 0C0BBAA8
A02F4E4C 24040045
A02F4E50 080BD511
A02F4E54 0000202D
A02F52E0 3C020200
A02F52E8 00621025
A01004EC 24160002
A02F5438 0C0BD388
A0100238 24120050
A02F8B08 246301B8
208CEECC 3F19999A*The above codes force 480p 4:3 for the Japan version of VF4 Evo.
*They are RAW codes that must be applied using the PS2 Patch Engine.(google it)
I assume you could use a program called Omniconvert (google it) and convert this format to work with a code-breaker type cheat disk so the PS2 original would work on a proper un-modded console.
You can also use GSMode Selector to run 1080i/1080p if you don't have an HD CRT for good 480p output. The game is still jaggies incarnate but this offers a gigantic improvement in image quality. The 16:9 option also makes the game appear slightly zoomed out, but this is because we are taking a 4:3 game and making it true 16:9 then reformatting it back to 4:3. GSM at 1080i/p helps correct this but reduces image quality.
I am not sure how to reformat these codes to work on a US version of the game or if they would even work to begin with.
It's very cool to know that some field rendered games can actually run in 480p 60fps on a real PS2.
holy smokes thank you! guess it's time to buy a jp copy...
ChronicHedgehog
Neo Member
This isn’t working for me. Using PS2 patch engine, and selecting “RAW CODE” the error is “Patch list contains unsupported cheat types”.
Sleepwalker
Member
Im sure those guys will be thrilled to come back to their 7 year old thread and troubleshoot with you lol
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
Fantastic port, but Tekken 5 was the ultimate package the likes of which we’ll never see again.
ChronicHedgehog
Neo Member
The person who posted the code was active last month. This is the only source for it I’ve been able to find, the VF link only has widescreen codes.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
I saw 13 years and said huh ... then I saw the topic is from 2016.