Dead or Alive

Released

November 1996 on Arcade

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Developers

Tecmo, Ltd.

Moby Score

7.7

#4,322 of 154K

Critics

84% (20)

Players

(90)

Ranking

#38 on SEGA Saturn
#279 on PlayStation

Collected By

78 players

Genre: Action
Perspective: Side view
Visual: 2D scrolling
Art: Anime / Manga
Gameplay: Fighting

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The first in the Dead or Alive series, and features many of the same features that has made the DoA series so popular today; somewhat realistic combat, good character design, and scantily clad women whose breasts bounce a lot.

The game doesn't mess too much with a background story- it's a 3D one on one fighter that takes place within an arena of limited space. Each character has their own unique way of fighting, their own abilities, and even their own hobbies and likes. (For example, Ryu Hayabusa- yes, he of Ninja Gaiden fame- likes sushi, mountain climbing, and fishing.)

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デッドオアアライブ - Japanese spelling
生或死 - Chinese spelling (simplified)

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Chief Planner	Katsunori Ehara
Planner	Jitsuo Kondo (Sane) Masaki Toyoda (Joe Toyoda) Hideki Ohta
Character's Story	Asamin (Asamin)
Chief Programmer	Takeshi Kawaguchi (T. Kawaguchi)
Programmer	Hiroaki Ozawa ("D") Takeshi Sawatari (T. Sawatari) Eigo Miyazaki Yume Maboroshi Mitsuo Osada (Mitsuo)
Chief Motion Designer	Yasuo Egawa (Great Egawa)
Motion Designer	Akutoh (Akutoh) Hiroaki Matsui (H. Matsui) Makoto Isomine Guerrilla Saitoh (Guerrilla Saitoh) Akira Izumi Navy (Navy) Kiyohiko Yamashita Kei (Kei) Sayaka Ishiyama
Animation Data	Noriaki Kazama (N. Kazama) Toru Mishima (T. Mishima) Masanori Sato Tomoo Hiraoka (T. Hiraoka)
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Both console ports ditch the 3D backgrounds of the original arcade version in favor of textured planes and flat bitmaps. The Playstation version however improves the model shading somewhat and adds a ton of alternate costumes as well as two brand new characters: Ayane and Bass. Said version (complete with the backgrounds and all) actually saw an arcade release under the name Dead or Alive ++, which is an extremely rare find.