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Dead or Alive (デッド・オア・アライブ, Deddo oa Araibu) is the first installment in the Dead or Alive series, and the first versus fighting game of the series.
Developed by Team Ninja and published by Tecmo, Dead or Alive was first released in Japanese arcades in 1996, using the Sega Model 2 systeme board, and was later ported onto the Sega Saturn home console in Japan on October 9, 1997.
In 1998, a PlayStation remake of Dead or Alive was released in Japan, North America, and Europe, with revamped graphics and fighting engine, new background music and two addition characters.
Dead or Alive ++ was also released in 1998. This arcade-only release using the Sony ZN-1 arcade board and, while graphically similar to the Playstation port of Dead or Alive, plays more like the proceeding Dead or Alive 2. The game introduced a bigger emphasis on stuns which included introducing two seperate hold systems, one inside and one outside of critical state.
In 2004, the Sega Saturn version was ported onto the Xbox as part of Dead or Alive Ultimate.
Dead or Alive was followed by the series' first sequal Dead or Alive 2 in 1999.
Story
Characters
thumb|330px|right|All the characters (PlayStation version)
Playable Characters
- Bayman - An assassin who trained in the style of Sambo. He posed as a participant in the tournament but in truth he was hired by Victor Donovan, a member of DOATEC, to exterminate Fame Douglas.
- Gen Fu - An old master of Xinyi Liuhe Quan. He entered the tournament in order to win the cash prize, which he would use to get medical treatment for his gravely ill granddaughter, Mei Lin.
- Jann Lee - A Jeet Kune Do martial artist who works as a bouncer at a club. He first learnt to fight as a child to make up for the feelings of loss over his deceased parents, but now fights for the sake of fighting. He entered the tournament to prove that he was the strongest fighter in the world.
- Kasumi - A young Kunoichi who ran away from her clan to find out the truth about what happened to her older brother, Hayate who was left crippled when their village was attacked. She seeks revenge on the one responsible for harming Hayate.
- Lei Fang - A college student and Tai Chi Quan prodigy from a wealthy family. Several years before the events of Dead or Alive, Lei Fang was challenged by a gang of thugs, but was saved by Jann Lee before she could fight them. Annoyed that someone would "assume" she could not handle things herself, Lei Fang trained and enter the tournament to fight Jann Lee head on, and to prove her worth as a fighter to him.
- Ryu Hayabusa - A shinobi of the Hayabusa Ninja Clan's head family. He joined the tournament to protect best friend Hayate's little sister, Kasumi.
- Tina Armstrong - A professional wrestler. A year before the tournament, Tina almost gave up on wrestling but her father and trainer Bass convinced her to join Dead or Alive. While Bass thinks Tina joined the tournament for the glory of winning, Tina's real goal was to be discovered by Hollywood in the aim for a more glamourous career.
- Zack - A DJ with a taste for the finer things in life. He joined the tournament simply to win the large cash prize and for the publicity.
PlayStation and ++ Characters
- Ayane - A Kunoichi from the same clan as Kasumi and Hayate, who was sent by her masters to kill Kasumi for running away from the clan, who therefore disobaying the rules of the clan and put the clan in danger of being discovered. (Note that she did appear in the Sega Saturn version of Dead or Alive, but only as a training dummy.)
- Bass Armstrong - A professional wrestling champion and the father of Tina Armstrong, Bass joined the tournament to stop Tina from pursuing the lifestyle of a starlet in Hollywood, and convince her to stay in wrestling.
Unlockable Characters
- Raidou - A shinobi and the paternal uncle to Kasumi and Hayate. Banished from his village and clan, Raidou traveled the world "stealing" moves and techniques from others fighters in order to grow stronger. It was actually he who crippled Hayate.
Gameplay
Dead or Alive was unique in its debut that featured fairly different choices in gameplay than other 3D fighting games. Its most defining features were its speed and countering system. Unlike Tekken, Dead or Alive put an emphasis on speed, and relied more on simplistic commands and reaction time rather than long strings of combos. Furthermore, its countering system was the first in the fighting genre to utilize different commands that corresponded to each type of attack.
There are two kinds of holds, an offensive hold (OH) and a defensive hold (DH), furthermore, these commands are executed by holding back or forward on the directional pad along with the guard input to either force away or counter-damage an opponent. Finally, the game used an environmental addition called the danger zone, which surrounded the outer edges of the fighting arena (depending on the options, it could also completely consume it), and when a character came in contact with it, sent them in the air so the opposing player can execute a juggling air combo. However, this can be avoided with an Ukemi (defensive roll).
Development
Tomonobu Itagaki has stated that he was dissatisfied with the way modern fighting games were presented, he missed the old arcade style of play and had another vision for the fighting game genre. Having worked for Tecmo for a long time, Itagaki was eventually given the opportunity to develop a fighting game.
The game, the first Dead or Alive, was released in 1996 as an arcade game for the Japanese market. It had been a success in Japan, but not in the West. This was possibly because of the competing game Tekken, which was already a popular fighting game series for the PlayStation.
Versions
Three different versions of the original Dead or Alive were released:
Ryu Hayabusa versus Lei Fang in Dead or Alive
Arcade and Saturn Version
The original version of Dead or Alive was released in arcades in 1996, utilizing Sega's Model 2 arcade board (it was also the first time Sega licensed their hardware to a third-party company; in this case, Tecmo). It was later ported to the Sega Saturn in Japan on October 9, 1997. The game was never released for the North American nor European Sega Saturn. It was released in the United States and Europe for the Xbox on October 26, 2004 and February 18, 2005, as part of Dead or Alive Ultimate.
PlayStation Version
On March 12, 1998 in Japan, Tecmo released Dead or Alive for the PlayStation. This version include
Kasumi versus Zack in Dead or Alive (PlayStation)
d numerous differences compared to the arcade and Saturn versions, which included 2 new characters (Bass & Ayane), a different graphics engine, a slightly revamped fighting engine and new background music. The PlayStation version was released in North America on March 31, 1998, and later in Europe on July 1998.
Dead or Alive Ultimate
Gen Fu versus Kasumi in Dead or Alive Ultimate
In 2004, Tecmo released a revamped version of the Sega Saturn version made to run on the Xbox along with an updated version of Dead or Alive 2. Named Dead or Alive Ultimate it was basically the original game ported to the Xbox, making graphics more colorful and smoother, sound from stereo to surround, and adding one key element boosting the replay value: Xbox Live Online Gaming. This game, along with Dead or Alive 2, became the second fighting game with online play.
It is important to note, that original game, which ran on the Model 2 arcade board, had fully 3D modeled backgrounds. The Sega Saturn conversion used bitmap tricks and overlapping layers in the same fashion as the Sega Saturn version of Virtua Fighter 2 did. The original arcade used pure 3D on all the arenas. Much like in Virtua Fighter 2 case, it was impossible to achieve this kind of graphics on Sega Saturn hardware and both games were scaled down. The Xbox version was a ported version of what Sega Saturn owners experienced.
Voice Cast
Dead or Alive features the smallest voice cast compared to other main titles in the series, as it only features nine on-screen characters; this number is increced to eleven in the PlayStation and ++ editions of the game.
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Packaging Artwork
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Trivia
- Kasumi is unlocked as a trainable monster in Monster Rancher 2 by going to the Shrine and inserting the Dead or Alive disk in the PlayStation Disc Tray.
Also See
External Links
- Dead or Alive (arcade game) wikipedia