Fighters Megamix

Fighters Megamix is a 1996 fighting game developed by AM2 for the Sega Saturn and Game.com. It combines several characters from various Sega games, from the full cast of Virtua Fighter 2 and Fighting Vipers to Janet from Virtua Cop 2 and the Hornet car from Daytona USA, and allows you to play the bosses of both games without codes. It was heavily promoted and followed Virtua Fighter 2 as a top-tier 3D fighting game for the Sega Saturn. Fighters Megamix was intended as an introduction to Virtua Fighter 3 (which was never released for the Saturn) and utilized the concept originally used by The King of Fighters, mixing characters and styles from different games. So not only are there the open rings from VF (but now without the ring-out), but also the closed cages from Fighting Vipers. The VF characters adopted new moves from VF3, but the most impressive feature was the dodge move, which allowed characters to dodge a dangerous punch while creating space for a counterattack. Sega capitalized on this, calling Fighters Megamix the first "true 3D" fighting game on the market. Unlike most AM2 games at the time, Fighters Megamix was not released for the arcade. In 1998, a Game.com port was released by Tiger Electronics.