Dead or Alive
A straight forward 3D fighting game based on the Virtua Fighter engine, it features slick and intuitive gameplay. This Saturn port looked stunning and many experts consider it slightly better than the Playstation version. Even in its Saturn form, Dead or Alive gain attention for its "jiggly" animation techniques.
It's fun to look back at the 3D launch titles for the Saturn (Daytona USA and the original Virtua Fighter) to see how much progress was made. Sega seemed to rush ports of their popular arcade games to show that the Saturn had some 3D capabilities to counter the upcoming Playstation. So it's amazing to see these later 3D titles show up when the developers had the time to learn the complicated architecture (there were many DSPs, individual controllers and chipsets).
