Dead or Alive (1998) cover art

Dead or Alive

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Overview

The Fighting Game You've been waiting for... Purist Fighting for Purist Fighting Fans No lightening bolts, No Magic Tricks, No Weapons... YOUR SURVIVAL IS ALL IN YOUR OWN HANDS Seamlessly Rendered Characters Combined Attack Maneuvers Dynamic Backgrounds with light-sourcing brings you a vividly real experience AVAILABLE ONLY ON DEAD OR ALIVE: Beautiful Women Danger Zone Mode Reversal Attacks

Trivia & Facts

Game Machine also listed Dead or Alive++ on their November 15, 1998 issue as being the eleventh most-popular arcade game for the previous two weeks.

After a loss of 5.2 million dollars (490 million yen) in 1995, Dead or Alive helped Tecmo pull in a profit of 9.2 million dollars (970 million yen) in 1996, saving the company from bankruptcy.

The Sega Saturn version would top the Japanese charts on release, coming in number 1 during Week 41 in 1997.

The initial run of 92,000 copies sold out on the day of release.

It would go on to sell more than 161,000 copies in Japan.

The PlayStation version would come in 3rd place during week 11 in 1998, selling over 59,000 copies during its first week and would sell over 74,000 copies.