Virtua Athlete 2K

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Virtua Athlete 2K
System(s): Sega Dreamcast
Publisher: Sega, Agetec (US)
Developer:
Peripherals supported: Dreamcast Arcade Stick, Jump Pack, Dreamcast Modem, Visual Memory Unit, Dreamcast VGA Box
Genre: Sports

















Number of players: 1-4
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Dreamcast
JP
¥5,8005,800 HDR-0081
Sega Dreamcast
US
$49.9949.99[1] T-44301N
Sega Dreamcast
EU
MK-51094-50

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Virtua Athlete 2K, known as Virtua Athlete 2000 in North America, is a Sega Dreamcast sports game.

It was included along with Decathlete and Winter Heat in volume 15 of the Sega Ages 2500 series.

Production credits

  • Director Planner: Shinichi Ogasawara
  • Main 100mDash 110mHurdles 1500mRace Programmer: Tadakatsu Ogura
  • System Programmer: Kiyoaki Matsumoto
  • Background Ending Programmer: Naoki Matsumoto
  • Network Javelin Throw Shot Put Programmer: Tetsuya Takahashi
  • Long Jump High Jump Opening Programmer: Fusano Iguchi
  • Motion Animator: Yojiro Hirashita
  • Character Designer: Hirotada Kakusaka
  • Background Designer: Shingo Yamada, Daisuke Takamori
  • Opening Animator: Hidenori Oda
  • Ending Designer: Yuji Masuda
  • Icon Designer: Ayumi Hanashima
  • VM Designer: Hidehiro Yoshida
  • Planner: Koji Sugimori, Junichi Kashiwagi
  • Sound Direction & Engineer: Hiroyuki Hamada (T's Music)
  • Music: Shinichirou Satou (T's Music)
  • Sound Effect: Manabu Fujiki (T's Music)
  • Translator: Yuriko Nohara (Green Planning)
  • Isao Staff: Kenichi Hiraiwa, Kiminori Kitahata, Taku Hirose, Rikiya Katagai
  • Publicity: Shintaro Takaya
  • Debug: Taiji Ochiai, Daisuke Satou, Tomoki Matsuura, Tatsushi Hirose, Masayuki Baba, Makoto Tanaka, Akio Ikeda
  • Model For Game Character: Perry L Mckeethen, Bruce M Mitchell, Segric L Hayes, Daniel M Shaw, Curtis Bentley, Hideki Kasuga, Hiroshi Moriyama, Tetsuya Takahashi, Kan Naito
  • Special Thanks: Virtua Tennis Team, Lana K Smith, Yokota Air Force Base
  • Producer: Juro Watari
  • Executive Producer: Hisao Oguchi
  • Presented by: Sega
(C)Sega Enterprises, Ltd./Hitmaker Co.,Ltd., 2000
Source:
In-game credits (JP)

Magazine articles

Main article: Virtua Athlete 2K/Magazine articles.

Artwork

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
40 №24, p72[3]
92 №104, p96/97[4]
80 №227, p110-111[2]
70 №2000-26, p21[5]
65 №, p34[6]
50 №89, p99[7]
78 №607, p33
40 №12, p82-83[8]
Sega Dreamcast
64
Based on
8 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Ação Games (BR)
75
[9]
Arcade (UK) PAL
25
[3]
Consoles + (FR) PAL
92
[4]
Computer & Video Games (UK)
75
[2]
Dreamcast Monthly (UK) PAL
30
[10]
Dreamcast: Le Magazine Officiel (FR) PAL
50
[11]
Dreamcast Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
70
[12]
Dreamcast Magazine (UK) PAL
79
[13]
Dorimaga (JP) NTSC-J
65
[6]
Edge (UK) PAL
50
[7]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
57
[14]
Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast (RU)
81
[15]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
78
[16]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
78
[17]
Joypad (FR) PAL
30
[18]
MAN!AC (DE) PAL
58
[19]
Mega Fun (DE) PAL
62
[20]
Neo Plus (PL)
50
[21]
Next Generation (US) NTSC-U
25
[22]
Official Dreamcast Magazine (UK) PAL
40
[8]
Official Dreamcast Magazine (US) NTSC-U
20
[1]
Playmag (FR) PAL
60
[23]
Playmag (FR) NTSC-J
80
[24]
Video Games (DE) PAL
71
[25]
Sega Dreamcast
58
Based on
24 reviews

Virtua Athlete 2K

Dreamcast, US
VirtuaAthleteDCUSBoxBack.jpgVirtuaAthlete2K DC US Box Front.jpg
Cover
VirtuaAthlete2K DC US Disc.jpg
Disc
VirtuaAthlete2000DCUSInlay.jpg
Inlay
Dreamcast, EU
VirtuaAthlete2K DC EU Box Back.jpgVirtuaAthlete2K DC EU Box Front.jpg
Cover
VirtuaAthlete2K DC EU Disc.jpg
Disc
Dreamcast, JP
VirtuaAthlete2K DC JP Box Back.jpgVirtuaAthlete2K DC JP Box Front.jpg
Cover
VirtuaAthlete2K DC JP Disc.jpg
Disc
VirtuaAthlete2K DC JP Box Inlay.jpg
Inlay

External links

  • Sega of Japan catalogue pages (Japanese): Dreamcast

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 File:ODCM US 08.pdf, page 104 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:ODCM US 08.pdf_p104" defined multiple times with different content
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 File:CVG UK 227.pdf, page 110 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CVG UK 227.pdf_p110" defined multiple times with different content
  3. 3.0 3.1 File:Arcade UK 24.pdf, page 72 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Arcade UK 24.pdf_p72" defined multiple times with different content
  4. 4.0 4.1 File:ConsolesPlus FR 104.pdf, page 96 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:ConsolesPlus FR 104.pdf_p96" defined multiple times with different content
  5. File:DCM_JP_20000804_2000-26.pdf, page 21
  6. 6.0 6.1 File:Dorimaga JP 20021011 2002-18.pdf, page 34 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Dorimaga JP 20021011 2002-18.pdf_p34" defined multiple times with different content
  7. 7.0 7.1 File:Edge UK 089.pdf, page 99 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Edge UK 089.pdf_p99" defined multiple times with different content
  8. 8.0 8.1 File:ODM UK 12.pdf, page 82 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:ODM UK 12.pdf_p82" defined multiple times with different content
  9. Ação Games, "Outubro 2000" (BR; 2000-xx-xx), page 44
  10. Dreamcast Monthly, "October 2000" (UK; 2000-08-31), page 72
  11. Dreamcast: Le Magazine Officiel, "Septembre/Octobre 2000" (FR; 2000-0x-xx), page 58
  12. Dreamcast Magazine, "2000-26 (2000-08-04,11)" (JP; 2000-07-21), page 21
  13. Dreamcast Magazine, "No. 14" (UK; 2000-10-05), page 54
  14. Electronic Gaming Monthly, "November 2000" (US; 2000-xx-xx), page 252
  15. Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast, "Izdaniye chetvertoye, dopolnennoye" (RU; 2002-xx-xx), page 295
  16. Famitsu, "2000-08-04" (JP; 2000-07-21), page 33
  17. GamePro, "November 2000" (US; 2000-1x-xx), page 163
  18. Joypad, "Septembre 2000" (FR; 2000-xx-xx), page 161
  19. MAN!AC, "10/2000" (DE; 2000-09-06), page 56
  20. Mega Fun, "10/2000" (DE; 2000-09-06), page 44
  21. Neo Plus, "Październik 2000" (PL; 2000-xx-xx), page 56
  22. Next Generation, "November 2000" (US; 2000-10-17), page 125
  23. Playmag, "Septembre 2000" (FR; 2000-xx-xx), page 146
  24. Playmag, "Octobre 2000" (FR; 2000-xx-xx), page 48
  25. Video Games, "10/2000" (DE; 2000-09-06), page 93



Decathlete series
Decathlete (1996) | Winter Heat (1997) | Virtua Athlete 2K (2000) | Virtua Athlete (2002) | Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 15: Decathlete Collection (2004)
Decathlete related media
Book
Winter Heat Official Guide (1998)