The first Fighting Vipers had the most kickass soundtrack of all Sega fighting games. Picky and Mahler stage were classic thrash metal songs, Jane and Raxel stages were 80s metal and Candys also had the upbeat rock sound. I used to always play on Picky's stage just for the music.

I really enjoyed this game. DC had so many good fighters!

Very underrated game. I wish I spent more time with this game.

Sega consoles were so awesome for arcade style games which are my favorite style of game. I just love throwing on a game for an hour at max and having an absolute blast. It's the reason I love the Saturn so much. It has amazing fighting and shooting games and also light gun games. It's just an awesome system that's quickly becoming one of my all time favorites.

Wish you included some arcade footage as a comparison as this is one that I definitely not come across here in North America. Great vid tho as usual!

Thank you SLX. Other than the title, I knew nothing about this one. You cover so much on this channel and with great narration. Love the way you put it all together for your viewers. Thank you!! 👍 Sega needs you man, big time!

Solid video as always. The Dreamcast is by far my favorite Sega Console and one of my favorites over all.

Great video. I love Fighting Vipers 2 on Dreamcast. Loved the first one on Saturn as well. Too bad they never came out with a Fighters Megamix 2 on Dreamcast.

This game has me wishing that AM2 would've developed VF3 tb instead of Genki. Fighting Vipers 2 looks a ton better. Both play great. I also wish the Dreamcast had its own Fighters Megamix.

This game was a gem, bright, colourful very SEGA and one of a kind.

Thank you for covering the lesser known Dreamcast games. It's amazing how many good and great games the console had in just 3 years, both from Sega and from third parties.

Oh wow, I had no idea this wasn’t released in the US. I used to read ODM but I didn’t let their 6/10 review dissuade me from getting FV2 the day it was out here in the UK. I loved the first game and I wasn’t going to miss this one, and it was a great pickup for me as 20 years later I’m still playing it. That’s money well spent to me!

You can play Fighting Viper's in Judgment!

11:29 - I like how you censored her face, but not her...um...other parts. Nice tush...I mean, touch.

I really like this one and I agree it's bare bones but it's a lot of fun and I agree a compilation of the 3D fighters from model 2, model 3 and games like Fighters Megamix would be great!

There is a group converting games from the Atomiswave board to Dreamcast

I didn't even know that this game existed. Sega and Capcom are respectively the king and queen of letting their franchises die

"Super KO" alike existed in Art of Fighting 3, few years before Fighting Vipers 2.

I remember reading about this game in a video game magazine, & I never knew it didn’t get a US release.

5:24 DURAL, we meet again.

I was fortunate enough to get this game at a convention last year, JP version. It's a fun simple fighter overall and I'm happy to have this in my collection.

Wow! I had no idea there was a sequel. I loved the 1st one. My best friend had it on his Saturn back in the day. I'd borrow his console from time to time and play the hell out of FV! I actually have it on my PS3 now. Still a fun game.

No wonder I didn't see it. It wasn't released over here.

I have no idea how you crank out videos so fast but I do know one thing, I am much happier because of it.

Great video man, I got my copy of the PAL version a few months ago for £50 off eBay

One of the first games I saw upscaled in vga mode! It was awesome looking!!!

I've Played Fighting Vipers 2 Around A Month Ago!!!!!! (It's Still Worth Playing😎Even In This Current Gen)

Super KO. I appreciate the work.

Oh wow...I never knew this existed. This is something that I would have been more than happy to pay for the heavy import fees for. I absolutely loved the Sega Dreamcast and I was with it the very day it dropped. As we sit on the cusp of a brand new generation (tomorrow!) It's nice to look back at a console that brought us so much joy and was taken from us far too soon. Hey Sega Lord, are you going to be getting the new consoles this week? I decided to go all in with this new generation and completely old school. This is likely going to be the very last generation with physical based media...so I wanted to do it with a bang. I preordered both the Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 *physical disc version. I actually waited in line at my local GamStop like old times...it was actually quite fun.

I've played this one for several years now, and I remember it on a preview in Electronic Gaming Monthly back in 2001. I didn't know it never made it stateside, until I looked to see the ISO regions were only Japan and PAL. Still have a little fun with this on NullDC and Supermodel.

I didn't even know there was a sequel, thank you Sega Lord for the phenomenal content.

Aside Kuhn, you can also unlock Delsol (Random Mode only) and B.M (Super KO) as playable characters. There are other few touches that you haven't mentioned, one of them being the fact you can finish a fight with having the opponent's body hanging from the top of the cage walls (if they land there on a specific way after you throw, uppercut or kick them upwards as the last blow). There's also a neat touch that doesn't seem to be very well know: some characters (not quite sure if all) has an extra pallet swap other than the two that you can choose from. I haven't played in well over a decade, but if memory doesn't fail me, I believe you can get those based on a key combo (A+Y, A+X, A+X+R or A+X+R, maybe paired with "UP" or not or something along those lines? Again, it's been a while...) when you select the characters. Best way to do the trial and error (and you see the colours on their names change to reflect those colours) is to use the mode where you choose up to 5 fighters for a "Gauntlet" match. I'd have to get my console and give it a try to refresh my memory on this.

I really liked the first one. Gonna have to download this one and give it a try

One I've never played, this looks good!

I wish that fighting vipers 2 was released in the USA. 😀👍🎮

I didn't even know this existed! Now I gotta buy it!!! Thanks Sega Lord!

Sega needs to make a smash or king of fighters type game with all the 3d fighters mixed with the cast of golden axe, streets of rage, shinobi, e-swat, opa opa, alex kidd etc

DAMN dude I had no idea this existed! I loved Fighter's Megamix on Saturn, so I was familiar with Fighting Vipers from that... no idea Japan got a Dreamcast one! Thanks buddy... you're my Sega hero.

"Inspire" and "Be Cool" are the most Sega-ass songs I've ever heard and that rocks.

didn't care for extra modes as long as they made solid arcade ports that was enough for me

When you had fighting games like Dead or Alive 2 and Soul Calibur this just looked like last gen.

Despite it's rough edges, this is still.my favourite 3D fighter on Dreamcast 😎 Never been a Soul Caliber fan and I couldn't get into DOA2 or VF3 as I prefer the earlier entries on Saturn.

Yet we still get the same old Genesis games released over and over. ☹️

I never heard of this game and I owned a Dreamcast back in the day.

I love this this game its my second favorite 3d fighting game the gameplay is so sick. My first being Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown.

This game looks raw as fuck!

Why is the Dreamcast not known for it's Model 3 conversions? Dreamcast had amazing graphics! Why couldn't they do justice to Model 3? It seems like that's exactly where it should excel.

Why is it that some games only make it to europe and japan?

Oy! A FV2 review. About time too.👍😃 6:21 Lol!😂

I'm disappointed I didn't even know a sequel existed. I love the first. Still have a copy. Underappreciated

11:28 You decide to censor her face instead of her asset. 😂🤣

I absolutely LOVED Fighting Vipers on the Sega Saturn. Never knew there was a home port on the Dreamcast of part 2.

This game’s has coming back to the next one, this game’s looking great.

What I would do... for a Fighters Megamix 2 on the Dreamcast!

I wish Sega would make another FV or Fighter's Megamix. Such great games, damn fun combat system.

Games with a heavy reliance on juggling (especially air juggling) are never fun to play with a friend. One person always ends up sitting there watching their character take abuse until it's "their turn" to attack again. This is why Street Fighter II and Mortal Kombat II hold up so well. Every moment of a round is a new confrontation and a new face-off. You're never just... observing. I remember in Tekken 2, if I'm not mistaken, there was a King combo that could kill you without ever having an opportunity to counter once it began. Anyway, solid vid on a generally unknown title here in the US. Good stuff.

Its sad that this game has more modes then some modern games, and you called those basic. Thats how far fighting games have fallen.

Out of this world entertainment! 🌌

Only James Rolfe and Sega Lord X can talk about anything (didn't care about the game or genre) and somehow make it interesting to me.

nice video, man! you should definively review HEAVY METAL GEOMATRIX! THAT'S A REALLY PECULIAR TITLE! i still love it and play it today in 2020 sometimes

Shout out!

I also want to grab a Dreamcast it's a system on missed out on like the Saturn. Back then my brothers and I opted for the Playstation and PS2. I have to say aside from standout title like Metal Gear Solid I enjoy the offerings of the Saturn much more because of its solid arcade quality games.

Ahhh i used to buy that mag - here in the uk.... weirdly enough i may of sold my entire collection - but i still have all my mags way back from late 80s etc! (Especially sega Saturn mag)

Atomiswave games have been converted to DC, including metal slug 6, can you cover them plesase?

"The US rags that gave us four sentences that were often inaccurate." lol damn dude tell us how you really feel 🤣😂

13:01 Please spread the word for VF 6 Story Mode and 1 player content..! 💥

I miss the good old Fights against my Friends! Mighty Dreamcast had it all!

*Project Justice* coming...? _plz_

we seriously need a fighter's mega mix 2!!!

fighting vipers 2 is VERY fun imo

For VF is the connoisseur's fighting series of choice, Fighting Vipers was essentially Sega's response to a casual fighting game series e.g Tekken.

I imported this game about 10 years ago and enjoyed it, but you are so right, these games could have definitely benefited from some extras like endings, secret characters, ect. Why Sega can't throw these on the Switch as a digital download is beyond me.

I'm hoping the Dreamcast mini is produced and provides a way for new players to see these games.

This is one of the first PAL games I got (I'm in the US), and I got it really cheap. I never played it much, for reason outlined in this video. It's an interesting curiosity though.

I have the european version on this one, as the now sadly closed store I bought it from had both at the same price back then. I miss that store... anyway, I was never a huge fan of Fighting Vipers, but I was willing to try pretty much anything on the late Saturn and Dreamcast. I love the European box art, and it does play a pretty crisp game for what it is. I'm always a 2D fighter at heart, though, so it's always been on the back burner in my house. I still play it now and again, though, as those bright colors and distinct Sega flair are always a welcome sight

Agree with the complain about Sega not adding extra content. If this game was released today one would think that it is free basic version and that you have to buy the rest of the content as DLC.

Didn't even know there was a PAL version of this, how strange.

I want to find music just like this on Spotify. What genre do I look up?

"Nice transparency effects".

5:24 Hey, it´s off brand Pepsi Man!

It's a good game for sure, bit was easily by past by many. I even played the original and Fighters Megamix way way more than this game. But the reality is that we'll most likely never see a new Fighter Vipers again, so if this is indeed the last game it's certainly not a bad one. Great video as always.

The entirety of human history has been approaching armor in the wrong way. Plate mail? Lacquered leather? Kevlar? Mere child's play next to a goddamn BMX on your back.

"segas european product manager, revealed all before we punched him through the window" Lol! You cannot get more late 90s-early 00s British gaming magazine than that. Literally the main mags I used to get then we're N64/NGC magazine, the official playstation magazine and occasionally Amiga Format and PC Gamer; all were edited and written by people with a very similar direct and on the nose approach. I miss those heady yet slightly obnoxious (yet playful) journalist days. Now everybody's a pussy.

Typing this from Linux on my PS4, LOL. Guess I should check this game out.

See, IDC what people say about the sega model 3 arcade ports that were done on the sega dreamcast back in the day, they got a lot of crap for not being 💯% arcade perfect but if you truly and I mean truly look at them and appreciate the fact that sega was bringing “ at the time “ the most powerful arcade hardware on the market to the home system known as the sega dreamcast, it was amazing to even see these ports come home at all, I mean for example one of my all time favorite model 3 games fighting vipers 2 was actually so close on the DC it was a better praised port then virtua fighter 3 on the DC cuz fighting vipers 2 wasn’t as rushed at all when coming home to the DC I can fully remember playing the Japanese exclusive FV2 DC port for the first time and thought to myself “ wow this is segas most powerful arcade hardware running in my own room on this white dreamcast box” it was as close as possible without having to shell thousands of dollars back then to get a sega model 3 arcade machine in your home So me being a model 3 fan to the max I’ve always appreciate the model 3 ports that have come home to the sega dreamcast because there so darn close to being arcade perfect it still amazes me to this day to have them in my collection ❤️

i really think its stupid that they stopped sega ages one of my most played games is outrun i never played it before and probably never would have if it hadnt been for sega ages

all those music are really segasque. soniquesque, as if sega had their own musical identity ! someone please explain !!

Did anyone watch the Black Mirror episode based on Fighting Vipers?

It might just be because I am watching this on a mobile phone, but I initially thought that at the beginning of the video you were showing Saturn footage, until I noticed the 3D backgrounds. I think the reviewers were right to criticise the graphics as they appear decidedly previous gen. That said, graphics do not a good game make. I think that the 5th and (initially) 6th gens were way to focused on graphics over gameplay. Then again, seeing the heated fights happening on Twitter regarding Series X vs PS5 (resolutions, ray tracing, bla bla bla) I guess that nothing has really changed.

You can play this in Judgment or Lost Judgment

Kind of sad that FV1 on saturn was more rich in features compared to 2. Watch Mode and more in-depth training mode (for the time.) This honestly felt like a budget release. Game itself is still fire though at least

TIL Where Honey the cat came from

1. Dead or Alive 2. Virtua Fighter 3tb 3. Soul Calibur 4. Fighting Vipers There you have it.... 🏆

iirc this was originally announced as a launch title for the North American market :p

Have you been following the Atomiswave ports? Exciting times... All things considered...

i own it too

I played this when it came out but I really couldn't get into it. My go to fighter was Soul Calibur.

I kinda disagree with the music. I think VF1 had a better sound track but this one is solid too. I might be baised tho cuz I use to play VF1 a ton when i was a kid lol.

When you gonna do more Arcade hidden gems SEGA LORD X ??

Can you do a Skies of Arcadia vid??