Games of the 8-, 16- & 32-bit era

Dead or Alive

Title	Dead or Alive
First release	1996
Developer	Team Ninja
Publisher	Tecmo
Platforms	Arcade, PlayStation, Sega Saturn
Genre	3D fighting game
Also known as	デッドオアアライブ
Players	1–2 players
Co-op	No
ESRB rating	T Teen
Releases	Arcade: 1996-10-01 Sega Saturn: 1997-10-09 (NTSC-J) PlayStation: 1998-03-12 (NTSC-J), 1998-03-31, 1998-07-15 (PAL)
Wikidata ID	Q2548236

Dead or Alive is a fighting game and the first entry in the long-running Dead or Alive series. The gameplay of Dead or Alive was unique at the time of its debut because it featured different choices in gameplay than other 3D fighting games (at least at the time).

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Sources

Wikidata (Q2548236) · last updated 2026-09-27 · CC0

TheGamesDB (14977,34190) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

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Arcade Database (ADB) (doapp) · last updated 2026-10-03 · CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 · internal use only

Arcade Database ADB

MAME romset	`doapp`
Title at ADB	Dead Or Alive ++ (Japan/USA/Export)
Manufacturer	Tecmo
Year	1998
Genre	Fighter / Versus
Players	2
MAME driver status	IMPERFECT

Artwork: ADB (Arcade Database); artwork © original manufacturer (Tecmo); snaps by ProgettoSnaps via ADB. Non-free, internal use only (hotlinked, not downloaded).

Scraping using Arcade Database by motoschifo · CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 · romset via Wikidata P2451 (wikidata-qid) · fetched 2026-10-03 16:59 UTC · no fields filled (other sources take precedence)

Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded) · © Tecmo · internal use only

1 / 8 Box art Box art (front)

Image credits

Box art, Screenshots, Logos, Artwork (7): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded) · © Tecmo · internal use only. TheGamesDB page

Logo: ©TECMO,LTD.1996,1997, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (“Dead or Alive 1 logo.gif”)

Sprites

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Videos

Saturn Longplay [043] Dead or Alive

World-of-Longplays · Sega Saturn version · longplay · 1:12:16auto-matched
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