Street Fighter Zero 3 Upper (Japan) (GDL-0002)

Sega NAOMI GD-ROM published 24 years ago:

Street Fighter Zero 3 Upper (c) 2001 Capcom Company, Limited.

Street Fighter Zero 3 was released for the Sony PlayStation (1998), Sega Dreamcast (1999) and Sega Saturn (1999) with additional features not found in the original arcade version. This game, "Street Fighter Zero 3 Upper", is the arcade port of those console versions, which was released exclusively in Japan. Changes and additions brought in from the console version includes hidden characters Balrog ('Mike Bison' in Japan), Juni and Juli playable from the start, joining the new characters to the game which includes past Street Fighter legends Guile, Dee Jay, Fei Long and T. Hawk. In total, 34 playable characters are in the game.

- TECHNICAL -

GAMe ID: GDL-0002
Runs on the Sega "NAOMI GD-ROM System" hardware.

Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 6
= > [1] LP, [2] MP, [3] HP
= > [4] LK, [5] MK, [6] HK

- TRIVIA -

Street Fighter Zero 3 Upper was released in January 2001.

An aurally and graphically reduced port of "Street Fighter Zero 3 Upper" was made for the Nintendo Game Boy Advance in 2001 with Eagle (from the original "Street Fighter"), Yun (from "Street Fighter III"), and Maki (from "Final Fight 2") added as unlockable characters to the game. In 2006, a faithful port of "Street Fighter Zero 3 Upper" was made for the Sony PlayStation Portable with the addition of Eagle, Yun, and Maki immediately playable without having to be unlocked. Also, a new character was added to this version: Ingrid from "Capcom Fighting Jam." This upgraded port was named "Street Fighter Zero 3 Double Upper" in Japan and "Street Fighter Alpha 3 MAX" outside Japan. This brings the total playable characters to 38.

- UPDATES -

In the Japanese version, a description is given for each stage (in Japanese) along with the name of the country (in English). In non-Japanese versions, only the country name in English is retained, leaving the description box blank. The location list is the same as in Zero 3/Alpha 3 with the following additions:
Balrog ('M. Bison' in Japan) : Las Vegas, U.S.A.
Karin : Queen of Victoria Ship, Japan
Dee Jay : Port Antonio, Jamaica
Evil Ryu ('Satsui no Hado ni Mezameta Ryu' in Japan) : Oni Fang Cave, Japan
Fei Long : Kowloon Park, Hong Kong
Guile : Nevada Ghost Valley, U.S.A.
Shin Akuma ('Shin Gouki' in Japan) : Jail Flame Island, Japan
T. Hawk : Monte Alban Plains, Mexico

Note: In the original version of Zero 3/Alpha 3, Karin's stage was the same as Sakura's, except set at nighttime.

- SERIES -

ORIGINAL
1. Street Fighter (1987)
2. Street Fighter II - The World Warrior [B-Board 90629B] (1991)
3. Street Fighter II' - Champion Edition [B-Board 91634B-2] (1992)
4. Street Fighter II' Turbo - Hyper Fighting [B-Board 91634B-2] (1992)
5. Super Street Fighter II - The New Challengers [Green Board] (1993)
6. Super Street Fighter II X - Grand Master Challenge [Green Board] (1994)
7. Street Fighter III - New Generation (1997)
8. Street Fighter III - 2nd Impact: Giant Attack (1997)
9. Street Fighter III - 3rd Strike: Fight For The Future (1999)
10. Hyper Street Fighter II - The Anniversary Edition [Green Board] (2003)
11. Street Fighter IV (2008)
12. Super Street Fighter IV - Arcade Edition (2010)
13. Ultra Street Fighter IV (2014)
14. Street Fighter V - Type Arcade (2016)
15. Ultra Street Fighter II - The Final Challengers (2017, Switch)
16. Street Fighter VI - Type Arcade (2023)

ZERO
1. Street Fighter Zero [Green Board] (1995)
2. Street Fighter Zero 2 [Green Board] (1996)
3. Street Fighter Zero 2 Alpha (1996)
4. Street Fighter Zero 3 [Green Board] (1998)
5. Street Fighter Zero 3 Upper [Model GDL-0002] (2001)

EX
1. Street Fighter EX (1996, ARC)
2. Street Fighter EX Plus (1997, ARC)
3. Street Fighter EX2 (1998, ARC)
4. Street Fighter EX2 Plus (1999, ARC)
5. Street Fighter EX3 [Model SLPS-20003] (2000, PS2)

- STAFF -

Producer : Noritaka Funamizu (poo)
Director : Naoto Ohta, Mamoru Ohhashi, Buruma, Ohko Zero5
Visual Planner : Haruo Murata
Programmers : CHam, Hard.Yas ~?-ism~, Pon, Hyper SHinchan, 24 ~Nishi~, Minomi ~Rocan-ism~, Reiko Toh, Senor, Knight Rider Giu, Ittetsu
Character Design : Akiman, Osusi
Title Design : Shoei
Object Design : Eri-N, Fujihara, Mizuho, Takemoto, Hitoshi Igarashi, Mizupyon, Kimo Kimo Jinzin, Ball Boy, Yuesuke, D-Durita, A.Iwasaki, Kaname, Fuzil & Peliko, Chimorin Shogun, Sagata, Ikusan Z, Katasan, Yu-Ten Nakano, Tomohiko Ohsumi, Hiro, Rimichan, Reiko Komatsu, Kozuchi Tamura, Touichi Matsuo, Makoto Ishii
Scroll Design : Asae Nisituji-Ba, S.Mukai (Jijii), H.Yonezuka, Kohama Akeguro, Y.Tanoue (Tanopu), Ryo Uno, Yoko.Fukumoto, Takako Nakamura, Kazu.T, A.Ohnishi, N.Niiyama, C.Iwai, Sawatch, K.Yamahashi, H.Ohnishi
Main Music Compose : Anarchy Takapon
Sub Music Compose : Yuki Iwai, Isao Abe, Hideki Okugawa, Tetsuya Shibata
Sound Direction : Hiroaki Kondo (X68k)
Sound Design : Moe.t, Satoshi Ise
Test Play : Nuki, M.P Oni_Suzuki, SKill Smith-Bug, Skill SMith-TTK, M Kunishige, Miura.F.Katsusuke, Yoshihiro Tomita, Akimon Murata
Special Thanks
Market Producer : Kouji Nakajima
General Producer : Noritaka Funamizu (poo), YOshiki Okamoto

* Voice Actors :
Narrator : Greg Irwin
Ryu, Nash : Tohiyuki Morikawa
Ken, Guy : Tetsuya Iwanaga
Chun-Li : Yuko Miyamura
Dhalsim : Yohiharu Yamada
Blanka, Balrog : Yuji Ueda
Guile : Toshihide Tsuchiya
E. Honda : Masashi Sugawara
Cammy, Juli, Juni : Akiko Komoto
Fei Long : Kōsuke Toriumi
Dee Jay : Hōchu Ōtsuka
T. Hawk : Shōzō Iizuka
M. Bison, Cody : Koichi Yamadera
Sagat : Miki Shinichiro
Gouki, Vega : Tomomichi Mishimura
Birdie, Gen, Adon, Zangief, Sodom : Wataru Takagi
Rolento : Jin Yamanoi
Rose : Michiko Neya
Dan : Osamu Hosoi
Sakura : Yuko Sasamoto
Karin : Miho Yamada
R. Mika : Junko Takeuchi

- PORTS -

* CONSOLES:
[JP] Sony PlayStation (dec.23, 1998) "Street Fighter Zero 3 [Model SLPS-01777]"
[US] Sony PlayStation (apr.30, 1999) "Street Fighter Alpha 3 [Model SLUS-00821]"
[JP] Sega Dreamcast (jul.8, 1999) "Street Fighter Zero 3 - Saikyooryuu Doujou [Model T-1203M]" : The title screen in the game proper says "Street Fighter Alpha 3 - Saikyo Dojo"
[JP] Sega Saturn (aug.6, 1999) "Street Fighter Zero 3 [Model T-1247G]"
[EU] Sony PlayStation (2000) "Street Fighter Alpha 3 [Model SLES-01863]"
[US] Sega Dreamcast (may.31, 2000) "Street Fighter Alpha 3 [Model T-1203N]"
[EU] Sega Dreamcast (sept.29, 2000) "Street Fighter Alpha 3 [Model T-7005D-50]"

* HANDHELDS:
[JP] Nintendo GBA (sept.27, 2002) "Street Fighter Zero 3 Upper [Model AGB-AZUJ-JPN]"
[EU] Nintendo GBA (nov.29, 2002) "Street Fighter Alpha 3 [Model AGB-AZUP-EUR]"
[US] Nintendo GBA (dec.1, 2002) "Street Fighter Alpha 3 [Model AGB-AZUE-USA]"
[AU] Sony PSP (2006) "Street Fighter Alpha 3 MAX" by THQ
[JP] Sony PSP (jan.19, 2006) "Street Fighter Zero 3 Double Upper [Model ULJM-05082]"
[US] Sony PSP (feb.7, 2006) "Street Fighter Alpha 3 MAX [Model ULUS-10062]"
[EU] Sony PSP (mar.10, 2006) "Street Fighter Alpha 3 MAX [Model ULES-00235]"

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