Dead or Alive

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Trivia

• The back copy quote from Ryu Hayabusa is a little fun had by Tecmo. Ryu is the main man himself, Ninja Gaiden, who stars in the game. As of DoA’s arrival, Ryu hadn’t been seen since the Super Nintendo Ninja Gaiden Trilogy.
• If you’re a latecomer to the series, you’re probably really confused with Kasumi’s hair on the cover. In the original Arcade release, Kasumi, Tina, and Lei Fang were all in the brown-haired / sort-of brown-haired department. It wouldn’t be until Dead or Alive 2 that Tina would welcome her blond locks and Kasumi a more orange tint. The graphic designer tasked with making the girls individually stand out on the cover had a 50/50 shot at guessing the future and guessed wrong.
• The PlayStation version is almost a Director’s Cut / re-master of the original arcade game. Besides adding the already-mentioned moves, costumes, and extra characters, Tecmo rebuilt the game engine from the ground up and tightened the fighting itself.
• There was a Hollywood film released, but it didn’t do very well.
• For fans using GameShark devices, there’s a hilarious code that’s been called the ‘Grandma Mode’ or ‘High Gravity’ code depending on your circles. The code, 800F7EF0 0118, will cause the female’s breasts to be super low to the ground, rather than at their chest.
• The character Bass (Tina’s father) made his debut here, as well as Kasumi’s nemesis Ayane, who was unlockable.
• The word ‘lightening’ on the cover is spelled correctly, but is the wrong word for the context. They’re looking for ‘lightning’.
• Not sure if a joke or if the designer didn’t understand how the ESRB box works on the back. The black top should be the rating (in this case, ‘Teen’) and then the descriptors in the white part of said box. The designer just typed in all caps SUGGESTIVE THEMES where ‘Teen’ should have been.