History VideoGame / DragonBallZArcade

''Dragon Ball Z Arcade'' is a FightingGame series based on the [[Anime/DragonBallZ aforementioned anime]] made by Creator/{{Banpresto}} between 1993 and 1995. Two of the three games were made in a similar way that ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' games (a 2D one-vs-one fighting game) with some nods to [[Creator/BandaiNamcoEntertainment Bandai]]'s UsefulNotes/{{SNES}} games and one of them was made into FauxFirstPerson3D. The first game was based on Frieza Saga and the next two were based on Cell Saga.

* '''Dragon Ball Z: V.R.V.S.[[note]]Virtual Reality Versus[[/note]]''' - Made in 1994 for the Sega System 32 arcade platform by Creator/{{Sega}} and Banpresto. A FauxFirstPerson3D made for Arcade with a possible port to UsefulNotes/ThreeDOInteractiveMultiplayer, [[{{Vaporware}} which later was cancelled]]. Here the player only controls any of Z-Fighters (all Saiyans and Piccolo) and the final characters to defeat are a MirrorMatch and the FinalBoss Ozotto the Super Monster, an original character [[OriginalGeneration made exclusively for this game]] designed by Creator/AkiraToriyama himself.

* AdaptationalBadass: Mr. Satan is one of the playable characters in the roster and, unlike his appearances from the previous two ''Dragon Ball Z: Super Butōden'' games where he is portrayed like his canon counterpart, is actually capable of going toe-to-toe with the Z Fighters, Androids 16 and 18, including ''Cell''.

* CallBack: Goku's ending in ''Super Battle'' has him spare Cell and hand him a Senzu in the exact same fashion as he did Piccolo Jr. at the end of ''Dragon Ball.'' And because Cell shows up in the family-and-friends photo at the end, it even ended in another HellFaceTurn!

* '''Dragon Ball Z: V.R.V.S.[[note]]Virtual Reality Versus[[/note]]''' - Made in 1994 for the Sega System 32 arcade platform by Creator/{{Sega}} and Banpresto. A FauxFirstPerson3D made for Arcade with a possible port to UsefulNotes/ThreeDOInteractiveMultiplayer, [[{{Vaporware}} which later was cancelled]]. Here the player only controls any of Z-Fighters (all Saiyans and Piccolo) and the final characters to defeat are a MirrorMatch and the FinalBoss Ozotto, which also is [[OriginalGeneration made exclusively for this game]] with designs made by the own Creator/AkiraToriyama.

* CallingYourAttacks

* CompositeCharacter: Ozotto in ''V.R.V.S.'' bears quite a large resemblance to one of Cell's original designs, suggesting that he was based on Cell. He also displays elements similar to Frieza in his second form.

* DittoFighter: Ozotto in ''V.R.V.S.'', which can take the form of other Z-Fighters during the fight.

* EnergyBall
* FauxFirstPerson3D: The ''V.R.V.S.'' game.
* FightingClown: Mr. Satan.

* GentleGiant: Android 16 take this place in ''DBZ 2''.

* KamehameHadoken: Tonned down in the first game, but made straight as in the anime in ''DBZ 2''.

* MyFriendsAndZoidberg: ''DBZ 2'' have various of the Z-Fighters, the Androids... and [[FightingClown Mr. Satan]].

* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Android 18 in ''DBZ 2'' is the only female in the series.

* KiAttacks: As in all DBZ games, all fighters can do these, usually in the form of {{energy ball}}s.

''Dragon Ball Z Arcade'' is a FightingGame series based on the [[Anime/DragonBallZ aforementioned anime]] made by Creator/{{Banpresto}} between 1993 and 1995. Two of the three games were made in a similar way that ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' games (a 2D one-vs-one fighting game) with some nods to {{Creator/Bandai}}'s UsefulNotes/{{SNES}} games and one of them was made into FauxFirstPerson3D. The first game was based on Frieza Saga and the next two were based on Cell Saga.

* '''Dragon Ball Z: V.R.V.S.[[note]]Virtual Reality Versus[[/note]]''' - Made in 1994 for the Sega System 32 arcade platform by Creator/{{Sega}} and Banpresto. A FauxFirstPerson3D made for Arcade with a possible port to UsefulNotes/ThreeDO, [[{{Vaporware}} which later was cancelled]]. Here the player only controls any of Z-Fighters (all Saiyans and Piccolo) and the final characters to defeat are a MirrorMatch and the FinalBoss Ozotto, which also is [[OriginalGeneration made exclusively for this game]] with designs made by the own Creator/AkiraToriyama.

* '''Dragon Ball Z''' - Made in 1993 is the first game on the series based on the Frieza Saga. You can choose between the three Saiyans (Goku, Vegeta and Gohan), Piccolo, three of the Ginyu Special Forces (Ginyu himself, Recoome and Boter) and Frieza (in his final form), which is the FinalBoss.

* '''Dragon Ball Z 2: Super Battle''' - The last game of the series, made in 1995 as a direct sequel to the first DBZ game. Here the game adapted the Cell Saga, in which the character can choose between all the Saiyan fighters into Super Saiyan versions (Goku, Vegeta, Gohan and Trunks), Piccolo, Mr. Satan, three of the Androids (16, 18 and 20 (aka Dr. Maki Gero)) and Cell (in his Perfect form), which is also the FinalBoss.

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* AllThereInTheManual:
* {{Backstory}}: The two 2D games have the same backstory of the anime (Frieza Saga and Cell Saga, respectively). In the case of ''V.R.V.S.'', it occured

* ThreeRoundDeathmatch: Going straight with the two 2D games, averted with ''V.R.V.S.'', which is only in one round.

* '''Dragon Ball Z''' - Made in 1993 is the first game on the series based on the Frieza Saga.

* '''Dragon Ball Z 2: Super Battle''' - The last game of the series, made in 1995 as a direct sequel to the first DBZ game. Here the game adapted the Cell Saga, in which the character can choose between all the Saiyan fighters into Super Saiyan versions, Piccolo, three of the Androids and Cell (in his Perfect form), which is also the FinalBoss.

* FauxFirstPerson3D: The ''DBZ: V.R.V.S.''

* FinalBoss: Respectively Frieza, [[OriginalGeneration Ozotto]] and Perfect Cell.

* RereleasedForFree:
** All the games of the series has been emulated and even with English patches.
** Thanks to VideoGame/{{MUGEN}}, that adapted all fighters from the two 2D games, with [[AdaptationExpansion many additional features]] which are preferred over the original games. Also the stages and even the screenpack have been adapted to this engine.