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Game entry

Dead or Alive

1996 · Fighting, Arcade · Saturn, Arcade · Tecmo

After 92 duels settled by the community, Dead or Alive stands no. 3,456 among the best video games of all time on GameForever, with 1,437 ELO points and 40% of wins. Its best standing outside the world ranking: no. 37 out of 56 (1996).

World rank

no. 3,456

ELO score

1,437

Wins

40%

Duels played

92

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About Dead or Alive

Dead or Alive is a 1996 arcade fighting game by Tecmo for the Sega Model 2 (2A CRX and 2B CRX) arcade hardware and the first game in their Dead or Alive franchise. It was ported to the Sega Saturn in 1997. A limited edition was also released for the Saturn which came with an art book.

An enhanced port including new characters was released for PlayStation, and later backported for arcade under the title "Dead or Alive++".

ELO progression

Score moved from 1,500 to 1,437 ELO points over the last 215 days.

Head-to-head

Direct record on the most played match-ups.

In the same genre

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Around this spot

The games Dead or Alive sits between in the world ranking.

  1. 3,453 Mappy 1,437
  2. 3,454 Shadow Fight 2 1,437
  3. 3,455 Perfect Dark 1,437
  4. 3,456 Dead or Alive 1,437
  5. 3,457 Norco 1,437
  6. 3,458 Lemmings 2: The Tribes 1,437
  7. 3,459 Dropsy 1,437

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The standing

Where Dead or Alive ranks

The world rank mixes every family of games. Here is where Dead or Alive stands in each of the ones it belongs to. Its best standing, all families considered: 37 out of 56 (1996).

Where Dead or Alive ranks
Ranking Position Games competing
World ranking 3,456 5,110
Fighting 159 257
1990s 439 655
1996 37 56

The community

The debate

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