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Dead or Alive 1 Ultimate

Dead or Alive Ultimate is a compilation fighting game. The compilation contains the Sega Saturn version of Dead or Alive and an enhanced remake of Dead or Alive 2 which utilized the Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach…

84 26 October 2004

Dead or Alive 1 Ultimate is a fighting developed by Team NINJA, released 26 October 2004 on Xbox.

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What Dead or Alive 1 Ultimate is

Dead or Alive 1 Ultimate is a fighting game developed by Team NINJA and released in 2004. It was published by Koei Tecmo Games. It is available on Xbox only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Dead or Alive Ultimate is a 2004 fighting game compilation developed by Team Ninja and published by Tecmo for the Xbox. It is a collection of the two previous games in the series, 1996's Dead or Alive and 1999's Dead or Alive 2. It marks the first game in the series to be a compilation. DOA Ultimate contains a high-resolution edition of the Sega Saturn version of Dead or Alive, and an enhanced remake of Dead or Alive 2 which utilizes a new graphics engine and offers Dead or Alive 3 game mechanics, new game content and the inclusion of Hitomi as a playable character. The game offered online multiplayer capabilities, making the compilation among the first fighting games to offer online play.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It supports multiplayer for up to 16 players online. Local play supports 4 players. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Dead or Alive series

Dead or Alive 1 Ultimate is the 11th of 39 entries we hold in the Dead or Alive series. The next entry was Dead or Alive 4 in 2005. Its critic score of 84 is 18 points above the series average of 66. The highest-rated entry is Dead or Alive: Dimensions at 90.

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How it was received

Dead or Alive 1 Ultimate holds a critic score of 84 out of 100. That places it above 86% of the 981 rated fighting games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 2004 averaged 70, so it scored 14 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Dead or Alive 1 Ultimate launched on 26 October 2004, within three weeks of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Half-Life 2, The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap and Counter-Strike: Source. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.

Released around the same time: Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Half-Life 2, The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap, Counter-Strike: Source.

Cheats and codes

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Dead or Alive 1 Ultimate — frequently asked questions

When did Dead or Alive 1 Ultimate come out?
Dead or Alive 1 Ultimate was released on 26 October 2004 for Xbox.
Does Dead or Alive 1 Ultimate have multiplayer?
Yes. Dead or Alive 1 Ultimate supports multiplayer for up to 16 players online.

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