Dead or Alive is a 1996 fighting game by Tecmo and the first entry in Team Ninja's long-running ''Dead or Alive'' series. It was released first in arcades, followed by home ports for the Sega Saturn in Japan, and later for the PlayStation in all regions. Capitalizing on the success of Sega's ''Virtua Fighter'' fighting game series at the time, ''Dead or Alive'' takes influence... Wikipedia