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SEGA's "Legendary" Games Are Coming To NVIDIA RTX Spark 30 Years After NV1 Powered The First Virtua Fighter on PC
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Key Points:
- NVIDIA and SEGA are celebrating 30 years of collaboration, marking the journey from NVIDIA's first graphics accelerator, the NV1 in 1995, to the latest RTX Spark PCs.
- The NV1 enabled classic SEGA games like Virtua Fighter to be ported to PC, despite architectural flaws and competition challenges that led to early setbacks for NVIDIA.
- SEGA invested $5 million in NVIDIA, helping the company develop the RIVA 128 and the first true GPU, the RIVA 256, which launched NVIDIA’s successful GPU era.
- At Computex 2026, NVIDIA announced that classic SEGA franchises, including the new Virtua Fighter Crossroads, will be released on the cutting-edge RTX Spark PC platform featuring AI SoC technology.
- Future SEGA titles on RTX Spark PCs will incorporate advanced NVIDIA technologies such as Ray Tracing, DLSS, and AI enhancements, celebrating the partnership at Akihabara, a historic gaming hub in Japan.
