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If you've been looking for a reason to buy a Sega Saturn, we offer two: Virtua Fighter 2 and Virtua Cop. Both titles feature brilliant 3-D graphics and intense action. The first is a martial arts-style fighting game that allows one or two players to battle it out using more than 1200 moves. There are ten characters to choose from. Thanks to motion-capture technology, the characters have lifelike movement. Virtua Cop, which is packaged with an arcade-style Stunner (a.k.a. a gun), pits you as a lawman against a gang of gunrunners. Maneuvering your way through three potentially deadly levels -- a warehouse, an underground weapons-storage facility and Mob headquarters -- you use an arsenal of ammo to blast the bad guys. Sega generously awards more points for disabling the villains with shots to the kneecaps versus bullets to the head. There's also a special bull's-eye bonus of 5000 points for shooting the weapon out of an enemy's hand. And to make sure you don't become a loose cannon, Sega has tossed in a bunch of terrified bystanders. Hit one with a bullet and your score drops faster than your enemies. And, for double-team action, try hooking up two Stunners. (By Sega of America, about $75 each.)
