Is there a PC port of

Yes. Virtua Fighter 3 (Sega Model 3 arcade) recompiled to native Mac, Windows and Steam Deck code by mr-finster. It's playable now, and it runs natively on PC rather than through an emulator.

Is the Sega Model 3 PC port an emulator?

No. It's a native build of the game's code for PC (a decompilation, static recompilation or native port), so it runs like a PC game.

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PC port · Alpha builds · v0.1.5-alpha (online preview out)

VIRTUA FIGHTER 3 GOES NATIVE: SEGA ARCADE CLASSIC RECOMPILED FOR PC, MAC AND STEAM DECK

Q: Do I need my own copy of

Yes. Your own dump of Virtua Fighter 3 in MAME's vf3.zip format. No ROMs or anything made from them are included.

Virtua Fighter 3 (Sega Model 3 arcade) recompiled to native Mac, Windows and Steam Deck code

mr-finster, who made the Virtua Fighter 2 recomp, now has Virtua Fighter 3 (Sega Model 3, 1996). The arcade board's PowerPC program is recompiled to native ARM64 or x86-64 code from your ROM each time it starts, and checked frame by frame against its own interpreter. It runs up to 6x resolution, in widescreen, at a smooth 120 fps. v0.1.3-alpha came out Oct 20, a day after the repo opened, v0.1.5-alpha followed the same day, and a v0.1.7 online-play preview build arrived on Oct 23. It's still an early alpha.

Sega Model 3 (arcade) → Windows · Mac · Steam Deck · by mr-finster · 2026-10-23

You need: Your own dump of Virtua Fighter 3 in MAME's vf3.zip format. No ROMs or anything made from them are included.

How to play Sega Model 3 on PC

Download the latest alpha build for your system from Releases.
Point it at your own vf3.zip dump.
Pick resolution and widescreen, then fight.

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