Directed by "Virtua Fighter" designer Seiichi Ishii, "Tekken" was intended to be a fundamentally similar title, with the addition of detailed textures and twice the frame rate. "Tekken" was further distinguished by its intuitive control scheme and memorable characters. Because it was developed for Namco's System 11 arcade board, which was based on raw PlayStation hardware, "Tekken" was easily ported to the latter. It was the first arcade game to use this board. "Tekken" was marketed to small arcades as a cheaper alternative to Sega's "Virtua Fighter 2", which was released for the more expensive Model 2 arcade board.