Googling for "akira yuki" and opening the first link to show up (a fandom entry) and THEN going through 65 matches of searching for "virtua" yielded eXactly one that wasn't linked to fighter. And that game is Virtua Quest.
Googling images for that game backs that up but such a struggle... xD
(I vote for kalirion to continue since he persuaded you to give away that huge help. Plus I've nothing to post myself at this point anyways.)

What was the 'EA' clue all about then, as it doesn't seem to have anything to do with EA, does it?

Ohhh ... the asterisks were wild card letters (SEGA)? I had thought it was made by EA, with an emphasis on the 'E', as if the title had the word 'Electronic' in it.

I'd feel bad continuing because you actually took the hints and searched for the game legitimately, while I only knew the game by flat out cheating.

So if you don't want to post the next one, I'd say the turn is up for grabs to the first taker :)

well you got it so it's your turn
yeah, I couldn't think any other way to do these so I put it as asterisks

Like I said I've nothing prepared - first come, first serve it is.

If I read correct, anyone can post the next picture. So I do it:

Earthbound?

No. Isn't the graphic just a bit too detailed for Earthbound?

Sea of Stars?

Found it by google image searching the terms "indie pixel art rpg", but looks like the game's not out until end of month (though Steam has a demo).

Yes thats right.
The screenshoots are from the demo version.

Aight, next one:

It kinda reminds me of Normality but I think Normality looked older and less detailed...

It is, in fact, Normality! I'm simply running it in DOSBox with the CRT-simple.D3D.br.fx pixel shader applied :D

Your turn!

Okay, here it is!

uh.. elevator action returns?