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System(s): Sega Hikaru, Xbox 360 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Publisher: Sega | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Developer: Hitmaker Sega AM2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genre: Shooting Action | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of players: 1-4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dennou Senki Virtual-On: Force (電脳戦機バーチャロン フォース) is an arcade game developed by Hitmaker for the Sega Hikaru arcade platform in 2001. Despite its potentially misleading name, Force is a sequel to Cyber Troopers Virtual-On: Oratorio Tangram, standing as the third "generation" in the series. It has thus far never seen a release outside of Japan (however, it is region free).
Several minor variants of Virtual-On: Force exist; 7.5, 7.6 and 7.7. Unlike the revisions of Oratorio Tangram the updates exist only to balance characters and address bugs.
Contents
Gameplay
The primary new feature of Virtual-On: Force, alluded to in the game's name, is the ability for four players to compete simultaneously, replacing the one-on-one battles seen in prior games.
Virtuaroids
Cyber Troopers Virtual-On: Oratorio Tangram introduced the concept of a Virtuaroid "series", in which multiple variants of a Virtuaroid are playable (in that game this applies to the APHARMD B and APHARMD S, differing only by the components that are equipped). In Virtual-On: Force, this is applicable to all Virtuaroids, significantly boosting the character roster.
On top of this, each of the main Virtuaroids have ten different selectable palettes (as opposed to the two seen in previous games).
TEMJIN 707 Series
TEMJIN 707J (MBV-707-J) | |
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TEMJIN 707J+ (MBV-707-J+) | |
TEMJIN 707J/c (MBV-707-J/c) | |
10/80 adv (MBV-04-10/80adv) | |
Is also listed under the TEMJIN 747 series |
APHARMD J Series
APHARMD J typeC (RVR-24-C) | |
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APHARMD J typeA (RVR-20-A) | |
APHARMD J typeG (RVR-28-G) | |
APHARMD J typeX (RVR-81-X) | |
APHARMD J typeM (RVR-27-M) | |
Fei-Yen Series
Fei-Yen with VividHeart (TF-14 A) | |
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Fei-Yen with BlueHeart (TF-14 B) | |
Fei-Yen with PanicHeart (TF-14 C) | |
Fei-Yen with Cinderella Heart (TF-14 M) | |
VOX Series
Dan (VOX D-101) | |
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Age (VOX A-300) | |
Joe (VOX J-500) | |
Jane (VOX J-504) | |
Danny (VOX D-102) | |
Bob (VOX B-240) | |
U-ta (VOX U-303) | |
Mariko (VOX M-400) | |
Tetsuo (VOX T-400) | |
MYZR Series
MYZR Δ (YZR-8000 Δ) | |
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MYZR Η (YZR-8000 Η) | |
MYZR Γ (YZR-8000 Γ) | |
RAIDEN Series
BAL Series
RAIDEN 512E2 (HBV-512-E2) | |
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RAIDEN 512E1 (HBV-512-E1) | |
RAIDEN 512A (HBV-512-A) | |
RAIDEN 512D (HBV-512-D) | |
RAIDEN 512N2 (HBV-512-N2) | |
RAIDEN 512N1 (HBV-512-N1) | |
BAL d MEORA (XBV-821 m-N) | |
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BAL b CISTA (XBV-821 m-A) | |
BAL v TIGLA (XBV-821 m-F) | |
BAL m RINO (XBV-821 f-S) | |
BAL m LANDA (XBV-821 f-C) | |
BAL s RIMSO (XBV-821 f-E) | |
SPECINEFF Series
SPECINEFF 13 "The Sin" (YZR-XIII sin) | |
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SPECINEFF 13 "The War" (YZR-XIII war) | |
SPECINEFF 13 "The End" (YZR-XIII end) | |
ANGELAN Series
Angelan MH (TA-17 L) | |
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Angelan WH (TA-17 S) | |
Angelan SH (TA-17 H) | |
TEMJIN 747 Series
TEMJIN 747A (MBV-747-A) | |
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TEMJIN 747F (MBV-747-F) | |
TEMJIN 747H (MBV-747-H) | |
TEMJIN 747T (MBV-747-T) | |
APHARMD T Series
APHARMD T typeF (RVR-36-F) | |
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APHARMD T typeD (RVR-62-D) | |
APHARMD T typeB (RVR-77-B) | |
APHARMD T typeX (RVR-77-X) | |
KAGEKIYO Series
Something in Japanese 1 | |
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Something in Japanese 2 | |
Something in Japanese 3 | |
Something in Japanese 4 | |
Something in Japanese 5 | |
Others
Guarayakha (TG-11-M) | |
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Achievements
- Main article: Dennou Senki Virtual-On: Force/Achievements.
History
Legacy
Unlike its predecessors, Virtual-On: Force was not released for home platforms of the day, but was eventually brought to the Japanese Xbox 360 in 2010. Instead home console owners would receive Cyber Troopers Virtual-On: Marz in 2003, a game derived from Force but with numerous additions for the home market.
Initially the Xbox 360 version also came in a "Memorial Box" to celebrate fifteen years of Virtual-On. It was distributed with Dennou Senki Virtual-On Official Sound Data 4x6 and a code which, when redeemed, allows players to chose extra "bust" sizes for the "female" Virtuaroid characters.
Production credits
Hikaru version
- Producer: Juro Watari
- Character Design: Hajime Katoki
- Director: Juro Watari, Nobuyuki Yamashita
- Assistant Director: Atsushi Ogata
- Programmer: Yoshifumi Ishihata, Norio Furuichi, Katsunori Uchibori, Toshihiro Hyoi
- Designer: Hiroshi Yoshida, Nobukazu Naruke, Koichi Ozaki, Michinari Terada, Sachio Hatayama, Hiromi Ito, Yasuhiro Mori, Takaomi Hirono
- Sound Designer: Kentaro Kobayashi, Yuko Iseki
- Publicity: Taku Sasahara, Nobutaka Arii
- Debug & Testplay: Tetsuji Sugahara, Hirobumi Iino, Tetsuhiro Ueda, Kuniyuki Terashima, Hidenao Nagashima, Takayuki Hatano
- Mechanical Engineer: Seiji Ishii, Toshiya Yamaguchi, Junichi Miyaki
- Electrical Engineer: Hiroki Koyama, Nobuto Kashiwagi
- Cabinet Designer: Hiroyuki Naito
- Special Thanks...: Yuuki Tokoro, Shintaro Ito, Shinji Suzuki, Kazumi Okano, Katsumi Tohjyo, Koji Kudo (Ijo Kikaku), Shinjuku Sportsland #3, Ikebukuro Gigo, To All Members of Hitmaker., and To All The Players of the Virtual-On Series.
- Created in cooperation with: Hitmaker
- Presented by: Sega
Xbox 360 version
- Producer: Juro Watari
- Character Design: Hajime Katoki
- Director: Juro Watari, Nobuyuki Yamashita
- Programmer: Yoshifumi Ishihata, Norio Furuichi, Katsunori Uchibori, Toshihiro Hyoi
- Designer: Hiroshi Yoshida, Nobukazu Naruke, Koichi Ozaki, Michinari Terada, Sachio Hatayama, Hiromi Ito, Yasuhiro Mori, Takaomi Hirono, Nobutaka Arii
- Sound Designer: Kentaro Koyama, Yuko Iseki
- Producer: Noriyuki Shimoda
- Director: Tohru Murayama
- Programmer: Hitoshi Iizawa, Masanori Sato, Takuji Masuda
- Designer: Hiroshi Kando, Saori Furutani
- Planner: Yusaku Egami, Masahide Hiroike
- Project Management: Takeshi Shimizu, Yasushi Yamashita
- Publicity: Yasushi Nagumo, Masaya Santo
- Special Thanks...: Nozomi Yamada, Makoto Matsui, Hidekuni Sugiyama, Daisuke Yokota, Masahiro Ohtaki, Yoshihiro Takeda, Masaru Kobayashi, Toshiki Yamaguchi, Hajime Ishinoda, Mikiko Ohbe, Yoshihiro Sakuta, and To All The Players of the Virtual-On Series.
Downloadable content
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4th OPERATION Mission Pack (4th OPERATION ミッションパック)
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3rd OPERATION Mission Pack (3rd OPERATION ミッションパック)
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Virtual Force Premium Theme (バーチャロン フォース プレミアムテーマ)
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Virtual Force Icon Pack 2 (バーチャロン フォース アイコンパック2)
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Virtual Force Icon Pack 1 (バーチャロン フォース アイコンパック1)
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Digital manuals
Magazine articles
- Main article: Dennou Senki Virtual-On: Force/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
Artwork
Photo gallery
Physical scans
Hikaru version
Xbox 360 version
Xbox 360, JP (Memorial Box) |
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External links
- Official website on Sega.jp (Japanese)
- Sega of Japan catalogue pages (Japanese): Xbox 360
- Dennou Senki Virtual-On: Force on Xbox Marketplace: JP
References
- ↑ http://vo-force.sega.jp/topics_home.html
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 http://sega.jp/x/v-force/ (Wayback Machine: 2014-08-04 00:02)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 http://vo-force360.sega.jp/ (Wayback Machine: 2018-06-04 23:07)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Xbox LIVE Marketplace (ja-JP; force/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d8025345084c?nosplash=1) (Wayback Machine: 2018-06-04 23:05)
- No title screen
- 1-4 player games
- All arcade games
- Hikaru games
- 2001 Hikaru games
- All 2001 games
- JP Xbox 360 games
- AS Xbox 360 games
- Xbox 360 games
- All shoot-'em-up games
- 2010 Xbox 360 games
- All 2010 games
- All games
- Credits without source
- Credits without reference
- Creditstable with no console field
- Dennou Senki Virtual-On: Force
- Cyber Troopers Virtual-On (franchise)