Cyber Troopers Virtual-On: Oratorio Tangram M.S.B.S. Ver. 5.4

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Cyber Troopers Virtual-On: Oratorio Tangram M.S.B.S. Ver. 5.4
System(s): Sega Model 3, Sega NAOMI, Sega Dreamcast, Xbox Live Arcade
Publisher: Sega, Activision (DC/US)
Developer: Sega-AM3 CRI Sega-AM2
Peripherals supported: Dreamcast Twin Stick
Release Date RRP Code
ESRB

Cyber Troopers Virtual-On: Oratorio Tangram (電脳戦機バーチャロン オラトリオ・タングラム M.S.B.S Ver.5.2) is the sequel game to Cyber Troopers Virtual-On is a 1998 video game initially created for the Sega Model 3 arcade platform by Sega-AM3. It is the sequel to Cyber Troopers Virtual-On.

Compared to the original version, this version has significantly more detailed graphics, and gameplay that is incredibly more refined. This edition of the game is generally considered to be the peak of the franchise due to this.

This game entry is notable for it's alternate versions each being numbered; the original release was called "Ver. 5.2", and when the game was ported to Sega NAOMI hardware it was revised into a "Ver. 5.4", which followed by the Dreamcast edition being "Ver. 5.45",and then a "final" edition for NAOMI which allowed the use of custom Virtiruoids, called "Ver. 5.66". The Xbox Live Arcade port was based off Ver.5.66.

The game was followed up by controversial sequels; Virtual-On: Force in the arcades, and Virtual-On: Marz for the PlayStation 2.

Production Credits

Arcade and Dreamcast Versions

Cyber Troopers Virtual-On Oratorio Tangram

Producer: Juro Watari
Character Design: Hajime Katoki

Virtual-On Works

:Software R&D #3 Dept.

• Director: Nobuyuki Yamashita
  
• Assistant Director: Yuuki Tokoro
  
• Programmer: Yoshihiro Sonoda, Mari Yamagata, Yoshifumi Ishihata
  
• Designer: Mamoru Sano, Nobutaka Arii, Hiroshi Yoshida, Koichi Ozaki, Nobukazu Naruke
  
• Sound designer: Kentaro Kobayashi
  
• Publicity: Taku Sasahara
  

:CSK Research Institute Corp. (CRI)

• Producer: Keisuke Chiwata
  
• Direction & Programming: Toru Kujirai
  
• Programmer: Masanori Sato, Makoto Sato, Hajime Take, Fuminari Furudate, Hajime Iwamoto
  
• Designer: Masakazu Yanagida, Satoshi Fujinuma, Kazuya Suzuki, Yuichi Matsui, Kozue Suzuki, Kenji Yamada
  
• Sound designer: Naoshi Kunisawa
  
• Debug: Masayoshi Iwai, Tomonori Sato, Gen Murayama, Takuo Yamashita
  
• Tool support: Hideo Gunji, Ryutaro Hayakawa
  

Network Versus Support Staff

:System R&D

• Tetsuya Kaku, Masahiro Seki, Takeshi Ito
  

:Software Technical Support & Development Dept.

• Hiroyuki Inoue
  

:Network Business Division

• Takeshi Shinohara, Kenichi Hiraiwa, Kiminori Kitahara, Takeshi Hotta, Youichi Hibiya, Atsushi Tanaka, Fung Xu
  

:Dwango

• Network system design: Nobuo Kawakami
  
• Programmer: Makoto Nakano, Keiichi Suzuki, Daichi Honda
  
• Debug: Sho Nagano, Takeshi Furuya, Takuji Ogawa, Naoto Fuse
  

Opening & Ending Movie

:Buildup Entertainment co., ltd.

• Producer: Nobuya Okabe
  
• CG Animator: Toru Ikeuchi, Takayuki Hayama, Koichi Hirata, Naoto Oonuki, Hirotaka Yokobayashi
  
• Sound design: Michael Verta
  

Tangram's Voice: Kikuko Inoue

Movie Encoding

:Digital Media P&D Dept.

• Yuji Sawairi, Kazuki Yokota
  

Peripheral

Twin Stick

• Shigeru Shimozono, Akihito Awano, Kengo Nakao, Kyouhei Ohtani, Takashi Abe
  

VS Cable

• Hirokazu Hama
  

Special Thanks...

• Masamitsu Hoshino, Hiromi Ito, Yasuhiro Mori, Norio Furuichi, Katsunori Uchibori, Toshihiro Hyoi, Shinji Suzuki, To all members of "software R&D#3 dept." and To all the players of "Virtual-On" series
  

:Presented by: Sega, ©Sega Enterprises, Ltd., 1998, 1999

XBLA Version

Cyber Troopers Virtual-On Oratorio Tangram

Producer: Juro Watari
Character Design: Hajime Katoki

Virtual-On Works

:Software R&D #3 Dept.

• Director: Nobuyuki Yamashita
  
• Assistant Director: Yuuki Tokoro
  
• Programmer: Yoshihiro Sonoda, Yoshifumi Ishihata, Katsunori Uchibori, Toshihiro Hyoi, Norio Furuichi, Mari Tsuruzoe, Junichi Kamai, Kenji Yamamoto, Shinichiro Yamamoto
  
• Designer: Nobutaka Arii, Hiroshi Yoshida, Koichi Ozaki, Nobukazu Naruke, Michinari Terada, Yasuhiro Mori, Taku (Robo) Satoh, Takeshi Sano, Masamitsu Hoshino, Hiromi Ito, Yasuhito Tanaka, Taku (Bio) Satoh
  
• Sound designer: Kentaro Koyama
  
• Publicity: Taku Sasahara
  

:CSK Research Institute Corp. (CRI)

• Producer: Keisuke Chiwata
  
• Direction & Programming: Toru Kujirai
  
• Programmer: Masanori Sato, Makoto Sato, Hajime Take, Fuminari Furudate, Hajime Iwamoto
  
• Designer: Masakazu Yanagida, Satoshi Fujinuma, Kazuya Suzuki, Yuichi Matsui, Kozue Suzuki
  
• Sound designer: Naoshi Kunisawa
  

Xbox Live Arcade Team

Producer: Noriyuki Shimoda
Director: Tohru Murayama
Programmer: Hitoshi Iizawa
Designer: Hiroshi Kandou, Saori Furutani
Planner: Yusaku Egami
Project Support: Yasushi Yamashita
Localization Support: Emi Yamane
Publicity: Yasushi Nagumo, Mamoru Kodama
Product Support: Junichi Shimizu, Akira Nishikawa, Akira Terasawa, Yutaka Kawasaki, Koji Nakagawa, Masanori Iwamoto, Genta Ishikawa

Sega of America, Inc.

Localization Producer: Kevin Frane
Product Marketing Manager: Mitsue Nakagaki
QA Lead: Kip Bunyea

Sega Europe Ltd

Producer: Ayano Murofushi
Brand Manager: James Bray
QA Project Lead: Jamie Bailey
Special Thanks...

• Masanori Sakurai, Mie Kumagai and To all the players of "Virtual-On" series
  

:Presented by: Sega

Physical Scans

Dreamcast Version

Dreamcast, US
Cover
Disc

Dreamcast, JP
Cover