Dennou Senki Virtual-On: Force

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Dennou Senki Virtual-On: Force

System(s): Sega Hikaru, Xbox 360

Publisher: Sega

Developer: Hitmaker

Sega AM2

Genre: Shooting Action

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	2001-01-02^[1]	¥?	?

JP	2010-12-22	¥5,800 (6,090)5,800 (6,090)^[2]	JES1-00078
JP (Memorial Box)	2010-12-22	¥9,800 (10,290)9,800 (10,290)^[2]	JES1-00078
JP (Platinum)	2012-04-26	¥2,800 (2,940)2,800 (2,940)^[2]	JES1-00227
JP ▼	2012-05-01^[3]	¥2,476 (2,600)2,476 (2,600)^[2]
AS	2010-12-12

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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.

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)

	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)

	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)

	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)

	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)

	MYZR Η (YZR-8000 Η)

	MYZR Γ (YZR-8000 Γ)

RAIDEN Series

BAL Series

	RAIDEN 512E2 (HBV-512-E2)

	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)

	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)

	SPECINEFF 13 "The War" (YZR-XIII war)

	SPECINEFF 13 "The End" (YZR-XIII end)

ANGELAN Series

	Angelan MH (TA-17 L)

	Angelan WH (TA-17 S)

	Angelan SH (TA-17 H)

TEMJIN 747 Series

	TEMJIN 747A (MBV-747-A)

	TEMJIN 747F (MBV-747-F)

	TEMJIN 747H (MBV-747-H)

	TEMJIN 747T (MBV-747-T)

APHARMD T Series

	APHARMD T typeF (RVR-36-F)

	APHARMD T typeD (RVR-62-D)

	APHARMD T typeB (RVR-77-B)

	APHARMD T typeX (RVR-77-X)

KAGEKIYO Series

	Something in Japanese 1

	Something in Japanese 2

	Something in Japanese 3

	Something in Japanese 4

	Something in Japanese 5

Others

	Guarayakha (TG-11-M)

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

Producer: Juro Watari
Character Design: Hajime Katoki

Virtual-On Works

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

Cabinet

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

Magazine articles

Main article: Dennou Senki Virtual-On: Force/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

PDF

Hikaru JP flyer

Artwork

Photo gallery

Twin Cabinet

Physical scans

Hikaru version

Xbox 360 version

Xbox 360, JP
Cover
Disc

Xbox 360, JP (Memorial Box)
Cover
DVD cover Official Sound Data 4x6

Xbox 360, JP (Platinum)
Cover

Xbox 360, Asia
Cover
Disc

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

↑ https://sega.jp/search/result.php?pf=43&page=5 (Wayback Machine: 2017-03-05 08:52)
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 http://vo-force360.sega.jp/ (Wayback Machine: 2018-06-04 23:07)
↑ Xbox LIVE Marketplace (ja-JP; force/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d8025345084c?nosplash=1) (Wayback Machine: 2018-06-04 23:05)

Games in the Cyber Troopers Virtual-On Series
Cyber Troopers Virtual-On (for Power VR) (1995) \| Cyber Troopers Virtual-On: Oratorio Tangram M.S.B.S. Ver. 5.2 (Ver. 5.4 \| Ver. 5.66 \| Special) (1998-2000) \| Dennou Senki Virtual-On: Force (2001) \| Cyber Troopers Virtual-On: Marz (2003) \| Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 31: Cyber Troopers Virtual-On (2007)
Dennou Senki Virtual-On x Toaru Majutsu no Index: Toaru Majutsu no Virtual-On (2018)
Compilations
Dennou Senki Virtual-On Masterpiece 1995-2001 (2019)
Cyber Troopers Virtual-On related media
	Dennou Senki Virtual-On Official Sound Data (1996) \| Dennou Senki Virtual-On Oratorio Tangram Official Sound Data RNA Side (1999) \| Dennou Senki Virtual-On Oratorio Tangram Official Sound Data DNA Side (1999) \| Dennou Senki Virtual-On Oratorio Tangram For Dreamcast Official Sound Data (1999) \| Dennou Senki Virtual-On Oratorio Tangram For Dreamcast Club Trax Sound (2000) \| Dennou Senki Virtual-On Force Official Sound Data Ver 7.5 (2001) \| Dennou Senki Virtual-On Marz Official Sound Data (2003) \| Dennou Senki Virtual-On Original Sound Track (2007) \| Dennou Senki Virtual-On Official Sound Data 4x6 (2010) \| Cyber Troopers Virtual-on Official Sound Data 18 (2018)
	Dennou Senki Virtual-On "Cyber Net Rhapsody": Episode‏‎ 14 (1996) \| Dennou Senki Virtual-On Episode 16: Counterpoint 009A (1997) \| Dennou Senki Virtual-On Force Official Sound Data: Marsinal (2002)
	Arcade Game Hisshou Hou Special: Dennou Senki Virtual-On (1996) \| Dennou Senki Virtual-On Dennou Kouryaku Manual (1996) \| Dennou Senki Virtual-On Virtuaroid Technical Manual (1996) \| Dennou Senki Virtual-On Operating Manual (1996) \| Arcade Game Hisshou Hou Special: Dennou Senki Virtual-On More Advanced Book (1996) \| Dennou Senki Virtual-On Ace Pilot Yousei Text (1996) \| Dennou Senki Virtual-On Pilot Manual for Saturn (1997) \| Dennou Senki Virtual-On Perfect Guide (1997) \| Cyber Troopers Virtual-On Graphics Perspective (1997) \| Cyber Troopers Virtual-On Reference Schematic (1997) \| Dennou Senki Virtual-On Oratorio Tangram (1998) \| Dennou Senki Virtual-On Oratorio Tangram Ultimate Mission (1998) \| Dennou Senki Virtual-On Oratorio Tangram Official Guide (1998) \| Dennou Senki Virtual-On Oratorio Tangram Perfect Guide: Weapon & Technique Hen (1999) \| Dreamcast Hisshou Hou Special: Dennou Senki Virtual-On Oratorio Tangram Perfect Playing Manual (2000) \| Dennou Senki Virtual-On Oratorio Tangram: The Book of Cyberspace Divers (2000) \| Dennou Senki Virtual-On Oratorio Tangram Perfect Guide: Network & Battle Hen (2000) \| Dennou Senki Virtual-On Oratorio Tangram Shinjitsu no Tama (2000) \| Dennou Senki Virtual-On Force Handbook (2002) \| Dennou Senki Virtual-On Marz: The Complete Guide (2003) \| Dennou Senki Virtual-On Marz Koushiki Guide Book (2003) \| Dennou Senki Virtual-On Marz Perfect Book (2003) \| Dennou Senki Virtual-On: Marz TEMJIN 747J Modeling Support CG Shuu: Detail -TEMJIN 747J- (2004) \| Dennou Senki Virtual-On Force Masters Guide (2010) \| Toaru Majutsu no Index x Dennou Senki Virtual-On: Toaru Majutsu no Virtual-On (2016)
	Sega Official Video Library Vol. 3: Dennou Senki Virtual-On (1996) \| Dennou Senki Virtual-On Oratorio Tangram Manual or Visual (2000) \| Dennou Senki Virtual-On 10th Anniversary We are the Champions (2006)
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