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Developer: Sega AM3, CRI | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sound driver: SCSP/CD-DA (26 tracks) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cyber Troopers Virtual-On, known as Dennou Senki Virtual-On (電脳戦機バーチャロン) in Japan, is an arcade game initially created created for the Sega Model 2B CRX arcade platform by Sega AM3 in 1995.
The release of sequels (specifically the Xbox 360 version of Dennou Senki Virtual-On: Force) has seen this entry in the series retroactively subtitled Operation Moongate (shortened to OMG) - this is a name occasionally referred to in Japanese merchandising but not within the game itself (and not overseas).
Contents
Plot
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The Virtual Century has Begun The world is under new management. It is the age of economic feudalism; governments have been privatized, multinational conglomerates have carved the world into enterprise zones and sprawling business entities stretch their tentacles into every sector of public and private life. V.C. 0084 The delicate balace of power maintained by the rival trade consortiums was thrown awry when a lunar-core mining survey commissioned by the DN Group uncovered an extensive ruined outpost of incredible complexity and indeterminate age beneath the desolate surface of earth's moon. The DN Group appropriated esoteric machinery from the lunar ruins and implemented a revolutionary R&D program under the tighest security blanked - OT (OverTechnology) Systems. Years of secret research culminated in the development and release of a new line of neurally-directed combat droides with battleground precision and attack capabilities far beyond any mechanized warriors produced by the competition. OT Systems gave DN Group a total monopoly, cementing its dominance of the world economy. But, more disturbingly, the internal security programs of the lunar base were accidentally re-armed by DN Group technicians, unleashing virtual pandemonium on the surface of the moon. "Operation Moongate" was initiated to shut down the base before the chaos could extend to earth. V.C. 00 a. 0 (Present Day) The battle for control of the moon is underway, with OT Systems combat machines arrayed against the formidable remnants of the lunar complex defense forces. The DN Group forces have numerical superiority but are being tactically outclassed by the experienced droids defending the base. In a desperate effort to recruit talented virtual pilots, the DN Military Support Division has opened a Test and Training program designed to cultivated maxium combat skills in the shortest possible time. As one of thousands of test candidates, you must prove yourself in a simulation warfare against increasingly powerful DN test droids before qualifying for the Mindshift into real-time combat in teh lunar theater. |
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— US Sega Saturn Manual |
Gameplay
Cyber Troopers Virtual-On is a versus fighting game featuring robots known as "Virtuaroids" who are armed with a variety of weapons. The game is played from a third-person perspective with players traversing across a three-dimensional field, attacking each other primarily with projectile weapons. Like other fighting games, the object of the game is to destroy all of your opponents in succession.
Cyber Troopers Virtual-On was designed to accommodate a "twin-stick" control scheme, similar in part to older arcade games such as Robotron 2084 and Smash TV.
Virtuaroids
All Virtuaroids are powered by Sega Saturns.
History
Legacy
Virtual-On was an extremely popular arcade game atthe time of release, which led to the game being ported to the Sega Saturn with significant cutbacks the following year. The Saturn version makes cutbacks to accommodate the weaker graphical hardware over the Model 2 arcade board, but also adds a variety of modes not found in the arcade version. For the authentic arcade feel, Sega manufactured the Saturn Twin-Stick, of which the game was bundled with in Japan - this peripheral was not released in the West.
Two versions of Cyber Troopers Virtual-On exist for Windows PCs - a Japanese and North American port, with the former offering hardwre accelerated graphics. Both are derived from the Saturn version but sport higher resolution graphics, more akin to the arcade original.
The success of the arcade game led to Cyber Troopers Virtual-On becoming a well established franchise in Japan, with plastic models, original soundtracks, trading figurines, light novels and audio drama CDs being among the merchandise released in this region.
Virtual-On was also released as Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 31: Cyber Troopers Virtual-On in Japan with improved graphics, a better quality soundtrack and various other extra features. Two player online versions of the game were also released for the Sega Saturn version in America and Japan for the Sega NetLink and XB∀ND services.
The game was followed up by a sequel in Cyber Troopers Virtual-On: Oratorio Tangram.
Production credits
Arcade version
- Programming: Yoshihiro Sonoda, Masahiko Kobayashi, Takeshi Yamazaki, Kenji Yamamoto, Yoshifumi Ishihata
- Character Design: Hajime Katoki
- Graphics: Takeshi Sano, Hiroshi Yoshida, Koji Ono, Koichi Ozaki, Yasuhito Tanaka, Nobukazu Naruke, Kunio Watanabe, Michinari Terada, Atsushi Saitoh, Hiromi Itoh, Satoshi Kitahara
- Music & Sound Effects: Kentaro Koyama
- Mechanics: Yasuo Ishikawa, Masayoshi Yamada, Hidemi Takabayashi
- Electric Works: Mitsuru Kawamura, Hiroki Koyama, Hideki Inoue
- Cabinet Design: Yutaka Okumura, Minoru Matsuba
- Product Promotion: Kazuko Hayasaka, Nobutaka Arii
- Product Design: Koichi Ozaki
- Game Design: Juro Watari
- Directors: Juro Watari, Manabu Washio
- Producer: Hisao Oguchi
- Special Thanks to: Hisaki Nimiya, Kazunari Shimamura, Shinichi Nakagawa, Takashi Hasegawa, Junichiro Tanabe, Publicity Section AM#2, Staff of "Ikebukuro Gigo", "Kamata Cinemagic", "Shinjuku Sportsland #3", "Hi-Tech Sega Shibuya", All Members of AM R&D Dept. #3, and All The Players of "Virtual-On"
- Presented by: Sega
Saturn version
- Chief Programmer: Toru Kujirai
- Programmers: Hironobu Tsujikawa, Masayoshi Iwai, Kazunori Masuda, Yukinori Kaneko, Hajime Take, Takuo Kaneko
- Chief Designer: Norihito Omoda
- Designers: Masakazu Yanagida, Satoshi Fujinuma, Hiroko Katoh, Kazuya Suzuki
- Planner: Yasuhiro Nishimoto
- Music & Effects: Naoshi Kunisawa
- Special Thanks: Hiroshi Aso, Hisao Oguchi, Masayuki Hasegawa, Nobutaka Arii, Jun Kasahara, Yoshimi Fujii, Hiroyuki Kashima, Yuuri Ohtake
- Producer: Makoto Oshitani, Keisuke Chiwata
- Director: Katsuhiro Hasegawa
- Character Design: Hajime Katoki
- Program Technical Advisor: Yoshihiro Sonoda
- Design Technical Advisor: Hiroshi Yoshida, Kohichi Ozaki, Nobukazu Naruke
- Music Advisor: Kentaro Koyama
- Supervisor: Juro Watari
- Producer: Steve Hutchins
- SOJ Liaison: Ryoichi Hasegawa
- Product Manager: Andrew Stein
- Asst. Producer: Michael S. Jablonn
- Lead Tester: Tony Lynch
- Assistant Leads: Lance Nelson, Fred Selker, Alan Tan
- Thanks To: Granillo, Stolar, Taka, Lindstrom & SEEDY
- Reprogrammed by: CSK Research Institute Corp. (CRI)
- Presented by: Sega
- Testers: Rey Alferez, Nicolas J. Azizian, Anthony Borba, Jesse Caceres, Anthony Chau, Marc Dawson, John Diamonon, David Dodge, Jeff Hedges, Jeff B. Junio, Lloyd Kinoshita, Michael Kwan, Dennis Lee, Christopher Lucich, Grant Luke, Dan Madar, Marcus Montgomery, Mark Paniagua, Dave Portera, Sean Potter, Todd Slepian, Carl Street, Fernando Valderrama, Ferdinand Villar, Polly Villatuya, Peter Young, Michael Weavil
- Packaging Design: Robert Schonfisch, Eric Smith, Sarah Wittmer
- Manual: Doulas Sipp
- Thanks to: Matt Dunbar, Manny Granillo, Mark Lindstrom, Anne Moellering, SEEDY, Undyne Stafford, Bernard Stolar, Tak
PC version
- Chief Programmer: Toshinori Suzuki
- Programmers: Takahiro Nagata, Hitoshi Ohta, Noritaka Yakita, Yoshihiko Toyoshima, Kei Takashima
- Graphic Designers: Katsufumi Yoshimori, Tomoharu Tanaka, Hisayoshi Yoshida, Tomonori Saguchi
- Director and Planner: Jun-etsu Kakuta
- Sound Data Convert Engineer: Masaru Setsumaru
- Producer: Shun Arai, Toshinori Asai
- Publicity: Hiroyuki Otaka
- Marketing: Yasuo Koike, Yasuhide Nagasawa, Ryosuke Kaji
- Character Design: Hajime Katoki
- Program Technical Adviser: Yoshihiro Sonoda
- Design Technical Adviser: Hiroshi Yoshida, Koh-ichi Ozaki, Nobukazu Naruke
- Music Adviser: Kentaro Koyama
- Supervisor: Juro Watari
- Testers: Youichiro Inoue, Tomohisa Nakayasu, Kazuyuki Hagiwara, Noriko Hori
- Special Thanks: Original "Virtual-On" Staff, Sega AM#3 Dept., "Virtual-On" Saturn version Staff, Sega Digital Media Planning & Development Dept., Human Interface Communications (HIC), Yasushi Nagumo, Jun Kasahara, and ALL The Players of "Virtual-On"
- Presented by: Sega
Track list
Saturn version
Gallery
Magazine articles
- Main article: Cyber Troopers Virtual-On/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
Physical scans
Model 2 version
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External links
References
- ↑ File:CVG UK 181.pdf, page 38
- ↑ http://www.jp.playstation.com/software/title/jp0177npjb00321_00virtualonomg0000.html
- ↑ File:CVG UK 169.pdf, page 74
- ↑ File:GameInformer US 041.pdf, page 49
- ↑ File:CDConsoles FR 24.pdf, page 96
- ↑ File:ConsolesPlus FR 061.pdf, page 130
- ↑ File:CVG UK 182.pdf, page 86
- ↑ File:GMR US 09.pdf, page 90
- ↑ File:MeanMachinesSega51UK.pdf, page 38
- ↑ File:PlayerOne FR 071.pdf, page 94
- ↑ File:SSM_UK_15.pdf, page 66
- ↑ File:SSM_JP_19961122_1996-20.pdf, page 213
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Saturn no Game wa Sekai Ichi~i~i~i!: Satamaga Dokusha Race Zen Kiroku, SoftBank Publishing, page 11 Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ ', "January 1997" (; 1996-12-31), page 86
- ↑ Digitiser (UK) (1997-01-15)
- ↑ ', "January 1997" (; 1996-12-31), page 87
- ↑ ', "January 1997" (; 1996-12-31), page 61
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 ', "January 1997" (; 1996-12-31), page 1
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Games in the Cyber Troopers Virtual-On Series | |
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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 | |
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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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