Cyber Troopers Virtual-On Oratorio Tangram

Overview

Cyber Troopers Virtual-On Oratorio Tangram is a 1998 arcade action game from Sega, a 3D fighting game where the player assumes control of a giant humanoid robot. It was developed initially on the Sega Model 3 arcade hardware (M.S.B.S. Ver.5.2). Updated versions (Ver.5.4/5.45) were ported to the Dreamcast home console in 1999 and to North American arcades in 2000. A third update (Ver.5.66) was developed on the NAOMI board in 2000 and was ported to the Xbox 360 in 2009.

As with its predecessor Virtual On: Cyber Troopers, Cyber Troopers Virtual-On Oratorio Tangram uses two joysticks for its controls.

The game starts 20 years after the events of Virtual On: Cyber Troopers. After the defeat of Z-Gradt, the mightiest VR and the final boss of the first game, humans continued to battle in their VRs, searching for supremacy. However an unknown AI known as Tangram has awakened and became self-conscious. With the directive to destroy humanity, Tangram infects Earth's mother computer with a virus called "Tangram Virus" and hacks into all VR systems, except for the player's VR. It plans to use the infected VRs to destroy the last human colonies that survived the previous war.

Cyber Troopers Virtual-On Oratorio Tangram was unveiled at the 1997 JAMMA show, at which six Virtuaroids were playable: Temjin, Raiden, Apharmd, Fei-yen, Grys-Vok, and Cypher. The game was also exhibited at the February 1998 AOU Show, where it drew large crowds.

In Japan, Famitsu gave the same Dreamcast version a score of three tens and one nine for a total of 39 out of 40. Game Machine listed the arcade version in their May 15, 1998 issue as the second most-successful dedicated arcade game of the month.

Official trailer

Trailer. Watch on YouTube

Screenshots

Game details

Genres

Fighting

Developer

Sega AM3

Publisher

Sega, Activision

Series

Virtual On

Platforms

Arcade, Xbox 360, Sega Dreamcast

Age rating

ESRB T

Modes

Single player

Yes

Local multiplayer

No

Online multiplayer

Yes

Co op

No

Age ratings

ESRB

T

GRAC

ALL

CERO

A

Release dates

Playable today

Credits

Region

US