Cyber Troopers Virtual-On Force
Cyber Troopers Virtual-On Force is a 3D mecha fighting game developed by Sega AM3 and published by Sega. It was released in Japanese arcades only on the Sega Hikaru arcade system board in 2001. Following its initial release, there was initially no home console port of the game due to the Hikaru's superior graphical capabilities. A home port of the game was released for Xbox 360 on December 22, 2010.
Gameplay
Force differs from previous entries in that it features four players in 2-on-2 team matches. The battle system is heavily simplified compared to the game's predecessor, Oratorio Tangram, in order to balance the increased number of players. The left-turbo function is removed, and player movement speed is significantly slower. The game website states this as a side-effect of the V-converters being less efficient than the Mars crystals.The machine uses a magnetic card system to record player data, with the cards being called a "VO4 Pilot's License". Players start by choosing a base Virtuaroid, which will open up other variants in its family tree as the player plays more of the game. Because of this design, a large number of Virtuaroid variants exist, and the game has the largest VR roster of any game in the series name so far.
The VO4 Pilot's License can be used with the VO4 Terminal, which lets players view records, set the pilot name, swap color schemes or use another available Virtuaroid. During the lifespan of the game, updated revisions named 'M.S.B.S. v7.6' and 'v7.7' were produced, with new Virtuaroids, new stages and new magnetic card face designs.
Cyber Troopers Virtual-On MARZ is partially derived from Force, borrowing various gameplay elements, stages, and some Virtuaroid designs, though without support for 4-player matches.