Man that final boss battle was certainly a close one. Talk about edge of your seat. I remember playing this game at a mall on the Sega Saturn. It was such a blast and fell in love with it ever since. Viewing this playthrough brings so much nostalgia. Thanks for showcasing this hidden gem of a SEGA classic!
That got a good victory laugh out of me. "Wait! What?! No way! Ah ha ha ha ha! My lasers are better than your lasers!" (No it's not really me playing. I'm just imagining being in that position. Plus that was/still is my favourite robot.)
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute had it in the arcade in the late 90’s to early 2000’s. Myself and another student had an intersection distinction. He had all the time records and I had all the win records.
I've always wanted to know what a battle would look like between two pros of this game. I'm seething for a new release that has even more indepth mechanics with the dual handles.
I grew up in Maui, so arcades were very modest. You had fun factory and tilt; the latter went out of business pretty quickly. Anyway, fun factory at the Queen Kaahumanu Mall had virtual on! You had to climb into the seat like climbing into a cockpit, very clever design. This was around the time Gundam Wing was big, so for my buddy and I to live out our mech-fighting fantasies was like pure heroin. We always dreamed of going to the mega arcades in Tokyo, or hell, even a real arcade on the mainland. But fun factory had Virtual-on, baby. That was enough. ☺️🤙🏻🏝🤖
Wow! I grew up in Honolulu and remember the best arcade I’ve ever played (at least as a kid) at the Ala Moana mall. I believe it had this and Police 911 as my two favorites. That place inspired my love for arcades to this day.
I feel like I accidentally walked into a fan convention for something I didn't even know existed, but now I really want to play this with how much people are hyping it up down here.
Me and my dad played this once at an arcade in SM North Edsa. That was the nostalgia back then before arcades were all replaced by claw machines. Cyber Troopers was basically Gundam for the arcades.
finally!! I was trying to remember the name of this game that I played a long time ago for such a long time. i only played this game once and the farthest I've gotten was to the 3rd guy like everyone else. even now i can see you have a bit of a rough time with him. good times...
Oh man, the player in this video is even using my favourite suit! Landing a hit with those lasers was so satisfying! I played this at air cadet camp. A heat wave went through so regular programming was cancelled and going outside was strictly for travelling between buildings. Being outside was advised against. There was an arcade under the mess hall, so there we were. In the arcade was two machines of this game. They were linked and cadets could verse each other. When I got there, there was a guy on the left who had been beating everyone who climbed in the seat on the right. The guy was using the slim one with the heart shaped ranged attack. It also had a sword and it did a lot of damage. The guy was beating others with that. After watching him enough and seeing other suit choices enough from other people playing, I decided to hop in the seat on the right and ask the guy if I could play against him. I went with the suit with the two big shoulder lasers, and that is exactly how I got him. I avoided letting him get too close until I had gotten his health down low enough that a hit from my lasers would finish him. Timed it just right to where he was too close to react and dodge, but not too close that he could get me. The eruption in that arcade when the guy who had been always winning was finally beat... I beat him again too, with the lasers again too. This time after jumping and the lasers split into a total of four lasers. The guy was keeping his distance this time, and by complete chance one of the four lasers that goes off to a side got him in a corner of the field form almost across the whole field.
I played the arcade version for the 1st time when I was a teenager at a roller skating rink during a martial arts event party and it was super fun and badass just like piloting in a Mobile Suit Gundam. Right now I got the game for the Sega Saturn and a pair of twin stick controllers region free
I used to be obsessed with this in the arcade. I tried to beat every computer player in less than 5 seconds (except for the last one). The local competition was never any good though so I never really found out if I was actually good :). I suspect probably not, just had memorized patterns. Still, so much fun!
There is still many tough players gathering on PS4 version of port, mostly Japanese. If you are still interested in playing it, you may go there to find yourself out.
my dad owned this game for his ps2, i managed to get the pc version working on my netbook when i was in grade 9 but since i upgraded to a laptop i cant seem to make the files work, its great seeing the gameplay again
2:22 used to be my nightmare, I'd go to the arcade once a week for a few hours, and I always left without beating this boss! It took me maybe a year of arcade visits to get past him
6:32 oh, what the f*ck.. .hahaha! I literally screamed... UP!!! ... such a close match! I miss this so much. Gah! Maybe one day, I'll get to play it again on the original arcade. You know, with the twin joysticks. Absolutely, miss that feeling! Arcades were so much fun back then, nowadays... arcade are just... well, glorified casinos. :(
I grew up in Serang and they had this game on Versus City cabinet for head-to-head multiplayer 20 years ago. Was that cab in point 1 like that too or a sitdown?
I found this game in the arcade at my college. There was one person who had the top win record of 25-0. And one other person who had beaten the game with all 8 characters. By the time I was a junior, I had all the win records and had a win record with all 8 characters. The funny thing was, I got my first win record of 25-1 loosing to the last boss. It took me a year to figure out exactly how to beat him.
Oh my god I played this in an airport while my parents were dealing with some travel issue when I was 7 and I never forgot it but I didn’t know what it was called
FUCK YEAH! I played this cabinet a bunch when I was a kid- I kept picking Dorkas because I was 12 and was all "It's dorkus hurrdurr", but then got surprisingly good as it lol.
Viper II, Dorkas, and Fei-Yen (mostly for her transformation and added damage) where the ones I always picked. I was only ever able to beat the final boss with Viper II though. I remember playing the arcade cabinet back in the mid 90s.
I remember playing this game all the time with my brother, we beat it so many times. Just curious anyone else fight the secret boss and unlock him as a playable mech for just one go? I also remember him not being as good as when I fought him as a secret boss.
One of my favorite series of all time. How did you record and get this running? Mame emulator? I only have played the windows version and sega saturn (plus xbox 360 arcade port)
@@arronmunroe hi, did you use the twin stick controllers from Sega to play this? Or just the keyboard? Oh, and where did you find the Arcade ROM to use in the Model 2 emulator?
Omfg I've been trying to remember this games name for 10plus years!!!! Back when they had it at Kmart watching people sit on the pilot like chairs going head on was 🤌🤌🤌
If you were using the model 2 emulator, you were likely unable to jump. This is because the emulator does not work properly with this game on the latest version. 0.9 has more graphical issues, but the game works properly.
Does anyone know a reliable way for me to search for one of these arcade cabs in my city? We definitely had a few back when I was a teenager so chances are there's one hiding somewhere in a gas station. 🤣
I didn't really have any plans for more videos of this game. If I really was going to make another one, it would probably be with all of the characters, but I don't know if I want to try that.
@@arronmunroe is the model2 the system used in the arcade machines? I wonder if the emulator for it is opensource, maybe I can port it. Does the system2 emulator allow for 3 monitors?
Model 2 is the arcade system. Unfortunately, the Model 2 emulator is closed sourced and will remain unfinished. I couldn't answer your question about the monitors, although multiplayer works on some games to a degree, which technically involves multiple monitors. I don't know about multiple monitors for a single instance of the game.
Man that final boss battle was certainly a close one. Talk about edge of your seat.
I remember playing this game at a mall on the Sega Saturn. It was such a blast and fell in love with it ever since. Viewing this playthrough brings so much nostalgia. Thanks for showcasing this hidden gem of a SEGA classic!
This is Sega 😊!؟
That got a good victory laugh out of me.
"Wait! What?! No way! Ah ha ha ha ha! My lasers are better than your lasers!"
(No it's not really me playing. I'm just imagining being in that position. Plus that was/still is my favourite robot.)
I remember getting in line to play this game at the arcade against good players. Those were the days
Those good days pass on to the newest port on PS4. All these ace players just fight restlessly days after days, years after years.
Lucky you bro. Around Washington it was hella rare to find one. The only place I ever saw one was at the Tacoma Dome.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute had it in the arcade in the late 90’s to early 2000’s. Myself and another student had an intersection distinction. He had all the time records and I had all the win records.
I've always wanted to know what a battle would look like between two pros of this game. I'm seething for a new release that has even more indepth mechanics with the dual handles.
I grew up in Maui, so arcades were very modest. You had fun factory and tilt; the latter went out of business pretty quickly. Anyway, fun factory at the Queen Kaahumanu Mall had virtual on! You had to climb into the seat like climbing into a cockpit, very clever design. This was around the time Gundam Wing was big, so for my buddy and I to live out our mech-fighting fantasies was like pure heroin. We always dreamed of going to the mega arcades in Tokyo, or hell, even a real arcade on the mainland. But fun factory had Virtual-on, baby. That was enough.
☺️🤙🏻🏝🤖
Wow! I grew up in Honolulu and remember the best arcade I’ve ever played (at least as a kid) at the Ala Moana mall. I believe it had this and Police 911 as my two favorites. That place inspired my love for arcades to this day.
This is what a true arcade video game is supposed to sound and feel like.
As a kid, Raiden was my favorite mech, I loved those huge shoulder mounted laser cannons.
I feel like I accidentally walked into a fan convention for something I didn't even know existed, but now I really want to play this with how much people are hyping it up down here.
I was literally the only kid in town who had a Saturn and knew about this game, which sucks because I was the only one talking about it...
lol, yeah this is really good. and the worse is that the sequel is 10x better
Me and my dad played this once at an arcade in SM North Edsa. That was the nostalgia back then before arcades were all replaced by claw machines. Cyber Troopers was basically Gundam for the arcades.
finally!! I was trying to remember the name of this game that I played a long time ago for such a long time. i only played this game once and the farthest I've gotten was to the 3rd guy like everyone else. even now i can see you have a bit of a rough time with him. good times...
ME 2!! where can i download this
Yeah i now also remembered this gem lol
Ive only finished this till up to boss using viper 2, but other than that i cant lol
@@warrencampbell6862 actually virtual on also appear in Yakuza Kiwami 2
@@warrencampbell6862 PS4/PS5 has a port that you may purchase and download online.
Oh man, the player in this video is even using my favourite suit! Landing a hit with those lasers was so satisfying!
I played this at air cadet camp. A heat wave went through so regular programming was cancelled and going outside was strictly for travelling between buildings. Being outside was advised against. There was an arcade under the mess hall, so there we were. In the arcade was two machines of this game. They were linked and cadets could verse each other.
When I got there, there was a guy on the left who had been beating everyone who climbed in the seat on the right. The guy was using the slim one with the heart shaped ranged attack. It also had a sword and it did a lot of damage. The guy was beating others with that.
After watching him enough and seeing other suit choices enough from other people playing, I decided to hop in the seat on the right and ask the guy if I could play against him. I went with the suit with the two big shoulder lasers, and that is exactly how I got him. I avoided letting him get too close until I had gotten his health down low enough that a hit from my lasers would finish him. Timed it just right to where he was too close to react and dodge, but not too close that he could get me.
The eruption in that arcade when the guy who had been always winning was finally beat...
I beat him again too, with the lasers again too. This time after jumping and the lasers split into a total of four lasers. The guy was keeping his distance this time, and by complete chance one of the four lasers that goes off to a side got him in a corner of the field form almost across the whole field.
6:30 That's super close!
yakuza kiwami 2 brought me here
Actually got addicted by this arcade game
Raiden was always a favorite to play. He can tank damage, and deal one of the most powerful laser attacks in the game.
Man one of my favs growing up. And even my kids love this game when we can actually find it at an arcade.
0:18 내 컴퓨터 누가 해킹했어~! 로그인도 안되지롱 프로그램들이 모두 언인스톨 됐어 젠장 누구냐고~!
how are you playin this? an emulator? it looks wonderful!!
this brings back so many good memories, such a cool game to play after school at the arcades
No idea how, but my grandparents had this game on their computer (???). My brother and me would play this for hours. 😭
There was a PC port of this back in 1997.
I played the arcade version for the 1st time when I was a teenager at a roller skating rink during a martial arts event party and it was super fun and badass just like piloting in a Mobile Suit Gundam. Right now I got the game for the Sega Saturn and a pair of twin stick controllers region free
Speaking of Gundam, Hajime Katoki did the mech designs for this game.
@@hankhill242productions6 aka the DEM LEGS mechanical designer
This was the shit as a kid. Like damn, the nostalgia is real.
I used to be obsessed with this in the arcade. I tried to beat every computer player in less than 5 seconds (except for the last one). The local competition was never any good though so I never really found out if I was actually good :). I suspect probably not, just had memorized patterns. Still, so much fun!
There is still many tough players gathering on PS4 version of port, mostly Japanese. If you are still interested in playing it, you may go there to find yourself out.
@@Vogel_von_Formosaps4 port? are you talking about the version in yakuza kiwami 2?
Pure Nostalgia! I was stuck at the 4th enemy when I was a kid, but didn't get another chance to play
my dad owned this game for his ps2, i managed to get the pc version working on my netbook when i was in grade 9 but since i upgraded to a laptop i cant seem to make the files work, its great seeing the gameplay again
Yakuza Kiwami 2 brought me here.
Fulfill haruka 's wish
Same
Wait this is in yakuza?
@@mr.curtis6730 Yeah. Only in Yakuza Kiwami 2 when you go to the arcades
Wow. never made it past fei-yen in my day. Thanks for posting -- brings back good old memories
6:36 Wow that was close! You will lose the boss if late 0.01 second
This brought back memories I forgot I had. Love to see it
2:22 used to be my nightmare, I'd go to the arcade once a week for a few hours, and I always left without beating this boss! It took me maybe a year of arcade visits to get past him
6:32 oh, what the f*ck.. .hahaha! I literally screamed... UP!!! ... such a close match! I miss this so much. Gah! Maybe one day, I'll get to play it again on the original arcade. You know, with the twin joysticks. Absolutely, miss that feeling! Arcades were so much fun back then, nowadays... arcade are just... well, glorified casinos. :(
I couldn't remember the name of this game for a long time... I remember playing a long time ago in the arcade... Good times
Idea, arcade 1-up machine?
Reminding me of two things
1. Arcade center in a mall on west Jakarta
2. Yakuza Kiwami 2 (even one virtual youtuber got into it)
I grew up in Serang and they had this game on Versus City cabinet for head-to-head multiplayer 20 years ago. Was that cab in point 1 like that too or a sitdown?
I’ve noticed when tinkering with the model 2 emulator that this game has some minor graphical issues, mainly with the shadows
I remember viper has a super that he can crash to the enemy like a meteor or something... Also temjin can do that flying thrust.
lol. Yes I remember that too.
I found this game in the arcade at my college. There was one person who had the top win record of 25-0. And one other person who had beaten the game with all 8 characters. By the time I was a junior, I had all the win records and had a win record with all 8 characters. The funny thing was, I got my first win record of 25-1 loosing to the last boss. It took me a year to figure out exactly how to beat him.
Finally, I was trying to remember the name of this game.
I had this on my PC as a kid alongside the original tomb raider and frogger 3d. Virtua cop and oddballz too, but Virtual On was always my favorite.
Thank you, arronmunroe! Also, can you do a playthrough video on Cyber Troopers: Virtual-ON: Oratorio Tangram?
I can look into that, but I definitely can't do it right away.
@@arronmunroe okay
Finally found it i loved playing this game at local arcade❤
Oh my god I played this in an airport while my parents were dealing with some travel issue when I was 7 and I never forgot it but I didn’t know what it was called
This game is so damn cool. I was lucky enough to have a 2player setup at an arcade in town.. for a time
Oh that laser shot at 6:35 is classic!
I saw this game in one epidose on Hyouka Anime
FUCK YEAH! I played this cabinet a bunch when I was a kid- I kept picking Dorkas because I was 12 and was all "It's dorkus hurrdurr", but then got surprisingly good as it lol.
I AM SOOO ADDICTED ON VIRTUAL ON ON THE ARCADE BACK IN COLLEGE. 🤖😃
This is the game that led me to armored core, that led me to dark souls. I've had a wonderful ride so far.
Had this for sega Saturn and loved it!
Viper II, Dorkas, and Fei-Yen (mostly for her transformation and added damage) where the ones I always picked. I was only ever able to beat the final boss with Viper II though. I remember playing the arcade cabinet back in the mid 90s.
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my childhood memories
I finally found it after 20 yrs of searching
I remember playing this game all the time with my brother, we beat it so many times. Just curious anyone else fight the secret boss and unlock him as a playable mech for just one go? I also remember him not being as good as when I fought him as a secret boss.
Yeah, I fought him a bunch. Found some cheat codes to play as him. :)
No lighting says nothing about Saturn 3D abilities in this example. It is as bright and colourful as the arcade set out to be. Great game
Loved this in the arcade! I used Viper II
Beautiful quality of recording.
1:03 that's the robot I haven't defeat him why his attacks of course
Commander Josh you can avoid his hammer by hiding behind a building.
@@Lomata-j6w I try but he to hard to beat
We have Armored Core at home!
Armored Core at home:
The way I'm going to be trying to make this guy in Fires of Rubicon
What is the Text-2-Speech voice used in this game? I'm kinda curious...
I'm pretty sure it isn't text-to-speech.
One of my favorite series of all time. How did you record and get this running? Mame emulator? I only have played the windows version and sega saturn (plus xbox 360 arcade port)
It's playable with the Model 2 emulator. There is also the PS2 port, but I don't know if that one still has emulation issues.
What cpu & gpu are using? I can't get this running smoothly in mame.
MAME is not a good emulator for this game. I used Model 2 emulator.
@@arronmunroe Thanks! Got the model 2 emulator and it's running great!
Do you mind if I ask, how are you playing this? Like what emulator?
Model 2 emulator
@@arronmunroe Thank you! :)
dope video, last fight was clutch
@arronmunroe
how are you playin this? an emulator? it looks wonderful!!
This was played on the Model 2 emulator.
@@arronmunroe hi, did you use the twin stick controllers from Sega to play this? Or just the keyboard? Oh, and where did you find the Arcade ROM to use in the Model 2 emulator?
@@fnonaka I think I just used an Xbox 360 controller for this. I can't link to the rom, but you should be able to find it if you google von.zip MAME.
@@arronmunroe it’s still available? I
@@temjinAMG If you google "Model 2 emulator", the page will come up.
i loved this game on an arcade called Gamestation
THIS close right at the end! nice, which emulator are you using?
This is the Model 2 emulator.
Omfg I've been trying to remember this games name for 10plus years!!!! Back when they had it at Kmart watching people sit on the pilot like chairs going head on was 🤌🤌🤌
Reminds me so much of Zone of the Enders for PS2.
Damn that third enemy.
I remember Walmart arcades having this game
Damn I miss this
Omg this is so nostalgic
How did you managed to evade Jaguarandi Stage?
I believe it is related to beating the stages fast enough.
idk man is your G-bomb disabled or something?
If you were using the model 2 emulator, you were likely unable to jump. This is because the emulator does not work properly with this game on the latest version. 0.9 has more graphical issues, but the game works properly.
What's the emulator used?
Model 2 emulator
Thanks!
Did you use model 2 emulator?
Yes
Viper is the OP selection :P
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5:34 finally lands most rockets
Great game to play pvp when neither you nor your opponent know a)how to play or b)what the heck is going on....coins last for hours then.
back in the days my highest score was EX S Rank
Nowadays the arcades are 90% useless stupid claw machines
Does anyone know a reliable way for me to search for one of these arcade cabs in my city? We definitely had a few back when I was a teenager so chances are there's one hiding somewhere in a gas station. 🤣
The closest thing I've seen to that is this website. www.aurcade.com/games/view.aspx?id=1036
Unfortunately, it is not a complete list.
acn you do a Temjin vid?
I didn't really have any plans for more videos of this game. If I really was going to make another one, it would probably be with all of the characters, but I don't know if I want to try that.
That's a Mechwarrior fighter.
Perfect game
Kinda reminds me of custom robo
やっぱりドルカス強いよな
【ネタバレ】
お仕置きを受けずに済みましたね｡
This works on mame?!
I don't think it does, but it does run on Model 2 emulator.
@@arronmunroe is the model2 the system used in the arcade machines? I wonder if the emulator for it is opensource, maybe I can port it. Does the system2 emulator allow for 3 monitors?
Model 2 is the arcade system. Unfortunately, the Model 2 emulator is closed sourced and will remain unfinished. I couldn't answer your question about the monitors, although multiplayer works on some games to a degree, which technically involves multiple monitors. I don't know about multiple monitors for a single instance of the game.
Oh to be young again without arthritis. :)
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And them Gundam copied This and Made milions on arcades as Sega sits on a Goldmine and eats glue... The end
Reminder:
The last time this game got ANY love was 5 years ago
As part of a tie in with the Magical Index series
life is pain
?????? EZ? Nope.
so hard when i was like 8. passed stage 2