Virtual-On Oratorio Tangram (AM3 - Dreamcast - 1999)

"Cyber Troopers Virtual-On Oratorio Tangram (電脳戦機バーチャロン オラトリオ・タングラム M.S.B.S. Ver.5.45) is a 1998 Japanese Sega Model 3 arcade action game that was ported to the Sega NAOMI arcades and the Dreamcast home console in Japan in 1999 and North America in 2000. Oratorio Tangram is a 3D fighting game where the player assumes control of a giant humanoid robot, and is a sequel to the 1996 video game Virtual On: Cyber Troopers. A re-release of the game, entitled Virtual-On Oratorio Tangram Ver.5.66 (電脳戦機バーチャロン オラトリオ・タングラム Ver.5.66, Dennō Senki Bācharon Oratorio Tanguramu Ver.5.66), was released worldwide for Xbox 360 on April 29, 2009.

Versions
Strictly speaking, the Dreamcast version is known internally as Cyber Troopers Virtual-On: Oratorio Tangram M.S.B.S. Ver. 5.45, as although it is based on Ver. 5.4, it contains some stages from the original Cyber Troopers Virtual-On and can be played in Ver. 5.2 mode once the option is unlocked. In Ver. 5.2 and the original Cyber Troopers Virtual-On, Virtuaroids were powered by Sega Saturns. In this version (and Ver. 5.66) they are powered by Sega Dreamcasts.

Ver. 5.4 is much the same game as Ver. 5.2 but addresses perceived balance issues among other minor changes. It is also the first version to be released outside of Japan, although the Dreamcast port was not released in Europe. It was followed by a final revision, Cyber Troopers Virtual-On Oratorio Tangram M.S.B.S. Ver. 5.66

In Japan, the Dreamcast version was the first Dreamcast game to support online play. Sega initially limited its use during testing, allowing only 5,000 players to compete at any one time, and the service could only be paid for via WebMoney cards

Plot
The game starts 20 years after the events of Operation Moongate. After the defeat of Z-Gradt, the mightiest VR and the final boss of the first game, humans continued to battle in their VR's, searching for supremacy. However an unknown AI known as Tangram has awakened and became self-conscious. With the directive to destroy humanity, Tangram infected Earth's mother computer with a virus called 'Tangram Virus' and hacked 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. The player begins the mission to defeat all VRs and destroy Tangram to stop its evil ambitions once and for all.

After defeating all VRs, the player is teleported to the Earth's mother computer system to fight Tangram. Depending on the final battle outcome, there are two endings available.

In the good ending, Tangram is erased from the computer and the player's VR is teleported back to Earth's stratosphere, where its armour is critically damaged during the fall but is saved by VRs that came on the Floating Carrier. Fei-Yen is saved by Angelan or the opposite and the others (Temjin, Raiden, Dodray, Bal-Bados, Specineff, Cypher, and Apharmd) are saved by the same model VRs. Alternatively, If the player's time counter reaches 0, Tangram hacks into the player's VR system and shuts it down, resulting in a Game Over screen."

game info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyber_T...
info and scans: https://segaretro.org/Cyber_Troopers_...

0:00 Attract Mode
8:40 Sound Test
10:40 Angelan Playthrough
58:10 Angelan Ending
1:02:05 Watch Mode
1:13:20 Cypher Playthrough
1:56:15 Cypher Ending
2:02:50 Training Mode
2:46:35 BGM Test
3:02:45 Fei-Yen Playthrough
3:17:35 Fei-Yen Ending

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