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A fast-paced [[Mecha Game]] by Sega. Most of the [[Humongous Mecha]] designs are by Hajime Katoki, one of the more famous mecha designers for many [[Mobile Suit Gundam]] series'.
'''''Cyber Troopers [[Virtual On]]: Operation Moongate''''', known as VOOM or OMG for short, was first released in the arcades in a large double sit-down cabinet with a distinctive twin-stick control set. The story is that a series of malfunctions has caused a computer on the Moon armed with a [[Earthshattering Kaboom|planet-killing]] [[Wave Motion Gun]] to go rogue. In an attempt to raise the forces to fight this menace, the government sends a number of remote operational terminals into the past, in the hopes that someone in the past (such as you, the reader) would have the skills to pilot a mecha into the moonbase and stop the Rogue AI. It was given a [[Sega Saturn]] release, which stripped down the framerate but added a versus mode, a PC release which instead of framerate stripped down the graphics, and an [[Updated Rerelease]] for the [[
'''''Cyber Troopers [[Virtual On]]: Oratorio Tangram''''', the sequel, reveals that the whole mess on the moon was just a distraction from a splinter group within a powerful [[Mega Corp|Mega-Corporation]] to allow them to break away from their parent company. Now the two are fighting over several mecha plants in the hope of finding the missing Tangram, a supercomputer that is said to have the power to alter reality. Strangely, VOOT is very rare in many places. For example, some reports that only two arcade machines were ever shipped to the United States. It had a much wider release for the [[Sega Dreamcast]], and even without the twin sticks it is still a very fun game. It is the fastest of the series, and by far the most popular. Oratorio Tangram comes in four flavors: v.5.2, the first release, v.5.4, which updated the interface and fixed many bugs, v.5.45 for the Dreamcast, a port of 5.4 which adds several arenas from Operation Moongate, and finally v.5.66 for the arcade, which featured three new variant mechs, all the extra stages from the DC version, and switched the software to the NAOMI board used in many Sega games today which updated the sound and graphic quality. An Xbox Live Arcade version of Oratorio Tangram was released on April 29 for 1200 Microsoft Points/$15. It's based on the 5.66 revision and features online multiplayer, a color edit mode, and enhanced HD graphics, as well as a tutorial and custom button configuration.
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'''''Cyber Troopers [[Virtual On]]: FORCE''''', [[Code Name|codenamed]] VO4, was the 3rd installment. The action was slower than in Oratorio Tangram (This was justified in the story that a reaction on the planet Mars made the non-native-built mecha move slower), but featured four-player simultaneous play in 2-on-2 battles. The game is considered a [[They Changed It, Now It Sucks|step back]] from [[Portmanteau|Oratan]], and was not well received. Not to mention there is a much lesser number of mechs to choose. To make up for this, they gave the mechs several different variants, but all this did was make the game even more confusing and annoying. On December 21, 2010, the game was re-released on the Xbox360 much like Oratan, but this time as a [[And the Fandom Rejoiced|region-free]] retail game. It includes a brand-new mission mode which is essentially MARZ' (read below) campaign stripped of a storyline.
'''''Cyber Troopers [[Virtual On]]: MARZ''''' for the [[
The series made a notable appearance in ''[[Super Robot Wars]] Alpha 3'', with the [[Jack of All Stats]] Temjin (Strangely piloted by the [[Mission Control]] character from MARZ), [[Robot Girl]] Fei-Yen the Knight (piloted by the second [[Mission Control]] character from MARZ and the Fei-Yen series' supposed creator) and [[Ace Custom]] mecha Apharmd the Hatter (piloted by the [[Hot-Blooded]] Sergeant Hatter) are playable characters. They also appear in ''Super Robot Wars K'' for the [[Nintendo DS]], which actually incorporates MARZ's story.
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* [[Blind Idiot Translation]] - MARZ's story mode, complete with ridiculously badly done voiceovers.
* [[Blood Knight]] - Gil in MARZ.
* [[Bonus Boss]] - Several, but the most omnipresent is Jaguarandi, a giant, mutated Raiden that is actually a fatal error in the MSBS system that punishes players who win by Time Over. There's also the original Fei-Yen (exclusive to the [[
** Jaguarandi actually takes the 1P color scheme of the mech the player is using, and uses a variety of weapons that are also used by other Virtua-Roids, especially those of Raiden and Bal Bas Bow.
** It is actually more appropriate to call Jaguarandi and A-Jim penalty bosses; the original Fei-Yen is a true [[Bonus Boss]], though.
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