Cyber Troopers Virtual-On Oratorio Tangram

Oratorio Tangram is part of the Virtual On series and is the sequel to Virtual On: Cyber Troopers (1995); it was followed by the Japan-exclusive Cyber Troopers Virtual-On Force (2001).

• Title — Cyber Troopers Virtual-On Oratorio Tangram • Developer — Sega AM3 Sega AM2 (XBLA remake) • Series — Virtual On • Platforms — Arcade, Dreamcast, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4 • Released — Arcade March 1998Dreamcast Xbox 360 April 29, 2009 PlayStation 4 November 27, 2019 • Genre — Action, Shooter, Fighting • Modes — Single player, multiplayer • Arcade System — Sega Model 3 (first edition) Sega NAOMI (second edition)

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. The player character begins the mission to defeat all VRs and destroy Tangram. After defeating all VRs, the player character is teleported to the Earth's mother computer system to fight Tangram. Depending on the final battle outcome, there are two endings. 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.

The new Virtuaroids were all designed by Hajime Katoki. 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.