I remember getting in line to play this game at the arcade against good players. Those were the days

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!

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. ☺️🤙🏻🏝🤖

As a kid, Raiden was my favorite mech, I loved those huge shoulder mounted laser cannons.

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.

This is what a true arcade video game is supposed to sound and feel like.

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.

6:30 That's super close!

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.

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...

Raiden was always a favorite to play. He can tank damage, and deal one of the most powerful laser attacks in the game.

yakuza kiwami 2 brought me here Actually got addicted by this arcade game

No idea how, but my grandparents had this game on their computer (???). My brother and me would play this for hours. 😭

Man one of my favs growing up. And even my kids love this game when we can actually find it at an arcade.

this brings back so many good memories, such a cool game to play after school at the arcades

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!

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

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

Pure Nostalgia! I was stuck at the 4th enemy when I was a kid, but didn't get another chance to play

Yakuza Kiwami 2 brought me here.

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

6:36 Wow that was close! You will lose the boss if late 0.01 second

how are you playin this? an emulator? it looks wonderful!!

Idea, arcade 1-up machine?

This was the shit as a kid. Like damn, the nostalgia is real.

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 remember viper has a super that he can crash to the enemy like a meteor or something... Also temjin can do that flying thrust.

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

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. :(

This game is so damn cool. I was lucky enough to have a 2player setup at an arcade in town.. for a time

This brought back memories I forgot I had. Love to see it

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.

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.

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

Wow. never made it past fei-yen in my day. Thanks for posting -- brings back good old memories

I saw this game in one epidose on Hyouka Anime

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

Finally found it i loved playing this game at local arcade❤

I’ve noticed when tinkering with the model 2 emulator that this game has some minor graphical issues, mainly with the shadows

We have Armored Core at home! Armored Core at home:

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.

Finally, I was trying to remember the name of this game.

Had this for sega Saturn and loved it!

This is the game that led me to armored core, that led me to dark souls. I've had a wonderful ride so far.

my childhood memories

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.

The way I'm going to be trying to make this guy in Fires of Rubicon

Loved this in the arcade! I used Viper II

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.

Oh that laser shot at 6:35 is classic!

I AM SOOO ADDICTED ON VIRTUAL ON ON THE ARCADE BACK IN COLLEGE. 🤖😃

Thank you, arronmunroe! Also, can you do a playthrough video on Cyber Troopers: Virtual-ON: Oratorio Tangram?

0:18 내 컴퓨터 누가 해킹했어~! 로그인도 안되지롱 프로그램들이 모두 언인스톨 됐어 젠장 누구냐고~!

Beautiful quality of recording.

Damn that third enemy.

I finally found it after 20 yrs of searching

Do you mind if I ask, how are you playing this? Like what emulator?

What cpu & gpu are using? I can't get this running smoothly in mame.

THIS close right at the end! nice, which emulator are you using?

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 🤌🤌🤌

Damn I miss this

Omg this is so nostalgic

Nowadays the arcades are 90% useless stupid claw machines

I remember Walmart arcades having this game

@arronmunroe how are you playin this? an emulator? it looks wonderful!!

Reminds me so much of Zone of the Enders for PS2.

Which SEGA Livestream is Right Now

dope video, last fight was clutch

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.

Viper is the OP selection :P

1:03 that's the robot I haven't defeat him why his attacks of course

NBA Showtime: NBA on NBC arcade 4 player Netplay

back in the days my highest score was EX S Rank

Perfect game

idk man is your G-bomb disabled or something?

What's the emulator used?

That's a Mechwarrior fighter.

so hard when i was like 8. passed stage 2

5:34 finally lands most rockets

やっぱりドルカス強いよな

Kinda reminds me of custom robo

acn you do a Temjin vid?

【ネタバレ】 お仕置きを受けずに済みましたね｡

Oh to be young again without arthritis. :)

This works on mame?!

Permission to Repost

And them Gundam copied This and Made milions on arcades as Sega sits on a Goldmine and eats glue... The end

?????? EZ? Nope.