Most fighting games are pretty badass, but fighting games that feature
giant robots? Overwhelmingly badass. Such was Virtual On, one of Sega's most beloved (and seemingly most quickly forgotten) franchises, where two anime-themed (and frequently
Saturn-wearing) virtualroids duked it out in full 3-D and blew our minds with great graphics and a humbling dual-stick control scheme (push both forward to run ahead, apart to jump, together to crouch, etc.). With the game making its triumphant return to action on the Xbox 360, a Japanese gamer has created the above monstrosity by wedging a couple of candy packages onto the controller's analog sticks, then wiring up weapons buttons. With a little paint they'd almost pass for the arcade's controller, but we're not entirely sure that thin plastic would hold up to repeated deploys of Grys-vok's ICBM attack.
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posted Apr 24th 2009 10:35AM
looks more like a kick ass bong..
hmmm..
now that's a good idea..
This is absolutely the best thing ever.
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This makes me so excited for the release of VO-OT on XBLA. I can't wait.
This is absolutely the best 'Shocker' ever.
In a pinch, mebbe. (My hand fell asleep? Freak paper shredder accident? Too many wom-ens to please at once?) Nothing beats the original, though.
time to buy an xbox
R.A.D. on PS2.
I used to own that game for the Saturn. Why did I ever get rid of that console?
When can I get Virtual On for my 360?
meh, i would have used straws
This is what comes out when the economy goes bad.
my first arcade machine will be a dual-cab Virtual-On... great fking game.
Hmmm, a double barrel bong made from 2 empty Poky containers and an XBox conroller?... isn't this post 4 days late?
Bong users take it easy and don't rush rush rush.
Hey there, Engadget. Just wanted to say that they are called Twin Sticks, not dual sticks.
This is where the 360 controller's misaligned analog sticks will cause a problem
The robots wore Dreamcasts in the DC version, fyi.
I can tell you the chocolate in those empty tubes tastes horrible, the Japanese cannot make chocolate.