virtuaroid

Sega Saturn
Cyber Troopers Virtual On Netlink Edition
(NTSC/USA)
online, direct-dial versus matches
circa 1998(?)
source: SVHS tape via JVC HR-S9500U 

In 1997-1999, there were very few Netlink owners, and fewer still who would seriously study and play this great game. Those who did were privy to an underground circle of fierce online competitive play, which was something quite new for a console.

We had to devise our own low-tech ranking system that involved e-mailing match outcomes to a scorekeeper who ran a rudimentary website.

If there are any other VO Netlink VS match videos available online, please show me.

Controller trivia:
Despite the wildly popular belief that the [Saturn] Twin-Sticks are a must for [the Saturn port of] this game (and they are a great tool), consider this: every single move can be done on the Saturn pad (default map) with less movement or fewer button presses (or both). On Saturn, the pad was king (the opposite was true for Dreamcast VOOT).