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Sweet Virtual On Posters Are Sweet, Perfect for Your iPhone/iPad/Other Mobile Device

Man, what happened to all the sweet mech games, guys?

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Sega hasn't done much worth getting excited about with the Virtual On series in a while, but like so many other of Sega's franchises from its arcade heyday, the series continues to inspire legions of fans to pine for the past.

One such fan is Dan Clarke, an artist over at JP74.com--and fellow mech aficionado. He's produced a series of rather awesome Virtual On posters for your perusal. Clarke hasn't yet committed to producing prints of the posters (though he should!), but they're currently the perfect size for mech-ing up your mobile device.

Makes you wonder what happened to the whole mech genre, anyway. Have we just moved on? Sega tried to revitalize Virtual On on Xbox Live Arcade, but that didn't go anywhere. Perhaps our savior is Capcom's Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor, which swaps the controller of a thousand sons (and buttons) for a completely controllerless experience, relying on Microsoft's Kinect device.

Gulp.

Check out the rest of Clarke's posters on his website.

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@TigerDX said:

I really enjoyed Virtual On on the Saturn. For whatever reason, Oratorio Tangram didn't have the same draw on the Dreamcast, so I wasn't into getting it on XBLA. I guess the formula just can't sustain more than one game.
Some sick dome-explosions in that original, though.

I know what you mean, I felt the exact same way at the time, but I eventually came around and began to see the merits of the DC game.

I play the original Saturn game with this baby :)

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What happened to to the mech genre?  Its called Super Robot Wars.  That is a train that will never run out of steam.

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I'm looking forward to Armored Core 5, being a big fan of the series. Hawken also looks great. And whatever happened to that MechWarrior reboot that was supposed to be happening? They released that teaser trailer, and then nothing.

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@Mayu_Zane said:
@Sin4profit said:
As far as Mech games i have my eye on Hawken
same here
I am so excited for this game. It looks - as they said back when mech games were popular - totally radical.
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@Sin4profit said:
As far as Mech games i have my eye on Hawken
same here
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@MrKlorox: Yes! Don;t know what they where thinking turning it into the shooter that is is now. Hopefully they can turn it around.
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i liked VOOT XBLA. i also have the original Dreamcast version. great games.

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Trenched is what's become of mech games. 

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I want another turn based Front Mission game.

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Really looking forward to Armored Core 5. People just write off that series all too often.

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Double Fine is also working on Trenched, which is sort of a mech game, right?

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I really enjoyed Virtual On on the Saturn. For whatever reason, Oratorio Tangram didn't have the same draw on the Dreamcast, so I wasn't into getting it on XBLA. I guess the formula just can't sustain more than one game.


Some sick dome-explosions in that original, though.
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Those are some great, great looking posters.

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No Angelen? Boo...

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@Echo said:
@Sin4profit said:
As far as Mech games i have my eye on Hawken
Yep. This is number one on my anticipated releases. Game looks so rad.
No doubt, that game looks hawt.
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@Sin4profit said:
As far as Mech games i have my eye on Hawken
Yep. This is number one on my anticipated releases. Game looks so rad.
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Im sad that the trailer for the new Mechwarrior reboot game was the last thing we saw out of that "game" a couple years ago.  We could do with a really well done Mech game based on the Classic Battletech/Mechwarrior canon.  

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Hawken will deliver us from our non-mechanized gaming hell

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Wow, seeing those sweet Saturns on the back of Temjin reminds me of how much I used to love that game.

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As far as Mech games i have my eye on Hawken

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Bah, why'd you have to remind me about the new Steel Battalion? I really want to bust out my old controller for something. Anything.

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Neat - really like this new wave of retro game posters.

Also check out Olly Moss "A Life Well Wasted" and "Video Game Classics" at  http://www.ollymoss.com/


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Awesome those look great!

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Sega hasn't done much worth getting excited about with the Virtual On series in a while, but like so many other of Sega's franchises from its arcade heyday, the series continues to inspire legions of fans to pine for the past.

One such fan is Dan Clarke, an artist over at JP74.com--and fellow mech aficionado. He's produced a series of rather awesome Virtual On posters for your perusal. Clarke hasn't yet committed to producing prints of the posters (though he should!), but they're currently the perfect size for mech-ing up your mobile device.

Makes you wonder what happened to the whole mech genre, anyway. Have we just moved on? Sega tried to revitalize Virtual On on Xbox Live Arcade, but that didn't go anywhere. Perhaps our savior is Capcom's Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor, which swaps the controller of a thousand sons (and buttons) for a completely controllerless experience, relying on Microsoft's Kinect device.

Gulp.

Check out the rest of Clarke's posters on his website.