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アドヴァンスド ヴァリアブル・ジオ
©1994 TGL/GIGA
Release : 1994-7-22 (¥8800)
SuperCDRom² GLCD4001
Fighting game
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Advance Variable Geo, Advance V.G for short, is a one-on-one
fighting game by TGL (Technical Group Laboratory) and only features powerful
and cheerful cute girl fighters. The player can pick a fighter from
an impressive list of nine: Yuka Takeuchi a waitress and
heroine of the game, Chiho Masuda a Ninja-girl, Manami
Kusunoki a weird and cute girl with cat-gloves, Jun
Kubota, Satomi Yajima, Ayako Yuki, Elirin,
Kaori Yanase and Reimi Jahana. Like many traditional fighting games,
Advance Variable Geo offers two single play modes : 'Normal' where the player can
train against any fighter and 'Story mode' where only Yuka is playable -
without forgetting the obligatory two-player versus mode.
The story of the game is quite unusual - waitresses
from different restaurants fight in large tournaments using powerful
super-attacks and special fighting techniques. Controls are
similar to the ones found in ultra-popular games such as Capcom's excellent
Street Fighter : Low/Hi kick, Low/Hi punch and each
fighter has her own set of special moves. It is strongly recommended to play
Advance Variable Geo with a 6-Buttons controller.
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Variable Geo was first released in 1993 for the NEC PC-9801 Japanese computer.
Advance Variable Geo was also released for Nintendo's
Super Famicom and was renamed, as you would have probably guessed, Super Variable Geo.
Other conversions came out later for Sony's Playstation
in 1996 and Sega's Saturn in 1997. A special collection edition is also available
for the Playstation and comes in a larger box which includes a jigsaw. A sequel,
called Advanced V.G. 2 was released for Sony's Playstation in 1998.
An animated series called Variable Geo was also released in Japan.
It closely follows the game's story and features a fighting tournament organized to determine
the world strongest (female fighter) waitress. The anime has however an odd aspect to
it and every attack sorts of tear up
the fighter's clothing to shreds. I let you imagine the outcome, hence the series
only features female characters...
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Advance Variable Geo was released quite late in
the PC Engine system's life, which is usually not a bad thing and is
often synonymous with the word 'quality'.
Fighting games were hot back in 1994
with titles such as Capcom's Street Fighter or
SNK's Fatal Fury leading the genre.
In this context, Advance V.G, despite showing some
great qualities (large sprites, nice library of moves), fails to deeply impress and ends up being
just above average. Nothing bad, really, it is certainly highly playable and features
nicely done cutscenes and character design.
All in all, a correct fighter which will certainly appeal
to hardcore fans of the genre but without adding anything
particularly new to it.
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