#Advanced Variable Geo

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Advanced Variable Geo

Variable Geo certainly wasn’t a good fighting game. Like many adult games, it primarily existed to show off its naked female contestants, with the quality of the fighting action coming in at a distant second, not to mention the inherent ropiness of PC98 action games. Such games have a limited audience to their content, but the publishers must’ve felt the series had mass market appeal. Which is why later on the game underwent a reboot on various console systems as Advanced V.G., with questionable content heavily toned down or removed altogether, depending on the platform, making the V.G. series accessible to more players.

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Advanced Variable Geo 2 Opening

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Sketch dump! The last few pages of my sketch book where I tested out watercolour ground and how it reacts to different watercolours.

I had a lot of fun with these!

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Kaori Yanase fanart

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[ercdouken]

Advanced V.G. 2 - Kaori Yanase Playthrough

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【PlayStation】

Advanced V.G. | アドヴァンスト ヴァリアブル・ジオ ~Intro/Demo

// Credits

// MiSTer FPGA / PSX core // Y/C Composite // Sony KV-13TR20 CRT TV

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Console Fighting Games of 1998 - Advanced V.G. 2

Advanced V.G. 2 also known as Advanced Variable Geo 2 is the fifth entry in the all-female roster fighting game series. Developed by Technical Group Laboratory Inc, the game was released on the PlayStation exclusively in Japan on the 23rd of September 1998. 

Advanced V.G. 2 would also get a re-release on the console in 2003 as a part of the Japanese SuperLite 1500 series of budget re-releases. In 2017 the game would also receive a re-release on the PSP, PS Vita and PS3 via the PlayStation Network again in Japan only. 

1. Intro 00:00 

2. Games Intro 00:10 

3. Gameplay 01:24 

4. Outro 03:56 

Console Fighting Games of 1993 

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFJOZYl1h1CFcKSo9Eglrv2NFDHAqNDRi 

Console Fighting Games of 1994 

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFJOZYl1h1CF-R5w4NujQcYo8cCcOMHYv 

Console Fighting Games of 1995 

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFJOZYl1h1CEUiZn8FlwHoMcwoOzUqchX 

Console Fighting Games of 1996 

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFJOZYl1h1CF0j9K_v7UqS3dxjwh6XIIM 

Console Fighting Games of 1997 

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFJOZYl1h1CFm1r27Q5PvbO_4CjYYsj4- 

Console Fighting Games of 1998 

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFJOZYl1h1CHG7kROLoO-HAXmmzib8cd4

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DJ Mute City - 420 Future Mall

Golden Eye 007 - A Pleasant Drive in St. Petersburg Advanced Variable Geo 2 - Kaori’s Theme Love Therapy - Bossa Nova 01 & 02 Ultramarine - Stella Ever 17: The Out of Infinity - Drittes Auge The Big Blue - Between the Sky Scraper The Menkyou Shutoku Simulation - Exam BGM Persona 3 - During the Test Paul Hardcastle - First Light Burn Up Scramble - Scramble City Karyuujou - BGM5 The Volleyball - Urban Tricky Sliders - Lingering Night Glow Toonami: Deep Space Bass - Spacetime The Volleyball - Asia 702 - You Don’t Know K. - Under the Same Sky (Groove That Step Mix) Sasha - A Key To Heaven For A Heavenly Trance Jinguji Saburo Ashes and Diamond - Raindrop in Twilight Ever 17 - Weiser Hund Fuuraiki 2 - BGM 31 Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter - Ryu Ending Alpine Racer 3 - Sheer Madness Purumui Purumui - Ending Ever 17 - Ersteboden Satisphee - Staff Credits Street Fighter EX 2 Plus - Staff Credits Ever17: The Out of Infinity - Insel Null Paul Hardcastle - Angelic Chimes

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Dengeki PlayStation F2, April Special Issue, Volume 19 ( April 10, 1996)

Archive.org upload w/webview .PDF and .ZIP of the full resolution scans: archive.org/details/dengeki-play-station-f2-vol19

I bought this magazine for the Guilty Gear beta article (which I hope to translate soon), but it's absolutely loaded with interesting early fighting game reviews/previews as well as a decent Final Fantasy 7 preview article.

Translation of the table of contents with the English title in brackets (where applicable):

[LEFT COLUMN] Dengeki [electric shock/attack] PlayStation April Special Issue F2 SPECIAL REPORT - A volley of big titles! ● Exclusive screenshots of the hottest new wave of fighting games! GUILTY GEAR….8 ● The latest information on the PS version of the latest popular Neo-Geo title!

[SNK Special] The King of Fighters '95….13 Samurai Spirits: Zankoro Musouken [Samurai Shodown III]….14 Real Bout Garou Densetsu [Real Bout Fatal Fury]….15

● Super latest information on very big titles that we can't wait until December FFVII [Final Fantasy 7]….148 ● The latest RPG from the tag team of SCE and MediaVision Wild Arms….154 ● Simulation romance in which a vampire protagonist plays an active role in high school life BLOODY BRIDE ~Imadoki no Vampire~ [Today's Vampire: Bloody Bride]….158

Kiokusoshi [(computer) storage element] F2 Strategy and data of fighting games post-release Street Fighter Zero….74 Toushinden 2 [Battle Arena Toshinden 2]….84 Suikoden….90 Goukouji Clan 2….94 Fire Pro Wrestling: Iron Slam ‘96….98 Don't Lose! Magic Kendo 2 [Kendo Rage 2]….100 Sora Ninku….102 Champion Wrestler: Jikkyou Live….103 …and more―

[RIGHT COLUMN] Unrivaled Lightning Combat! The hottest hand-picked PlayStation fighters of today.

Tekken 2 Tekken 2 for PS is here, with numerous special modes and amazing high quality CG movies, far surpassing the arcade version! Really useful in-depth strategy, Part 1….18

● The PS version of "Tekken 2" has finally been released with a reputation as the best bishoujo fighting game! Advanced V.G. [Variable Geo]….34 ● The latest information on this title that all PS users have been waiting for! Vampire [Darkstalkers]….46 ● Easy controls and a variety of action! A very promising title in the bishoujo fighting genre!! Asuka 120% Special….56 Galaxy Fight….62 Mobile Suit Gundam Ver.2.0….66 Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Super S. [Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon SuperS: All Members!! Championship Contest]….68

Arcade Special: The arcade wave is sweeping over the PS… ● Report on the entertainment system trade show, which will occupy the entire game scene in the future. AOU Show Reported '96….116 ● A preview of the latest installment in the classic and very popular series. Street Fighter ZERO 2….122 ● The latest arcade fighter on the System 11 board. As expected, a PS port for… Soul Edge….124

[BROWN LOWER BOX] New software schedule….6 [Manga] Tekken 2: Hajimete Monogatari [The First Legend/Story]….106 [Patient Corner] F's Servants….110 Readers' Survey….114 Dengeki Soft Station….127 Software Maker Question Box F2….144 Dengeki News Station….146 Dengeki PS extra issue preview….160 Next issue preview + Game Index….161

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Protagonist Poll (Round 4)

(Note: Filia is excluded because I refuse to acknowledge what Skullgirls has become.)

~R

[hardcore-gaming-101]

Advanced Variable Geo 2

The first Advanced V.G. game is a very mediocre take on Street Fighter II formula, with some Fatal Fury thrown in for good measure. Of course, it’s  understandable that it’s very hard to exceed the industry veterans in their field, especially when your prior experience was mainly adult games for Japanese PCs. TGL surely learned their lesson and focused their effort on the sequel, Advanced Variable Geo 2, released in 1998 exclusively for the Sony PlayStation. But is this one still another run of the mill fighter featuring a cast of pretty gals, or maybe there’s more than meets the eye?

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CG images from Firecracker Music Collection vol. A2 - Advanced Variable Geo 2 special edition

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Sega Saturn - Advanced Variable Geo

Title: Advanced Variable Geo / アドヴァンスト ヴァリアブル・ジオ

Developer: Interrupt / Studio Deen

Publisher: Technical Group Laboratory (TGL)

Release date: 14 March 1997

Catalogue No.: T-32501G

Genre: 2D Fighting

TGL are not really known for their great games but they do have a cult following like many crappy Japanese game companies do. Advanced VG comes in slightly above that crappy game company image but only just. The Saturn has its fair share of girly fighters such as Sonic Council, Pretty Fighter X, Asuka 120% Burning Fest, Sailormoon SuperS, and the piss-poor Fist. So how does Advanced VG stand up to those? Well, it’s certainly no Asuka 120% but it’s not as bad as Pretty Fighter X either. Graphically it’s not much of an improvement over the original Super Famicom and PC Engine Super CD versions apart from bigger sprites. The animation seems just as poor as the background. However, the Saturn version does have much better cut scenes but even these are poor for what a Saturn can do. Playability-wise this is also a bit of a dud with only the most basic of moves available and hardly any combinations. Sound-wise it’s not too bad I guess but I still wouldn’t listen to the music on its own apart from the opening and intro themes.

To be honest I wouldn’t bother getting this unless you’re a sucker for girly fighters or just want it for collection purposes. Even with a Story mode (that’s annoying because you can’t skip anything) this isn’t going to keep you entertained for long.

There was also a limited-edition box set which comes with a jigsaw puzzle and is a whopping 25 cm x 32 cm in size. That box set carries the catalogue code T-32506G.

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Advanced V.G. 2 (PS1) - Ayako Yuuki Normal Playthrough

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【PC Engine CD】

Advanced V.G. | アドヴァンスト ヴァリアブル・ジオ ~Intro/Demo

// Credits

// MiSTer FPGA / TurboGrafx16 core // Y/C Composite // Sony KV-13TR20 CRT TV