I traced a few old web pages over the last several months, and I've dug up quite a few random pics of VO in it's past, so heres a small collection

It's all very random, but I thought I'd share anyways.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=VH6HF3SF
I had a copious amount of posts there, so it was incredibly dismaying when it disappeared, and it was horrible news that the database and all backups were deleted and unrecoverable. And now the domain is used for advertising. Oh well, I will try to pay my hosting and domain fees on time (I've been doing fine with this site for 9 years now!).RVR - 42 wrote:Yea I had some of the virtualon.net stuff saved as my favorite, etc, but it's gone now. =/ So, so sad. I'll have to contribute to the preservation once I get back home to my PC.
It was either the same or my real name.RVR - 42 wrote:Was your name the same there as it is here? I can't remember what mine was...I wasn't too involved there. I came over from VOGZ. But yea 9 years? Geez man! Way to go! Keep it up...we need a palce to come and be one massive force for VO.
Honestly I didn't have much hope.somepunk wrote:Wow your really hung in there Menthol, did you expect a revival like this eventually? I'm sure there where several like me, who came across the site and thought it was dead, but bookmarked it anyways, that was two years ago, and nothing had been posted in months! Pretty wild.
Yeah seriously... I had stopped playing any form of Virtual-on about 2-3 years ago and had pretty much moved on. But nooooooooooo Sega actually had to do something badassed an re-release a bunch of old awesome Sega games. *insert sound clip from Altered Beast* Aside from VO:OT I'm also psyched for Jet Grind Radio to be re-released.MentholMoose wrote:Honestly I didn't have much hope.
Consider the avalability of netlink edition, price, as well as the price and avalability of internet at the time......odds are it did much better in japan, but that was probrably a record breaker in america at the time. Things like that didn't really take off till the dreamcast, with a faster modem and the fact that it came with the system. Also more people had internet at that time too so...VMS wrote:I could find no footage available online of Sega Saturn VO Netlink Edition versus play.
So, I dusted off my old SVHS tapes and posted them. I created a YouTube channel here:
http://www.youtube.com/virtuaroid
Don't forget to watch them in "HQ".
It's interesting to see how the Netlink worked, and the matches themselves are fairly satisfying, with similarly-ranked players. Also a good look into just what kind of skills the VO Netlinkers were using at the time.
I'd say there were less than 50 dedicated users in the whole USA playing VO over Netlink. More like 20. What a successful product, Sega!
Lol ^^