Variable Geo
| Variable Geo | |
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Front cover of V.G.: Variable Geo for the PC-9801, the first title of the series.
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| Developer(s) |
Giga (home computers) TGL (home consoles) |
| Publisher(s) | Giga TGL (home consoles) |
| Designer(s) | Takahiro Kimura |
| Platform(s) | PC9800, Turbo CD, SNES, PC, PlayStation, Sega Saturn |
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| Genre(s) | Fighting game/bishōjo |
| Mode(s) | Up to 2 players simultaneously |
Variable Geo (ヴァリアブル・ジオ?), also known as V.G., is a Japanese 2D fighting game / eroge series developed and published by Giga for home computers. It was also developed and published by Technical Group Laboratory (TGL) for home game consoles. It focuses on an all-female martial arts competition where participants are required to promote various family restaurants by acting as waitresses when not fighting.
Similar in many respects to other fighting games of the day, gameplay in Variable Geo utilizes a four-button layout, with two buttons each for punches and kicks of differing strength and speed. Special moves are initiated by keying in various movements using the control pad or joystick and punctuated with the press of one of the punch or kick buttons.
Following the trend of other fighting games such as Street Fighter and The King of Fighters series, as well as Ningyou Tsukai, later games would add a special meter that would fill as the player inflicts or receives damage. Filling the bar would result in a stock of "Energy" being acquired, which could either be used for one of a number of enhanced super special attacks, or saved for later use in the match. Some moves also require more than one Special Stock to be acquired before being able to use them.
Both characters begin any given fight with a full health bar that is depleted as they take damage from attacks. The first character to have her health completely depleted is the loser. In a single player game, defeating a CPU-controlled character yields a reward, showcasing the defeated character in an imaginary situation where she is either forced to commit an embarrassing (usually sexual) act in public or private, or is raped by an unseen assailant or assailants.
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