VR Troopers (Virtual Reality Troopers) was a syndicated
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show produced by
SabanSaban Entertainment , was an Worldwide-served independent American television production company formed in 1988 by music and television producers Haim Saban and Shuki Levy as "Saban Productions", a U.S. subsidiary of "Saban International Paris"...
(creators of the similar
Mighty Morphin Power RangersMighty Morphin Power Rangers is an American live-action television series, created for the American market, based on the 16th installment of the Japanese Super Sentai franchise, Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger. Both the show and its related merchandise saw unbridled overnight success, catapulting into pop...
series) from
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to
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. The show tried to profit from the short-lived
Virtual RealityVirtual reality is a technology which allows a user to interact with a computer-simulated environment, whether that environment is a simulation of the real world or an imaginary world...
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of the 1990s as well as the success of
Power RangersPower Rangers is an American entertainment and merchandising franchise built around a live action children's television series featuring teams of costumed heroes. First produced by Saban Entertainment and later by BVS Entertainment, the premise for the series originated from the Japanese tokusatsu...
.
The show featured early
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and video effects mixed with
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ese stock footage from three different Metal Hero Series:
Super Machine Man Metalder, roughly translated as Superhuman Machine Metalder was Toei's first robot hero TV series since Uchuu Tetsujin Kyodain, the failed replacement show for Kamen Rider Stronger. The series was initially meant to be a remake of an older Toei Tokusatsu series, Kikaider...
,
Dimensional Warrior Spielbantranslated as Spacetime Warrior Spielban is a Japanese tokusatsu television series, part of the Metal Hero Series created by Toei Co. Ltd. from April 7, 1986 to March 9, 1987. Spielban's action footage was used for the battle scenes in VR Troopers.-Plot:...
, and
Space Sheriff Shaider, translated into English as Space Sheriff Shaider, is the third part of the Metal Hero Series, the last of the Space Sheriff Trilogy. It aired on TV Asahi from March 2, 1984 to March 1, 1985.-Plot:...
. This kind of adaptation technique, turning multiple shows into one show, was originally used in anime with shows like
RobotechRobotech is a science fiction franchise that was launched by an 85-episode adaptation of three different anime television series. Within the combined and edited story, Robotechnology refers to the scientific advances discovered in an alien starship that crashed on a South Pacific island...
and
VoltronVoltron is an American animated television series adaptation of two different Japanese anime television series , the series which aired both in syndication and on ABC from September 10,1984 to November 18, 1985, first titled Voltron: Defender of the Universe.There have been two remakes of the...
. This was the first and only time this was used for a
tokusatsuis a Japanese term that describes any live-action film or television drama that usually features superheroes and makes considerable use of special effects ....
adaptation.
The series was deemed successful, but not as successful as the Power Rangers franchise. Unfortunately, for the series, the Japanese footage was quickly exhausted due to extreme cases where multiple tokusatsu scenes were put together in a single episode to the point stock footage had to be reused multiple times throughout the series. Similarly, another Saban program,
Big Bad BeetleborgsBig Bad Beetleborgs was an American television series produced by Saban Entertainment. It aired for two seasons on Fox Kids between September 7, 1996 and March 2, 1998...
, would do well but ultimately end quickly due to a lack of stock footage. Both series were adapted from the Japanese Metal Hero genre, which ended in Japan around the same time. The show spawned a toyline and a
videogameVR Troopers is a fighting game based on the Japanese/American syndicated television series VR Troopers. It was created by Saban Inc. and Syrox Developments.- Description :...
for the
Sega GenesisThe is a fourth-generation video game console released by Sega in Japan in 1988 and Europe in 1990. The console was released in North America in 1989 under the name Genesis, as Sega was unable to secure legal rights to the Mega Drive name in that region...
(Mega Drive).
Plot
Saban's
VR Troopers was the first official "sister series" to the most popular "action fighting kid show" at the time,
Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers. Much like it, this was an Americanization of a Japanese
tokusatsuis a Japanese term that describes any live-action film or television drama that usually features superheroes and makes considerable use of special effects ....
children's program by Toei Company LTD.
The show focused on three young adults in their late teens, Ryan Steele, Kaitlin Star, and J.B. Reese, living in the fictional West Coast town of Cross World City. They regularly attended and were teachers at "Tao's Dojo", a
karateis a martial art developed in the Ryukyu Islands from indigenous fighting methods called and Chinese kenpō. Karate is a striking art using punching, kicking, knee and elbow strikes, and open-handed techniques such as knife-hands...
studio. Ryan was the most focused martial artist; J.B. was the computer wizard; while Kaitlin was a photographer & budding reporter for the local newspaper, the
Underground Voice Daily. One day, Ryan's search for his long-missing father led him and his two friends to a strange
laboratoryA laboratory is a facility that provides controlled conditions in which scientific research, experiments, and measurement may be performed. The title of laboratory is also used for certain other facilities where the processes or equipment used are similar to those in scientific laboratories...
. Inside, a digitized head of Professor Horatio Hart, a friend of Ryan's father Tyler, explained the truth about his life's work of having developed extremely advanced
virtual realityVirtual reality is a technology which allows a user to interact with a computer-simulated environment, whether that environment is a simulation of the real world or an imaginary world...
technologyTechnology is a broad concept that deals with human as well as other animal species' usage and knowledge of tools and crafts, and how it affects a species' ability to control and adapt to its environment...
in secret. "VR" is a
dimensionIn mathematics and physics, the dimension of a space or object is informally defined as the minimum number of coordinates needed to specify each point within it. Thus a line has a dimension of one because only one coordinate is needed to specify a point on it...
existing alongside our own; within it lie mutants and
monsterA monster is any type of legendary creatures which usually appear in legend or horror fiction. The word monster derives from the latin word monstrum, meaning "omen", from the root of monere and also meaning "prodigy" or "miracle"....
s bent on conquering both worlds. The main ruler of these is a creature known as
GrimlordGrimlord is the alter ego of billionaire Karl Ziktor, owner of Ziktor Industries, and the primary enemy of the VR Troopers television series. Grimlord, many years ago, was responsible for the capture of scientist Tyler Steele, and the near death of Professor Horatio Hart, forcing Hart to remain in...
, who, unbeknowst to anyone on
EarthEarth is the third planet from the Sun. It is the fifth largest of the eight planets in the solar system, and the largest of the terrestrial planets in the Solar System in terms of diameter, mass and density...
, has a human identity as billionaire industrialist Karl Ziktor. As Karl Ziktor tries to overcome the barriers of the true
realityReality, in everyday usage, means "the state of things as they actually exist." Literally, the term denotes what is real; in its widest sense, this includes everything that is, whether or not it is observable or comprehensible. Reality in this sense includes being and sometimes is considered to...
to allow his armies easy passage from virtual world, the responsibility falls to Ryan, Kaitlin, and J.B. of defending the
planetA planet , is a celestial body orbiting a star or stellar remnant that is massive enough to be rounded by its own gravity, is not massive enough to cause thermonuclear fusion, and has cleared its neighbouring region of planetesimals.The term planet is ancient, with ties to history, science,...
on both sides of the dimensional barrier. They have assistance in the form of armored bodies having incredible firepower. This included eventual additions to their arsenal, such as a Turbo Cycle, Techno
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, and a flying,
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-blasting Skybase.
Other regular characters on the show included Jeb, Ryan's hound dog, who, after an accident in Prof. Hart's lab, is now capable of human speech; Woody Stocker, Kaitlin's wacky hat-loving boss at the
Underground VoiceVoice may refer to:* Human voice* Voice control or voice activation* Writer's voice* Voice acting* Voice vote* Voice message* Voice , a 2005 South Korean filmIn music:* Vocal music** The human voice in singing...
Daily; Percy Rooney, the local mayor's nephew and Kaitlin's bumbling rival reporter; and Tao, the wise
martial artsMartial arts or fighting arts are systems of codified practices and traditions of training for combat. While they may be studied for various reasons, martial arts share a single objective: to physically defeat other persons and to defend oneself or others from physical threat...
sensei who owns the dojo and a family friend of the Steele Family. Recurring villains include General Ivar, a vicious
rocketA rocket or rocket vehicle is a missile, spacecraft, aircraft or other vehicle which obtains thrust by the reaction of the rocket to the ejection of a jet of fast moving fluid exhaust from a rocket engine. Chemical rockets create their exhaust by the combustion of rocket propellant...
-shaped monster with his own tank; Colonel Icebot, a cold-blooded virtual menace; Decimator, a
swordA sword is a long, edged piece of metal, used in many civilizations throughout the world, primarily as a cutting or thrusting weapon and occasionally for clubbing...
-wielding warrior; the Skugs,
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-headed foot soldiers, and more throughout.
During the second season, the show changed format very slightly. Ryan's father was finally found (having been restored to normal off-camera) and quickly left to help the government research further Virtual Reality-based technology. With him came an upgrade to Ryan's V.R. armor and powers. Grimlord's base of operation switched from a
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to a massive spacecraft, and added new Generals such as DoomMaster and his Vixens, Oraclon, and Despera. The Skugs now had the ability to become more powerful in the form of Ultra-Skugs.
Cybertron
The show was originally called
Cybertron, but was changed to
VR Troopers later because of a copyright issue with
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("
CybertronCybertron is a fictional planet, the homeworld of the the Transformers in the various fictional incarnations of the metaseries and toyline by Hasbro...
" being the name of the title characters' home planet in the various
Transformers properties). The production studio kept the name Cybertron Productions for the show's lifespan, similar to how
Power Rangers kept the name of its original season ("MMPR Productions") until it closed in 2002.
Jason David FrankJason David Frank is an American actor and martial artist, best known for playing Tommy in Power Rangers .-Career:...
was originally cast in the part of Ryan Steele. However, he had to withdraw due to his popularity on
Power Rangers, prompting a return to that series. The theme to Cybertron would be reworked and became the Green Ranger theme ('Go Green Ranger Go') on Power Rangers.
He filmed one episode back when the show was known as
Cybertron. At the time, Frank's character was called Adam Steele. Rough promotional reels of
Cybertron drew its source footage from Metalder. Adam Steele was depicted as a solo hero going up against an entire army of sentient robots known as War Drones who were led by the evil Grimlord. Grimlord's alternate identity in the pilot was known as Cyrus Riktor (Gardner Baldwin) who also had a son named Percy Riktor, Adam's martial arts rival. Tao Chong (Richard Rabago) was also present, but played a more vital role in the show. Tao was not only Adam's caretaker and sensei, he also served the role of Cybertron's mentor; this was dropped and the character Professor Hart occupied the role. Tao also had a daughter named Mia, and Doug Sloan played the part of Tyler Steele. Also featured were a pair of bumbling news reporters named Elmo (played by
Jamie KennedyJames Harvey "Jamie" Kennedy is an American actor, comedian, and rapper.-Early life:Kennedy, the youngest of six children, was born in Upper Darby Township, a suburb of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His family is of Irish Catholic descent. He attended and graduated from Monsignor Bonner High School...
) and Scuzzy, who would've served as the series' comedy relief.
Production
According to early
VR Troopers promotions, Kaitlin had a different last name. Instead of "Star", her surname was referred to as "Hall". Also in these early promos (seen at the beginning of many
Power RangersPower Rangers is an American entertainment and merchandising franchise built around a live action children's television series featuring teams of costumed heroes. First produced by Saban Entertainment and later by BVS Entertainment, the premise for the series originated from the Japanese tokusatsu...
home videos), Professor Hart was played by a different actor, and had an entirely different voice and personality than the Professor that was later used.
Like
Power Rangers,
VR Troopers used a combination of American footage spliced with fight scenes from Japanese shows. The Japanese shows adapted in to
VR Troopers are
Space Sheriff Shaider,
Dimensional Warrior Spielban, and
Super Machine Metalder. All three come from
Toeiis a Japanese film and television production and distribution corporation. Based in Tokyo, Tōei owns and operates thirty-four cinema houses across Japan, a modest vertically-integrated studio system by the standards of the 1930s United States; operates studios at Tōkyō and Kyōto; and is a...
's Metal Hero Series. Specifically, Ryan's first season suit was that from Metalder and his second season suit was from Space Sheriff Shaider. Both JB's and Kaitlin's suits came from Spielban.
Out of all of Saban's tokusatsu adaptations,
VR Troopers uses the oldest source-footage of any series.
Shaider was aired from 1984 to early 1985, making it 11 years old when first used for
VR Troopers in 1995;
Spielban was aired from 1986 to early 1987, making it eight years old when originally used in 1994; and
Metalder was originally aired in 1987 to early 1988, making it seven years old when it was adapted in 1994.
Because more than one Japanese show was used in an episode at any given time, Ryan's alter-ego was never in the same action scene as JB or Kaitlin's (since they were taken from two different shows). Due to this, many episodes involved some sort of plot device that separated Ryan from the other two, forcing them to fight separately. Almost every episode ended with either Ryan or JB destroying the monster of the day (Kaitlin never got to destroy any on her own), at which point his missing comrade(s) would come running up to inquire how the fight went. The only time the group fought "together" or in battle grid mode was all original American footage.
VR Troopers as an adaptation is different in many ways from
Power Rangers and
Big Bad Beetleborgs. Because it was syndicated, the monsters were destroyed more violently; mutant/robot destructions included the monster being split in half, impaled, and decapitated. None of the VR Trooper forms were given names since none of them had one main color.
The show lasted two seasons (1994-'95 and '95-'96) with nearly 100 episodes before it was cancelled in favor of
Big Bad BeetleborgsBig Bad Beetleborgs was an American television series produced by Saban Entertainment. It aired for two seasons on Fox Kids between September 7, 1996 and March 2, 1998...
, which continued to use footage from the Metal Hero Series
Juukou B-Fighter, was a 1995 Japanese tokusatsu television series. B-Fighter is short for "Beetle Fighter". It was part of Toei's ongoing Metal Hero Series. It dealt with three members of the prestigious fighting against the evil forces of the otherworldly Jamahl Empire. It was followed by B-Fighter Kabuto...
and
B-Fighter Kabutois a Japanese television series in the Metal Hero Series. It is the sequel to Juukou B-Fighter taking place ten years after the preceding B-Fighter series and aired from 1996 to 1997. The action footage and props were used for the Beetleborgs Metallix series.-Plot:Ten years after the destruction of...
.
The series was cancelled because all the fight footage was used up. All three of the Metal Hero shows used in the series had a lot of
human vs. human battles. However, because the fights featured close-ups of Japanese actors, it was deemed unusable. Distance shots were usable in some of the fights, and battles with the monster footage were also kind of limited (splicing up to 2-3 episodes), but otherwise such footage was limited. In addition, because many episodes of fight footage from
Metalder/
Shaider and
Spielban were being used in a single episode, the footage ran out faster.
In Season 1, the show would open with the traditional "Today on
Saban's VR Troopers" teaser, showing scenes from the episode and narrated by
Dave MallowDavid J. Mallow is an American voice actor. One of his known aliases is Colin Phillips.-Life and career:Mallow was born in Park Ridge, Illinois. His father worked in radio and television and was a thirty year veteran at Chicago's WGN...
. After the "Quest For Power" mini-series in Season 2, however, Ryan, Kaitlin, or J.B. took over the part and narrated the teaser (and in the
first-personFirst-person narrative is a narrative mode in which a story is narrated by only one character at a time, who explicitly refers to him- or herself using words and phrases involving "I" and/or "we"...
to boot).
Various voice actors were listed under different
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s in this series. For example, in the Season 1 end credits,
Kerrigan MahanKerrigan Mahan is an American voice actor, also known as Ryan O'Flannigan.Mahan was born in Los Angeles, California. His voice ranges from young and exuberant to sneering and Lee Van Cleef-ish...
was credited under his pseudonym,
Ryan O'Flannigan (which was also the name credited for doing the voice of
GoldarGoldar , is a fictional character from the Power Rangers universe, first appearing in the American series Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. He is a powerful yet very overconfident warrior that served under the command of Rita Repulsa and Lord Zedd. He usually fought alongside Scorpina or Rito Revolto...
in the early seasons of
Mighty Morphin Power RangersMighty Morphin Power Rangers is an American live-action television series, created for the American market, based on the 16th installment of the Japanese Super Sentai franchise, Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger. Both the show and its related merchandise saw unbridled overnight success, catapulting into pop...
); in Season 2, he would be credited under his real name and was properly identified as Jeb's voiceover. Likewise,
Richard EpcarRichard Michael Epcar is an American voice actor for many dubbed anime series, including Robotech, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex and Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG, and most recently Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo. One of his known aliases is Richard George...
was occasionally listed in the end credits under a pseudonym of his own,
Richard George (although he was credited under his real name for the first two episodes of the series), and
Mike ReynoldsMichael Lee Reynolds is a voice actor who is also known as Mike L. Reynolds, Mark Richards, Peter Brooks, Hank Smith, and Ray Michaels.- Career :...
was credited under the name
Ray Michaels.
Season 1
| Title | Original Airdate | # |
|---|
| "The Battle Begins, Part One" |
September 3 1994 |
1 |
| "The Battle Begins, Part Two" |
September 10 1994 |
2 |
| "Error in the System" |
September 14 1994 |
3 |
| "Lost Memories" |
September 15 1994 |
4 |
| "Battle For the Books" |
September 16 1994 |
5 |
| "Oh Brother" |
September 19 1994 |
6 |
| "Grimlord Grimlord is the alter ego of billionaire Karl Ziktor, owner of Ziktor Industries, and the primary enemy of the VR Troopers television series. Grimlord, many years ago, was responsible for the capture of scientist Tyler Steele, and the near death of Professor Horatio Hart, forcing Hart to remain in...
's Challenge" |
September 20 1994 |
7 |
| "Computer Captive" |
September 21 1994 |
8 |
| "Kaitlin's Little Helper" |
September 22 1994 |
9 |
| "The Virtual Spy" |
September 23 1994 |
10 |
| "The Virtual V-6" |
September 26 1994 |
11 |
| "No One's Friend" |
September 27 1994 |
12 |
| "Dogmatic Change" |
September 28 1994 |
13 |
| "Searching For Tyler Steele Tyler Steele was a character in the VR Troopers television series, produced by Saban Entertainment. Tyler Steele was the father of Ryan Steele. He was captured during an ambush and, throughout the first series of the show, the search for Tyler Steele was a running theme of the plot.-"Defending Dark...
" |
September 30 1994 |
14 |
| "Save the Trees" |
October 3 1994 |
15 |
| "A Dirty Trick" |
October 4 1994 |
16 |
| "Kaitlin's Front Page" |
October 5 1994 |
17 |
| "The Dognapping" |
October 7 1994 |
18 |
| "My Dog's Girlfriend" |
October 10 1994 |
19 |
| "Digging For Fire" |
October 11 1994 |
20 |
| "The Great Brain Robbery" |
October 12 1994 |
21 |
| "The Dojo Plot" |
October 14 1994 |
22 |
| "Grimlord's Greatest Hits" |
October 19 1994 |
23 |
| "The Disappearance" |
October 25 1994 |
24 |
| "Nightmares" |
October 31 1994 |
25 |
| "Secret Admirer" |
November 3 1994 |
26 |
| "Grimlord's House of Fear" |
November 4 1994 |
27 |
| "Three Strikes" |
November 7 1994 |
28 |
| "Danger in the Deep" |
November 8 1994 |
29 |
| "Small But Mighty" |
November 9 1994 |
30 |
| "Defending Dark Heart, Part One" |
November 14 1994 |
31 |
| "Defending Dark Heart, Part Two" |
November 15 1994 |
32 |
| "Defending Dark Heart, Part Three" |
November 16 1994 |
33 |
| "Defending Dark Heart, Part Four" |
November 17 1994 |
34 |
| "Ghost Biker" |
November 18 1994 |
35 |
| "Endangered Species" |
November 21 1994 |
36 |
| "Field Goal" |
November 22 1994 |
37 |
| "The Littlest Trooper" |
November 23 1994 |
38 |
| "The Reality Virus" |
November 29 1994 |
39 |
| "Friends in Need" |
November 30 1994 |
40 |
| "Good Trooper, Bad Trooper" |
February 6 1995 |
41 |
| "The Transmutant" |
February 7 1995 |
42 |
| "Who's King of the Mountain?" |
February 8 1995 |
43 |
| "The Couch Potato Kid" |
February 9 1995 |
44 |
| "The Old Switcharoo" |
February 10 1995 |
45 |
| "Race to the Rescue" |
February 13 1995 |
46 |
| "Fiddler on the Loose" |
February 14 1995 |
47 |
| "Virtually Powerless" |
February 15 1995 |
48 |
| "New Kids on the Planet" |
February 20 1995 |
49 |
| "Message From Space" |
February 22 1995 |
50 |
| "The Rise of the Red Python, Part One" |
February 27 1995 |
51 |
| "The Rise of the Red Python, Part Two" |
February 28 1995 |
52 |
Season 2
| Title | Original Airdate | # |
|---|
| "Mutant Mutiny" |
September 11 1995 |
53 |
| "Trooper Out of Time" |
September 12 1995 |
54 |
| "Secret Power" |
September 13 1995 |
55 |
| "Quest For Power, Part One" |
September 18 1995 |
56 |
| "Quest For Power, Part Two" |
September 19 1995 |
57 |
| "Quest For Power, Part Three" |
September 20 1995 |
58 |
| "Quest For Power, Part Four" |
September 21 1995 |
59 |
| "Quest For Power, Part Five" |
September 22 1995 |
60 |
| "Fashion Victims" |
September 25 1995 |
61 |
| "Game Over" |
September 26 1995 |
62 |
| "Watered Down" |
September 27 1995 |
63 |
| "The Negative Factor" |
October 2 1995 |
64 |
| "Kaitlin Through the Looking Glass, Part One" |
October 3 1995 |
65 |
| "Kaitlin Through the Looking Glass, Part Two" |
October 4 1995 |
66 |
| "Kaitlin Goes Hollywood" |
October 9 1995 |
67 |
| "Grimlord Takes Root" |
October 10 1995 |
68 |
| "The Disk" |
October 11 1995 |
69 |
| "Virtual Venom" |
October 16 1995 |
70 |
| "New World Order" |
October 17 1995 |
71 |
| "Grimlord's Children" |
October 18 1995 |
72 |
| "The Millennium Sabre" |
October 24 1995 |
73 |
| "Grimlord's Dark Secret, Part One" |
November 2 1995 |
74 |
| "Grimlord's Dark Secret, Part Two" |
November 3 1995 |
75 |
| "On the Wrong Track" |
November 6 1995 |
76 |
| "Forward Into the Past" |
November 7 1995 |
77 |
| "Into Oraclon's Web" |
November 8 1995 |
78 |
| "Santa's Secret Trooper" |
November 13 1995 |
79 |
| "The Charmeeka Invasion" |
November 14 1995 |
80 |
| "Dream Battle" |
November 15 1995 |
81 |
| "A Hard Day's Mutant" |
November 20 1995 |
82 |
| "Magnetic Attraction" |
November 21 1995 |
83 |
| "Get Me to the Lab on Time" |
November 27 1995 |
84 |
| "Grimlord's Big Breakout" |
November 28 1995 |
85 |
| "Field and Scream" |
February 5 1996 |
86 |
| "The Duplitron Dilemma" |
February 6 1996 |
87 |
| "Despera Strikes Back" |
February 7 1996 |
88 |
| "The Ghost of Cross World Forest" |
February 12 1996 |
89 |
| "Grimlord's Dummy" |
February 13 1996 |
90 |
| "Time Out" |
February 20 1996 |
91 |
| "Galileo's New Memory" |
February 21 1996 |
92 |
See also
- Virtual Dungeon
The Virtual Dungeon was the first stronghold of the arch villain Grimlord in the Saban series VR Troopers. The interior consisted of footage taken from Choujinki Metalder, where it was known in that show as God Neros's "Ghost Bank." In VR Troopers, various voice actors dubbed lines to bring the...
- Virtual Dark Fortress
The Virtual Dark Fortress was the secondary base of Grimlord , the main villain of Saban's VR Troopers, created with the activation of an energy prism containing a download of Tyler Steele 's knowledge of Virtual Reality...
- List of Mutants and Cyborgs in VR Troopers
VHS & DVD Release
In the US five VHS videos were released: Lost Memories, Oh Brother, Computer Captive, Error in the System and Virtual V6.
In the UK four DVDs were released by Jetix Films. They included three single disc Volumes and a Mega Disc DVD that contained 8 various episodes that were released across the first three Volumes. At this time there are no plans for a US DVD release.
External links