Virus (ウイルス Uirusu?) is an action-adventure game developed and published by Hudson Soft and released in 1997 on the Sega Saturn in Japan.
Plot[]
In the 22nd century, the Earth was completely destroyed by wars, people have abandoned their planet for space in search of a new home. Various space colonies have been established, but even then, the people could not find happiness, and soon their only source of feelings and occupation became the "Cyber Net", a virtual world where people could experience simple emotions such as love or hatred.
One day, a deadly virus was discovered in the Cyber Net. A special unit called Blue Metal was sent to annihilate the virus. But something went wrong, and the members of the unit were killed. Serge Shadix, one of the members of the unit, survived but his brother Leon never came back. This accident made Serge join a special force, STAND, which specialized in cybernetic crimes. It is up to Serge to solve the mystery and discover the secret of the virus.
Gameplay[]
Virus is a SFI adventure game which includes shooter elements, similar to Snatcher, but with much more developed and frequent combat. During the adventure portions of the game, the player views locations and talks to characters from a first-person perspective, and interacting with the environment in a point-and-click fashion, by selecting icons from a bar, and then moving the cursor on the screen to select the object to interact with. The game also features many puzzles to solves. Weapons and items can be bought in stores and could then be used during the battles.
Legacy[]
The game was later adapted into an anime, Virus Buster Serge, and a game directly based on the anime, Virus: The Battle Field, was made for the PlayStation. Both were made by different companies.