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Polygon Nightmare - Old School VR

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Hi. im Swedish guy with early dreams of VR since i first tried the "Virtuality" arcade machine "Nightmare" later called "Dactyl Nightmare". My goal is to bring my childhood dream back from the dead, for the historic value and because it was a lot of peoples first VR experience!

I have gain the original Programer and graphic designers blessing to recreate the game. but have failed to reach the actual owner of the Game.

The game will be Free of charge and should NOT be redistributed without my knowledge.



Everything is built from scratch and is measured by eye sight from this lone clip!
all 3D work is made in sketchup and all sound effects are taken from the original videoclip.



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"purifier82" wrote:
I've just decided this will be the first demo I'll try
on the dk2 and just wanted to say thanks for giving me this retro-joy 🙂


I dont know what to say. i am so happy and overwhelmed by all reactions to the simple demo!!! 😄
i will continue to upgrade this demo by time and hopefully reach a higher level of realism and game function. next goal is a simple AI to shoot at or if someone will help me out even multiplayer support

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"cybereality" wrote:
Yeah, it was in stereo.


Actually that's not correct none of the Virtuality machines ran in stereo. The 2000 series had that capability but all games had 100% overlap on the Left and Right eyes. The worlds were true 3D, which was very impressive for the time especially as they were real-time.


I owned 2 x 1000SD machines and a 2000 Duo, and used them for corporate entertainment and exhibitions in the UK. There was another company that rented out the 1000CS machines and we used to play each others machines when we were at the same shows, so I've played DM 100's of times.

I played your demo for the first time yesterday and the moment I put my Rift on I said 'OMG I'm there, I'm back in the 90s' :lol:

I stood on the moving platforms and they worked fine. The flying Dactyl looked just like the original and I managed to shoot it after a few goes. That game isn't far off, just a few bits and bobs to sort like the player body, the IK and obviously another player to shoot at.

Very impressed.

There is a guy in the UK who has refurbished a 1000CS and I played it about a month ago. It was excellent and despite the low res graphics there was no motion sickness

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I hope you enjoy. Please leave comments here http://www.virtualrealityreviewer.com/dactyl-nightmare-90s-virtual-reality-oculus-rift/ it will help us out a lot with google ranking.
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WhelanWeb Thanx for the review :shock:
Im absolutely stunned that my simple work would be appreciated and acknowledged by the community!?

Loved your review!!! 🙂

Best regards / "Now i definitely will work on this demo"

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@WhelanWeb

Good review.

The Dactyl in the original Virtuality game swooped down after a preset number of shots had been fired (10 or 12 iirc) so I doubt this demo has that trigger set.

If you ever find yourself in Leicester then make sure you visit the Retro Computer Museum http://www.retrocomputermuseum.co.uk/ as they have what is likely to be the only running CS1000 anywhere.

Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/RetroComputerMuseum?fref=ts

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"V8Griff" wrote:
@WhelanWeb

Good review.

The Dactyl in the original Virtuality game swooped down after a preset number of shots had been fired (10 or 12 iirc) so I doubt this demo has that trigger set.

If you ever find yourself in Leicester then make sure you visit the Retro Computer Museum http://www.retrocomputermuseum.co.uk/ as they have what is likely to be the only running CS1000 anywhere.

Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/RetroComputerMuseum?fref=ts


Thanks for your comments and the tip. I would love to get to the Retro Computer Museum some day but im not sure my kids would enjoy it as much as I would. 😄
Got a game in development or a cool piece of VR tech you want to show off? We are looking for demos, trailers and all things VR. Just send us a mail and we would be more than happy to feature it on our site. http://www.virtualrealityreviewer.com

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Hi Breton!

Great remake! So have you made any progress? Any luck finding a programmer to help adding multiplayer? Unfortunately i can't help myself, but thought I'd give this thread a bump so somebody else might notice ... 😉
i7-4790K @4.00 GHz, EVGA GTX 980 SC, 16 GB RAM, Win 8.1 64 Bit

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SputnikKaputtnik thanx! Sadly the answer i no. I have not made any contact with some skilled Unity developer as i hoped for, but as this is my only contribute to the rift scen, i will do what i can to progress my own knoledge to make this game solid. starting with a AI to actualy shot and destroy.

thanx to WhelanWeb http://www.virtualrealityreviewer.com/ there still be a chance this demo will make it into a reality for us senior VR lovers. 🙂

purifier82
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Will you release the 0.4 compatible version soon? 🙂
Si vis pacem para bellum

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I will update to 0.4 as soon as possible. For now i have presious little time because of work.....(all work and no play makes "Breton" a dull boy) 😄