From 1991 to 1996 W Industries Virtuality systems defined the image of VR in the location based entertainment arena. Here in the US, Horizon Entertainment was their sole distributor. W Industries was remarkably innovative with their use of technology, but their “innovations” in finances were not so successful. Arcade operators had a difficult time breaking even; motivated by their IPO, W extended credit to these operators to bolster their sales figures; and by 1996 W was in receivership leaving stockholders and vendors less than whole.
However… Virtuality, first using an Amiga platform and later a 486 PC, achieved a remarkable quality of game play for those early years. This collection of videos will give you a flavor. Thanks go out to Fronzel who generously compiled many of these. Watch!
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- GamePro TV - 5 - Dactyl Nightmare - Part 2
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- 10:14
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- 6,557
- Description
- Episode of GamePro TV from the early 90s
Contents:
SWAT - Super Ghouls 'N Ghosts - SNES
SWAT - Road Rash - Genesis
Ask The Pros - Roger Rabbit - NES
Pro Review - Dragon Warrior 3 - NES
SWAT - Impossamole - TG16
Inside Info - Blockbuster Rental Stats - April 1992
The Cutting Edge - Virtuality
Inside...
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- GamePro TV - 5 - Dactyl Nightmare - Part 1
- Runtime
- 10:05
- Views
- 4,626
- Description
- Episode of GamePro TV from the early 90s
Contents:
SWAT - Super Ghouls 'N Ghosts - SNES
SWAT - Road Rash - Genesis
Ask The Pros - Roger Rabbit - NES
Pro Review - Dragon Warrior 3 - NES
SWAT - Impossamole - TG16
Inside Info - Blockbuster Rental Stats - April 1992
The Cutting Edge - Virtuality
Inside...
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- Virtuality
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- 3:21
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- 4,575
- Description
- Virtuality is a line of virtual reality gaming machines that could be found in arcades and 'Virtuality Centres' in the 1990s and are still for sale and private hire.
The player wears a head-mounted display (the 'Visette') whilst standing within a circle of waist-height sensors and holding a free-mov...
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- Virtuality SU2000 Dactyl Nightmare
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- 0:53
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- 1,953
- Description
- This is probably Virtuality's most famous and most played game. This version of Dactyl Nightmare is a port of the 1000 series adding slightly better graphics. You shoot the other players while hoping not to be caught by the dactyl (Some kind of flying dinosaur)
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- Virtuality SU2000 Boxing
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- 2:30
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- 915
- Description
- This is the Boxing game from the Virtuality SU2000 Arcade Virtual Reality machines. The SU2000 can be interlinked so you can play against a friend.
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- Virtuality SU2000 Zone Hunter
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- 3:11
- Views
- 722
- Description
- Zone Hunter is a game for the 2000 series of Virtuality arcade machines. You play a kind of mercenary just shooting basically everything that moves. We called the game Robocop as the player and gun were looking a lot like Robocop from the movies.
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- Virtuality Ghost train (gameplay)
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- 0:52
- Views
- 469
- Description
- Ghost train for the Virtuality 2000 series sitdown. basically you just sit in a train and shoot everything that moves.
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- Virtuality SU3000 Winchester Total Recoil Arcade machine promo Video
- Runtime
- 1:04
- Views
- 469
- Description
- This is the Promo Video from the Su3000 Winchester "Total Recoil" machines. The difference to the normal (Recoil-less) SU3000 machines is that the rifle is a replica of an actual Winchester Shotgun (Used under license of Winchester) which features a Co2 powered blowback mechanism for additional imme...
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- Virtuality Zero Hour (HQ)
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- 2:41
- Views
- 468
- Description
- Virtuality zero Hour was the last game Virtuality made and imho it is the best most immersive Virtual Reality game ever made. It runs on SU3000/Total Recoil hardware. The gameplay itself is best described as a mix between "Virtua Cop" and "Lethal Enforcers". You can shoot much of the scenery and the...
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- Virtuality Dactyl Nightmare 2 - Race for the eggs
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- 0:50
- Views
- 366
- Description
- The second installment of the Dactyl Nightmare series is all about eggs. Basically you have to steal Dactyl eggs. The graphics are better than the first part, but the gameplay is a bit odd.
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- Virtuality Ghost Train SD2000
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- 2:48
- Views
- 307
- Description
- Ghost Train is a popular game for the Virtuality 2000 series sitdown machines.
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- Virtuality Zone Hunter (HQ)
- Runtime
- 1:37
- Views
- 259
- Description
- Here's Zone Hunter - One of the few games that have ben ported from the 1000 series to the 2000 series of Virtuality arcade hardware. Basically you are just some kind of mercenary and run around shooting everything that moves. The multiplayer feature of course adds to the fun.
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- Pacman VR remastered
- Runtime
- 1:57
- Views
- 171
- Description
- Tried to remaster the Pacman VR video, but somehow failed, it rather looks worse.
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- Zone Hunter remastered
- Runtime
- 3:11
- Views
- 119
- Description
- Here is the best video quality i could get for Zone Hunter.
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- Exorex on a Virtuality (W Industries) CS-1000
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- 2:38
- Views
- 118
- Description
- Exorex running on a CS-1000. Probably filmed in the early 90s. One of the very rare videos that shows live footage from a 1990s Virtual Reality Arcade machine in real arcade usage. These VR games atarted in the early 90s with Virtuality's (originally W Industries) CS-1000 series. The CS1000 could ru...
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- Exorex on a Virtuality (W Industries) CS-1000
- Runtime
- 2:38
- Views
- 118
- Description
- Exorex running on a CS-1000. Probably filmed in the early 90s. One of the very rare videos that shows live footage from a 1990s Virtual Reality Arcade machine in real arcade usage. These VR games atarted in the early 90s with Virtuality's (originally W Industries) CS-1000 series. The CS1000 could ru...
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- Virtuality Sphere (HQ)
- Runtime
- 0:16
- Views
- 78
- Description
- Sphere is a game that was made for the Virtuality 2000 Series sitdowns (SD). You control a tank and have to capture a sphere in the battlefield while avoiding to be shot by other tanks.
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- Virtuality Shoot for Loot (HQ)
- Runtime
- 0:23
- Views
- 59
- Description
- From the description:
"Shoot for Loot is a virtual gameshow. Your Aim is to win Virtual Dollars. Find and shoot the targets with your color and symbol in the fastest possible time. Avoid being shot by other contestants, aliens and robots."
The game runs on Virtuality SU2000 (2000 series) hardware.
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- Virtuality X-treme Strike (HQ)
- Runtime
- 0:35
- Views
- 38
- Description
- Virtuality X-Treme strike is a futuristic jet/Spcaeship simulation. You control the Jet and basically just shoot everything that moves while trying to avoid being shot down yourself.
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- Virtuality Quickshot Carnival
- Runtime
- 4:30
- Views
- 38
- Description
- Promo Video for Virtuality Quickshot Carnival on Total Recoil machines. Also runs on the normal SU3000 machines which do not feature the Winchester 101 replica CO2 recoil rifle, but of course the Total Recoil machines make this game more fun...
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