Zone Hunter Explained
is a virtual reality first-person rail shooter video game developed and published in conjunction by Taito and Virtuality in 1994 for arcades, though the former is not credited in-game.[2]
Gameplay
Zone Hunter is a first-person shooter, and was one of the first VR arcade games.
Development and release
Zone Hunter was developed at the same time as Sega's virtual reality Model 1 arcade game TecWar, which was also developed by Virtuality.[3] Taito, who conceived the project and worked alongside Virtuality as a deal to bring the game into Japanese arcade markets under their banner.[2] Due to low sales in the region, Taito terminated the deal between them and Virtuality, with the latter opening their offices in Japan afterwards.[2]
A port for the Atari Jaguar was announced and planned to be released alongside the Jaguar VR headset peripheral at launch,[4] [5] [6] with a demo created for demonstration purposes,[7] [8] [9] but both the port and the peripheral were never released due to problems between Virtuality and Atari Corporation in their deal.[10] [11]
Reception
Next Generation said that the game was neither as fun or playable as Doom, nor as "good looking" as Virtua Cop.
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Zone Hunter. arcade-history.com. 2018-09-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20180728035812/https://www.arcade-history.com/?n=zone-hunter&page=detail&id=12512. 2018-07-28. live.
- Web site: Pedrazzini. Fabrizio. Williams. Kevin. TAITO - VIRTUALITY - ZONE HUNTER - (VIRTUAL REALITY GAME). The Strange (and Rare) Videogame Pics Page. 2018-08-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20110630045236/http://faberp.tripod.com/zh.htm. 2011-06-30. live.
- Web site: Pedrazzini. Fabrizio. Williams. Kevin. SEGA - TECWAR aka ELECTRONICBRAIN - (VIRTUAL REALITY GAME). The Strange (and Rare) Videogame Pics Page. 2018-08-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20110630045235/http://faberp.tripod.com/tw.htm. 2011-06-30. live.
- Web site: ATARI AND VIRTUALITY PREVIEW FIRST VIRTUAL REALITY GAME SYSTEM FOR THE CONSUMER MARKET AT E3. Nine Lives. May 16, 1995. 2018-08-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20180718083834/http://host.fptoday.com/melek/Jaguar/jag-95.htm. 2018-07-18. dead.
- François. Tommy. Msika. David. Reportage - E3 - Atari - Le Virtuel, Ça Marche. CD Consoles. 8. Pressimage. June 1995. 42–43. 2018-08-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20180619035732/http://www.abandonware-magazines.org/affiche_mag.php?mag=101&num=2883&album=oui. 2018-06-19. live.
- E-3 The Biggest And Best Electronic Entertainment Show Ever! - Atari Debuts Jaguar Virtual Reality At E3. GameFan. 3. 7. Shinno Media. July 1995. 37.
- E3 1995 (2min 22sec). YouTube. June 21, 2007. NAVGTR. 2018-08-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20151205230914/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAHUXDTX2TQ. 2015-12-05. live.
- Web site: Vendel. Curt. Payment Schedule for Jaguar games to Developers. atarimuseum.com. August 26, 1995. 2018-08-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20141211091716/http://www.atarimuseum.com/videogames/consoles/jaguar/jagfiles/jag64-payments.PDF. 2014-12-11. dead.
- CVG News - Connected - A Zone In The Dark. Computer and Video Games. 166. Future Publishing. September 1995. 12. 2019-01-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20180816125946/http://oldgamemags.ukprintarchive.com/Multi-format%20Publications/Computer%20%26%20Video%20Games/CVG%20%281995-09%29%20166%20%28EMAP%29.pdf/#page/12#page/12. 2018-08-16. live.
- Reportaje - La Realidad Virtual entrará en los hogares de la mano de Atari. Hobby Hi-Tech. 6. Axel Springer SE. September 1995. 88–89. es.
- Web site: Thompson. Clint. Jaguar VR - INTERACTIVE VIRTUAL REALITY MULTIMEDIA SYSTEM. JagCube. Atari.org. 2018-08-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20180409174210/http://jagcube.atari.org/jaguarvr.html. 2018-04-09. live.
