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I'm glad someone is still looking after these machines. I used to read about it in Zzap! 64 magazine [1] and drew Virtuality & W Industries logos on my primary
by SyneRyder 10y ago
I'm glad someone is still looking after these machines. I used to read about it in Zzap! 64 magazine [1] and drew Virtuality & W Industries logos on my primary school gear as if it was the Tesla of its time. Especially this press photo made me think Jon Waldern was like a 90s Tony Stark / Elon Musk [2]. I still love the design of their hardware even now, the glossy black & T2-esque typeface & the industrial aesthetic of the cables & metal chequered floor plates. (I suspect I'm the only one.)
We finally got Virtuality in Australia (Perth) a couple of years later, and I spent a ton of time in Dactyl Nightmare at the VR arcade with friends. But the place only had a couple of machines, which meant long queues of watching the TV displays with the current players. I think it cost $10 per 10 minute experience as well. It's really no wonder the place closed down after about a year... but as a kid, I loved it.
[1] http://www.zzap64.co.uk/cgi-bin/displaypage.pl?issue=088&page=030&magazine=zzap http://www.zzap64.co.uk/cgi-bin/displaypage.pl?issue=088&pag...
[2] http://images.eurogamer.net/2012/articles//a/1/4/7/4/5/9/5/VR02.jpg.jpg http://images.eurogamer.net/2012/articles//a/1/4/7/4/5/9/5/V...