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Tangentially related, but I'm reminded a little bit of Desert Bus, which was an unreleased bideo game from the mid-90s which was designed to be the most annoyin

Tangentially related, but I'm reminded a little bit of Desert Bus, which was an unreleased bideo game from the mid-90s which was designed to be the most annoying video game to play. The idea is that you're driving a bus from Tucson to Las Vegas in real time. The maximum speed of the bus is 45 mph so it takes about eight hours. The bus constantly tilts right so you have to constantly correct it's course, otherwise you'll drive off the road and have to be towed back (also in real time). The only break in the monotony is a bug that splats on the windshield at around hour 5.

dudul 4y ago
Another detail: the game didn't have a pause option.
- PebblesRox 4y ago
  Was it possible to pull over or stop the bus?
  - dudul 4y ago
    I think if the bus stopped it was towed back to the start point. Stopping or leaving the road was a fail essentially.
devin 4y ago
The way I remember it, the bus didn't "tilt" so much as it was supposed to be a simulation of the alignment being off.
netsharc 4y ago
It's a game from a Penn & Teller collection of games..
herval 4y ago
Sounds like the Truck Simulator series! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truck_Simulator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truck_Simulator
Sakos 4y ago
https://youtu.be/RFi2vcseEz8 https://youtu.be/RFi2vcseEz8 My favorite review of it.
xivzgrev 4y ago
Wow that is really awful - thanks for sharing
mapster 4y ago
VW bus? Mine tilted left due to bent axle. Still drove from Arizona to DC that summer.
- userbinator 4y ago
  It's a standard full-size (nominally ~40ft) bus: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7d/SCD_Penn_%26_Teller%27s_Smoke_and_Mirrors_gameplay_screenshot.gif https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7d/SCD_Penn_%26_...
rezna 4y ago
https://store.steampowered.com/app/638110/Desert_Bus_VR/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/638110/Desert_Bus_VR/ It got modernized ;-)
shever73 4y ago
And will brilliantly subverted into an annual charity event: Desert Bus for Hope
PeterisP 4y ago
If you make the trip, you get 1 point. You can drive back to get another point. And then go on for more points. People have competed for high scores at this game.
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thrillgore 4y ago
I'm personally a fan of the Doom port of it, called Revenant Bus. https://www.polygon.com/2018/10/31/18050018/desert-bus-doom-2-mod https://www.polygon.com/2018/10/31/18050018/desert-bus-doom-...

dudul 4y ago

Another detail: the game didn't have a pause option.

PebblesRox 4y ago
Was it possible to pull over or stop the bus?
- dudul 4y ago
  I think if the bus stopped it was towed back to the start point. Stopping or leaving the road was a fail essentially.

devin 4y ago

The way I remember it, the bus didn't "tilt" so much as it was supposed to be a simulation of the alignment being off.

netsharc 4y ago

It's a game from a Penn & Teller collection of games..

herval 4y ago

Sounds like the Truck Simulator series! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truck_Simulator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truck_Simulator

Sakos 4y ago

https://youtu.be/RFi2vcseEz8 https://youtu.be/RFi2vcseEz8 My favorite review of it.

xivzgrev 4y ago

Wow that is really awful - thanks for sharing

mapster 4y ago

VW bus? Mine tilted left due to bent axle. Still drove from Arizona to DC that summer.

userbinator 4y ago
It's a standard full-size (nominally ~40ft) bus: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7d/SCD_Penn_%26_Teller%27s_Smoke_and_Mirrors_gameplay_screenshot.gif https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7d/SCD_Penn_%26_...

rezna 4y ago

https://store.steampowered.com/app/638110/Desert_Bus_VR/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/638110/Desert_Bus_VR/ It got modernized ;-)

shever73 4y ago

And will brilliantly subverted into an annual charity event: Desert Bus for Hope

PeterisP 4y ago

If you make the trip, you get 1 point. You can drive back to get another point. And then go on for more points. People have competed for high scores at this game.

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thrillgore 4y ago

I'm personally a fan of the Doom port of it, called Revenant Bus. https://www.polygon.com/2018/10/31/18050018/desert-bus-doom-2-mod https://www.polygon.com/2018/10/31/18050018/desert-bus-doom-...