Software:Zone Hunter
| Zone Hunter | |
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| Developer(s) | Taito, Virtuality |
| Publisher(s) | Taito, Virtuality |
| Designer(s) | Andy Smith |
| Programmer(s) | Jason Woodward Tarique Naseem |
| Artist(s) | Mark Hardisty |
| Composer(s) | Mike Adams |
| Platform(s) | Arcade |
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| Genre(s) | First-person shooter, rail shooter |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer (up to two players) |
| Arcade system | 2000SU[1] |
Zone Hunter[lower-alpha 1] 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.[3]
Development and release
Zone Hunter was developed at the same time as Sega's virtual reality Model 1 arcade game TecWar,[lower-alpha 2] which was also developed by Virtuality.[4] 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,[5][6][7] with a demo created for demonstration purposes,[8][9][10] but both the port and the peripheral were never released due to problems between Virtuality and Atari Corporation in their deal.[11][12]
Reception
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Next Generation said that the game was neither as fun or playable as Doom, nor as "good looking" as Virtua Cop.[3]
Notes
References
- ↑ "Zone Hunter". https://www.arcade-history.com/?n=zone-hunter&page=detail&id=12512.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Pedrazzini, Fabrizio; Williams, Kevin. "TAITO - VIRTUALITY - ZONE HUNTER - (VIRTUAL REALITY GAME)". The Strange (and Rare) Videogame Pics Page. http://faberp.tripod.com/zh.htm.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Finals - Arcade - Zone Hunter". Next Generation (Imagine Media) (10): 130. October 1995. https://archive.org/stream/nextgen-issue-010/Next_Generation_Issue_010_October_1995#page/n131/mode/1up.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Pedrazzini, Fabrizio; Williams, Kevin. "SEGA - TECWAR aka ELECTRONICBRAIN - (VIRTUAL REALITY GAME)". The Strange (and Rare) Videogame Pics Page. http://faberp.tripod.com/tw.htm.
- ↑ "ATARI AND VIRTUALITY PREVIEW FIRST VIRTUAL REALITY GAME SYSTEM FOR THE CONSUMER MARKET AT E3". May 16, 1995. http://host.fptoday.com:80/melek/Jaguar/jag-95.htm.
- ↑ François, Tommy; Msika, David (June 1995). "Reportage - E3 - Atari - Le Virtuel, Ça Marche". CD Consoles (Pressimage) (8): 42–43. http://www.abandonware-magazines.org/affiche_mag.php?mag=101&num=2883&album=oui. Retrieved 2018-08-16.
- ↑ "E-3 The Biggest And Best Electronic Entertainment Show Ever! - Atari Debuts Jaguar Virtual Reality At E3". GameFan (Shinno Media) 3 (7): 37. July 1995. https://archive.org/stream/Gamefan_Vol_3_Issue_07#page/n38/mode/1up.
- ↑ NAVGTR (June 21, 2007). E3 1995 (2min 22sec). YouTube. Archived from the original on 2015-12-05. Retrieved 2018-08-16.
- ↑ Vendel, Curt (August 26, 1995). "Payment Schedule for Jaguar games to Developers". http://www.atarimuseum.com/videogames/consoles/jaguar/jagfiles/jag64-payments.PDF.
- ↑ "CVG News - Connected - A Zone In The Dark". Computer and Video Games (Future Publishing) (166): 12. September 1995. http://oldgamemags.ukprintarchive.com/Multi-format%20Publications/Computer%20&%20Video%20Games/CVG%20(1995-09)%20166%20(EMAP).pdf/#page/12. Retrieved 2019-01-05.
- ↑ "Reportaje - La Realidad Virtual entrará en los hogares de la mano de Atari". Hobby Hi-Tech (Axel Springer SE) (6): 88–89. September 1995. https://archive.org/stream/HiTechMagazine/HiTech%2006#page/n87/mode/2up.
- ↑ Thompson, Clint. "Jaguar VR - INTERACTIVE VIRTUAL REALITY MULTIMEDIA SYSTEM". Atari.org. http://jagcube.atari.org/jaguarvr.html.
- ↑ "CVG Arcades - Video Drome: Zone Hunter". Computer and Video Games (EMAP) (165): 74. August 1995. https://retrocdn.net/index.php?title=File%3ACVG_UK_165.pdf&page=74.
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