Anyone in the U.S. own a Virtuality SU1000CS VR Arcade Machine?

[MindThreat]

Are there any owners here at all? I've only known one person here in the U.S. that owned one and it was far from complete, missing the pods, etc. and he sold it all off on eBay many years ago. I've always wanted a blue unit, complete. I remember sometime in early 2000s, someone had listed one on eBay and it sold for $800 - complete. What a deal, I didn't have the funds or place to put it at the time, unfortunately. I'm also curious as to who won the unit from the Lawnmower Man promo back in the early 90s - someone had the chance of winning it but who?

 

[Harrison]

It would be interesting to know if anyone still has a working version of this hardware. I remember loads of these around near me. My local bowling alley in Southampton had quite a few pods in their large arcade area. I wonder what happened to them all.

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[moggsie]

Jeez, I'd forgotten how BIG these were back in the 90's. It looks like he's had an extension built on his face.

I can see why VR didn't catch on back then - it must of weighed a ton...

 

[Harrison]

They were powered by Amigas though, so still great. I only played on one once. I forget the games I played but one was something like an arcade flight sim.

 

[Beirwer]

Jeez, I'd forgotten how BIG these were back in the 90's. It looks like he's had an extension built on his face.

I can see why VR didn't catch on back then - it must of weighed a ton...

Holy crap, you're right. I remember those, info magazine covered it a few times. I even remember the exact look, except in my mind it's about half that size.

 

[Rave]

Simon at the retro computer museum in Leicester UK is an avid Virtuality collector/enthusiast and has some of the last working machines anywhere that you are allowed to have a go on (very reasonable entrance fee applies) (also they have tons of other cool stuff to play on)

http://retrocomputermuseum.co.uk/

They are open most weekends, and he even has early prototypes of equipment from virtuality, who were originally actually based in Leicester themselves.

The machines are based on A3000's with some custom motion telemetry and graphics hardware, iirc they use 2 cards, one for each eye.

They are great fun to use, and really quite amazing for how old they are and what they can do, really showcasing how great and adaptable the Amiga hardware really was.

They are currently running a fundraiser to import 2 machines from Canada, and to salvage parts from some machines found at a refuse collection place in tenerife iirc.

https://www.gofundme.com/27c8xpce?v...ail&utm_content=cta_button&utm_campaign=upd_n

https://www.gofundme.com/27ev5xjp?v...ail&utm_content=cta_button&utm_campaign=upd_n


I highly recommend anyone interested make a visit, and see if you can beat the high score on dactyl nightmare!