Virtual Reality game Dactyl Nightmare – real in-game footage

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1. This is the game I played in 5th grade! I thought it was a fever dream but it is real!

2. Just incase u do not know this yet. You can now play this game on the oculus rift

3. Classic Domink Diamond @1:33 there. lol.

4. Always wanted to play this but the price was always to high for just a few minutes of play. A tribute is available for the Rift as "Polygon Nightmare" apparently.

5. first time i saw this game was in the movie First Kid

6. i remember spending 3 months allowance in a weekend on this game at the local mall arcade. It was totally worth it back then.

7. I remember playing this, during the first consumer trials for VR. Soooo~ long ago

8. Still looks good! They should bring it out for the Oculus

9. I remember playing this at a demo in San Francisco in 1991.

10. Freakazoid anyone?

11. thanks!! I was wondering what was that thing int he 90's I tried out when I was a kid! It was this!

12. i see vr games where still crap 24 years ago :3

13. 24 years later, CS:GO League on TBS

14. Big Dom. I think he's a radio host in America now.

15. Is this e-sports?

16. mint

17. I remember playing this at my state fair against a friend.  $12 per play, and I beat him 2-0.  The game was actually fun and immersive for the time.  Can't complain about how far VR has come, and the simple fact that it will be in our living rooms 24 years later is quite astonishing.

18. I also feel lucky to have tried this back in the 90's. As laggy as it was, it was impressive enough at the time to leave a lasting memory to this day. Can't wait for my Vive to arrive!

19. lol notch is dropping bombs

20. amazing

21. Ha! I used to work with Rich a few years ago (He was a stage tech manager for the Millennium Centre Opera House in Wales, I was the Hospitality Manager… ), would love to ask what his memories about this were 🙂 He never bloody mentioned he was on Gamesmaster… 😉

22. can we have an oculus port pl0x

23. Oh amiga, oh amiga!!!

24. ROAD RASH! omg. <3

25. It was janky when I played it in the early 90's, but still very impressive. Can't wait to try out VR again 🙂

26. I played the sequel at Disney world in 1995. Was amazing back then.

27. HD Remake for Oculus rift will be awesome also if you could play with original polygons.

28. Amiga inside.

29. Wow, they got such game since I'm not even born yet!?!

30. holy shit cant believe i found this game that i had seen as a 6 year old on beyond 2000

31. It vanished because the concept of VR was ahead of it's time.. The tech just wasn't up to the task.. This "Dactyl Nightmare" was interesting, but I'm sure it was extremely expensive. And look at what affordable consumer VR looked like.. Red and black Virtual Boy!! LOL!

    Now though, some 20 years later, it's time has FINALLY come! With graphics starting to reach for HD photo realism, and the Oculus Rift on the horizon.. It is a very exciting time for VR!

32. Interesante video, nunca lo había visto, ya era hora que esa tecnología pudiera estar al alcance de todos.

33. I played this a few times as a kid at Crystal Palace… Fucking awesome game, loved it, that and Red Baron…

    Donno why VR vanished the way it did.

34. I remember when this thing would show up at the state fair. Just awful.

35. Also, it would be neat if there was a HD remake for use with the Oculus Rift.

36. When I saw this in that movie First Kid I thought it was the coolest looking game ever. Still think it looks pretty awesome, I only wish I could have played it.

37. And it only took 20 something years

38. looks amazing, looks like they have Rift, Omni and hydra! Back in 1992….