Dennou Senki Net Merc
From Sega Retro
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| Dennou Senki Net Merc | |||||
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| System(s): Sega Model 1 | |||||
| Publisher: Sega | |||||
| Developer: Sega, Virtuality | |||||
| Genre: Shoot-'em-up | |||||
| Number of players: 1 | |||||
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Dennou Senki Net Merc is a Sega Model 1 arcade game developed by UK-based Virtuality and Sega.
Dennou Senki Net Merc was unique in that uses the "Sega Net Merc" system, comprised of a virtual reality headset (similar to those found in the VR-1) and a specialised cabinet, allowing players to explore a virtual world and shoot enemies. It first appeared at AOU Show 1995, however the simplistic graphics generated by the Model 1 board (compared to say, the Sega Model 2 game Sega Rally Championship which was also on show) were seemingly not well received[1].
The project was developed in the offices of Sega AM3, with two programmers and two artists from the UK. Roughly 70 units made it into production, the vast majority of which never left Japan.
For a brief period the project was known as TecWar, but changed its name to avoid potential conflicts with William Shatner's TekWar novels (and subsequent video game).
Magazine articles
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