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[1] is a Sega Model 1 arcade game developed by Sega with assistance from UK-based Virtuality.
Dennou Senki Net Merc was unique in that uses the "Sega Net Merc" system, comprised of a Sega VR virtual reality headset ( the MVD or Mega Visor Display[2], similar to those found in the VR-1) connected to a 3SPACE ISOTRAK II[3] Head & Motion Tracker manufactured by Polhemus Inc.[4] (demonstrated at Sega DevCon '96[5][6] in Santa Clara), a high-technology company specialized in motion tracking technology, founded in 1969 by Bill Polhemus[7] (as Polhemus Navigation Sciences[8]) in Gran Rapids, Michigan, moving in early 1971 to the town of Colchester, Chittenden County, Vermont, USA, and a specialised cabinet, allowing players to explore a virtual world and shoot enemies. 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).
It first appeared at the Amusement Machine Show 1994 (as TecWar),[9] before re-appearing at AOU Show 1995. However, the relatively simplistic graphics generated by the Model 1 board (compared to say, the Sega Model 2 game Sega Rally Championship which was also on show at AOU 1995) were seemingly not well received.[10]
The project was developed in the offices of Sega AM3, with two programmers (Andy Reece and Stephen Northcott, a former programmer at Incentive Software[11]) and two artists from Virtuality in the UK. Roughly 70 units made it into production, the vast majority of which never left Japan.
Magazine articles
- Main article: Dennou Senki Net Merc/Magazine articles.
Photo gallery
Video excerpt showing Dennou Senki Net Merc running, taken from episode 7 of the third season (1997) of BBC's documentary television series Connections[12]
Polhemus 3SPACE ISOTRAK II[3] Dual Receiver Motion Tracker Front
Polhemus 3SPACE ISOTRAK II[3] Dual Receiver Motion Tracker Back
Polhemus 3SPACE ISOTRAK II Brochure
Polhemus 3SPACE ISOTRAK II User's Manual
External Links
References
- ↑ File:Becoming Virtual - Bodies, Technologies, Worlds (Thesis by Nicola Green, University of Canterbury, New Zealand, 1999).pdf, page 75
- ↑ File:Becoming Virtual - Bodies, Technologies, Worlds (Thesis by Nicola Green, University of Canterbury, New Zealand, 1999).pdf, page 183
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 http://www.polhemus.com:80/isotrkds.htm (Wayback Machine: 1997-03-30 14:09)
- ↑ Press Release: 1996-08-05: Sega Selects Polhemus to Develop Next Generation Motion Capture System
- ↑ http://www.snsys.com:80/links.htm (Wayback Machine: 1997-05-21 22:32)
- ↑ File:DevelopMental US 0306.pdf, page 5
- ↑ http://www.polhemus.com:80/AboutUs.htm (Wayback Machine: 2004-08-06 14:05)
- ↑ http://www.polhemus.com:80/genfaq.htm (Wayback Machine: 1998-07-04 01:50)
- ↑ File:Edge UK 015.pdf, page 12
- ↑ File:Edge UK 020.pdf, page 17
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incentive_Software
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connections_(TV_series)
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