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Title: Check out this on craigslist - VR Pods!
Post by: arzoo on January 14, 2010, 09:11:44 am

I remember reading about these things - they played a Mech game.
http://cnj.craigslist.org/vgm/1551985224.html (http://cnj.craigslist.org/vgm/1551985224.html)
http://www.amigahistory.co.uk/battletech.html (http://www.amigahistory.co.uk/battletech.html)

Title: Re: Check out this on craigslist - VR Pods!
Post by: Hoopz on January 14, 2010, 09:16:54 am

Nice find.

Going to grab em?    :)

Title: Re: Check out this on craigslist - VR Pods!
Post by: arzoo on January 14, 2010, 09:20:58 am

Quote from: Hoopz on January 14, 2010, 09:16:54 am

Nice find.

Going to grab em?    :)

Tempting - but no. I just don't have the space to store them.

Title: Re: Check out this on craigslist - VR Pods!
Post by: drventure on January 14, 2010, 09:49:38 am

That'd make a fantastic driving cab. Grr, Can't swing that right now, but those are fantastic!

Title: Re: Check out this on craigslist - VR Pods!
Post by: Dazz on January 15, 2010, 12:23:06 am

Wow, that's a Battletech VR cab from a Virtual World.  We use to play that game along with Red Planet all the time!

Virtual World Entertainment Battletech 3.0 Dooley Trainer
Virtual World Entertainment Battletech 3.0 Dooley Trainer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHSmuBxqlG4#)

Virtual World Red Planet
Virtual World Red Planet 3.0 Dooley Trainer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIPMK4L_Qv4#)

Title: Re: Check out this on craigslist - VR Pods!
Post by: arzoo on January 15, 2010, 08:31:50 am

Wow - they had three B list actors in those videos - impressive!

Title: Re: Check out this on craigslist - VR Pods!
Post by: ark_ader on January 16, 2010, 02:27:55 pm

Was these the same games VW had in Vegas a few years back?