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re: Games in 3D


  • From: P3D Gabriel Jacob <jacob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Subject: re: Games in 3D
  • Date: Fri, 25 Oct 1996 17:37:32 -0400

Erlys in Mill Valley writes

>The very first 3-D game I ever purchased was called "Beyond the Black
>Hole." It is a DOS game using the Pulfrich Effect, copyrighted in 1989 by
>The Software Toolworks. It came complete on a 720k 3-1/2" diskette, and
>included a pair of neutral-density filter GrenoVision Goggles (copyright)
>and one pair of red/blue 3-D Reading glasses. (Additional sets of glasses
>could be ordered for $5.95 US funds, including shipping and handling.)
>
>The game involves a mission you are on, which, if you solve the first
>level, you get to the second level, and so on. Here are some random
>instructions: "To fuel, maneuver your orb through the fueling pods which
>have been opened to receive you. If you have less than 1000 points, but
>more than 0, you need to hit the credit card sign to tell the attendant
>you'll be paying with plastic."
>

Yes it was a interesting game, and it also came with a very nice booklet 
roughly 48 pages if I remember correctly with nice analglyhs and documents
the history of 3d!

Gabriel




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