Shannon Posted July 31, 2003 Share Posted July 31, 2003 I know the pictures suck, but has anybody ever seen or heard of this? If you have a web link with info, that'd be great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thund3r Posted July 31, 2003 Share Posted July 31, 2003 yea i hurd of this a while back and didnt sega cancel it? coz kids got scared of it and tried running away from it. even though it was on there head, so they would hurt themselves? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaggy Posted July 31, 2003 Share Posted July 31, 2003 I have seen that and I believe they actually did sell it but it didn't do very well so it was pulled very quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaggy Posted July 31, 2003 Share Posted July 31, 2003 I have seen that and I believe they actually did sell it but it didn't do very well so it was pulled very quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thund3r Posted July 31, 2003 Share Posted July 31, 2003 well im wrong then... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desiv Posted July 31, 2003 Share Posted July 31, 2003 Here's a decent info email: http://www.angelfire.com/ca7/mellott124/HackingHmd.htm And one page from the "original designers": http://www.frerichs.net/fvt/stuntmaster.html desiv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannon Posted July 31, 2003 Author Share Posted July 31, 2003 I know it's probably more novelty than anything, but how much do you think something like that would be worth? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desiv Posted July 31, 2003 Share Posted July 31, 2003 Well, I can't get eBay to show me the pages for some reason, but the SNES/Genesis versions are apparently going for $27 buy it now.. I don't know if it's that different from the SMS/NES version you had the pictures of, but... (Damn eBay.. :-) Just do an eBay search for Stuntmaster. (Maybe you can get to actually look at one of the results.. cgi.ebay.com is timing out for me...) desiv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveW Posted July 31, 2003 Share Posted July 31, 2003 I thought Sega designed their own helmet, not just the VictorMaxx one? I remember reading about Sega's VR unit years ago. Sega concluded that the Genesis was too low-rez for VR. The real reason it was cancelled was because it could cause permanent eye damage. I do remember seeing the VictorMaxx helmets on clearance in the mid '90s. They were the PC versions, because they came with PC-only games. I've never seen the SNES or Genesis versions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannon Posted July 31, 2003 Author Share Posted July 31, 2003 oh.. ok I found them on ebay... is $27 too much? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glitch Posted August 1, 2003 Share Posted August 1, 2003 I have the VictorMaxx Stuntmaster and it's nice to have from a collecting point of view but fairly disappointing performance wise. It may have been "cutting edge" at the time but I doubt it. There is a single low-res LCD display and lenses to focus both eyes onto it but because you can see the inside of the unit around the screen and the poor (almost nonexistent) optics it looks more like you have a gameboy straped to your head then a immersive experience. The display literally looks like it's sitting 3 inches in front of your eyes. The motion control is performed by cliping a rod onto your shirt at the shoulder. This rod then goes through a little hoop on the side of the unit and rotates it when you move your head to give left and right motion. If it's hooked up correctly it's actually a neat concept but what happens is that your shirt moves around and the responses become erratic. There are hacks on the net to use these w/ a PC w/ full mouse support for games like quake but the resolution is so poor (only 240 x 86 I believe) I can't imagine it working too well. Doom might be ok but you would still lose a lot of detail. If you haven't tried any other VR products it can be neat but not something you would use on a regular basis. Games that work best with it are first and thrid person racing games similar to Hang On or Rad Racer. It supports both the Genesis and the SNES. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannon Posted August 2, 2003 Author Share Posted August 2, 2003 Neat! Yeah I figured it would be a good collectors item (not much practical use). But I think I'll save my money for now. When I started collecting I initially decided to work on the handhelds. Well thanks to rick weiss and a few atari 2600 boxed games I got a little sidetracked. Anyways it's just kinda neat to see 2600 boxed games. I guess I was not really expecting to find any. But I've been having so much fun with all the Lynx games I got recentally, and an XEG with a SIO2PC cable I figured for atari portable goodness I'd be best to curb what spending money I have left on a gamepark handheld. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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