VR SLINGSHOT

The First True Virtual Reality Sport for Your PC!

VR Slingshot delivers for the first time in one cybersport:

Here's what Virtual Reality experts are saying about VR Slingshot:

"It's addicting...fun!

VR has finally arrived in the home,"
Brett Leonard, Director, The Lawnmower Man.

"The first virtual reality home unit"

Computer Graphics World.

And just minutes from now you can experience the thrill of VR Slingshot, the game by which others will attempt to measure up. But first, here's more about this amazing new software feat...

Three Cybersports in One Package

VR Slingshot is actually three exciting cybersports: Energy Duel, Disc Eliminator, and Cyberball. Each sport pits two players against each other piloting their crafts in true flight simulation.

VR Slingshot uses Newtonian physics to accurately simulate all motion. When a craft is hit, it spins correctly based on the force, direction, and location of the shot. Airflow is simulated using Computational Fluid Dynamics Grid techniques.

Energy Duel

In Energy Duel, opponents struggle to deplete each other's energy reserves. The action takes place within a confined playing space. Restoring your energy requires carrier-type landings on suspended energy stations. If you still have energy reserves after your opponent's are depleted, you win the contest. Besides head-to-head play with live opponents, you can also hone your skills against the computer at varying levels of proficiency and create your own fun within this virtual world.

Disc Eliminator

Disc Eliminator is Energy Duel with friendly-looking discs you can send out to track your opponent. When they lock on, however, they are lethal heat-seeking missiles. It gives everyone three things to worry about: gravity, the opponent, and the deadly tracking discs.

Cyberball

In Cyberball, you fly your craft to shoot a giant ball through your opponent's goal. Of course, your opponent is allowed to do just about anything to take the ball away from you and shoot it through your goal.

Here's a sound sample of a goal being scored in Cyberball:

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(The internal sound player in Mosaic for Windows leaves much to be desired. For best sound quality, download this sample to disk and play it using a sound utility, like WHAM for the .au file, or Media Player or Sound Recorder for the .wav file. Make sure Load To Disk under the Options menu is checked before clicking above, then uncheck it after the file is received.)

To truly appreciate the real-time 3D sound effects, such as Doppler effects, sound intensity effects, and spatial sound positioning, VR Slingshot must be experienced in real-time.

Features & Requirements

VR Slingshot runs under MS-DOS on any 486 compatible PC. A PC-compatible joystick and a sound card (such as a Sound Blaster or Pro Audio Spectrum) are required.

Since VR Slingshot accurately simulates three dimensional audio and video, optional hardware such as 3D Stereoscopic Glasses and a good sound system dramatically enhances game play. Through Digital Expression's "Digital Composite Mixing Technology" VR Slingshot can produce up to eight simultaneous 3D sound effects at once!

VR Slingshot can be played solo with a virtually simulated opponent, or with a real-life counterpart. For head-to-head play at up to 70 frames per second, a modem or direct serial connection at 1200bps or higher is required.


"The sense of flight is nothing less than exhilarating!

VR Slingshot is so fluid even during modem play that the computer no longer seems to matter...a cybersport...what virtual reality is all about -- taking the medium out of the message...a positively liberating experience. I've never felt so free in a game."
Peter Olafson, Amiga World

[Disk] Take VR Slingshot for a Test Flight!

To download a "virtually realistic" copy of VR Slingshot to play on your computer sign-in by entering your e-mail address and click on the button to enter the VR Slingshot Flight Deck. (Click here to skip directly to the Flight Deck).
Sign-In:

If you have any difficulty entering the Flight Deck, you can download the demo directly from <ftp://ftp.cts.com/pub/vrman/vlz.exe> (note this file is about 1.2MB in size and is a self-extracting archive).

Order Your Copy of VR Slingshot

VR Slingshot is just $39, includes bound documentation, a coupon for savings on 3D Sterescopic Glasses, the ability to play head-to-head direct or on modem in both Energy Duel and Cyberball, and a personal mailbox for customer service on the VRS bulletin board.

Shipping and handling is $7 in the U.S., or approximately $14 for international orders (least expensive trackable shipping). Shipping rates may increase without notice. International orders are payable by credit card only.

Check, money order, Visa and MasterCard accepted. No CODs.

You can order your copy online by clicking on the link below...

Yes! I want to order now!

Or by phone (orders only!) by calling toll-free

1-800-707-1VRS

Outside of U.S. call 206-282-6809.
By fax, dial 206-547-8802.

By mail, make check or money orders payable to:

VR Slingshot
1335 N. Northlake Way, Suite 102
Seattle WA 98103

VR Slingshot is a trademark of Virtual Entertainment
Copyright (C) 1994, Virtual Entertainment
vrman@cts.com