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[Bucannen85]

Just found this on youTube and wow. To bad there not around any more, not bad for the 90'.

Edited by Bucannen85, 20 June 2013 - 10:13 AM.

[MightyMeatShield]

They're still around, just not branded as "Virtual World" centers.

http://www.mechjock.com/ has a list of places that had the pods running a version of MechWarrior 4 on it called Battletech: Firestorm. http://www.mechjock.com/main/sites/

Texas has two places that seem to get a lot of business. One is in Dallas and another is in Houston: http://vgcorps.com/ & http://mechcorps.com/

If you ever have a chance to strap in and play, you should do it. It's a great experience.

[WANTED]

I played in them when they were part of Virtual World. It was sweet. They had an intro movie in an area before you went to your assigned pods. It was just too expensive to play all the time but I do miss them. Cool to see Dallas still running those. Wish I was still there.

[Scott Zomb1e]

I know there is a center in Dallas, TX I played it while at AKON about 4 years ago. And I think according to this they are there every year now. Here's the most current list of centers still running that I could find.
Center name Location Number and type of pods Game(s) available The Airlock Kirkland, Washington 8 Tesla II pods BattleTech: Firestorm and Red Planet The Fallout Shelter Twin Cities, Minnesota 12 Tesla II pods BattleTech: Firestorm and Red Planet Hinkle Family Fun Center Albuquerque, New Mexico 6 Tesla II pods BattleTech: Firestorm MechCorps Entertainment LLC Houston, Texas 16 Tesla II pods BattleTech: Firestorm and Red Planet Big Kidz Games Grand Rapids, Michigan 12 Tesla II pods BattleTech:Firestorm and Red Planet VG Corps Dallas, Texas 8 Tesla II pods BattleTech:Firestorm and Red Planet VGL Underground Kalamazoo, Michigan 11 Tesla II pods BattleTech:Firestorm and Red Planet

[Fishhawk]

I actually went to that one in Chicago back in '92...

Definitely still around ... I remember seeing them at GenCon a few times too. I hope they have them there this year!

Edited by Fishhawk, 26 July 2013 - 11:11 AM.

[Darklord]

Unless things have changed they will be at Gen Con this year.