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[[File:Hercules in the Underworld.png|thumb|320px|Promotional screenshot seen in a SIGGRAPH document.]]
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When DisneyQuest opened at Walt Disney World in 1998, it had an attraction called ''Hercules in the Underworld''. This attraction was a virtual reality arcade game using the CAVE system, which involved enclosing players within multiple screens and wearing 3D glasses. Four players worked on a team, with one player playing as Hercules, Megara, Philoctetes, and Pegasus each. They journeyed throughout the Underworld and gathered lightning bolts, while seeking out Pain and Panic. When they find the henchmen, they also find a minecart full of lightning bolts, which they then ride to Hades's lair. Pegasus pulls the cart, and the others throw the bolts at Hades.
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The game was removed in 2000 and replaced with another CAVE based game called Pirates of the Caribbean: Battle for Buccaneer Gold. The hardware was likely dismantled, but Disney is not one to simply throw away its intellectual properties, so the game software likely still exists somewhere.
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When DisneyQuest opened at Walt Disney World in 1998, it had an attraction called '''''Hercules in the Underworld'''''. This attraction was a virtual reality arcade game using the CAVE system, which involved enclosing players within multiple screens and wearing 3D glasses.
==Gallery==
Four players worked on a team, with one player playing as Hercules, Megara, Philoctetes, and Pegasus each. They journeyed throughout the Underworld and gathered lightning bolts, while seeking out Pain and Panic. When they find the henchmen, they also find a minecart full of lightning bolts, which they then ride to Hades's lair. Pegasus pulls the cart, and the others throw the bolts at Hades.
==Availability==
The game was removed in 2000 and replaced with another CAVE based game called Pirates of the Caribbean: Battle for Buccaneer Gold. The hardware was likely dismantled, but Disney rarely just throws away their intellectual properties, so the game software likely still exists somewhere.
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Revision as of 08:35, 29 September 2016

Hercules in the Underworld.png

Promo screenshot from a SIGGRAPH document.

Status: Lost

When DisneyQuest opened at Walt Disney World in 1998, it had an attraction called Hercules in the Underworld. This attraction was a virtual reality arcade game using the CAVE system, which involved enclosing players within multiple screens and wearing 3D glasses.

Gallery

Four players worked on a team, with one player playing as Hercules, Megara, Philoctetes, and Pegasus each. They journeyed throughout the Underworld and gathered lightning bolts, while seeking out Pain and Panic. When they find the henchmen, they also find a minecart full of lightning bolts, which they then ride to Hades's lair. Pegasus pulls the cart, and the others throw the bolts at Hades.

Availability

The game was removed in 2000 and replaced with another CAVE based game called Pirates of the Caribbean: Battle for Buccaneer Gold. The hardware was likely dismantled, but Disney rarely just throws away their intellectual properties, so the game software likely still exists somewhere.