The Virtual Nightclub (found PC/Mac adventure game; 1997)
Cover art for the obscure 1997 video game "The Virtual Nightclub
Status: Found
Date found: 09 June 2016
Found by: Gamecare (Mark D.)
The Virtual Nightclub is an obscure point-and-click video game from 1997, which development has been started from 1993 until 1997, when the company Thumb Candy brought back the rights to this game. It was originally developed by Prospect Project and published by Philips Interactive Media and Thumb Candy. The game features a concept on a virtual reality nightclub, which was revolutionary for its time. The game is almost similar to Burn:Cycle, except it relies on a modern and futuristic nightclub and the main plot of this game is that you have to collect 16 S-warps in order to escape by playing mini-games. This game well known to promote British youth culture.
Very little known information of the game is available, due to the fact that the game only sold in limited copies, both in the United Kingdom and outside the United Kingdom via The Scf Fi Channel and their website. It is unclear if Prospect Project is defunct or still alive.
Version differences
Beta version
A beta version was leaked via 4shared, the packaging was boxed and it has notable bugs and glitches, such as missing files and script-related errors to Macromedia Director. The version is dated "Friday, May 24, 1996", one year before the game was released. The beta version release only sold very limited copies.
Final version
In June 03, 2016, a final build of a game was uploaded to 4shared. One notable differences in the final version is the packaging (which is now in a jewel case) and bug fixes and removed glitches, it also includes a new storyline (unlike in the beta version, where the story is still in work-in-progress).