Announced Native

Stereoscopic 3D Games

Graveyard of Lost Dreams

Today is the 18th of January, 1999. From todays perspective none - I repeat: none of the native stereo3D titles listed here has a good chance of becoming a reality.

Bumper Tanks from Brightland has a very good chance of getting native stereo support if, just IF the program itself becomes a reality, which is uncertain.

My first impulse was to completely remove this page, but I think seeing this phony announcements from the past has some entertainment value. It also sheds a light on the reliability of announcements by the hard- and software industry.
The titles on this page are either not available, or the stereo functions are not verified.
Usually announcements are made by 3D-glasses/helmet manufacturers, not the software developers! They always contain a disclaimer, like "We have no influence on the decisions of the software companies." The programmers don't care about the wishes of some stereo guys. BTW, if I was a game developer I would take this few extra hours to add stereo support, just to see it myself. Well, some programmers actually do this, but don't release a patch for some sinister strategic reasons (no kidding).
Most of the announcements are not credible, even though most of them were made by credible companies. Uhhh, some of those credible companies, like Victormaxx and VIO, are dead already... and some of those alive are in coma.
Games with verified stereo support are moved to the HOTLIST ASAP.
This chart is about STEREO VISION only. The HMD-Headtracking-issue is not adressed here!!!
Since H3D as a company is out of business and the deal with Electronic Arts never really catched on, there's not much hope for any further native H3D-support. The driver level support by Wicked3D should finally kill the urge in developers and users for native stereo, although this would have advantages in some cases.

Abbreviations:
NRY: Not Released Yet
SIF: Sorry I Forgot (some other manufacturer website I lost track of or which is down now)

Title	Developer/ Publisher	Release Date	Announced by	Comment
10^th Planet	Bethesda	NRY, late 97	SIF	Hmmm... we'll see.
Agents of justice	Microprose	?	Woobo	Development cancelled !!!
Anartica	Gravity	?	SIF	Gravity did some stuff for VIO
Battle Tech: Honor Bound	Microprose		Woobo	Naaaa....
Big Red Racing	Domark (offline?)	96 ?	SIF	No Sir, I don't believe it.
Birth Right	SoftDisk	never?	StereoGraphics	In 96 Sierra released a RPG of that name, no word on the SoftDisk pages
Blood		97	StereoGraphics	Same engine as Duke 3D, but the stereo-functions seem to be buggy.
Bumper Tanks	Brightland	NRY	Brightland	Stereo support confirmed by developer. The whole project is currently on halt though.
Burnout (H3D/3Dfx)	Bethesda	NRY	Bethesda senior programmer
Carmageddon	SCI	97	Woobo
Confidential	Interplay	never?	SIF	This title is not mentioned on the Interplay pages
Confirmed Kill	ICI	never?	SIF	This title is not mentioned on the ICI pages
CyberScuba	Gravity	?	SIF	Gravity did some stuff for VIO
Daikatana (OpenGL)	John Romero/ Ion Storm	NRY, 98	John R. himself, H3D	Quake engine, official support for H3D was planned, but H3D is gone and John has other problems right now.
Death Drome	Viacom		APEC
Descent 2 - D3D version	Interplay		Woobo
Descent to Undermountain	Interplay	97	APEC, Woobo	Based on the Descent engine. According to Interplay there is NO Stereo3D/VR support in the current version and there are NO plans to add this feature in the future.
Descent 3	Interplay/ Parallax/ Outrage	NRY, 98	nobody	just assumption, because the Descent series stands for VR/stereo support! - this won't help much nowadays though
Destruction Derby	Psygnosis	95/96 ?	SIF	No Sir, I don't believe it.
Divide, The	Viacom		APEC
Dreadnaught	Ocean		StereoGraphics
Duke Nukem 4ever	3DRealms	NRY, 99	nobody 3DRealms refused to comment on 3D support.	Assumption, because: Predecessor had stereo support!
East Storm	Accend Inc.	never?	SIF	SU-27 simulation. This title was announced in late 95 and never heard of ever since.
F-22 Lightning II	Novalogic	97	SIF	No stereo support in the retail v. (Thanks to Gabor Laufer for test.).
Falcon 4.0	Spectrum Holobyte/Microprose	NRY, 97/98	Woobo	I doubt it.
Flight Unlimited	Looking Glass	never?	VRex and others	No Sir, Idon't believe it.
Fortress of Dr. Radiaki	Merit Studios	early stone age (1994)	SIF	Well, I dunno.
Grand Prix 2	Microprose	96	Woobo	I would drop dead if that happens, but it won't happen! Can you imagine Geoff.G. caring about a stereo patch? Ho Ho Ho
Half Life	Valve	98	nobody	Quake engine!?!
Hardwar	Gremlin	97	StereoGraphics, APEC, Woobo	Gremlin did some stereo stuff before
Helicops	7^th Level	96?	Woobo	Naah...
Heretic	Interplay		Woobo	Nope!
Heretic 2	Raven	98	H3D
Hexen 1	Raven/id		Woobo	Don't be ridiculous.
iF22 ASF	Interactive Magic		Woobo	how many F22 sims are out there? I lost track
Island Peril	Atlantean	early stone age	SIF	Well, I dunno.
Isle of the Minotaur	SoftDisk/Paradigm	never?	SIF	I'm not shure if this one is still in development. Look for yourself.
Jedi Knight - Dark Forces 2	Lucas Arts	NRY, 97/98	StereoGraphics, APEC, Woobo	No stereo yet and I doubt it'll change.
Jet Fighter III	Interplay		APEC
Jet Ski Rage	Velocity (offline?)	never?	SIF	Well, I dunno.
M1A2 Abrams	Novalogic		SIF
Metal Hive	Interplay	never?	SIF	This title isn't mentioned on the Interplay page. Maybe it was a working title for Shattered Steel???
Mig	Spectrum Holobyte	?	SIF	This title isn't mentioned on the Microprose web pages.
NHL 98	Electronic Arts/EASports	97/98	H3D	This title has been pushed back, it'll never see the light, the EA developer team moved on to other projects
Normality	Gremlin	95/96 ?	SIF	No Sir, I don't believe it.
Outlaws	LucasArts	97	APEC	ouch
Quarantine 2	Gametek	?	SIF	no way
Rally Championship	Europress Software	96/97	Woobo
Redneck Rampage	Interplay	97	Woobo
Sand Warriors	Gremlin	97	StereoGraphics, APEC, Woobo	I've got the demo. Nothing!
Scorched Planet	Gremlin	96	Woobo	This is a budget title already
Screamer 2 (aka Bleifuss 2)		97	Mindflux	"I want to believe."
Shadows of the Empire - Star Wars	LucasArts	97	APEC, Woobo	Keep on dreamin
Shadow Warrior	3D Realms	97	StereoGraphics	Same engine as Duke 3D, but the stereo-functions seem to be buggy.
Sim Copter	Maxis	97	StereoGraphics	I've got the demo. Nothing!
Slamscape	Viacom		APEC, Woobo
Snow Crash	Viacom		APEC
Star Fleet Academy	Interplay	97	StereoGraphics, Woobo	Yeah, go ahead, surprise me.
Star Rangers	Interactive Magic		Woobo
Star Trek - Generations	Microprose	97	Woobo
Starting Grid	Visiware	NRY, 98	SIF
Storm Fighter (?)	Maddox/Auric Vision	98?	StereoGraphics	I don't know if this title exists at all or if it was a working title for ZAR or Madspace. Should this title really exist there is a good chance for stereo support.
SWIV 3D	SCI	96/97	Woobo	Naaa...
Tank Commander	Domark (offline?)	early stone age	SIF	Well, I dunno.
Tempest 2005	Interplay	97?	APEC	What?
Terra Nova	Looking Glass	never?	SIF	No Sir, I don't believe it.
Test Drive	Electronic Arts/Accolade	pfffft	SIF	I don't even know what Test Drive they're talking about. TD 1? TD 2? TD 3? TD 4? I don't believe it anyway, but the EA-H3D relationship may change that.
The Elder Scrolls: Daggerfall	Bethesda	a long time ago	SIF	No Sir, I don't believe it.
Tie Fighter vs. X-Wing	LucasArts	97	APEC, Woobo	Ahhhh.... shut up!
Tomb Raider	Core Design/Eidos	96	Woobo	"I want to believe."
Triple Play '99 (3Dfx-Glide)	Electronic Arts/EASports	98	H3D
Twisted Metal	Singletrac		SIF	I ain't know nothing.
Ultima IX - Ascension (3Dfx-Glide)	Origin / Electronic Arts		H3D
Unreal	EPIC		Not officially announced, but H3D regards this title as very important and is in contact with the developers.	Game over!
US Navy Fighters '97 (Direct3D)	Electronic Arts/Jane's	97	H3D	1997 ??? - History!!!
Vette: San Francisco Thrills 3D	Microprose		Woobo
VR Baseball	Interplay		StereoGraphics, Woobo
VR Golf	Interplay		APEC
VR Soccer	Interplay		StereoGraphics
Warbirds	ICI	96 ?	SIF	No word on stereo support in the giant WB-FAQ.
Wings of Glory	Origin	94/95 ?	SIF	There was a patch on the CyberMaxx page. Maybe this was headtracking only, but the title was announced by someone as stereo.

Here's my personal wish list as of August 98:

1. Need for Speed series
2. Tomb Raider series
3. Road Rash series
4. Sentinel Returns
5. Sim City 3000 (impossible - I know)
6. Screamer (aka Bleifuss) series
7. Moto Racer series
8. Thief/The Dark Project (from the SShock guys!)
9. System Shock (hi-res)

Well, Wicked3D helped a lot here <G>! (January '99)

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