Global VR
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| Type | Private |
| Founded | 1998 |
| Headquarters |  San Jose, California, U.S. |
| Key people | Jim DeRose, (CEO and Chairman) |
| Industry | Leisure industry |
| Products | (see List of Global VR arcade games) |
| Website | [1] Global VR official website |
Global VR is company based in San Jose, California, that makes arcade games.
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[edit] History
The company was originally founded in 1998 starting in a garage with just four employees. On July 11, 2003 the company moved into its current 50,000-square-foot (4,600 m²) facility. As of the move the company employed about 100 employees.[1]
Global VR has licensing rights from Electronic Arts to make games based on Madden NFL, Need For Speed, and Tiger Woods PGA Tour.
Global VR used to operate Virtual reality stands that it purchased from Ferris Productions in 2003, usually located inside of theme parks, such as six flags. Global vr Closed these stands in 2004.
[edit] Recent Games
- Madden Season 2 - An update to the Madden Arcade game based on Electronic Arts popular Madden game.
- Need for Speed Underground - An arcade adaptation of Electronic Arts popular Need for Speed Franchise.
- PGA Tour Golf Team Challenge - A update to Challenge Edition and based on the Tiger Woods Golf console game made by Electronic Arts.
- Aliens: Extermination - A new game loosely based on the popular movie Aliens (film) from 1986.
- Paradise Lost - A two player sit down game which is based on Far Cry Instincts
- EA SPORTS NASCAR Racing - A coin-operated version of Electronic Arts popular NASCAR franchise.
- UltraPin Arcade - The pinball version of UltraCade.
- Vortek V3 - A stand up vitual reality simulation machine.
[edit] Unique Feature of Global VR games
Global VR's Players Card-- The Global VR players card allows players to save data such as car customizations in Need for Speed, Custom characters on PGA Tour Golf and Season and Training camp progress in Madden Season 2, the card is also the fastest way to log in for tournaments on connected machines.
Tournament Play-- Some games support tournaments which allow players to at different physical machines to challenge each others scores, challenge each other or set up ladder type tournaments. Some tournaments have cash and prizes.
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[edit] References
- ^ [http://www.globalvr.com/ : GLOBAL VR Website
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