<s>
Missile	B-Application
Command	I-Application
3D	I-Application
is	O
a	O
shoot	O
'	O
em	O
up	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Virtuality	B-Application
Entertainment	I-Application
and	O
published	O
by	O
Atari	O
Corporation	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
Jaguar	I-Device
in	O
North	O
America	O
on	O
December	O
12	O
,	O
1995	O
,	O
and	O
Europe	O
on	O
December	O
15	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Part	O
of	O
Atari	O
Corp.	O
'	O
s	O
2000	O
series	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
an	O
update	O
to	O
Dave	O
Theurer	O
's	O
1980	O
arcade	O
game	O
Missile	B-Application
Command	I-Application
and	O
the	O
only	O
officially	O
released	O
title	O
that	O
features	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
unreleased	O
Jaguar	B-Device
VR	O
peripheral	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Missile	B-Application
Command	I-Application
3D	I-Application
received	O
mixed	O
to	O
positive	O
reception	O
since	O
its	O
release	O
but	O
it	O
has	O
been	O
recently	O
referred	O
by	O
publications	O
like	O
PC	B-Device
Magazine	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
best	O
titles	O
for	O
the	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
port	O
for	O
the	O
PC	B-Device
was	O
planned	O
to	O
be	O
published	O
by	O
Atari	O
Interactive	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
was	O
never	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Missile	B-Application
Command	I-Application
3D	I-Application
retains	O
the	O
same	O
gameplay	O
elements	O
from	O
its	O
1980	O
counterpart	O
such	O
as	O
defending	O
six	O
cities	O
from	O
being	O
attacked	O
and	O
destroyed	O
by	O
an	O
endless	O
wave	O
of	O
missiles	O
,	O
with	O
new	O
enemy	O
weapons	O
being	O
introduced	O
in	O
later	O
levels	O
by	O
commanding	O
3	O
anti-missile	O
batteries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
High-scores	O
and	O
other	O
settings	O
made	O
by	O
the	O
player	O
are	O
kept	O
via	O
the	O
cartridge	O
's	O
internal	O
EEPROM	B-General_Concept
and	O
the	O
game	O
also	O
features	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
ProController	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Original	O
Missile	B-Application
Command	I-Application
is	O
a	O
recreation	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
arcade	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
mode	O
also	O
allows	O
the	O
player	O
to	O
change	O
the	O
standard	O
background	O
border	O
for	O
other	O
ones	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
a	O
television	O
,	O
an	O
arcade	O
cabinet	O
or	O
an	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
Lynx	I-General_Concept
by	O
pressing	O
9	O
on	O
the	O
controller	O
keypad	O
,	O
among	O
other	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
3D	O
Missile	B-Application
Command	I-Application
is	O
mostly	O
similar	O
to	O
Original	O
Missile	B-Application
Command	I-Application
,	O
but	O
the	O
premise	O
now	O
revolves	O
around	O
a	O
group	O
of	O
interstellar	O
colonists	O
starting	O
anew	O
in	O
a	O
planet	O
from	O
a	O
distant	O
planetary	O
system	O
but	O
they	O
are	O
soon	O
attacked	O
by	O
an	O
alien	O
race	O
,	O
who	O
are	O
also	O
looking	O
for	O
a	O
new	O
solar	O
system	O
to	O
inhabit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Virtual	O
Missile	B-Application
Command	I-Application
takes	O
place	O
in	O
the	O
year	O
2157	O
,	O
where	O
humans	O
have	O
managed	O
to	O
colonize	O
planets	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
invention	O
of	O
a	O
faster-than-light	O
drive	O
in	O
2034	O
,	O
making	O
interstellar	O
travel	O
possible	O
but	O
one	O
of	O
newly	O
formed	O
colonies	O
on	O
a	O
planet	O
is	O
under	O
attack	O
from	O
aliens	O
,	O
capable	O
of	O
controlling	O
creatures	O
from	O
the	O
colonized	O
planet	O
to	O
destroy	O
them	O
and	O
is	O
up	O
to	O
the	O
player	O
to	O
defeat	O
the	O
alien	O
race	O
and	O
their	O
forces	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
it	O
inherits	O
the	O
same	O
game	O
design	O
and	O
mechanics	O
from	O
the	O
two	O
previous	O
modes	O
,	O
Virtual	O
mode	O
is	O
played	O
in	O
a	O
first-person	O
perspective	B-Architecture
instead	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
primary	O
main	O
defense	O
mechanism	O
against	O
enemy	O
missiles	O
and	O
enemies	O
themselves	O
on	O
the	O
battery	O
are	O
now	O
lasers	O
,	O
resigning	O
the	O
missiles	O
as	O
a	O
secondary	O
defense	O
mechanism	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
only	O
mode	O
that	O
features	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
unreleased	O
Jaguar	B-Device
VR	B-Device
headset	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Plans	O
for	O
a	O
virtual	B-Device
reality	I-Device
headset	I-Device
for	O
the	O
Jaguar	B-Device
were	O
set	O
before	O
the	O
system	O
was	O
officially	O
launched	O
to	O
market	O
,	O
with	O
Atari	O
Corporation	O
originally	O
approaching	O
to	O
Virtuality	B-Application
Group	I-Application
in	O
1993	O
but	O
they	O
did	O
not	O
settled	O
an	O
agreement	O
with	O
the	O
latter	O
for	O
unknown	O
reasons	O
,	O
but	O
in	O
October	O
1994	O
Atari	O
Corp	O
.	O
announced	O
their	O
partnership	O
with	O
Virtuality	B-Application
to	O
create	O
a	O
headset	O
for	O
the	O
Jaguar	B-Device
that	O
would	O
have	O
been	O
released	O
on	O
stores	O
by	O
Christmas	O
1995	O
and	O
was	O
originally	O
set	O
to	O
be	O
retailed	O
at	O
US$200	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
headset	O
for	O
the	O
system	O
was	O
started	O
before	O
Nintendo	O
officially	O
unveiled	O
their	O
own	O
virtual	B-Application
reality	I-Application
console	O
,	O
the	O
Virtual	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
,	O
a	O
month	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Missile	B-Application
Command	I-Application
3D	I-Application
was	O
originally	O
unveiled	O
at	O
E3	O
1995	O
under	O
the	O
working	O
title	O
Missile	B-Application
Command	I-Application
2000	O
in	O
a	O
very	O
early	O
but	O
playable	O
state	O
,	O
showcasing	O
the	O
Jaguar	B-Device
VR	B-Device
headset	I-Device
's	O
capabilities	O
in	O
action	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
both	O
Edge	O
and	O
Next	O
Generation	O
magazines	O
pointed	O
out	O
in	O
their	O
July	O
and	O
August	O
1995	O
issues	O
respectively	O
that	O
the	O
prototype	O
on	O
the	O
show	O
floor	O
was	O
an	O
arcade	O
system	O
board	O
from	O
Virtuality	B-Application
disguised	O
as	O
the	O
Jaguar	B-Device
VR	O
and	O
that	O
the	O
retail	O
price	O
was	O
increased	O
to	O
US$300	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Zone	B-Application
Hunter	I-Application
,	O
a	O
virtual	B-Application
reality	I-Application
first-person	O
shooter	O
arcade	O
game	O
by	O
the	O
same	O
developer	O
,	O
was	O
also	O
announced	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Jaguar	B-Device
VR	O
and	O
a	O
demo	O
was	O
created	O
for	O
demonstration	O
purposes	O
,	O
with	O
plans	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
alongside	O
the	O
headset	O
at	O
launch	O
that	O
never	O
materialized	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
Missile	B-Application
Command	I-Application
2000	O
and	O
the	O
Jaguar	B-Device
VR	B-Device
headset	I-Device
were	O
covered	O
by	O
video	O
game	O
outlets	O
who	O
were	O
invited	O
to	O
Atari	O
Corp.	O
'	O
s	O
US	O
and	O
UK	O
divisions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
December	O
under	O
its	O
final	O
name	O
,	O
the	O
Jaguar	B-Device
VR	O
continued	O
to	O
be	O
promoted	O
in	O
magazines	O
but	O
on	O
October	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
year	O
,	O
the	O
deal	O
between	O
the	O
two	O
companies	O
was	O
falling	O
through	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1996	O
,	O
the	O
agreement	O
with	O
Virtuality	B-Application
was	O
abandoned	O
,	O
leaving	O
the	O
planned	O
headset	O
unreleased	O
,	O
with	O
Atari	O
Corp	O
.	O
themselves	O
citing	O
health	O
issues	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
reasons	O
for	O
its	O
cancellation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Virtuality	B-Application
never	O
received	O
any	O
payment	O
from	O
Atari	O
Corp	O
.	O
for	O
their	O
work	O
on	O
the	O
peripheral	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
an	O
interview	O
with	O
online	O
magazine	O
Jaguar	B-Device
Explorer	O
Online	O
in	O
March	O
1997	O
,	O
programmer	O
Martin	O
Brownlow	O
recounted	O
about	O
the	O
development	O
process	O
of	O
Missile	B-Application
Command	I-Application
3D	I-Application
after	O
it	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Martin	O
stated	O
that	O
the	O
project	O
took	O
six	O
months	O
to	O
complete	O
and	O
despite	O
being	O
initially	O
skeptical	O
to	O
work	O
on	O
a	O
virtual	B-Application
reality	I-Application
version	O
of	O
Missile	B-Application
Command	I-Application
,	O
he	O
nevertheless	O
decided	O
to	O
be	O
involved	O
with	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
also	O
said	O
the	O
game	O
had	O
a	O
troubled	O
development	O
cycle	O
due	O
to	O
lack	O
of	O
support	O
and	O
meddling	O
from	O
Atari	O
themselves	O
and	O
that	O
the	O
dragon	O
boss	O
found	O
in	O
the	O
second	O
stage	O
of	O
Virtual	O
mode	O
was	O
inspired	O
by	O
Panzer	B-Application
Dragoon	I-Application
on	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Missile	B-Application
Command	I-Application
3D	I-Application
was	O
included	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Atari	O
50	O
:	O
The	O
Anniversary	O
Celebration	O
compilation	O
for	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
,	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
,	O
Steam	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
,	O
marking	O
its	O
first	O
re-release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Missile	B-Application
Command	I-Application
3D	I-Application
received	O
mixed	O
to	O
positive	O
reviews	O
when	O
it	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Next	O
Generation	O
reviewed	O
the	O
Jaguar	B-Device
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
and	O
stated	O
that	O
"	O
perhaps	O
if	O
the	O
gameplay	O
had	O
been	O
built	O
upon	O
to	O
an	O
even	O
further	O
extent	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
would	O
have	O
more	O
of	O
an	O
impact	O
,	O
but	O
as	O
it	O
is	O
,	O
there	O
's	O
just	O
not	O
much	O
to	O
get	O
excited	O
about	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Prior	O
to	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Missile	B-Application
Command	I-Application
3D	I-Application
,	O
a	O
virtual	B-Application
reality	I-Application
arcade	O
game	O
titled	O
Missile	B-Application
Command	I-Application
VR	O
was	O
also	O
developed	O
and	O
released	O
by	O
Virtuality	B-Application
under	O
the	O
license	O
of	O
Atari	O
Games	O
in	O
1994	O
and	O
used	O
the	O
2000SU	O
hardware	O
model	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
Atari	O
Corporation	O
discontinued	O
the	O
Jaguar	B-Device
and	O
merged	O
with	O
JT	O
Storage	O
in	O
1996	O
,	O
all	O
prototypes	O
of	O
the	O
Jaguar	B-Device
VR	B-Device
headset	I-Device
were	O
allegedly	O
destroyed	O
,	O
however	O
two	O
working	O
prototype	O
units	O
,	O
one	O
in	O
low-resolution	O
with	O
red	O
and	O
grey-colored	O
pieces	O
and	O
another	O
in	O
high-resolution	O
with	O
blue	O
and	O
grey-colored	O
pieces	O
,	O
have	O
since	O
been	O
recovered	O
by	O
private	O
video	O
game	O
collectors	O
and	O
they	O
are	O
regularly	O
showcased	O
alongside	O
Missile	B-Application
Command	I-Application
3D	I-Application
and	O
an	O
earlier	O
build	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
titled	O
Missile	B-Application
Command	I-Application
VR	O
at	O
multiple	O
Jaguar-dedicated	O
festivals	O
such	O
as	O
JagFest	O
2K1	O
and	O
other	O
retro	O
gaming-themed	O
conventions	O
and	O
festivals	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Besides	O
Zone	B-Application
Hunter	I-Application
,	O
other	O
games	O
were	O
planned	O
to	O
be	O
developed	O
and	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Jaguar	B-Device
by	O
Virtuality	B-Application
such	O
as	O
the	O
1991	O
arcade	O
mech	O
game	O
Exorex	O
,	O
a	O
virtual	B-Application
reality	I-Application
version	O
of	O
Space	B-Application
Invaders	I-Application
,	O
a	O
racing	O
game	O
titled	O
Classic	O
Traxx	O
,	O
conversions	O
of	O
Buggy	O
Ball	O
and	O
Dactyl	B-Application
Nightmare	I-Application
,	O
among	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
2016	O
forum	B-Application
post	O
at	O
AtariAge	B-Application
by	O
video	O
game	O
collector	O
Clint	O
Thompson	O
,	O
with	O
Martin	O
Brownlow	O
,	O
former	O
Virtuality	B-Application
CEO	O
Jonathan	O
D	O
.	O
Waldern	O
and	O
other	O
former	O
employees	O
of	O
the	O
company	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
stated	O
that	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
of	O
Missile	B-Application
Command	I-Application
3D	I-Application
has	O
become	O
lost	O
with	O
time	O
,	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
developer	O
splitting	O
into	O
multiple	O
companies	O
between	O
1999	O
and	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
third	O
Jaguar	B-Device
VR	O
prototype	O
unit	O
was	O
found	O
on	O
September	O
14	O
,	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
