The latter has since been popularized by the Canadian comedy troupe Loading Ready Run, whose annual ' Desert Bus For Hope' campaign raises charitable donations by live-streaming actual Desert Bus gameplay for hours on end.Ĭomedian Penn Jillette appears in this VR version via narration, where he describes the original '90s game as a reaction to former US Attorney General Janet Reno's claim that video games were 'murder simulators.' To mock her claim, he and the original game's design team simulated the monotony and boredom of driving a giant, empty bus down a straight road for hours at a time. Years later, the finished game leaked as a download, which meant fans could finally see its many weird mini-games, including this dreadfully boring bus simulator. The original Desert Bus would have launched in the mid-'90s as a mini-game tucked into Penn & Teller: Smoke & Mirrors, a comedy-minded Sega CD game that never saw an official commercial launch.

My 'quick' test of the bizarre game, which launched on November 27, reveals something totally worth playing, if only to marvel at the fact that this weird, VR-minded sequel actually exists. In very good news for anybody who hears 'notorious game's sequel' and flinches, this new take, dubbed Desert Bus VR, is now completely free to own for PC gamers, whether they own a virtual reality headset or not.

After roughly 22 years, one of the worst video games of all time, Desert Bus, finally has a sequel.

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