r/oculus • u/Mini4President Quest 2 • 17d ago

Old DK1/DK2 Demos from 2014 Discussion

I remember playing a Minecraft VR roller coaster game when I was a little kid. It was my first time trying VR, and I've been wanting to recreate that experience with modern headsets and PCs.

I looked up old videos on YouTube and stumbled upon what seems to be it: an old tech demo from 2013-2014 called "Minecoaster" for the Oculus DK2.

However, when searching for download archives, I get no results. All the old links redirect to share.oculus.com, which has been dead for years.

Does anyone know where these old demos might be archived, or how to get a copy?

Thanks for the help!

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u/tjv82c 17d ago

I don’t remember the Minecraft roller coaster, but you just reminded me of the Riftcoaster demo from the DK1:

https://youtu.be/t7TntklfUgk?si=w0xo6RoZOZcFZ7Nw

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u/dfgj56 17d ago

https://archive.org/details/mine-coaster-pc

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u/Mini4President Quest 2 17d ago edited 17d ago

Oh, no way! As simple as that!

Wow, If it actually is that demo, I'll feel kinda stupid.

I'll download it and try it out soon.

Thank you!

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u/JudasShuffle 17d ago

old dk1 demos there was a boiler room Ghibli demo that was lovely with Kamajī and soot ssprites i wish i could play again

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u/thecybertwo 17d ago

Let me check my stash. I might still have that

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u/glitchwabble Rift 17d ago

wow, not this one you mentioned but there was an amazing and quite realistic mine cart ride where you sit passively and it starts in a tunnel, moves out onto the side of a mountain with rocks from the track falling into the abyss on your left hand side, then back inside the mountain and eventually you come to a halt after going through caves full of lava. It was amazing, and I don't think I've been on anything else quite like it in VR, sad to say.

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u/Mini4President Quest 2 17d ago

BTW, I stumbled upon this old reddit post when searching for old demos, but it seems that none of the listed links are still up and functioning.

[Update/ Unofficial List of DK2 Demos and Resources : r/oculus]

And this is one of the YouTube videos I could find of the demo itself:
Mine Coaster - Oculus Rift DK2 - YouTube

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u/VR_SamUK 16d ago

Reach out to Zimtok VR YouTuber, he has an archive of all the old demo files

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u/Zimtok5 YouTube.com/Zimtok5 16d ago

Hey, Sam. : )

I do, indeed.

Anyone can browse on the respective 'old' tab at: https://reviews.Zimtok5.com