Szybowcowa ’87 is a historical VR adventure simulation that transports you back to 1980s Poland, immersing you in a secret printing house used by the anti-communist Fighting Solidarity movement. Set inside a residential block on Szybowcowa Street in Wrocław’s Gądów district, the game lets you explore a detailed virtual environment filled with authentic artifacts, documents, and interactive elements tied to real resistance efforts against the communist regime. It’s designed more as an educational walk-through experience than a traditional game, combining exploration with hands-on activities like printing underground press materials and listening to intercepted communications.
Developed by Pictureworks and published by the Instytut Pamięci Narodowej, Szybowcowa ’87 highlights Poland’s struggle for freedom and offers insight into the risks and ingenuity of the solidarity underground. Players move in first-person through the recreated apartment, inspect digitized documents, hear real audio broadcasts, and absorb the atmosphere of the resistance movement in a vivid VR setting. With its strong historical focus and immersive design, the title appeals to players interested in learning through interactive storytelling rather than fast-paced action.
Features
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Immersive VR exploration of a 1980s secret printing house
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First-person historical walk-through experience
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Discover the inner workings of Fighting Solidarity’s underground press
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Digitized archival documents and artifacts to examine
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Interactive clandestine press production elements
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Listen to intercepted communications and era audio
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Atmospheric VR recreation of 1980s Wrocław
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Educational focus on Polish resistance history
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Detailed environment with period-accurate visuals
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Single-player experience (VR only)
System Requirements:
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OS: Windows 10 (64-bit) required
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Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 or Intel Core i5-6600K
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Memory: 8 GB RAM
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Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti / AMD Radeon RX 560 or better
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Storage: ~1 GB available space
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DirectX: Compatible with VR hardware
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VR Support: Oculus Rift / Quest 2 or similar headset required
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Sound: VR-compatible audio output
