Martin stated that the project took six months to complete and despite being initially skeptical to work on a virtual reality version of "Missile Command", he nevertheless decided to be involved with it. He also stated the game had a troubled development cycle due to lack of support and meddling from Atari themselves and that the dragon boss found in the second stage of Virtual mode was inspired by "Panzer Dragoon" on Sega Saturn. "Missile Command 3D" received mixed to positive reviews when it was released. "Next Generation" reviewed the Jaguar version of the game, and stated that "Perhaps if the gameplay had been built upon to an even further extent, the game would have more of an impact, but as it is, there's just not much to get excited about." Prior to the release of "Missile Command 3D", a virtual reality arcade game titled "Missile Command VR" was also developed and released by Virtuality under the license of Atari Games in 1994 and used the 2000SU hardware model. After Atari Corporation discontinued the Jaguar and merged with JT Storage in 1996, all prototypes of the Jaguar VR headset were allegedly destroyed, however two working prototype units, one in low-resolution with red and grey-colored pieces and another in high-resolution with blue and grey-colored pieces, have since been recovered by private video game collectors and they are regularly showcased alongside "Missile Command 3D" and an earlier build of the game titled "Missile Command VR" at multiple Jaguar-dedicated festivals such as JagFest 2K1 and other retro gaming-themed conventions and festivals. Besides "Zone Hunter", other games were planned to be developed and released for the Jaguar by Virtuality such as the 1991 arcade mech game "Exorex", a virtual reality version of "Space Invaders", a racing game titled "Classic Traxx", conversions of "Buggy Ball" and "Dactyl Nightmare", among others. In a 2016 forum post at AtariAge by video game collector Clint Thompson according with Martin Brownlow, former Virtuality CEO Jonathan D. Waldern and other former employees of the company, it was stated that the source code of "Missile Command 3D" has become lost with time, due to the developer splitting into multiple companies between 1999 and 2001. On September 14 2017, a third Jaguar VR prototype unit was found.