Development on the coaster began in "1994/95". When theme park designer John Wardley designs the idea of a Dive Coaster as to be a successor to his 1994 coaster Nemesis. He realised that the coaster was too ambitious for its time. So Wardley waited until the "1997/98" to test out his new machine. The first design of the ride was Oblivion at Alton Towers, opened in 14 March 1998.