Phantom Posted December 28, 2007 Share Posted December 28, 2007 I just saw that lil diddy on the front page and never heard of it before. It would be great for us aging gamers. I guess and exercise bike would work as well but could anyone mod an excercise bike with a redemption and controllers or something???? LOL I would buy if it wasnt to steep. Seriously anyone that has info about the Puffer Project please share unless this topic has been posed and done before. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TunnelRunner Posted December 28, 2007 Share Posted December 28, 2007 (edited) I just saw that lil diddy on the front page and never heard of it before. It would be great for us aging gamers. I guess and exercise bike would work as well but could anyone mod an excercise bike with a redemption and controllers or something???? LOL I would buy if it wasnt to steep. Seriously anyone that has info about the Puffer Project please share unless this topic has been posed and done before. Cheers My understanding is that the bike was supposed to work with Pole Position and maybe one other. But as Al Alcorn said when he was asked to come up with an exercise peripheral for video games "You're missing the point. PONG was designed so you could participate in athletics while maintaining a firm grip on a can of beer! Go out and play ping pong, go out and play tennis." Edited December 28, 2007 by TunnelRunner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Posted December 28, 2007 Author Share Posted December 28, 2007 My understanding is that the bike was supposed to work with Pole Position and maybe one other. But as Al Alcorn said when he was asked to come up with an exercise peripheral for video games "You're missing the point. PONG was designed so you could participate in athletics while maintaining a firm grip on a can of beer! Go out and play ping pong, go out and play tennis." No I undertsand that completely but why not try to use atleast some of that time spent playing games and excerise while youre at it is what Im thinking. If I could do both at once some of the time even, Id have to be healthier and thats a good thing Thanks for your input Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted December 28, 2007 Share Posted December 28, 2007 Here are some reviews of the two Puffer specific games known to exist: http://www.atariprotos.com/5200/software/j...jungleriver.htm http://www.atariprotos.com/5200/software/t...tumbleweeds.htm Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimo Posted December 28, 2007 Share Posted December 28, 2007 just buy one of these at least you wont have to fix the controllers every time you want to use it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Posted December 29, 2007 Author Share Posted December 29, 2007 (edited) Here are some reviews of the two Puffer specific games known to exist: http://www.atariprotos.com/5200/software/j...jungleriver.htm http://www.atariprotos.com/5200/software/t...tumbleweeds.htm Tempest WOW thanks alot Tempest! Very informative and now i really want one. Any clue on how many were actually made or are they just a few rare proto(s)? The person writing that made it sound as if there were more than one or maybe I was just wishing as I read. Track N Field would had made a lot of sense for this project. It makes one wonder why they didnt start with that or atleast as the 2nd game made to be compatable with the bike unit. I think Im going to have to rig something up and see how it goes. Thanks again for the cool info Edited December 29, 2007 by Phantom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted December 29, 2007 Share Posted December 29, 2007 Here are some reviews of the two Puffer specific games known to exist: http://www.atariprotos.com/5200/software/j...jungleriver.htm http://www.atariprotos.com/5200/software/t...tumbleweeds.htm Tempest WOW thanks alot Tempest! Very informative and now i really want one. Any clue on how many were actually made or are they just a few rare proto(s)? The person writing that made it sound as if there were more than one or maybe I was just wishing as I read. Track N Field would had made a lot of sense for this project. It makes one wonder why they didnt start with that or atleast as the 2nd game made to be compatable with the bike unit. I think Im going to have to rig something up and see how it goes. Thanks again for the cool info I wrote those, and there were at least one or two prototypes made. Lord knows what happened to them though. There were also two other games that were adapted to the Puffer: Pac-Man and Pole Position. Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opeygon Posted December 29, 2007 Share Posted December 29, 2007 if i wanted to exercise, i'd get a wii Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
82atari5200 Posted December 30, 2007 Share Posted December 30, 2007 Any reason why the roms haven't been released? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Posted January 1, 2008 Author Share Posted January 1, 2008 Any reason why the roms haven't been released? Yea what about bthese roms! I agree. lets find the damn Roms! lol Happy New Year you 5200 totin gamers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
82atari5200 Posted January 1, 2008 Share Posted January 1, 2008 Any reason why the roms haven't been released? Yea what about bthese roms! I agree. lets find the damn Roms! lol Happy New Year you 5200 totin gamers! AS far as I know they are found just not released. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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