Guest Posted May 20, 2001 Share Posted May 20, 2001 He says been confirmed that it's not homemade. I wonder how he arrived at that conclusion? Who confirmed this? Based on what? Hmmm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted May 20, 2001 Share Posted May 20, 2001 Certainly looks homemade to me, maybe he found a manufacturers logo on the bottom or something? I don't remember ever hearing of anything like that being planned for the 2600 or Colecovision. Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 21, 2001 Share Posted May 21, 2001 So, anyone ever heard of this thing? I suppose it could be for any number of systems (2600, 7800, Colecovision, SMS, Genesis, etc.). Here's the link. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Oberhäuser Posted May 21, 2001 Share Posted May 21, 2001 Look a little bit like the Konix-Chair. Konix Infos Nice homebrew, I guess. MaO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ze_ro Posted May 21, 2001 Share Posted May 21, 2001 It never ceases to amaze me how much prototype stuff people keep finding. I bet 20 years from now, we'll still be digging up Atari's failures in landfills (They'll be underneath even more E.T. cartridges probably). --Zero Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Night Phantom Posted May 21, 2001 Share Posted May 21, 2001 I imagine we're supposed to believe the handles are joysticks, although it's not entirely clear the handles can move thus. Frankly the whole thing looks more like a chair with a power tilting feature. I don't think it could possibly be the ultimate gaming controller-chair. I suspect that honor would go to a chair with armrests. You know, the kind you sit in while commanding, "Ahead warp 6, Mr. Sulu!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+-^CrossBow^- Posted May 21, 2001 Share Posted May 21, 2001 well, I am not sure but it would appear that the handles themselves do not move...but that then entire chair does on the central axis. Perhaps one would lean in the chair in the direction they wanted to go and then use the handles to fire. Also, I know that the arcade version of Battle Zone was modified for the US Army for actual training. Isn't is possible that Atari could have made up a chair controller like this for use in such a game? I mean if the handle controllers could be moved back and forth like a real tank then that would add to the realism of the simulation training. Just a thought. If it is a proto...you have to admit that is looks pretty good for being 20 years old perhaps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jahfish Posted May 22, 2001 Share Posted May 22, 2001 think i'll agree with -^Cro§Bow^- about the way it works. must be that way .... i guess it's a great pleasure playing zaxxon with the chair. decathlon will be reserved for jamaican dancehall-queens only ... there's actually many games that are only fun with the right controller? i hated many games, until i got their appropriate controller. track'n'field, spitfire attack, mogul maniac, ... and many more ... i am twice as good in beamrider with the amiga ministick, while i'm worse with it in many other games ... and often just the old regular joystick is just the best! games and their best controllers ... that would be worth a topic in here, even for the site (sorry albert if i overload you with work ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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