NE146 Posted September 22, 2004 Share Posted September 22, 2004 http://www.cyberniklas.de/pongmechanik/indexen.html (photos and video) Saw this linked at Digital Press (apparently from Slashdot as well) and thought it was too cool. Check it out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMila75 Posted September 22, 2004 Share Posted September 22, 2004 Very cool! I salute whoever had to do all that work. But it looks like it would be a nightmare to keep up with the maintenance and repair that it probably requires. Electromechanical stuff always looks excessively complex in relation to the function that it actually performs. (but I still want one! ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro Rogue Posted September 22, 2004 Share Posted September 22, 2004 Apparently you guy's haven't seen Blip which is tabletop sized EM version of pong.[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE146 Posted September 22, 2004 Author Share Posted September 22, 2004 Presumptuous. I know Blip so well to the point that I still know it's patterns by heart ever since I memorized it as an 8(?) year old. I know which button to press next even before my current serve even leaves my side of the court! I can even sing the bassline from the commercial with the 'blip blip blip' ditty along with it. Blip wasn't even my first EM handheld.. I got a couple of them.. even a Bandai Space Invaders one. I still got them too of course. Anyway, although similar, it's still pretty obvious to me that this is far and beyond Blip my friend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMila75 Posted September 23, 2004 Share Posted September 23, 2004 Have you ever seen the old electromechanical televisions? (I think they were still being called "televisors" at that time.) I can't figure out how those things work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sku_u Posted September 23, 2004 Share Posted September 23, 2004 But it looks like it would be a nightmare to keep up with the maintenance and repair that it probably requires.Electromechanical stuff always looks excessively complex in relation to the function that it actually performs. EM machines look intimidating at first, but all they are is a series of switches, relays and coils. They're actually much simpler to fix and maintain than solid state machines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maibock Posted September 23, 2004 Share Posted September 23, 2004 I checked out the video - pretty cool Although I'm sure it took a lot of time and effort to make, and there's no way I'd be able to do that, the game seems a bit jerky and gimmicky. We're on the way however, to my ultimate gaming bliss of playing football with miniature little robots on a small grass playing field Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
128bytes Posted September 30, 2004 Share Posted September 30, 2004 Presumptuous. I know Blip so well to the point that I still know it's patterns by heart ever since I memorized it as an 8(?) year old. I know which button to press next even before my current serve even leaves my side of the court! I can even sing the bassline from the commercial with the 'blip blip blip' ditty along with it. Blip wasn't even my first EM handheld.. I got a couple of them.. even a Bandai Space Invaders one. I still got them too of course. Anyway, although similar, it's still pretty obvious to me that this is far and beyond Blip my friend Totally presumptuous! Like NE, I played Blip for HOURS as a kid! Great memories...sometimes I would "ignore" that I knew the patterns so that other people would still play it with me... BTW, Gnip Gnop qualifies as electromechanical Pong, too! (sort of...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yuppicide Posted December 21, 2004 Share Posted December 21, 2004 It's gotta be Arena Football.. or Hockey. I want full movement, full control, punching, kicking, eye gouging, anything I can think of.. heck Wrestling would be awesome too. I checked out the video - pretty cool Although I'm sure it took a lot of time and effort to make, and there's no way I'd be able to do that, the game seems a bit jerky and gimmicky. We're on the way however, to my ultimate gaming bliss of playing football with miniature little robots on a small grass playing field Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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