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"Back to the Future..........."

OK Lets go back in time..........

*Turns on smoke machine - cue SFX*

Its 1950, the war is over and everyone is looking for something to do in their spare time.

You now have the knowledge to enlighten the people about the Future of Gaming as you have already been into their future.....

You have the oppurtunity to invent a games console and 1 game, but that is all.

You must think carefully about the durability of the console as it will have to last around 50 years, which also means the 1 game you include with the console will also need to keep them occupied for a very long time!

Think very carefully.

What games console and 1 game would you provide the people of 1950 with?

I suppose it could be a Sega Saturn, as they would never have seen a Playstation to compare it with, and it would get a lot more attention. Plus the thing would be so impressive that it would sell like hotcakes, even without Sega's non-existent advertising.

Why Sega didn't think of this first and invent a time machine, I'll never know! ;-)

A Gameboy with Tetris ;o)

Dav1d wrote:
> which would absolutely amaze the people of 1950
> as they wouldnt have seen anything like it before, because colour
> wasnt invented then! :-)

LOL.

Visions of people walking around in black and white!

But yeah, I agree with your choice.

Strafex wrote:
> I don't think they'd have the technology for my choice of console in 1950.

Listen, they dont need the technology.... They had oil and coal back then didnt they?.... Maybe they could run the consoles off windmills or something! :-)

Anyway, regardless of the technology, what console would you re-invent and why?

I was going to suggest the gamecube because of all its other uses other then gaming, but I thought the Nintys may get a bit annoyed!

or maybe I could have said that the PS2 could have kept them warm in the winter.... being a radiator and all! :-)

Strafex wrote:
> You need to play red or blue before gold or silver.

You've have
> them all confused already :-D

They'ld get the hang of it give a game guide aswell! (Is that allowed!)

You need to play red or blue before gold or silver.

You've have them all confused already :-D

Oh! sorry do they have to be real. The GBA with Pokemon Gold and Silver. Forever training up you Pokemon and finding glitches in the game! (Plus less batteries)

Brilliant topic, i reckon this should be awarded I reccomend this topic.
A toughie it would be a gamecube style machine. A double sided CD one side with a game and one with a DVD. The DVD would be a day to day diary, realtime of the hundred year war. The game would be a construction game where you could on the CD design and test your own games!

Imagine 50 years of that annoying russian folk music, grrrrr you would go mad.

I don't think they'd have the technology for my choice of console in 1950.

This was before black and white space invaders was made.