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What sets gaming apart from other forms of media is the interaction, and in the realm of the console world, the simple Joypad is king. So much so that console manufacturers even include one with their machine. But in a quest for realism, new and varied control methods for your on-screen counterparts are always in development.
Arcade machines have the monopoly on this. How many of you have ridden the plastic horse in the Derby? How about that one where you have to wave the oars to propel your inflatable raft (That's hard work!)? The MTV Drum Kit is quite a laugh, though they have some really cheesy tunes on there.
But for home gamers, the prehiperals don't really vary all that much. It's really due to the fact that people don't have space at home for a full size motorbike in their livingroom/bedroom. We do have the Dancemat, the Steering wheel, the Lightgun, and even the skateboard though, and all that is needed is the support from the gaming community for companies to develop home prehiperals further.
The following item descriptions are taken from www.*******-prehiperals.com.
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The chair.
Every wrestling game allows you to beat a guy around the head with a metal folding chair. The Chair plug into your multitap allowing one each in twoplayer, and sensors on the corners of the framework, plus pressure sensitive sensors in the seat and back read every impact and transfer them into the game. Available as a 1 player pack with a mannequin head or 2 Chairs for multiplayer fun.
Test your strength
Many fighter games feature this, most recently Mortal Kombat. Currently, you hammer two buttons and keep the speed level over a marker before the time runs out. The test your strength prehiperal consists of two large pieces of metal, similar to commercial building material, held together with an electromagnet. Supported by the platforms supplied (4 housebricks), the game varies the strength of the electromagnet to vary the metal's separation tolerance. Iron fists not supplied.
The '2Player'
This is a full size inflatable person (male or female) in a seated position with arms modeled to hold a controller. When set up next to you on the sofa, you can live those Vs Com moments in style. Connected to your console, a speaker in the head of the 2Player can shout abuse, call you a cheater when you win and mock you when the Com wins. Due to the inflatable nature of the 2Player, you are invited to beat the daylights out of them when you lose, without fear of damage to yourself or soft furnishings. The standard model has 2 working orifices, whereas the 'Deluxe' model has 3.
The Crash Simulator
Driving games, especially ones that don't show car damage, are hard to be realistic as soon as you crash, you just back up and then carry on. Even with games that feature damage, you carry on regardless, not taking into consideration the temporary psychological damage to the driver incurring from such an impact. The Crash Simulator sits just in front of you whilst playing, and when you crash your vehicle it projects a breeze block directly into your face, replication the feeling of disorientation and concussion you would expect from a 180mph impact. This device also runs standalone as a morning alarm clock.
The Online Gamer replicator
This is a small device compatible with all consoles. Simply plug your console into this and then this into the telly. Start playing your games as normal, and enjoy the feeling of playing online as random insults appear in pop-up boxes at the top of the screen. Text talk translation book available separately.
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These and many more ingenious products are already fully developed and ready to go into manufacture. All they need for general release is the support from the gaming community. You know what you have to do.
Thanks,
Slave.
Arcade machines have the monopoly on this. How many of you have ridden the plastic horse in the Derby? How about that one where you have to wave the oars to propel your inflatable raft (That's hard work!)? The MTV Drum Kit is quite a laugh, though they have some really cheesy tunes on there.
But for home gamers, the prehiperals don't really vary all that much. It's really due to the fact that people don't have space at home for a full size motorbike in their livingroom/bedroom. We do have the Dancemat, the Steering wheel, the Lightgun, and even the skateboard though, and all that is needed is the support from the gaming community for companies to develop home prehiperals further.
The following item descriptions are taken from www.*******-prehiperals.com.
-----------------------------
The chair.
Every wrestling game allows you to beat a guy around the head with a metal folding chair. The Chair plug into your multitap allowing one each in twoplayer, and sensors on the corners of the framework, plus pressure sensitive sensors in the seat and back read every impact and transfer them into the game. Available as a 1 player pack with a mannequin head or 2 Chairs for multiplayer fun.
Test your strength
Many fighter games feature this, most recently Mortal Kombat. Currently, you hammer two buttons and keep the speed level over a marker before the time runs out. The test your strength prehiperal consists of two large pieces of metal, similar to commercial building material, held together with an electromagnet. Supported by the platforms supplied (4 housebricks), the game varies the strength of the electromagnet to vary the metal's separation tolerance. Iron fists not supplied.
The '2Player'
This is a full size inflatable person (male or female) in a seated position with arms modeled to hold a controller. When set up next to you on the sofa, you can live those Vs Com moments in style. Connected to your console, a speaker in the head of the 2Player can shout abuse, call you a cheater when you win and mock you when the Com wins. Due to the inflatable nature of the 2Player, you are invited to beat the daylights out of them when you lose, without fear of damage to yourself or soft furnishings. The standard model has 2 working orifices, whereas the 'Deluxe' model has 3.
The Crash Simulator
Driving games, especially ones that don't show car damage, are hard to be realistic as soon as you crash, you just back up and then carry on. Even with games that feature damage, you carry on regardless, not taking into consideration the temporary psychological damage to the driver incurring from such an impact. The Crash Simulator sits just in front of you whilst playing, and when you crash your vehicle it projects a breeze block directly into your face, replication the feeling of disorientation and concussion you would expect from a 180mph impact. This device also runs standalone as a morning alarm clock.
The Online Gamer replicator
This is a small device compatible with all consoles. Simply plug your console into this and then this into the telly. Start playing your games as normal, and enjoy the feeling of playing online as random insults appear in pop-up boxes at the top of the screen. Text talk translation book available separately.
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These and many more ingenious products are already fully developed and ready to go into manufacture. All they need for general release is the support from the gaming community. You know what you have to do.
Thanks,
Slave.
Yes, but will your friends also let you use their 3 working orifices?
The two player sounds like a pretty good idea, actually. If you didn't have friends that is...
I'm happy with my dance mat.....
you put your right leg, your right leg out.
in out in out.......
could do with blow up friends for mutiplayer games though :D
you put your right leg, your right leg out.
in out in out.......
could do with blow up friends for mutiplayer games though :D
What sets gaming apart from other forms of media is the interaction, and in the realm of the console world, the simple Joypad is king. So much so that console manufacturers even include one with their machine. But in a quest for realism, new and varied control methods for your on-screen counterparts are always in development.
Arcade machines have the monopoly on this. How many of you have ridden the plastic horse in the Derby? How about that one where you have to wave the oars to propel your inflatable raft (That's hard work!)? The MTV Drum Kit is quite a laugh, though they have some really cheesy tunes on there.
But for home gamers, the prehiperals don't really vary all that much. It's really due to the fact that people don't have space at home for a full size motorbike in their livingroom/bedroom. We do have the Dancemat, the Steering wheel, the Lightgun, and even the skateboard though, and all that is needed is the support from the gaming community for companies to develop home prehiperals further.
The following item descriptions are taken from www.*******-prehiperals.com.
-----------------------------
The chair.
Every wrestling game allows you to beat a guy around the head with a metal folding chair. The Chair plug into your multitap allowing one each in twoplayer, and sensors on the corners of the framework, plus pressure sensitive sensors in the seat and back read every impact and transfer them into the game. Available as a 1 player pack with a mannequin head or 2 Chairs for multiplayer fun.
Test your strength
Many fighter games feature this, most recently Mortal Kombat. Currently, you hammer two buttons and keep the speed level over a marker before the time runs out. The test your strength prehiperal consists of two large pieces of metal, similar to commercial building material, held together with an electromagnet. Supported by the platforms supplied (4 housebricks), the game varies the strength of the electromagnet to vary the metal's separation tolerance. Iron fists not supplied.
The '2Player'
This is a full size inflatable person (male or female) in a seated position with arms modeled to hold a controller. When set up next to you on the sofa, you can live those Vs Com moments in style. Connected to your console, a speaker in the head of the 2Player can shout abuse, call you a cheater when you win and mock you when the Com wins. Due to the inflatable nature of the 2Player, you are invited to beat the daylights out of them when you lose, without fear of damage to yourself or soft furnishings. The standard model has 2 working orifices, whereas the 'Deluxe' model has 3.
The Crash Simulator
Driving games, especially ones that don't show car damage, are hard to be realistic as soon as you crash, you just back up and then carry on. Even with games that feature damage, you carry on regardless, not taking into consideration the temporary psychological damage to the driver incurring from such an impact. The Crash Simulator sits just in front of you whilst playing, and when you crash your vehicle it projects a breeze block directly into your face, replication the feeling of disorientation and concussion you would expect from a 180mph impact. This device also runs standalone as a morning alarm clock.
The Online Gamer replicator
This is a small device compatible with all consoles. Simply plug your console into this and then this into the telly. Start playing your games as normal, and enjoy the feeling of playing online as random insults appear in pop-up boxes at the top of the screen. Text talk translation book available separately.
-------------------------------------
These and many more ingenious products are already fully developed and ready to go into manufacture. All they need for general release is the support from the gaming community. You know what you have to do.
Thanks,
Slave.
Arcade machines have the monopoly on this. How many of you have ridden the plastic horse in the Derby? How about that one where you have to wave the oars to propel your inflatable raft (That's hard work!)? The MTV Drum Kit is quite a laugh, though they have some really cheesy tunes on there.
But for home gamers, the prehiperals don't really vary all that much. It's really due to the fact that people don't have space at home for a full size motorbike in their livingroom/bedroom. We do have the Dancemat, the Steering wheel, the Lightgun, and even the skateboard though, and all that is needed is the support from the gaming community for companies to develop home prehiperals further.
The following item descriptions are taken from www.*******-prehiperals.com.
-----------------------------
The chair.
Every wrestling game allows you to beat a guy around the head with a metal folding chair. The Chair plug into your multitap allowing one each in twoplayer, and sensors on the corners of the framework, plus pressure sensitive sensors in the seat and back read every impact and transfer them into the game. Available as a 1 player pack with a mannequin head or 2 Chairs for multiplayer fun.
Test your strength
Many fighter games feature this, most recently Mortal Kombat. Currently, you hammer two buttons and keep the speed level over a marker before the time runs out. The test your strength prehiperal consists of two large pieces of metal, similar to commercial building material, held together with an electromagnet. Supported by the platforms supplied (4 housebricks), the game varies the strength of the electromagnet to vary the metal's separation tolerance. Iron fists not supplied.
The '2Player'
This is a full size inflatable person (male or female) in a seated position with arms modeled to hold a controller. When set up next to you on the sofa, you can live those Vs Com moments in style. Connected to your console, a speaker in the head of the 2Player can shout abuse, call you a cheater when you win and mock you when the Com wins. Due to the inflatable nature of the 2Player, you are invited to beat the daylights out of them when you lose, without fear of damage to yourself or soft furnishings. The standard model has 2 working orifices, whereas the 'Deluxe' model has 3.
The Crash Simulator
Driving games, especially ones that don't show car damage, are hard to be realistic as soon as you crash, you just back up and then carry on. Even with games that feature damage, you carry on regardless, not taking into consideration the temporary psychological damage to the driver incurring from such an impact. The Crash Simulator sits just in front of you whilst playing, and when you crash your vehicle it projects a breeze block directly into your face, replication the feeling of disorientation and concussion you would expect from a 180mph impact. This device also runs standalone as a morning alarm clock.
The Online Gamer replicator
This is a small device compatible with all consoles. Simply plug your console into this and then this into the telly. Start playing your games as normal, and enjoy the feeling of playing online as random insults appear in pop-up boxes at the top of the screen. Text talk translation book available separately.
-------------------------------------
These and many more ingenious products are already fully developed and ready to go into manufacture. All they need for general release is the support from the gaming community. You know what you have to do.
Thanks,
Slave.