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1981 prediction of how videogames were to be.

Death Ray MachineDeath Ray Machine Registered User regular
edited January 2007 in Games and Technology
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Pretty cool retro pic-article from 1981 tries to predict what gaming was to be like today. Not bad actually.... who wants to predict the state of gaming 25 years from today?

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  • AccualtAccualt Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Radio transmitters for electronic Checkers! Flying cars be damned, why do I not have this?

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  • Bew! Bew! Bew!Bew! Bew! Bew! Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    I want a games cubicle.

    and a flying car

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  • ShimShamShimSham Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    A gaming cubicle they say?

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    So there are tiny mans inside of a Gamecube... you think you're playing it.

    The man plays you.

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  • Synthetic OrangeSynthetic Orange Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Hahahaha, I actually had this book as a kid.

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  • yalborapyalborap Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Accualt wrote:
    Radio transmitters for electronic Checkers! Flying cars be damned, why do I not have this?

    Fuck electronic checkers. I want the electronic CHESS goddammit.

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  • HardtargetHardtarget There Are Four Lights VancouverRegistered User regular
    edited January 2007
    y'know all things considered, they did a really good job with those predictions. Colour me impressed.

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  • darleysamdarleysam On my way to UKRegistered User regular
    edited January 2007
    ShimSham wrote:
    A gaming cubicle they say?

    gamecube.jpg

    So there are tiny mans inside of a Gamecube... you think you're playing it.

    The man plays you.
    in Soviet Russia?

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  • jothkijothki Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    This is one of the more accurate predictions of future technology that I've seen in a while.

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  • Synthetic OrangeSynthetic Orange Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Except for the 11 player game console.

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  • Bionic MonkeyBionic Monkey Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited January 2007
    Not bad. They didn't really fuck up until they got to the virtual reality part.

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  • TaramoorTaramoor Storyteller Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Death Ray Machine wrote:
    Pretty cool retro pic-article from 1981 tries to predict what gaming was to be like today. Not bad actually.... who wants to predict the state of gaming 25 years from today?

    We will all play World of Warcraft, all day, every day.

    If you don't, you won't be allowed to vote.

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  • darleysamdarleysam On my way to UKRegistered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Synthetic Orange wrote:
    Except for the 11 player game console.
    not precise, but it made me think of arcades where you get rows of games all linked together for hot, hot multiplayer action.

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  • variantvariant Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Battle of Waterloo eh? I guess that's better than constant rehash WWII games.

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  • core tacticcore tactic Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    They got everything right really except the ultimate game thingy and having to use radio transmitters for online play.

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  • CrapfestivalCrapfestival Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Hardtarget wrote:
    y'know all things considered, they did a really good job with those predictions. Colour me impressed.

    Yeah, seriously. I completely expected one to be along the lines of "Neuro-Net processors will allow one to, with the aid of a spine-wired device and of course Skynet, imagine their games."

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  • HardtargetHardtarget There Are Four Lights VancouverRegistered User regular
    edited January 2007
    variant wrote:
    Battle of Waterloo eh? I guess that's better than constant rehash WWII games.


    I think a RTS where you fight at the Battle of Waterloo would be amazing. DAMN YOU NAPOLEON!

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  • yalborapyalborap Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Bionic Monkey wrote:
    Not bad. They didn't really fuck up until they got to the virtual reality part.

    Looks less like 'VR' and more just being surrounded by screens. And I've seen arcade games with exactly that element to them, so I'd say that aside from the 'ultimate game' thingamajiggy they got most of it more or less right.

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  • mausmalonemausmalone Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Bionic Monkey wrote:
    Not bad. They didn't really fuck up until they got to the virtual reality part.

    No... I think they got that kinda right... there are game cockpits that kinda match the cubicle they describe ... what they got wrong is that anybody would be able to afford it reasonably (which they didn't so much say as imply).

    As far as game predictions go... these were pretty good.

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  • SpazMuffinSpazMuffin Hey Cut it outRegistered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Gaming Cubicles are great but in the future there will be a new dimension of gaming.

    Gaming Terseract
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  • BallmanBallman Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    mausmalone wrote:
    Bionic Monkey wrote:
    Not bad. They didn't really fuck up until they got to the virtual reality part.

    No... I think they got that kinda right... there are game cockpits that kinda match the cubicle they describe ... what they got wrong is that anybody would be able to afford it reasonably (which they didn't so much say as imply).

    As far as game predictions go... these were pretty good.

    I once played a stock-car racing game like this. It was pretty rad.

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  • JelloblimpJelloblimp Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Synthetic Orange wrote:
    Hahahaha, I actually had this book as a kid.
    What book is it?

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  • DocshiftyDocshifty Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Ballman wrote:
    mausmalone wrote:
    Bionic Monkey wrote:
    Not bad. They didn't really fuck up until they got to the virtual reality part.

    No... I think they got that kinda right... there are game cockpits that kinda match the cubicle they describe ... what they got wrong is that anybody would be able to afford it reasonably (which they didn't so much say as imply).

    As far as game predictions go... these were pretty good.

    I once played a stock-car racing game like this. It was pretty rad.


    Chuck E Cheese had an airplane game that tilted and whatnot with the controls. It bucked more than a pissed off bull on crack at a rodeo. It was awesome.

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  • Synthetic OrangeSynthetic Orange Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Dont exactly remember the title. It was one of those large sized but thin (20-30 pages?) with nice colour illustration type books. Something something 'Video Games', went into as much detail as a 12 year old reader would pick up about how computers, programming, displays and games were done.

    Hey... here it is!

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    Or maybe this one...

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  • randombattlerandombattle Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Hmm anyone else notice that apparently the ultimate game is Tie Fighter? :lol:

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  • FreddyDFreddyD Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    If you ignore some of the unimportant details, they were pretty much spot on with every prediction.

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  • core tacticcore tactic Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    I bet you in 10 years I can get an oblivion capable laptop for under a hundred bucks.

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  • robaalrobaal Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    I don't understand what they meant about the adventure games...

    The 11-player console kind-of sort-of is realized by LAN-parties.

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  • DocshiftyDocshifty Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Taramoor wrote:
    Death Ray Machine wrote:
    Pretty cool retro pic-article from 1981 tries to predict what gaming was to be like today. Not bad actually.... who wants to predict the state of gaming 25 years from today?

    We will all play World of Warcraft, all day, every day.

    If you don't, you won't be allowed to vote.

    LF399M

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  • Synthetic OrangeSynthetic Orange Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Hey whoa... here's the whole thing!

    http://blogs.sun.com/ChrisM/entry/vintage_guide_to_computer_and

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  • ShujaaShujaa Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    randombattle wrote:
    Hmm anyone else notice that apparently the ultimate game is Tie Fighter? :lol:

    Yeah. They weren't wrong, either :P

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  • bruinbruin Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    In the future...

    there will be robots.

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  • AoiAoi Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    randombattle wrote:
    Hmm anyone else notice that apparently the ultimate game is Tie Fighter? :lol:

    They had pretty awesome taste in future games.

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  • Der Waffle MousDer Waffle Mous Blame this on the misfortune of your birth. New Yark, New Yark.Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Aoi wrote:
    randombattle wrote:
    Hmm anyone else notice that apparently the ultimate game is Tie Fighter? :lol:

    They had pretty awesome taste in future games.
    Looks more like Wing Commander 2 to me.

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  • core tacticcore tactic Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    There actually IS a Waterloo game, made by good old Sid Meiers.

    This just proves he's omnipresent.

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  • Hotlead JunkieHotlead Junkie Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Is this the same book where they announced Duke Nukem Forever was in production and to be ready next year?

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  • WharkWhark Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
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    I can't be the only one who remembers that

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  • AoiAoi Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    WHY wrote:
    Aoi wrote:
    randombattle wrote:
    Hmm anyone else notice that apparently the ultimate game is Tie Fighter? :lol:

    They had pretty awesome taste in future games.
    Looks more like Wing Commander 2 to me.

    Hmm, I think my comment still stands then. :)

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  • DarlanDarlan Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Whark wrote:
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    I can't be the only one who remembers that
    I once knew a kid that actually thought that commercial was actually advertising a real PS9. He even called me up all excited, and all I said was "god you're a retard" and hung up. In retrospect, it might've been kinda mean as he may very have well been mentally challenged. Oh well, I guess.

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  • Squirminator2kSquirminator2k they/them North Hollywood, CARegistered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Whark wrote:
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    I can't be the only one who remembers that
    I only found out about those ads earlier this year. We didn't have the pS9 ad campaign in the UK, rather we had something a lot more pants - a man opens a door and see's a person in a suit with a duck's head. Apparently this was edgy marketing. It's still better than the original PlayStation adverts depicting someone who didn't play the console turning into a chimp, mind.

    But back on topic. In ten years time, I predict there will be more WAGGLE than ever before.

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  • MeissnerdMeissnerd Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Sony will give birth to animals

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