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It is more like a pinball machine than a video game. Now that I think of it it is really a rather unexplored field. Much more should be possible. Imagine a ca
by 6510 2y ago
It is more like a pinball machine than a video game.
Now that I think of it it is really a rather unexplored field. Much more should be possible.
Imagine a car printed in the center of some transparent foil then you rotate the foil to turn. For the background you could have a giant map by projecting a tiny part of a rolled up slide. You could put the road logic on a large drum or hurdy-gurdy punch card roles.
Lots of possibilities.
- masswerk 2y agoThis is exactly what EM (electro-mechanical) arcade games were, which were eventually replaced by video games. There were driving games, flight simulators of sorts, bombing missions, shooters, etc. Some of the earlier video games were directly copying/recreating earlier EM games. Video games eventually won, because they were lower maintenance. Also, video games allowed for what was hardly possible with EM technology, namely player to player competition, like in Pong. (This was probably the true revolution of video games: a competitive game, where players could match on equal ground, regardless of age, sex, size, physical strength, etc.) Searching for "EM arcade game" on a video platform like YouTube may be worth it…