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In case anyone can't tell from the poorly photoshopped image and the "text input via analog stick rotation" input method, this is an old April Fool's article. S
by ndiddy 1y ago
In case anyone can't tell from the poorly photoshopped image and the "text input via analog stick rotation" input method, this is an old April Fool's article. See https://groups.google.com/g/fr.comp.os.linux/c/4xO1IcKhRnc/m/hKKajvsia2oJ https://groups.google.com/g/fr.comp.os.linux/c/4xO1IcKhRnc/m... for confirmation.
- accrual 1y ago> each character is represented by a 3 degree angle of the analog stick This humor is golden. Now I have even more reason to keep my stock sticks in working order.
- mattnewton 1y agoThey had me until the analog stick bit NGL
- Lammy 1y agoThe Netscape thing isn't that far-fetched, though. Sega Saturn had PlanetWeb in 1996: https://segaretro.org/NetLink_Custom_Web_Browser https://segaretro.org/NetLink_Custom_Web_Browser And I 'member the LinksBoks web browser on XBOX in the 2000s that had workable input via analog stick. Point the stick at one of the clusters of letters and press one of four colored face buttons: https://web.archive.org/web/20050903121908/http://ysbox.online.fr/?pagename=LinksBoks.ScreenShots https://web.archive.org/web/20050903121908/http://ysbox.onli...
- reaperducer 1y agoThe PSP had a web browser, as well, with d-pad input.
- tcdent 1y agoThe Sega Dreamcast, from a similar era, had a modem for Internet access and web browser.
- wicket 1y agoThe N64 had the 64DD/Randnet in Japan which included a modem and web browser.