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Charming Antique Cycling Sim

Random J — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 16:23:17 MDT

*LMAO* WHere in the world and how in the world do you find this shit? Seriously. *lol*

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AndroidKing — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 15:57:38 MDT

Komrade_Kayce you're thinking of epcot. That area is also where they have that show where you are inside a teenage boys brain and see all the effects his life has on his body. The ride where you shrink down is called body wars. I think that stuff is still there. The last time I went was when that mars launcher simulation ride came out or was it the test drive ride. It was one of those.

AndroidKing

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seanyostyle — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 15:35:44 MDT

I think this was a great idea, especially since the only way you could properly view a rear-projection TV in the 80's was if you looked at it straight on.

Now if there was only some room left over for "advanced wind simulation" (fans).

seanyostyle

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Doomstink — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 15:26:20 MDT

Ed McKay's Used Books and More in Raleigh, NC has one of these used for $2,000 according to my girlfriend.

Doomstink

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Zilor — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 15:01:07 MDT

If you had the money to buy that and the time to ride it why not buy a normal bike, ride around town, and get smashed with the left over cash? Trust me, drunk cycling is the bees knees.

Zilor

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QuickPick — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 14:39:45 MDT

I dound a laser disc player on the side walk a few years ago in the rain. I dried it off, plugged it in, and it worked. I have proceeded to buy a few laser disc movies just for shits and giggles.

Although, I have the infamous Eraser disc that funnily enough... is being erased... (the plastic used to create the disc is of poor quality and is starting to erode)

QuickPick

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VakeroRokero — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 13:45:30 MDT

Nintendo, are you watching this? can you make something like this for the Wii? or maybe Konami??

VakeroRokero

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bebop4one — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 12:56:25 MDT

gross....an 80's dyke.

bebop4one

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Justin42 — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 11:53:23 MDT

Laserdiscs rock. I got a player free (one of those "I'm going to toss it if no one wants it" electronics rescues) not too long ago and have been scouring local record shops and Ebay for used LDs. Depending on the LD they really look quite good, especially when you figure they predated DVDs by almost 2 decades. And as long as you know what you're looking for, there's still quite a bit out there that the LD is the best quality copy available.

A bit more on topic, does anyone remember the VHS videos they used to sell sort of based on this idea, it'd just be a first-person perspective of a bike trail you could just watch on TV? I vaguely remember the local PBS station airing them occasionally in the late 80s... my parents would record them and then delude themselves into thinking that it made sitting on a stationary bike more interesting. ;)

Justin42

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kingofallcosmos — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 11:34:20 MDT

I remember really wanting one of these when I was a kid, but I think I just really wanted to be in a house like Silver Spoons. That house was like porn for gadget enthusiastic kids.

kingofallcosmos

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Shredpirate — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 11:09:55 MDT

Wow thats old. They now have trainers on which your own bike can latch on. You don't have to use a machine like the one above. Being a racing cyclist I have used such a machine but it doesn't live up to actually doing it.

[www.competitivecyclist.com]

Shredpirate

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nootau — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 10:44:11 MDT

Yeah, here out in the boonies its dangerous to ride a bike. Most roads, cars can go 50MPH or more. And there are no sidewalks. One of these days i'll buy a bike rack so i can take my bike somewhere "safe" to ride..like a bike trail or a residential street (25MPH or less)

nootau

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jchasse — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 10:32:48 MDT

Ahhhhh Yes...
I miss the days when Lasers were going to save the world (or atleast sell your product)

Now it all "i" this and "i" that.
Bunch of self centered pricks.

Everyone knows that lasers are rad!

jchasse

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Aesteval — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 09:37:39 MDT

Let's get a robot to pedal it and see how fast it'll go before something starts smoking and burning.

Aesteval

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ElMuerte — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 09:27:36 MDT

Reminds me of that glider exercise machine that could be played with Starfox SNES. I tried it in my local mall when I was young. I remember thinking that was the least amount of fun I ever had with a video game.

ElMuerte

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TehDiplomat — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 09:11:00 MDT

Komrade_Kayce is right. I was thinking it was Disney myself, but it may have been Universal. I also haven't been down there in 10 years or so, but definitely remember riding on the disney tour bike.

It is interesting to see things around for 25 years.

TehDiplomat

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Throtex — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 08:48:24 MDT

@Komrade_Kayce: Body Wars? I don't remember the bikes, but the ride is fun.

Throtex

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Komrade_Kayce — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 08:37:05 MDT

Ahem.

There is STILL a ride like this at... Disney? Universal Studios? Someones gonna have to help me out on this one, its the ride that is based on that old movie where you get shrunk into a little pill sized format and put into someones body to explore people on the inside.

Anyways, the whole ride is about health and fitness, so right outside the ride in the 'waiting' lobby, there are a couple of exercise bikes complete with tours of italy/disney/etc (different places) that work on how fast you pedal.

I just didnt know the same idea has been around since 1982.

Komrade_Kayce

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EtherFreak — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 08:36:36 MDT

My Electronic Imaging dept. head at Umass was part of the original dev. team that worked on early laser disk and bike pedaling synching. He showed and described some rudimentary programming involved with the whole fiasco. Makes you appreciate the technology we have now.

EtherFreak

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badasscat — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 08:25:39 MDT

Ironically enough, I just returned ten minutes ago from a 3 mile bike.

That's a really big bike. Where do you store it?

I have a broken Laserdisc player in my house somewhere, and I have Alien on LD, looks and plays real good, as good as DVD or better.

Oh come on now. I still have a Pioneer LD player in mint condition, but let's be honest - the quality is nowhere near DVD. It's not physically capable of it - 525 lines of resolution max, vs. 720 (stored) or even more than that anamorphically on DVD. Add in to that crosstalk and other analog noise and a lot of LD's and LD players are lucky if they look better than VHS tapes and VCR's.

I mainly use my LD player at this point to capture to my PC and make DVD's out of stuff you can't buy on DVD. Old music videos, mostly.

badasscat

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thepeel — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 08:25:27 MDT

I seem to remember an episode of Silver Spoons where Rick's dad had one of these in his office. I think in that one they added pedestrians for comic effect when he wasn't paying attention. I also remember a car crashing through a wall but that might have been a different episode.

I'm getting old.

thepeel

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kNZA — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 08:09:05 MDT

OMG, I have that LD player! It was made in 1978! (before most Kotakuites)

That is the same LD player that was in the Dragon's Lair and Space Ace games. It had interactivity before CD came out, let alone CD-ROM.

The machine has a port on the back for control interface. It still works too. Weighs a ton!

Anybody need some rare (!) video game history?

Let me know.

kNZA

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Throtex — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 08:08:25 MDT

@cdammers: I was actually thinking this might be great for geriatric patients that wouldn't have the coordination to ride an actual bike. I think I'd rather watch TV while biking, though.

Throtex

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ITR — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 08:02:55 MDT

Hey it's a lifecycle!

ITR

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cdammers — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 07:57:53 MDT

I don't normally buy the whole "If you like tennis, why don't you play the real thing?" argument, but it does seem to apply here. I mean, if you're going to use a static exercise bike, surely a normal TV would be more interesting than footage of a road.

cdammers

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Dudes_McGee — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 07:56:19 MDT

Utilizing the awesome power of THE INTERNET, I have determined that the cost of that bike translates to $43,098.24 in today's dollars. Still vastly more expensive than an actual bike, but cheaper than, say, a train.

Dudes_McGee

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Throtex — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 07:53:31 MDT

Oddly enough, this remains the only game in the history of gaming with an infinite "time-to-crate".

Throtex

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GOOR — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 07:51:20 MDT

Probably a pretty good investment if you owned a gym.

GOOR

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ELUNO — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 07:50:23 MDT

Wow, tbat thing is almost as big as a PS3!!!
And costs nearly as much!

ELUNO

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Aftershock14520 — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 07:47:53 MDT

Ohhh ya, Laser Discs kicked ass. I have a broken Laserdisc player in my house somewhere, and I have Alien on LD, looks and plays real good, as good as DVD or better.

Aftershock14520

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PlaidNinja — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 07:37:28 MDT

OMG I remember seeing something about this. Now I understand why my parents said no. LOL

PlaidNinja

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StealthNachos — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 07:36:43 MDT

@Browzilla:That's a huge bike! How many people does it take to pedal that thing?

I... I can't seem to find words for how stupid this is. I would buy it if it didn't have the bike, just the Laserdisc player and the big ol' TV. If I want to ride a bike I'll ride a damn bike. Geez.

StealthNachos

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rateoforange — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 07:28:14 MDT

@JoeyOliver:

Bears.

rateoforange

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Browzilla — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 07:26:33 MDT

So...20 grand for a bike and a screen, vs. a few hundred at most for a new bike, and free use of the streets.

I'll stick with my real bike, thanks.

Ironically enough, I just returned ten minutes ago from a 3 mile bike.

Browzilla

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WatershipDown — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 07:25:22 MDT

@artistpavel:DVD?

Dude. LASERDISC. It was DVD before DVD.

WatershipDown

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JoeyOliver — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 07:20:59 MDT

Is it that difficult to ride a bike outside?

JoeyOliver

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artistpavel — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 07:16:40 MDT

wow, almost modern flat screen and DVD in the 1982. I love the history of electronics, they were always something new, I couldn't believe they would turn antique one day.

artistpavel

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numbers — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 07:13:41 MDT

Aw, sweet! This could be the next hardware add on for the 360!
Pedaling pwns waggle.

numbers

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amazinglarry — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 07:12:00 MDT

@vindicated: They either had really butch haircuts or used 6 cans of hair spray for their bangs.

amazinglarry

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Maleficence — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 07:10:03 MDT

That is a pretty cool device it has to be said.

Maleficence

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jakechance — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 07:08:26 MDT

at 20,000$ it makes sense that nancy reagan would be the spokeswoman

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vindicated — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 07:06:32 MDT

What is it about the 80's that makes all women of that time unattractive....?

vindicated