Prom sent me this from 4chan… have no idea where or when it came from, but damn if isn’t great:
Considering it refers to the year 2000 as some semi-distant future, I’m impressed by its accuracy!
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Probably the most accurate “In the future” thing I’ve seen.
Theres one with the “Home computer of the year 1990!” and it’s a hulking monstrosity that takes up a third of a room with valves and shit.
I know the future. 😮
LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY! WOWZER!
Hey…
Wait…
This isn’t cortex command! >:(
Thats ugly… and it isnt Cortex Command
Wow, pretty accurate! Apart from the “handheld display” thing, which isn’t “ultra realistic” yet, it’s VERY accurate!
Wow, it’s not often that things like this come true.
I remember reading a quote from some scientist, circa 1960, “Man will never step foot on the moon”…
But still, miniature radio transmitters and receivers?
This is the greatest “In the future” I’ve seen:
http://www.urbanape.com/images/photos/pic25583-2.jpg
Again I say ,cortex command? I thought this was a dev log reserved strictly for development news. this seems to be one person posting an interesting picture in the wrong place , don’t you have a forum for this kind of stuff?
Bad Idea data, while I hugely respect you don’t mess around in the dev log stick to development news
And 4chan is evil 😀
This is a general development log for Data Realms, not specific to any one project. This was posted under ‘general’ as an interesting game industry/technology related thing I got a kick out of.
Sheesh lighten up and unclench.
Sadly, Rustybadger, that image is fakey. It’s actually from some kind of maritime vessel or something which someone thought’d make a jolly good “Computer Of Tomorrow!” and so they stuck the caption on.
Also, neither that or the main image are Cortex Command! Fix it! 😉
Holy crap, that is close!
Nice find Data.
These Commandophiles need to calm down. =.=
Data, you should know that for some reason, the newest install that you put up, the characters just aim up. I tried re-downloading, re-installing with differant re-downloads.
fooogoo… try unplugging any and all your game controllers/joysticks from your computer before running the game. Let us know if that fixes the problem.
Ah, that worked, thanks.
It looks like an Usborne book – I used to have a bunch of them when I was a kid that helped me learn to program in BASIC and assembly.
As for the game in the bottom right, I have two words:
STEEL BATTALION
lol, 4chan.
I agree, it’s from an usborne book for sure. I actually recognise it from a book I had as a kid. I saw the pic in the bottom right and had a double-take style flashback to my youth.
In fact, googling for the first line turns up this on usenet:-
“While I was cleaning out my bookshelf, I found a book relating to video
games that I haven’t read in ages. It is titled “Usborne Guide to
Computer and Video Games” Basically they are like a For Dummies book
that explain how the video games and computer worked and how to win at
many of the popular games. It is circa 1982. “
Gah, I should have put these in one comment.. here’s the book on ebay:-
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=280065068062
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Ahah! 🙂
Would be very cool go to past with modern notebook and show then Half-Life 2, Crysis or Fallout 2 =)
wooow…