Didn't the controller for the Sega Master System also have a little joystick that screwed into the dpad as well?
At first yes, but the screw hole was removed from later pads.
"This time Matsushita had a very viable solution for Nintendo, the MX console. What was the MX? Well, details are sketchy, but it was supposed to be the successor of the M2. Sporting two Power PC CPUs that each alone had several times the power of the M2, and pushing a lot more polygons, this system was designed for speed. Nintendo actually entered into negotiations with Matsushita about using the technology. However, Nintendo was still a fan of MIPS CPUs and wanted to use them. The architectures where not compatible, and the MX went down just like its younger brother. Or did it? Perhaps, part of it lives in the Dolphin. Rumors persist that some of the foundations of the Dolphin are based of early MX designs. Only Nintendo knows for sure."
The M2 hardware saw release as an arcade board at least.
Polystars looks nice (if not mind-blowing):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_6k67pz6kQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-fuQu9Rspg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seV_Z97P6BY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vk_rj4tZmqw
By several you mean just the steering wheel thingy right?Because you actually held one of these and tested it with some software.
I'm not saying this is better but it has several more things going for it than the standard N64 pad.
"HEY! Don't give me the middlefin.....stick!
yeah well...looks like a mix of a ripoff n64 pad and a sextoy
The best part was the little joystick that screwed into the dpad. What a useless piece of shit :lol
Mr Swine, oh here it is! ^__^
Damn, thats running on the m2? That could have been a contender during the psx/n64/saturn eraThe M2 hardware saw release as an arcade board at least.
Polystars looks nice (if not mind-blowing):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_6k67pz6kQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-fuQu9Rspg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seV_Z97P6BY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vk_rj4tZmqw
Didn't the controller for the Sega Master System also have a little joystick that screwed into the dpad as well?
Damn, thats running on the m2? That could have been a contender during the psx/n64/saturn era
Damn. Talk about injecting long lost memories in to the brain.
Herzog, those demo pics are awesome; I would pay good money for that console. Are those playable?!
It would be cool to grab the D2 alpha/beta. The game was in development for the M2 for quite a long time.
Really like the idea of an analog steering wheel as standard for a controller.
I've always loved this description of M2 Power Crystal (the so called Zelda 64 killer):
That looks significantly better than any N64 game that came out! I remember seeing those M2 shots in the mags so many years ago. It looked amazing at the time.
Didn't the controller for the Sega Master System also have a little joystick that screwed into the dpad as well?
Yes it did.
That little thing bore painful dimples into my thumb after a while.
Nintendo did it better.
It sure was but Crystal Power actual screenshots (of a unfinished build) looks like this:I know, and it ran at 60fps whereas Ocarina of Time ran at about 20fps. Whoever says M2 was only as, or slightly more powerful, than N64, is out of their mind.
Here are some cleaner shots:
It sure was but Crystal Power actual screenshots (of a unfinished build) looks like this:
D2 on the other hand was a real looker for the system.
Went through my archive and uploaded a few scans:
Maaaaaaan, I miss the days of finding out gaming info from magazines. I was so looking forward to the M2, then it just stopped being written about.
this is pretty interesting. learning about unreleased stuff is one of my favorite things about gaming history.