The Wargaming Computer of the Future

[Veldor]

50 Years ago a group of scientists predicted what a home computer might look like in the year 2004. This is what they came up with:

[Veldor]

Could anyone tell me what the heck the steering wheel might be for? Racing Games? I wonder how bad they would have been laughed at had they actually come up with something a bit more accurate? For instance the following device which is an honest to goodness device available today in the UK (Damn those Europeans for always getting the coolest gadgets first!). I've been following the development of several "new age" devices for a couple years now and this one is one of my more anticipated ones. Cannot wait till I can get one myself. There is an external connectable model but its real beauty is when built into the device itself such as to the phone here:

[Veldor]

The first true wargame for the "mobile era" will soon be released in January from http://www.pocketwargames.com/.

It's called "Blitzkrieg: War in Europe 1939-1945" and will first be available for the PALM OS and Later for PocketPC.

From the Website:

"Blitzkrieg: War in Europe 1939-1945 is the first WWII strategy game for Palm OS. It is a turn-based strategy game that lets you try your skills as a supreme commander of Allied, Axis or Soviet troops. Command Allied forces during Operation Overlord. Try if you can conquer Soviet Union in Operation Barbarossa. As a Soviet commander can you defeat Axis forces?

Features of version 1.0

Command Allies, Axis or Soviet forces in 11 historically accurate scenarios covering years 1939 to 1945
1. German invasion of Poland 1939
2. Plan Yellow: German attack on France 1940
3. Dunkirk 1940
4. Barbarossa – Race to Moscow 1941
5. Operation Barbarossa - campaign
6. Operation Typhoon - German advance to Moscow 1941
7. Battle for Moscow 1941
8. Operation Blue: Battle of Stalingrad
9. Operation Uranus - Soviets destroy German 6th Army in Stalingrad
10. Operation Bagration 1944 - Soviets take the strategic iniative on the Eastern front
11. Battle of France 1944 - US and British invasion of France

16 bit graphics in 320x320 or 320x480 pixels resolutions
Over 20 types of ground, air and naval units (tanks, heavy tanks, tank destroyers, artillery, infantry, airborne units, cavalry, fighters, bombers, battleships). Click here for screenshots of units.
Extra features under development for version 1.1 update
The version 1.1 update can be expected around end of January 2005. It will be free for version 1.0 owners.

10 new scenarios, these are just examples of what we are developing for v.1.1:
Battle of England 1940
What-if: Operation Sea Lion 1940 (German invasion of Great Britain)
El Alamein 1942 (British 8th Army vs. German Afrika Korps)
Battle of Kursk 1943 (the largest tank battle of WWII)
Final assault on Berlin in 1945
What-if: Secret weapons - the Germany's last chance
New units: German V1/V2 rockets, submarines, aircraft carriers, jet fighters, jet bombers, super heavy tanks, antiaircraft units
New features increasing the playability.
Free scenario editor under development
We are developing a scenario editor that will allow you to create your own scenarios and maps. As of mid-December 2004 it is in an early beta stage. The scenario editor will require a Windows PC."

[Marc von Martial]

16 bit graphics in 320x320 or 320x480 pixels resolutions

[>:]

Hey, go VGA, I want that my new X50v has something to do [;)]
Now honestly, can´t wait to get the PPC version.

[Marc von Martial]

ORIGINAL: Veldor

50 Years ago a group of scientists predicted what a home computer might look like in the year 2004. This is what they came up with:

The monitor looks almost as mine [:D]

[Danny Boy]

What you fail to mention is that the li'l old guy next to the behemoth is infact part of the package. He is required to keep turning that big ol' wheel in order to keep the nuclear fusion rods cool enough that are required to power it!

BTW Veldor, those red shiny gizmos are already in the shops in the UK working off IR, Bluetooth or USB2. about £40 ($70)

Cheers!

[RBWhite]

Probly to fine tune AC & DC voltages. [Or to raise and lower the atomic pile needed to run that thing] The wheels that is.

[Marc von Martial]

You´re all wrong, it´s waht you have all on your multimedia keyboards. It´s for increasing / decreasing sound volume. While holding [SHIFT] you can also browse forward backward with it [:'(]

[Marc von Martial]

ORIGINAL: Danny Boy

BTW Veldor, those red shiny gizmos are already in the shops in the UK working off IR, Bluetooth or USB2. about £40 ($70)

Got a link? I havn´t seen them yet in Germany.

[EnPeaSea]

ORIGINAL: Veldor

Could anyone tell me what the heck the steering wheel might be for?

Something to hang on to when the system crashes

[RBWhite]

I know, I know, that's the original Sega Master System and that was the game pad used to play Out Run, [gas & rudder peddles & gear shifts came later]

[VicKevlar]

Uhhh....guys....it's a fake. The pic is from photoshop contest on Fark (I didn't win that day but I voted for that picture). The winner of the daily photoshop Fark contest simply put his grandfather in with a old picture of a submarine trainer. Sheesh youse guys are gullible.

Here's the actual contest thread from September.

http://forums.fark.com/cgi/fark/comment ... nk=1115586

http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/hoaxes/computer.asp

[RBWhite]

Clear the deck!
Taker down!
Dive, Dive!!!!!
Ah-uga, Ah-uga!!!!!!!


Operation Petti Coat old WWII Submarine movie & TV show.

Famous quote

" Sighted Oiler, Sank Truck"

Edited because I had it Wrong thanks Resisti

[Marc von Martial]

ORIGINAL: VicKevlar

Uhhh....guys....it's a fake. The pic is from photoshop contest on Fark (I didn't win that day but I voted for that picture). The winner of the daily photoshop Fark contest simply put his grandfather in with a old picture of a submarine trainer. Sheesh youse guys are gullible.

Here's the actual contest thread from September.

http://forums.fark.com/cgi/fark/comment ... nk=1115586

http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/hoaxes/computer.asp

LOL, it´s good fake though!

I like this entry too

[Resisti]

ORIGINAL: RBWhite

Clear the deck!
Taker down!
Dive, Dive!!!!!
Ah-uga, Ah-uga!!!!!!!


Operation Petti Coat old WWII Submarine movie & TV show.

Famous quote

" Sighted Truck, Sank same"

Oh, how I love that movie! I've seen it so many times...
That famous quote in the italian version says "sighted oiler, sank truck"

[RBWhite]

Resisti

Quess what, you've got the right quote, I shouldn't rush, because I got it wrong.

Great Movie

Thanks

Rick White

[RBWhite]

Boy are we having a slow day.[;)]

[Veldor]

You can buy the external serial attached Virtual Laser Keyboards in the U.S. (and some other countries) for $199 from the following website:

http://www.virtual-laser-keyboard.com

It is the coolest yet still affordable gizmo you can currently own. Second only to the more built-in kind which, like I said before, I am not aware of being available yet in any U.S. device. Just Europe...

[Hertston]

ORIGINAL: Marc Schwanebeck

Now honestly, can´t wait to get the PPC version.

Likewise... I've fancied a "proper" wargame for my iPAQ for a while. Somehow Warlords 2 and Pocket War just aren't the same [:'(]

[rhondabrwn]

ORIGINAL: Marc Schwanebeck

ORIGINAL: VicKevlar

Uhhh....guys....it's a fake. The pic is from photoshop contest on Fark (I didn't win that day but I voted for that picture). The winner of the daily photoshop Fark contest simply put his grandfather in with a old picture of a submarine trainer. Sheesh youse guys are gullible.

Here's the actual contest thread from September.

http://forums.fark.com/cgi/fark/comment ... nk=1115586

http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/hoaxes/computer.asp

LOL, it´s good fake though!

I like this entry too

My dream Machine!

Hmm... word processing could be a chore though with the monitor at 2 o'clock high [:D]