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Amiga computer related discussion => General chat about Amiga topics => Topic started by: AntonioX on July 16, 2007, 03:28:24 PM

Title: Wii Fit or did Amiga already do the joyboard??
Post by: AntonioX on July 16, 2007, 03:28:24 PM

Hi all long time no chat, well Nintendo have made an Item
called wii fit, but hay Amiga had the joyboard 25 years before nintendo was thinking about wii fit

Title: Re: Wii Fit or did Amiga already do the joyboard??
Post by: guru-666 on July 16, 2007, 04:15:44 PM

yeah, well maybe the amiga had the joy board for 25 years, but I don't rember ONE game that used it.  I don't think it will catch on with the Wii either.

Title: Re: Wii Fit or did Amiga already do the joyboard??
Post by: Belial6 on July 16, 2007, 04:49:11 PM

I had Alpine Skiing and Surf... something or other for the Joyboard.  Both totally unplayable in a carpeted room.  We actually brought in a piece of plywood to set under the Joyboard for playing these games.

Title: Re: Wii Fit or did Amiga already do the joyboard??
Post by: adolescent on July 16, 2007, 04:57:01 PM

Are you sure you had Surf's Up?  Only a handful (maybe less) of prototypes are known to exist.  Mogul Maniac was the skiing game included with the JoyBoard.

Title: Re: Wii Fit or did Amiga already do the joyboard??
Post by: odin on July 16, 2007, 04:57:21 PM

Were they sturdy enough to stand on?

Title: Re: Wii Fit or did Amiga already do the joyboard??
Post by: Oli_hd on July 16, 2007, 05:26:18 PM

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well Nintendo have made an Item   called wii fit, but hay Amiga had the joyboard 25 years before nintendo was thinking about wii fit

The joyboard was just an 8 direction joystick with a platform on the top was it not?
The wii fit is two (maybe more, one for each corner of the two different platforms) presure sensors.
These deliver a lot more information and can be used for a lot more than just a simple left/right/forward joystick.

Im looking forward to giving the wii fit a try :D
(although there is probably going to be a 18 stone limit or something so I cant :( Supersize it now!

Title: Re: Wii Fit or did Amiga already do the joyboard??
Post by: DonnyEMU on July 16, 2007, 06:08:24 PM

Did you guys notice the picture comparision in my original post (which pre-dates this thread)... If anyone wants to see what the WiiFit vs JoyBoard looks like, I posted pics up there.

http://www.amiga.org/forums/showthread.php?t=30256