Wii Fit or did Amiga already do the joyboard??

[AntonioX]

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

[guru-666]

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.

[Belial6]

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.

[adolescent]

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.

[odin]

Were they sturdy enough to stand on?

[Oli_hd]

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
(although there is probably going to be a 18 stone limit or something so I cant Supersize it now!

[DonnyEMU]

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