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08/15/2006

A Look Back: Sega Activator

For those who don't remember, the Sega Activator was "an octagonal game controller for the Sega Genesis that used infrared beams to interpret movements." Video after the jump.
The Activator is placed on the floor, and the player stands inside the octagon. But unfortunatly, it wasn't a success
[via Destructoid - Wikipedia]

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Posted at 08/15/2006 09:08am by god
looool so many restrictions!!!!
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Posted at 08/15/2006 3:12pm by kayne001
lol I would like to see that guy pull a Akuma one move ko.
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Posted at 08/15/2006 4:55pm by Mr.Wednesday
This was one of the worsts ideas that Sega ever came up with... This was even worse than the PowerGlove for the NES... I was a video game collector and had one for a while... It worked ok but its just impossible to play. Oh, and the restrictions are true... If ANYTHING disturbs the beams, you´ll get some weird commands on screen... Not to mention that its impossible to play Street Fighter or any fighting game since you need to do a series of comands... Try doing a hadouken without "touching" the A and B butons since between each direction is a button (The order is Something like this: Right, A, Down, A again, left, C, up and B... Terrible).
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Posted at 08/16/2006 01:05am by 我不喜欢-Blog » A Look Back: Sega Activator
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Posted at 08/20/2006 11:58am by Crimson Death
I've been reading a lot of bad comments regarding the Sega Activator. I taught martial arts at the time and bought one because of the workout aspect which was particularly intense with a surgical tubing aparatus that attached to the ankles and hands (even more so with ankle and wrist weights.) It required coordination and good lighting. Once that was taken care of it worked fine. The only draw back was when your legs would get tire and drag across the panel, taking it apart. Unfortunately my eventually broke and if I ever get it repaired, I'll make a platform to recess it in. I loved it!!! Let the uncordinated people who weren't willing to do the proper set-up say what they will.
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Posted at 01/12/2007 6:00pm by frank
idk what anyone thinks. If sega did some research this thing could have been huge. fix some aspects and maybe release a second one and who knows, the activator could have made sega the company Nintendo is working for.
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Posted at 01/23/2007 03:24am by ion litio » archivo del weblog » SEGA Activator
[...] Enlaces relacionados: “Activator” en Moby Games Sega Activator Ring (Wikipedia en inglés) “A Look Back: Sega Activator” en TEchEBlog [...]
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Posted at 02/27/2007 1:04pm by Trance
yep too many restrictions "NOW YOUR PLAYING WITH POWER"
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