On Feb 20, 12:08 am, Bryan aka R.I.P. <br...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 18:59:00 -0800 (PST), Air Raid
<AirRaid...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >I forgot to mention that I intended this to be a little flashback.
> >The M2 system was the most hotly anticipated machine of the mid-late
> >90s. It would've beaten Saturn, PS1, N64 and 3Dfx Voodoo in 3d
> >graphics performance & quality. some incredible games were being made
> >for M2 such as D2, IMSA Racing, Power Crystal as well as a rumored
> >version of VF3.
>
> >It was such a pity the M2 was canceled.
>
> The thing is, it wasn't "canceled" per se, it was just sold off. The M2
based
> hardware actually lived a long life in the kiosk industry where it
worked to
> compete with CD-i and PC based systems.
Oh hey, I do realize M2 was used in industrial kiosks. It was also
used in ATMs and vending machines in Japan. In multimedia players
(FZ-21S, FZ-35S) aimed at professionals working in medicine,
architecture, sales.
As well as in Konami arcade games.
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