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Slipstream: The Konix Multisystem Archive
Sifting through the wreckage to discover what went wrong
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Are you excited about the launch of the Nintendo Wii and its revolutionary
ways of making you play its games? Or are you more interested in the superior
graphics and sound performance of the PS3 and Xbox360?
Imagine a scenario nearly 20 years ago where you were offered (arguably) not
only the best graphics, sound and most revolutionary way of playing games but
the chance of having truly arcade style games in your home. Imagine not just
playing these games on some dull black or gray box, but simulating the actual
controls of the type of game you were playing, like exciting racing games
such as Outrun and Powerdrift, or frenetic flying games such as Afterburner.
Add to this superb fast and colourful 2D and 3D graphics...
If you weren't already interested, now consider buying it at a very
affordable price which is almost 25% cheaper than the price of the other
machines at the time and with cheaper but much better versions of their games
too.
Well - you'd be quite interested wouldn't you? Not only that, but with the feeling the same between the Press and the games playing Public, most people in 1989 wanted it - this machine was the new Rock and Roll.
What's that I hear you say - "Why haven't I heard of it?" or "What ever happened to it?". Well, read these pages and you'll go some way towards understanding what it was, why it seemed so great and why we aren't all playing on the 3rd generation of it now.
Other machines have failed to make an impression even when they were launched - this machine has made an indelible impression and has marked its place in gaming folklore and no-one in the world owns one. Find out how by reading these pages.
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