Armchair Quaterback Demo/Proto on CV via Nemo?

[Bartsfam]

I was reading an article today on IGN about the never released Hasbro Nemo. This system would have been a "interactive movie based console," a la Sewer Shark and Night Trap.

 

One paragraph stated the following: "The first NEMO prototype was a ColecoVision streaming video through a cable signal, which could be overlayed with interactive images. Rob Fulop’s team developed a cable demo called Armchair Quarterback to show how a video game could be played over a televised American football match. The player had to predict the next play and was scored based on their synergy with the on-field quarterback. The demo was impressive, but far from practical."

 

I guess my question is, has any one seen the demo/proto before? Is it another long lost prototype? Maybe it wasn't really run on the CV, but just run through it for the output.

 

The full article can be found here: http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/12/02/finding-nemo-the-story-behind-hasbros-nintendo-killer?abthid=529d07c86adb7b621500002e

 

 

Forgive me if this has been discussed here before....

[retroillucid]

I guess they were reffering to the CED player?

[+Psionic]

I guess they were reffering to the CED player?

No...the NEMO (aka Control-Vision) used VHS tapes. It had nothing to do with the RCA Selectavision or CED videodiscs, which were basically defunct by the time NEMO was in development.

[retroillucid]

No...the NEMO (aka Control-Vision) used VHS tapes. It had nothing to do with the RCA Selectavision or CED videodiscs, which were basically defunct by the time NEMO was in development.

Coleco never released the CED player as they were totally abandonned all gaming projects

So why the hell this NEMO was related with Coleco afterall if it was developped after the CED

[NIAD]

Probably because it was an easy system to work with considering it used the very popular and well documented TI chipsets, Z80 processor and could easily add expansion devices through the front expansion bus. The NEMO would have nothing to do with Coleco, they just used the CV system as a shortcut in development of the prototype. Beside that, it's all guess work on my part.

[retroillucid]

Probably because it was an easy system to work with considering it used the very popular and well documented TI chipsets, Z80 processor and could easily add expansion devices through the front expansion bus. The NEMO would have nothing to do with Coleco, they just used the CV system as a shortcut in development of the prototype. Beside that, it's all guess work on my part.

Ok, now it makes sense though