onklsven75 Posted March 7, 2002 Share Posted March 7, 2002 Has anyone tried making a homebrew mindlink controller for their atari. If so, I'd like to know how. Even if it wouldn't work too well, it would sure be a cool addition to any collection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc4 Posted March 7, 2002 Share Posted March 7, 2002 I'm up for one of those. Someone should give it a try to make a homebrew mindlink game! Something like "Poltergeist" would be an interesting game. Scare the family by using the mindlink to move objects around a house or something. Or "Pyswar" Battle of the Minds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moycon Posted March 7, 2002 Share Posted March 7, 2002 quote: Originally posted by Monster greifen an: I'm up for one of those. Someone should give it a try to make a homebrew mindlink game! Something like "Poltergeist" would be an interesting game. Scare the family by using the mindlink to move objects around a house or something. Or "Pyswar" Battle of the Minds. Ummmmm How many people have a mindlink to play these games??? Anyone? Anyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATARIPITBULL Posted March 7, 2002 Share Posted March 7, 2002 I do!! I stuck a 2600 joystick in a head band so all I have to do is smash my skull into the wall to move the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassidy Nolen Posted March 7, 2002 Share Posted March 7, 2002 I believe there are two models for the Mindlink. One is operational, the other is not. IIRC, there is a story that the one that works was the one shown at the CES show, and it fell off of the demonstration table and broke at the show. It did not really appeal to people who do not like migraine headaches; ie. most of the world. When I inquired as to how much for one about a year ago, price seems to be in line with other rare protos; more than my Corvette. Alas, I will just have to imagine the headaches...... Cassidy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joystick Jolter Posted March 7, 2002 Share Posted March 7, 2002 Yes, if I remember right it was shown and I even tried it at CES 1983 in Vegas. It could have been Summer Ces in Chicago, but I believe it was Vegas. If I can find my CES book I will post the definite date. It actually worked. Not perfectly mind you though. You sometimes tried going right and just kept going straight. I might even have the press handouts yet, but I can't be sure. I'm in the process of the great hunt of looking through 50 years of, as my wife calls it, "junk" . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mos6507 Posted March 7, 2002 Share Posted March 7, 2002 Did you know that the Mindlink controller was available to the public in limited quantities in connection to some Atari 8-bit game? I had a chance to pick one up used in the early 90s but balked on the price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slapdash Posted March 7, 2002 Share Posted March 7, 2002 Glenn, that sounds familiar, but I'm pretty sure that it wasn't the Mindlink from Atari, but some third party thing. It strikes me that it wasn't purely a game so much as it was some kind "biofeedback relaxation" software. Can't come up with a name though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted March 7, 2002 Share Posted March 7, 2002 Wasn't there some Bio-Feedback thing for the 8-bit by Synapse? I know I've seen one before, but I'm not sure who it was by. Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cx2k Posted March 8, 2002 Share Posted March 8, 2002 quote: Originally posted by Tempest: Wasn't there some Bio-Feedback thing for the 8-bit by Synapse? I know I've seen one before, but I'm not sure who it was by. Tempest It was called Relax and was by Synapse Software. It consisted of a headband and receiver as well as a few games on disk. I've always suspected that the Atari and Synapse units were similar in that perhaps one was based on the other. I've compared the two but they're not interchangeable. Also, the Mindlink is wireless while the Relax unit plugs in to the receiver. Hope that helps, John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slapdash Posted March 8, 2002 Share Posted March 8, 2002 Yeah, pretty sure "Relax" is what I'm thinking of -- it (software, not hardware) is less game-oriented than the Mindlink was supposed to be, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dykesr Posted May 9, 2004 Share Posted May 9, 2004 Some one should really work on a homebrew mind link!! Even though th e orig. did not work verry well it would be somehting fun to have. RD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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