Mindlink revisited

[mos6507]

It looks like they are playing something other than the 2600 in the clip, but there is a VCS there too.

 

Real Mindlink

[CPUWIZ]

http://www.atariage.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=94895

[Deteacher]

Well, it looks like the arcade version of Space Invaders, but there are WAY too many invaders in each row. Funny pic!

[Feralstorm]

I worked with an outfit in Ohio that were working on a similar headband-based system. My job was graphics and stuff for simple games. Unfortunately the company exec decided to embezzle and toddle off. The compnay didn't die from that, but my job sure did.

[shadow460]

No way I'm letting them cut my head open just for that.

How much of a lobotomy did they have to do just to fit the joystick inside?

[A.J. Franzman]

Well, it looks like the arcade version of Space Invaders, but there are WAY too many invaders in each row. Funny pic!

Unless someone knows an existing version that looks like that, I'll guess that it was custom-written to fit nicely on that widescreen monitor. The article does seem to indicate that the medical equipment is not doing something simple, like merely interfacing the brain-inputs to an existing computer or videogame console, but actually running the game directly on the medical hardware. (Yikes! I hope it doesn't have bugs, and doesn't run on a Microsoft OS. Wouldn't want a system crash to make the patient lock up. I hope they've learned how to reboot a human brain...)

[shadow460]

BrainDoze 98 anyone?

[mos6507]

The article does seem to indicate that the medical equipment is not doing something simple, like merely interfacing the brain-inputs to an existing computer or videogame console, but actually running the game directly on the medical hardware.

 

I didn't get that impression. They are converting the brainwaves into left, right, and fire signals. After the conversion it doesn't matter what runs the game, an Atari 2600 or a PC.