Hehe remember the Phantom Console?

[dug777]

:laugh:

OMG that really was a 'gaming revolution' :laugh:

well named too in retrospect, i wonder if that was an inside joke from the start?

 

[spherrod]

when was that? I have no memory of it at all

 

[DAGTA]

Originally posted by: dug777
:laugh:

OMG that really was a 'gaming revolution' :laugh:

well named too in retrospect, i wonder if that was an inside joke from the start?

It would seem so. The man behind it all was a well known BSer/scam-artist.

 

[ed21x]

it didn't differ much from an original xbox

 

[fs5]

kinda like the bit-boys?

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: fs5
kinda like the bit-boys?

heh, whatever happened to them I wonder?

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: fs5
kinda like the bit-boys?

heh, whatever happened to them I wonder?

Hmm.. looks like they're still around, but focusing on Mobile and Embedded graphics solutions rather than desktop?

 

[Modeps]

Originally posted by: dug777
:laugh:

OMG that really was a 'gaming revolution' :laugh:

well named too in retrospect, i wonder if that was an inside joke from the start?

From what it looked like, they were somewhat serious but didnt have the brains, the braun, or the capital to back it up. The owner of the 'company' had started several other companies that failed.

 

[bleeb]

PWNED!@

 

[mzkhadir]

I thought they made a prototype and all.

 

[Slick5150]

They did, it was on display at E3 last year

 

[dug777]

Originally posted by: Modeps

Originally posted by: dug777
:laugh:

OMG that really was a 'gaming revolution' :laugh:

well named too in retrospect, i wonder if that was an inside joke from the start?

From what it looked like, they were somewhat serious but didnt have the brains, the braun, or the capital to back it up. The owner of the 'company' had started several other companies that failed.

yeah i read the hardOCP investigation :laugh:

 

[SagaLore]

You mean this?

http://www.phantom.net/

 

[Transition]

It's a pump & dump scheme by the business owner. He's getting tons of capital from investors for smoke and mirrors while paying himself a very hansome salary. When the company eventually fails what does he care because he's been lining his own pockets with tons of cash.