I want one of these

Post by **Dave_K.** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 6:40 pm

Namco P.O.D. at the 2005 AMShow...
http://www.mainichi-msn.co.jp/entertain ... h/pickup1/

Some choice pics:

iatneH · Post by **iatneH** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 6:43 pm

Very cool, I just hope they don't start to stink of B.O. after many sweaty Gundam fans have been inside...

Onken · Post by **Onken** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 6:49 pm

WOW!! they look like the nnext level kinda shit, that would get me bak in the arcades no worries.

captain ahar · Post by **captain ahar** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 6:55 pm

straight outa toys.

... crazy motherfucker named ice cube

sorry, i have no self control...

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 7:01 pm

Wonder what shipping to the states would be on one of those.

Sly Cherry Chunks · Post by **Sly Cherry Chunks** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 7:12 pm

Does it spin around and stuff when you're in it?

IlMrm · Post by **IlMrm** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 7:20 pm

Holy Toledo!(In honor of Bill King).

One thing I always wonder about is whenever I see US Air Force flight simulation training stuff on TV, the graphics look like crap. I am sure they have stuff like this, where the details are very life-like, but they won't show it to the public.

Samudra · Post by **Samudra** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 7:32 pm

Ah, the bliss of seeing creativity given room to play.

MOSQUITO FIGHTER · Post by **MOSQUITO FIGHTER** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 9:09 pm

Wow

That looks very futuristic. Like a miniature IMAX videogame. Stanley Kubrick would have been proud.

magnum opus · Post by **magnum opus** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 10:05 pm

IlMrm wrote: One thing I always wonder about is whenever I see US Air Force flight simulation training stuff on TV, the graphics look like crap.

thats because the physics are vastly more accurate, individual bullets are modeled, wind currents fuel weight al sorts of weird shit.

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 11:17 pm

No, they don't move, but you can connect 8 of them together, for some 4x4 Gundam action. This was the only other thing at the AM Show besides ESPGaluda II that had a huge queue (that I remember).

Post by **Shatterhand** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 1:33 am

Does this uses some kind of advanced technology ?

I always wondered why no one ever did something like that. That's something that's in my mind for years.

Ganelon · Post by **Ganelon** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 3:06 am

Err, besides the contorted screen, I'm not seeing any unheard-of features. This doesn't look very different from the Battletech arcade pods from the mid-90's.

MSZ · Post by **MSZ** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 3:10 am

And its Gundam, nobody outside of Asia give a DAMN about it.

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 3:19 am

Thanks for those awesome pics, Dave_K!

Any word on wether or not they'll show up here in the states? I know there was a thread earlier that had some pics of this new cab, and I'm pretty sure that I saw Starblade in one of them.

I never liked the hydrolic cabs at all; I figure if you're playing a game as frantic as, say, After Burner II, you've got enough to focus on without being twisted and turned around while you're playing it!

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 3:21 am

Edit-no wait, that was the O.R.B.S. cab-or are these ones essentially the same thing?

Post by **Dave_K.** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 6:30 am

dave4shmups wrote:Edit-no wait, that was the O.R.B.S. cab-or are these ones essentially the same thing?

Yep you remembered right, this is the successor to the O.R.B.S. which was debuted in the 2001 AMShow.

http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/game/doc ... 2/orbs.htm

Post by **Dave_K.** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 6:32 am

Shatterhand wrote:Does this uses some kind of advanced technology ?

I always wondered why no one ever did something like that. That's something that's in my mind for years.

Its just advanced/expensive optics. I'm also sure the game graphics were optimized for panoramic display (to compensate for the distortion).

ST Dragon · Post by **ST Dragon** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 7:56 am

Well, I don't know about you guys, but I prefer the Japanese chicks presenting ATLUS, SEGA, TAITO & CAVE to these pods any day.
Some of them look as if they've come straight out of an Anime/Game/Manga.

SEGA

ATLUS

TAITO

CAVE

Unknown?

ATLUS, TAITO & SEGA sure know how to pick their chicks.

Ganelon · Post by **Ganelon** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 8:42 am

Gee, is over-makeup fashionable nowadays? Not that many hot girls IMO...

ST Dragon · Post by **ST Dragon** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 9:03 am

Yeah, one of my biggest worries now a days, is waking up & starring at a completely different looking face (maybe a lot uglier too, with worn-off makeup, smudged all over!) than the one I slept with the night before!

A freaking experience indeed!

Some of the chicks above are quite promising though…

Diabollokus · Post by **Diabollokus** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 12:45 pm

lol you had those picked stored on your hard drive for ''Reference'' material then?

Not my type, look like children.

ST Dragon · Post by **ST Dragon** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 12:51 pm

Actually I direct linked them here.

My HD is way too full with other material to waste the space.

Samudra · Post by **Samudra** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 8:01 pm

Diabollokus wrote:Not my type, look like children.

Exactly the way Japanese men like their women.

MSZ · Post by **MSZ** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 10:26 pm

Diabollokus wrote:Not my type, look like children.

No wonder why Japanese porn never worked out in America.

SFKhoa · Post by **SFKhoa** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 10:33 pm

If it's by Namco, I'd love to see an Ace Combat game run in these mofos.

SheSaidDutch · Post by **SheSaidDutch** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 11:03 pm

Some of them aren't too bad...... I'll take afew in the POD with me