Genius Ideas That Weren't

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Good intentions, bad execution

Look back at the history of video games, you'll discover a long list of innovations that helped define the industry, including the Wii's motion-sensitive controls and plastic guitar-shaped controllers for Guitar Hero. Other innovations -- the Nintendo Power Glove, Sony's UMD format -- looked much better on paper. Here are 12 genius ideas that weren't.

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csilvacscl1 on 3/10/2009 11:57 am

the gismondo is from the same company that creater the tiger barkodz?? the handheld game system with bar code card reader on it to load the character's info on the game?? that was another great idea with no support

blqstarr on 3/10/2009 11:55 am

The Game Gear was awesome. Although it didn't survive, it has a hall of fame as one of the best early handheld gaming devices. Workman, you really write some good articles! ^_^