Atari 2600's Mind Maze Exploits Your ESP

Thanks to Atari Age, who point to the AtariProtos site's new information about the unreleased Mind Maze for the Atari 2600. The writers have spoken to original designer Howard Scott Warshaw, also famous for Yar's Revenge and the cataclysmic E.T. for Atari 2600, and "...apparently Mind Maze was based on the unproven theory of ESP (Extra Sensory Perception) and was an attempt to create a mind reading game for the (also unreleased) Mindlink controller." The updated preview, based on a recently unearthed prototype, reveals: "Supposedly, the headband was to read the player's Alpha and Beta waves in an attempt to help predict their actions. However, since the Mindlink was really just a sensor that detected muscle movements in the player's forehead, this was complete bunk."

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Innovation

[Hedonist123]

Sure it was a bunk idea, but at least they were trying to be innovative way back in the day. I wish more companies would try stuff like this now. Of course, with going for the sure-fire dollar, stuff like this just isn't going to happen anymore. I long for the days when every game was a crapshoot, so companies had to be innovative.

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