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The Phantom...Lives?
An Anonymous Reader writes "G4's Attack of the show has a writeup and video of a demonstration of the Phantom Gaming Service." From the article: "I certainly wouldn't be at this company doing what I'm doing if I wasn't absolutely sure that we're going to launch a product. It's natural for people to be skeptical. I think a lot of the skepticism is building on itself at this point: people are skeptical so therefore they become more skeptical and therefore they become more skeptical."
Sorry, couldn't help it...
When the going gets tough, the tough get drunk
At least they managed to create a perpetual skepticism machine!
I read Slashdot for the articles.
Haven't you heard? Duke is going to be the Photon's shipping game, the hardware is ready they are just waiting on the game ;)
E.
Never rub another man's rhubarb - The Joker
from TFA:
Have you beefed up the system specs in the last year?
Bachus: We've widened the Lies Pipeline signifigantly, and upgraded the Chicanery Processing Unit to be 30% faster.
May you be touched by His Noodly Appendage. RAmen.
Sorry, my post got erased somehow. Here it is:
I can tell you that this is the real deal. I was the one commissioned to build the prototype for the Phantom. It's a sweet machine.
I started by finding a plastic suitcase that had a futuristic shape. The specifications required a two-tone paint job, so I got some enamel from Lowe's and went to town on the sucker. The finish came out super-smooth.
I then moved on to building the internals. While painting the case, I ordered a eMachines T6212. When it arrived, I took out the insides and the power supply and stacked them neatly into the case. There were a few slots to cut out in the back, and I had to install a generic video card that had a composite output, but all went well.
I then proceeded to work on the software. I installed RedHat 6.1. It had no problems detecting all my hardware, so all was going well so far. I then downloaded MAME and started to install it. Halfway through, I had to change to root to install the rest of the software. This was also a snap, as I made the root password very easy to remember (root:root - easy, huh?). I like to work smarter, not harder.
Anyway, after 5 days of work, the prototype was complete. I had some other hardware modifications to do (erasing the Microsoft logo off the SideWinder controller) and I had to install a bunch of NES roms, but overall, I'd say the progress went well. Oh, I also changed the wallpaper in the default login to feature the Phantom logo.
I think you guys will really like this console once it's available. I play with it every day and I find it incredible that nobody has sold a product so good up to now.
Posting anonymously for obvious reasons.