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Old Jan 28th, 2003, 07:39 PM   #41
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dude if u notice that is computer imaging in tha picture...its like a prototype car...just because that is there..doesnt mean its comming out. peace
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Old Jan 30th, 2003, 01:43 PM   #42
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We never said if it was actually coming out as far as I know. We were just saying it would nice to see how it would do if it ever was released.
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Old Feb 7th, 2003, 03:19 PM   #43
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Ok I confirmed from a Mirco Play guy, who said that Phantom is coming out, but it wont be system into which you will pop in disks. You will have to connect the system to the internet and log onto Phantom's server, and then play games ONLINE which would be available on the server. Sounds a difficult job to do.
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Old Feb 7th, 2003, 04:04 PM   #44
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Could save a lot on money on not buying disks then couldn't we?

But knowing my luck it'll be Broadband exclusive (damn BT)
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Old Feb 7th, 2003, 04:36 PM   #45
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Could save a lot on money on not buying disks then couldn't we?
But I am pretty sure the price to go online on their server would be high as well, and we dong know weather it be "GOOD" solid games or just average crappy titles. It still sounds a little wierd.
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Old Feb 7th, 2003, 05:14 PM   #46
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They would already limit themselves considerably making themselves only available online, seeing as 2/3's or more of the gaming market doesnt and wont, be playing online, ever...
True, but hardcore online fans would buy it anyway... well many people who were never intrested in Online Play are going towards it.

I never wanted to play games ONLINE on consoles, but after hearing about Resident Evil Online, GT4, and Metal Gear Online. I have changed a little......

So will everybody eventually....... but yeah it'll take time for sure.
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Old Feb 7th, 2003, 08:03 PM   #47
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I've checked out all the info I can find on 'Phantom' and here are my thoughts.

1) They say it will be 'cross-platform'...
On their web-site they state you will be able to play games on-line 'cross platform'. What they mean by this is that you can play say something like a First Person Shooter against PC owners, PS2 owners... whoever... Not that you could stick a PS2 game in it and it would work... That's a pretty misleading notion of 'cross-platform'...

2) They state they already have 35,000+ games available for the system... What games system has that many games available. The PS1/PS2 hasn't... Nor the SNES... But do you know what has? The PC... which leads to my final thought.

3) It's nothing more than a PC in a box. I truly believe it will be similar to the XBox in that it will share common PC components - I also believe it will probably run some form of a Microsoft OS.

Look at the evidence.... Dreamcast owners could play Quake3 against PC owners - there's your cross-platform capability....

35,000+ game - How can a new system have that many games already unless it's tagging onto an existing system? And besides the PC, what else has that many games?

Seriously, this is what I think it is. I hope I'm wrong - but I don't think I will be.

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Old Feb 7th, 2003, 08:41 PM   #48
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A console when you have to go on online to play, just dosent turn me on at all!
The only reason I would get this console if it has GOOD SOLID TITLES as makg said.
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Old Feb 10th, 2003, 12:27 PM   #49
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Now that I know this I will definately not get this. Unless for some odd reason I tap into great wealth.(like that would happen)
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Old Feb 11th, 2003, 03:03 PM   #50
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i agree with spank, sounds like a lil pc with a bunch of emulators on it.

Although i think it will have some legal problems if it tries to use software meant for other consoles. I dunno, don't know much about computers.
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Old Jun 19th, 2003, 11:06 PM   #51
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You guys might wanna check this out. It almost blew me away..... well almost.


Infinium Labs

EDIT. I put in the wrong address before...... its corrected now.
They are also looking for 100 people for beta testing. But only from USA and Canada. Sounds intresting.
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Old Jun 20th, 2003, 12:40 AM   #52
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- Seemless upgrades and patch management
oh joy! that sounds like so much fun already
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Old Jun 20th, 2003, 12:49 PM   #53
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Oh well tuff look for Brits for no beta, I might invest in this machine, but it better not to a gamecube on us releasing hardly any titles for ages. I wonder if it will have good exclusives?
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Old Aug 22nd, 2003, 11:17 AM   #54
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After being met with more than a bit of skepticism following its announcement, Infinium Labs' console, the Phantom, has finally been unveiled by the company. Below a list of the console's features as announced by Infinium Labs.

Standard Features:

Fits in any 19" entertainment center
Custom OS on Windows XPe kernel
Up to 3.0 GHz processor with 256MB DDR RAM
High-performance nVidia video card
High-performance Intel motherboard
Dolby DigitalTM 7.1 Surround Sound
100+ Gigabyte internal storage device
On-board RF wireless modules
S-Video, RCA or component video and PAL
10/100 baseT Ethernet
1 wireless controller
Wireless keyboard and mouse
2 USB ports
4 controller ports
12" Port Extension Cable


Optional Components:

Controllers, wireless and corded
Keyboard and mouse with charging base station
Storage expansion for additional game storage
DSL modem
Cable modem
Wireless WIFI card
Memory upgrades
Speaker sets
Flat screen displays

You may note that something is missing: a disc drive or any other means of inserting game data into the console. The Phantom will supposedly be able to download all the necessary information to play games off the internet, demanding that users have a high-speed connection before playing anything on the console. Narrowband users as well as the elusive net-less gamer are out of the picture.

Infinium also continues to mention its long list of software support from several big-name companies, although exactly who these companies are and what games are in development is evidently still deemed highly classified. More information as well as a completely uninformative movie are available at the Phantom website.

that bad site that if you type it out it gets censored
Just figured you people would want to know. There's more at their website but you have to download everything and I wasn't up to that
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Old Aug 22nd, 2003, 11:18 AM   #55
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Nope, not even worth mentioning it, PW!!
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Old Aug 22nd, 2003, 03:00 PM   #56
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Its nothing but a PC.
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Old Aug 22nd, 2003, 06:20 PM   #57
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Its nothing but a PC.


Yes, it even play PC games.
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Old Aug 22nd, 2003, 11:42 PM   #58
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After reading the latest Penny Arcade post this thing may be fake. At the pre-registration page, the submit button really has no function. Just look at the code:

<input type="image" src="images/btn_submit.gif" width="69" height="27" alt="Submit" onClick="submit()">

Its not really submitting to anything. :-/ Unless I'm a dumbass and it is. I havent used HTML in a while.

Lets quote penny arcade here:

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An interesting mail from Josh Parker, Private Eye:

In my amazing boredom, I researched the status of these trademarks on , but could find no record of either being trademarked. I tried various search methods, never did I see the slogan or the name Phantom trademarked by Infium Labs.

Uh, yeah. Might want to get one of them trademark things.

Steve from HardOCP dropped the following science on me yesterday:

We had a reader go by Infinium Labs and take pictures of their "facility" ( that's when we found out it was a strip mall in the Florida Keys ) only to find out it was a single desk in a 100 x 100ft room with two phones and no furniture. That was about 4 months ago.

I talked to the Tim Roberts guy on the phone when he returned my call ( 22 days after I left a message ) and when I asked him about all this...he HUNG UP ON ME. I asked him if he was looking for investors, he said "We are actively recruiting investors". I asked him if they had any consoles on hand, he said "We have several hundred prototype models here in the office". So then I asked him where the prototypes were made, he said "right here in our facility". Then I told him I had seen his 100ft x 100ft office space conveinently located next to Missing Link Art Gallery in the strip mall ( located at 5380 Gulf of Mexico Dr. Longboat Key, Fl 34228 ) and he went NUTS!!! "WHO THE FUCK IS THIS!?!?! BLAH BLAH I'LL SUE YOU".
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Did I mention that i feel like a complete Jack Ass for doubting this systems existence in a few replys back.
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