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Re: LaserQuest type game

I just wouldn't want to accidentally break $2k+ worth of pc/104 hardware
and display while tumbling across a room.  But it's a neat idea. :)

-Paul
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On Wed, 12 May 1999, Robert Parratt (FoodHawk) wrote:

> Would anybody be interested in a laser quest type game for wearable PCs?
> Interface the external hardware (gun(s), sensors, lights) via the parallel
> port, and then intercommunicate via radio lan/cell phone/radio internet etc.
> 
> Feature ideas:
> Sound card based intercom
> GPS interface for tactical map
> Camera interface for light amplification, etc.
> Multiple gun types
> Various team game styles - teams, manhunt, CTF, etc.
> Different classes of player
> 
> (For those who don't know man hunt:
> Two teams - the hunters start with 1/2 players, the hunted contains the
> rest.
> The hunted can't shoot to kill a hunter, but can shoot to "disable" for a
> length of time
> When one of the hunted is killed by a hunter they change from the hunted to
> a hunter.
> The game ends when everybody is a hunter.
> The first person/first and second people to change sides become the initial
> members of the hunters in the next game.)
> 
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