Console TV

Alchemist · Post by **Alchemist** » Mon May 09, 2005 5:10 am

I FINALLY REGISTERED. wrote:anyone remember lodgenet?

Lodgenet is interesting, there were Lodgenet N64s and are Lodgenet Gamecubes as well. Nobody I've spoken to in the past has been able to explain exactly how the system works, especially the Gamecube one...

*o* · Post by ***o*** » Mon May 09, 2005 5:40 am

what is the difference between lognet n64's and nintendo n64's?

Post by **bicostp** » Mon May 09, 2005 6:02 am

Lodgenet was basically an N64 system that connected to every room, and let you choose what game you wanted to play. At most every hotel I stayed at that had Lodgenet, it cost $20 USD per half hour.

The controllers had a weird serial connection to the wall, so wise-*** kids don't take the controllers from the room and hawk them at a pawn shop or Gamestop.

There was no difference between the n64 and the Logdenet system, aside from the time limit, funny connectors, and pay-as-you-go system.

Alchemist · Post by **Alchemist** » Mon May 09, 2005 7:27 am

Well yeah, the games were the same, but the format must have been totally different. Where is the N64? What media does it use, and how/where are the games stored?

*o* · Post by ***o*** » Mon May 09, 2005 3:16 pm

the games were stored in large units with hundreds of game slots

NiN^_^NiN · Post by **NiN^_^NiN** » Mon May 09, 2005 8:25 pm

i do wonder how it works cause there would have to be a n64 for every room that has lodge net.

you could have a cabinet full of games but then each system would have to hook up to these games.

I personally think there was 1 n64 per room and and a pc which was the interface for the lodgenet system which dumped a rom o a flashcart to that room's n64 which then sent the video signal and after the amount of time the pc just cut the video signal off.

well thats what i think but i've never heard or seen the lodge net cause we didn't have it in australia

*o* · Post by ***o*** » Tue May 10, 2005 1:44 am

that sounds sensible

they have the same with gamecube ps2 and xbox

Alchemist · Post by **Alchemist** » Tue May 10, 2005 4:29 am

*o* wrote:the games were stored in large units with hundreds of game slots

Please be more clear whether this is fact or guesswork.

I personally think there was 1 n64 per room and and a pc which was the interface for the lodgenet system which dumped a rom o a flashcart to that room's n64 which then sent the video signal and after the amount of time the pc just cut the video signal off.

That sort of setup would be the cheapest way to do it, I would have thought (though cheap RAM would surely be used rather than flash memory).

NiN^_^NiN · Post by **NiN^_^NiN** » Tue May 10, 2005 6:52 am

i said flash cart but i mean ram.

Nintendo would of made this themselfs so they would of had a PC (i would guess it's a type of computer) for the lodgenet system on the tv's.

then when a game is selected it dumps the game onto the ram and sets a timer for thwe video to be played ( im guessing you had a option to continue playing the game if u wanted after the 20mins so the video and possible the controls would be disconnected for u to choose.

At a old video store i use to go to they had a row of tv's in these white cabinets (think a loooong cabinet with plexi windows for each tv and a hole for the controllers)

you could say which game u wanted to play like super mario world or sonic and they would unlock the cb and plug the game in and give u the controller.

Now they had a set limit of time on how long u can play and it cost $3 for 10min

But these guys were smart they used 1 remote to turn on any selected tv and just set the timer on the tv to 10 or 15mins and let u go.

Thats smart cause you don't have to watch them for the time and you can turn the snes or mega drive off whenever you want they could play the game but the tv is off and the sound is off so there is no point

Good setup if you were to do that now adays for ps2's etc

*o* · Post by ***o*** » Tue May 10, 2005 3:16 pm

well my information is mainly guesswork

madc0w · Post by **madc0w** » Tue May 10, 2005 4:12 pm

on asembler (theres a link on doomportables, im too lazy to find it) they have this thing to play famicom in a hotel room, it has something like 25 slots

*o* · Post by ***o*** » Wed May 11, 2005 3:07 am

i remember reading about that

Unidentified Assilant · Wed May 11, 2005 12:43 pm

I could do this, I have a portable TV in the attic that no-one uses anymore, problem is, it has a broken scart socket.

Alchemist · Post by **Alchemist** » Thu May 12, 2005 7:01 am

(I'm going to assume you're talking about opening it up and sticking something inside, apologies if you're not)
DO NOT go opening up a CRT TV. The current stored inside, even when not connected to mains, can and will kill you if you slip and touch a contact (which would be likely when you're messing around putting extra electronics inside). At the very least it will throw you across the room and make you feel like someone smacked your arm with a sledgehammer.

Don't mess with CRTs, they'll kill you.

Unidentified Assilant · Thu May 12, 2005 12:09 pm

Alchemist wrote:(I'm going to assume you're talking about opening it up and sticking something inside, apologies if you're not)
DO NOT go opening up a CRT TV. The current stored inside, even when not connected to mains, can and will kill you if you slip and touch a contact (which would be likely when you're messing around putting extra electronics inside). At the very least it will throw you across the room and make you feel like someone smacked your arm with a sledgehammer.

Don't mess with CRTs, they'll kill you.

Please copy this and sticky it, it is vital infomation, and I ain't fond of CRT's anyway, why not discharge them?