Remember that thing...the Painstation.

demonofaj · Post by **demonofaj** » Wed Nov 23, 2005 10:33 am

It was the thing that was a hit in Germany but never really saw light in the US. My local arcade got that, well a used one. It's cool, and so painful. Pong+pain=unhappy loser. It's sadistic, in a cool sort of way. First a whiplash, then the shock, then the burning heat; first one to take hands off is a loser.

It's like $2 and something to play. The actions loop over or go from burn...to more burn. An alternate way of losing is just well losing all your 5 balls of pong.

Post by **Sparkfist** » Wed Nov 23, 2005 10:48 am

Funny I considered Kevin Rose's modded Xbox controllers more sadistic then that. When you have an electrical shock instead of the controller rumbling yeah that sucks. But paying money to get your hand whipped, shocked and burned all in one situation... yeah you asked for it.

demonofaj · Post by **demonofaj** » Wed Nov 23, 2005 10:51 am

It's the fact that instead of virtually dying, and just actually getting penalized for losing a friendly game gives you a weird 'adrenaline'

cowsgoquack101 · Post by **cowsgoquack101** » Wed Nov 23, 2005 11:49 am

I thought about making one for my school

demonofaj · Post by **demonofaj** » Wed Nov 23, 2005 11:58 am

It requires importing/getting stuff that can hurt you. I rely on using a soldering iron to inflict pain.

I'm so sick, I laugh at pain...unless it's on me.

demonofaj · Post by **demonofaj** » Wed Nov 23, 2005 3:22 pm

@Kai: I saw it first on Ripley's Believe it or Not. Then saw it again in my arcade. Google it.

Kai · Post by **Kai** » Thu Nov 24, 2005 5:35 am

painstation never heard of that

Darth Fett · Post by **Darth Fett** » Thu Nov 24, 2005 5:38 am

I read about it in Electrionic Gaming Monthly.Cool,in a mean sorta way.