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Did nintendo steal commodore ideas?
Posted on 15-May-2009 12:43:03
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Wii FIT Board?!

Maybe no one knows it because of a bad marketing?
The time was not right for it?

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Zardoz 
Re: Did nintendo steal commodore ideas?
Posted on 15-May-2009 12:50:39
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@fingus

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Maybe no one knows it because of a bad marketing?
The time was not right for it?


The Joyboard was not a Commodore idea, it was an Amiga product, before they were bought out by Commodore.

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Re: Did nintendo steal commodore ideas?
Posted on 15-May-2009 12:51:04
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@fingus

What are you refering to ?

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ara 
Re: Did nintendo steal commodore ideas?
Posted on 15-May-2009 12:56:24
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From 2007:

http://www.watercoolergames.org/archives/000823.shtml

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Re: Did nintendo steal commodore ideas?
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@tomazkid

He is referring to one of the first projects of the Amiga Team: the Joyboard.
Something conceptually very very similar to the Nintendo Wii Balance Board with even a Sky simulator included in boundle.

Ah the memories! I think that times were not redy at the time, they seem not to be ready today figure out before '85...

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Re: Did nintendo steal commodore ideas?
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@ErikBauer

Ok, interesting historical info indeed

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Re: Did nintendo steal commodore ideas?
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I don't get these 'did **** steal from Commodore/Amiga threads', everybody borrows ideas from others. Commodore included...

Atari 2600 Joyboard

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Reading this wiki, there was one game made and released by Amiga for this joyboard

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