Konix Multisystem Trailer [UNRELEASED videogame console!]

[SitarKnight]

This shit is fuckin 8 bit at best

[rainxxxx]

it said in the viseo that it was a 32bit, then it said it was a 16 bit!

[SF78]

Hah, 3.5" disks! I'm pretty sure about half of the games would've stopped working after a few years. The old disks tend to loose the data after a while, even when they're not used and are stored properly. But this was an interesting concept nevertheless. I have two of those MSC Multisystem PC-wheels, and it's a nice curiosity to have around.

[rainxxxx]

@SF78 i thought that the konix used cartridge, that surprised me using floppy disks

[DemiSonic]

I found one in my attic recently, gave it to my dad who was one of the developers. Wondering what to do next with it.

[PsimanUK]

I can remember seeing this thing at a computer show when I was a kid. The magazines were full of hype about how it was going to be the greatest system on Earth. When they finally announced that it wasn't getting released I was genuinely gutted. Being a massive Space Harrier fan I was dreaming of having a system that could do it justice and provide that arcade feel. Alas, it was never to be.

[rainxxxx]

@PsimanUK i dont think sega would of gave them permission at the time anyway, sega were just blossoming then

[dxplay2128]

I WANT THAT CHAIR

[Drachenreiterklaus]

@dxplay2128 It's never released.

[dxplay2128]

@Drachenreiterklaus i know, i read the title,but the chair is very awesome

[Drachenreiterklaus]

@dxplay2128 Thats right, i like the chair too!

[incarnationofsorrow]

Had it been released, who knows what would have happened, but I have my doubts it would've gone anywhere. They invest all this energy into these peripherals (probably very expensive) and then decide to store their games on 3 and a half inch floppies. It just strikes me as focusing on the wrong things.

[JohnFortman]

The sea-belt is a prevention controll from flying' away when you fart from excitement.

[BionicScythe]

They need to make a chair like this now

[PsimanUK]

@BionicScythe I agree. I'd love to have one of those for my Xbox 360 or PS3 and then play 'Afterburner Climax' on it.

[DakkoX]

Its like a pitch for Dragons Den

I'm sorry, but im OUT!

[Tomcatadam]

One word?

[VGnerd]

Why this was never released is way beyond me. It looks phenomenal.

[hewey999]

It´s a same it never made it although i will confess it did seem to be a little too good to be true (at the time)..in many ways the N64 got part way there in my opinion.

RIP Konix

[MattTheSaiyan]

These clips don't fully represent what the system could do. There is videotaped footage made at the time (and released on a retro-themed magazine coverdisc several years ago) that shows games far better (graphically, at least, who knows about the gameplay since we'll never play them). It could even do (admittedly quote primitive) 3D polygons, something not shown here,

[MizfitZer0]

16 bit my ass

[lawnboyspost1975]

I remeber when they started to hype thia in the gameing press in particular, although at the time I had a grey import Megadrive and just couldn't get excited about this. To be honest even as a 12 year old kid I still doubted that the addons for the system especially the chair would ever see the light of day cos it was so behyond what was around and successfull at the time!

Thanks for the memories though! :0)

[kaiokendo]

fuckin shit console inclusive for his time

[hewey999]

shame it never made it to market, would have been rocking :-)

Now I wonder if anyone will ever make an emu?

[madcapoperator]

I wonder how long it would have lasted if it did come out, 2 years tops perhaps?

Either way games would have been so much cheaper on it than on the mega drive and snes due to the floppy drive but...ITS A GAMES CONSOLE! NOT A COMPUTER!

Plus, the games ive seen have the graphical quality of an atari st with amstrad cpc 'chunkiness' so looks quite dated for when it was meant to come out. That chair looks like a laugh though

[inatspong]

If I could hunt down a prototype unit I'd totally pay the out-the-ass quantity thats undoubtedly associated with it. Now if I had that kind of cash....

[limetheleamer]

16bit...ahahhahahahahahahahaha­haha, lmfao

[supermusicfun]

ill take it!

[benitofinito]

All those accessories look cool the light gun is amazing.

The chair is to a head of it's time to have ever worked and would have mostly likely been to expensive for most people.

10 out of 10 for imagination.

[Kattywampus]

Llamasoft!!

[Nedlemouse]

1:55 Puma

[jakemaroc312]

no wonder why EGM said it looks like a toilet seat.

[halox80]

This thing would have been more expensive then ps3! £1000 for everything maybe? It's a same it didn't come out. I bet one day something like this will though

[DevilMaster]

This is priceless! "Experience reality!" then a game with 1982 graphics (which should've come out in 1989) pops up.

[MechWarrior324]

No wonder it was never released, all of that crud that comes with it would cost a fortune... lol

[masterman321]

you would think they we're talking about a tre or a 360 the way they we're talking about graphics

[ViciousAlienKlown]

8 bit graphics with better color. I can see why this wasn't released. This makes the Philips CD-i look awesome.

[101VaultDweller]

It's the power chair!

[SteveEdwardsUK]

I saw this system at an Earl's Court computer show before it was released. The chair motors burnt out before anyone had a chance to play on it, and they had a 14" TV strapped to the chair platform - there wasn't ever a built-in TV. The image in the video was a prototype mock-up.

I was fanatical about this system back then, but I have to admit now, it was a bit shite. I'm glad Konix went bust before I had a chance to waste money on the thing.

Great nostalgia though .. lol.

[whatbrains]

is it just me or does every game on this system have the common theme of moving forward and dodging stuff? btw i love how the list of top game manufacturers nobodies ever heard of.

[MattelAquarius]

I agree with you on many names, but there's no mistaking Lucasfilm, Ocean, and Llamasoft of "Space Giraffe" and "Attack of the Mutant Camels" fame.

[neomedia74]

16-bit****

[neomedia74]

The graphics are terrible for being a 32-bit system.

[Skylinesandsunsets]

Do you know why the system (1:20) looks like a toilet seat with a steering wheel? Because the games that were displayed earlier looked like CRAP!!

Seriously, who the hell can afford to buy a motorized seat with a monitor and speakers built into it? Maybe Michael Jackson could have bought one for the Neverland ranch, but the only way you could use it is if you drank some Jesus juice and spent the night in his bed...!

[NaruhinaXSasusaku]

The tv's on the chair?

So the chair comes with a tv...What the heck,the accesories look better then the game..10 new accesories a month?

No wonder this console was unrealesed.

[dekoldrick]

I would love to have that pivotal chair tho.

[trmblingblustar]

Yeah. That looks like it would have been far too expensive to be successful. Also, I think we've learned that a console succeeds based on software - not on having superior technology. All of the top game developers at that time were in Japan.

[miiwii93]

llamasoft lol

[osam14]

WTF dude did he just put in a floppy disk inside the console!? on 2:13! hahaa

[trailersic]

That was quite advanced for the day, when I saw the prototype for this I was still buying games on cassettes.

[ImagineerGenoFilmLtd]

I wouldve bought the system. That looks like a cool alternative to the Segas and Nintendos of the time.

[airraideagle]

16-bit. Konix MultiSystem was 16-bit. It was the first 16-bit console NOT developed in Japan, but in the UK.

[dethtiger]

menos mal que nunca salio... da verguenza ajena.

[bowbay]

Why UK always fell at video games this and cd-i =/

[siccoyote]

Hmm wonder why this failed horribly.

32 or 16bit? looks 8-bit.

4000 colours? looks like about 10 on screen.

Cd quality sound? err no.

And a powered Chair accessory? About the only thing I was excited about with this and I think I actually saw it in rl once in the late 80s. But that would have to have cost about £1000

[P5BDeluxeWiFi]

To all who cant tell the difference from 8bit please compare c64 Attack Of The Mutant Camels to the Konix version.

[jamesnorman93]

ahahahahahaha compare that to the g25 lol!!!!

[Panpizza15]

32 bits? HA HA HA! This looks worst than the 8-bit nintendo console

[Yodude1017]

All the games have pretty much the same concept to them.

[Felamine]

So, uh, which is it? 32 or 16 bit?

I love how the narrator during the motorcycle game is boasting about the system's high performance processor, when the game seems to lag and slow down a bit (at around the 1:07 mark in the video).

[GameNWatchGuy]

the chair thing is cool.

[digi0487]

they should make that chair, it's brilliant

[dreamcastjunkyard]

Oh man, I just saw this on a DVD yesterday and was intending to post it today, you beat me to it!

This console concept is ridiculous and would of never of been financially possible even for a huge company like Nintendo, let alone some unheard of British developer. Surely this is nothing more than a hoax! The mentioning of "32-bit graphics" and "CD quality sound" while some awful After Burner knock off is shown made me laugh.

[fullmetalmc]

it would hav been pretty expensive and most developers wouldnt have made a game for it

[Houminid]

at first, the accesories werent that inovative, but the chair was cool.

[jpgale90]

LMFAO at 2:31

The accessories are out of this Worrrrld

[Roxas369]

PUMA shoes xD

[feh2]

stfu fag

[Remco32]

Cool, a floppy reader!

[jbc429]

at 30 seconds he says 32 bit processor, then like 10 seconds later he says 16 bit processor. lmao

[VanishedOne]

It's the range of somewhat stereotypical accents that makes it feel odd, I think. Mind you, I don't live anywhere near Cambridgeshire.

[VisionnerzBN]

That chair looks painful to sit in.

[IammeoramI]

Fucking halarious. Game advertisment has not changed allot.

[TommyDaGreat]

It probably sounded right at the time, but at this age it seems like some kind of joke. xD And I think those (probably expensive) accessories would fit better in the games of today. I don't think a fake-3D-flying game can offer the same adrenaline rush as any of the modern games. Cool idea though. :)