Konix Multisystem Trailer [UNRELEASED videogame console!]

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"The Konix Multisystem was an unreleased game console by British computer peripheral company Konix. It was widely announced in the computing press in 1989, and was intended to follow the success of the company's range of joysticks. The console resembled a dashboard-style games controller, and could be configured with a steering wheel, a flight yoke, and motorbike handles. Konix promised advanced features such as a hydraulic chair and force feedback steering wheel.

Development work was carried out by Flare Technology based in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, with assistance from British games programmer Jeff Minter. The console was an outgrowth of Flare's Flare One computer. However the system was beset by delays, and was never released in its intended form. After the project was abandoned, Flare Technology began on Flare Two, which was bought by Atari and, after further development, was released as the Atari Jaguar game console.

Konix had revolutionary ideas for the Multisystem (such as the 'Power Chair'), which moved with the console (similar to virtual reality devices existing today but in a smaller scale).

The Konix Multisystem's design was later released independently as the MSC Super MS-200E Multi-System, although this was simply an inexpensive PC games controller, without any special internal hardware." - wikipedia

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[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.

[Houminid]

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

[rainxxxx]

@PsimanUK computer software company's arnt the same though, you see outrun on pretty much all the computer platforms which was licensed to us gold, but you wouldn't have seen that game at all on the nintendo, mabe now but not back in the day

[PsimanUK]

@rainxxxx Space Harrier was licensed to Elite and they released it on pretty much every computer platform in the UK at the time. I think there would have been a pretty good chance that it would have been released on this system if the machine had reached the marketplace.

[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!

[rainxxxx]

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

[rainxxxx]

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

[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.

[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]

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