EVO Linux Gaming Console Opens Pre-Orders 247
Engadget is reporting that Envizions, maker of the EVO Linux game console, has finally announced final specs and opened the doors to pre-orders. All bets are off until users actually see the hardware, but it will be nice to see a new player in the market. Of course, this assumes they put some time into a little polish that is usually expected from the gaming community (that website, yikes) and some effort into a killer game library. "Envizions say that the console will run a modified, quick-boot distro of Fedora called Mirrors (which can be upgraded to a beefier build named Mirrors Evolution X), and will feature a "cloud" service stacked with Amiga (!) games and an Akimbo-based video service. Beyond that, proper titles will be sold online and on SD cards for around $20." I'm sure they won't forget to send Slashdot a beta review copy with a couple of games.
I"ll wait. (Score:2, Funny)
Stuck in a time warp (Score:1, Funny)
That flash based site with mystery meat navigation is straight out of the 90s.
I'm not sure how accurate time travel has become these days, but if it were possible to post the console back to 1999, it would sell extremely well.
Re:I could have got first post (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Great. (Score:5, Funny)
Well people often play commercial games for free, so there is at least symmetry.
Year of the Linux Console (Score:5, Funny)
2009 will be the Year of the Linux Console.
That's right, you just read it on the internet -- it must be true!
Yikes indeed... (Score:5, Funny)
(that website, yikes)
Hmm - Flash used gratuitously where regular HTML + bitmaps would do nicely: CHECK.
Given that they're going to use Flash, failure to take advantage of Flash's main advantage, vis. nice, scalable, anti-aliased vector images: CHECK.
Annoying "mystery meat" navigation system: CHECK.
Annoying textured backgrounds under text: CHECK (at least choose a texture that doesn't look like compression artefacts!)
Crummy English: CHECK. (two words, guys: proof reading!)
Now, I'm not a FOSS purist who's going to curse them unto the seventh generation for merely using Flash, but if FOSS/Linux is going to be one of their USPs they might want to consider their target market!
So, if the console/software designers had any role in that website - forget it.
Re:$380... (Score:4, Funny)
But it's not a console! It's a PC! Its chassis is big and ugly!
Re:I"ll wait. (Score:5, Funny)
does it run windows?
Re:I predict... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Looks all right (Score:5, Funny)
"If you ever see a game console that uses a rip-off PS2 controller, run the other way. FAST."
You mean like the PS3?
Re:$380... (Score:2, Funny)
a crippled guy with a missing foot standing next to a quadriplegic doesn't make him any less crippled, political correctness aside.
Re:I"ll wait. (Score:3, Funny)
I'm very interested. Seriously. Does anyone remember the game for the Apple II called (I could be a little off) Trans-Canada Trucking. You drive a truck across Canada, picking up stuff and what not. It was all text based - Kind of went like this: Welcome! You are in Calgary, you need to drive to Edmonton to pick up some product.
> Drive to Edmonton
Your truck is not on.
> Turn on truck
Truck is on.
> Drive to Edmonton
Your lights are off. It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue, eh.
> Turn on lights
Your lights are on.
> Drive to Edmonton
It is raining; your wipers are off.
> Turn on wipers
Your wipers are on.
> Drive to Edmonton
You arrive in Edmonton and pick up your load. You need to deliver it to Toronto... and so on.
Anyways, this Garbage Truck driver still sounds better than quite a few of the new games. I would prefer this to the new 50 cent game.
Fixed that for you. eh.