Arenafoot Posted February 6, 2015 Report Share Posted February 6, 2015 http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2014/12/22/puffer-the-great-atari-exercise-bike-that-never-was/ Who knew???? Brian Matherne - owner/curator of "The MOST comprehensive list of Atari VCS/2600 homebrews ever compiled." http://tiny.cc/Atari2600Homebrew author of "The Atari 2600 Homebrew Companion" book series available on Amazon! www.amazon.com/author/brianmatherne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zontar Posted February 6, 2015 Report Share Posted February 6, 2015 Yes, the Puffer Project, Mindlink, and Data Glove were both in development for Atari systems circa 1983/1984. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yo-Yo Posted February 7, 2015 Report Share Posted February 7, 2015 Cool beans! How cool that Atari was thinking about health and fitness years before Wii Fit and power pad. Makes me wanna get on an exercise bike and tape a 5200 joystick to it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Professor Posted February 7, 2015 Report Share Posted February 7, 2015 Atari's Puffer Project was really interesting! They were taking a shot at developing the "interactive health and fitness" market which @Yo-Yo astutely points out was years before Wii Fit and even the NES Power Pad. I believe Regan Cheng worked on this project from an ergonomics standpoint. It would not have included the exercise bike itself (Atari assumed people would want to choose their own brand, or already have one) but rather the games and bundle of accessories that would attach to the exercise equipment. Interesting that they show both a 2600 and 5200 Puffer setup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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