World's worst vaporware

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  • bascule
    omgpwnies!
    • Jul 2003
    • 1946

    #1

    World's worst vaporware

    Well, we haven't had a poll in awhile, so here you go. I hope I haven't omitted anything too glaring.
    15
    [url=http://xanadu.com/]XANADU[/url]
    6.67%
    1
    [url=http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/hurd.html]HURD[/url]
    13.33%
    2
    [url=http://dev.perl.org/perl6/]Perl 6[/url]
    13.33%
    2
    [url=http://www.3drealms.com/duke4/]Duke Nukem Forever[/url]
    66.67%
    10
    [url=http://pdtp.org/]PDTP[/url] (i.e. Bascule really sucks, his project's web site isn't even up!)
    0%
    0
    Last edited by bascule; October 9, 2005, 21:17.
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  • allentrace
    Sarcasm Intended
    • Jul 2004
    • 516

    #2
    Originally posted by bascule
    Well, we haven't had a poll in awhile, so here you go:
    Clonaid (Immortality project) takes the cake in my book and there was also the case of John Romero...the game Daikatana which when it did materialize it sucked...too bad the ad campaign promised too much.

    Hey 400 posts
    /me looks at Astcells post count and feels somewhat lacking
    Last edited by allentrace; October 9, 2005, 21:29.
    Did Everquest teach you that?

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    • converge
      No Values Voter
      • Oct 2001
      • 3322

      #3
      What the hell is PDTP? .. some kind of PDP-11 emulator?
      if it gets me nowhere, I'll go there proud; and I'm gonna go there free.

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      • bascule
        omgpwnies!
        • Jul 2003
        • 1946

        #4
        Originally posted by converge
        What the hell is PDTP? .. some kind of PDP-11 emulator?
        http://web.archive.org/web/200411110...tp://pdtp.org/
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        • TheCotMan
          *****Retired *****
          • May 2004
          • 8857

          #5
          Originally posted by converge
          What the hell is PDTP? .. some kind of PDP-11 emulator?
          I think there was this guy that gave a presentation at DefCon 12 about how they were going to build it. I wish I could remember who they were. ]:>

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          • noid
            Fun Enforcement Agent
            • Oct 2001
            • 2394

            #6
            You forgot the ultimate vaporware. The moon cities and rocket cars we were promised in the 50s that were supposed to be around in the 90s.


            I want my rocket car.

            I return whatever i wish . Its called FREEDOWM OF RANDOMNESS IN A HECK . CLUSTERED DEFEATED CORn FORUM . Welcome to me

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            • CP99
              Fuck you, Orange Pants.
              • Apr 2005
              • 331

              #7
              Kind of obscure, But bLEEM, in my books, was the most disapointing non-release of the all.

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              • Xodia
                Lurker Savant
                • Sep 2003
                • 515

                #8
                Duke Nukem Forever is at the top of my list. I've been following screenshots of that game since Quake 2 was out. Its gone through four different game engines and it still has no release date.

                Why even bother working on it at this point?
                The dude abides.

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                • allentrace
                  Sarcasm Intended
                  • Jul 2004
                  • 516

                  #9
                  Originally posted by Xodia
                  Why even bother working on it at this point?
                  It gives fanboys a reason to hope to see pixelized strippers again.
                  Did Everquest teach you that?

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                  • astcell
                    Human Rights Issuer
                    • Oct 2001
                    • 7512

                    #10
                    Originally posted by noid
                    You forgot the ultimate vaporware. The moon cities and rocket cars we were promised in the 50s that were supposed to be around in the 90s.


                    I want my rocket car.

                    Yea but the tradeoff was wearing those stupid silver suits all the time, so I am not complaining.

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                    • skroo
                      Volatile Compound
                      • Dec 2001
                      • 2348

                      #11
                      Originally posted by CP99
                      Kind of obscure, But bLEEM, in my books, was the most disapointing non-release of the all.
                      If by that you mean the late-'90s Playstation emulator, it was released - though I seem to remember that they were sued into nonexistence by Sony.

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                      • CP99
                        Fuck you, Orange Pants.
                        • Apr 2005
                        • 331

                        #12
                        Yes it was released, However a Dreamcast Version was being created during the lawsuite.

                        If we do some video game research we find that;

                        The PlayStation 2 plays PlayStation 1 games at a higher rez than the PlayStation 1
                        and that bLEEM for the Dreamcast. (bLEEMCast)
                        Could play Playstation 1 games at an even higher rez than the PlayStation 2 could.

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                        • astcell
                          Human Rights Issuer
                          • Oct 2001
                          • 7512

                          #13
                          How about free Internet access from anywhere, via CDPD? Good one AT&T, we bought into it....

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                          • rusty
                            insert clever title here
                            • Feb 2003
                            • 90

                            #14
                            Bleemcast For Dreamcast WAS released

                            Bleemcast For Dreamcast WAS released, but in a lesser form than originally promised.

                            They opted to release single game packs though to emulate individual games instead of of the original game "PACKS" that would emulate many games.

                            I believe they released bleemcast for

                            Gran Turismo 2
                            Metal Gear Solid
                            Tekken 3

                            And then yes, it happened. Sony sued them out of existance.
                            The last incarnation of the bleem website had this image up for a few days.

                            http://crackrock.org/bleem.jpg

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                            • klepto
                              packet thief
                              • Feb 2005
                              • 140

                              #15
                              So we got an explanation for the others, but not pdtp? Why is it vaporware?
                              Delicious Poison:

                              The difference between a nerd and a geek? Well a nerd does not wear Spider Man butt huggers.

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