Copyright 2004 by M. Uli Kusterer Fri, 29 Nov -1901 11:06:32 GMT Comments on article blog-microsoft-copying-nintendo at Zathras.de http://www.zathras.de/angelweb/blog-microsoft-copying-nintendo.htm witness_dot_of_dot_teachtext_at_gmx_dot_net (M. Uli Kusterer) witness_dot_of_dot_teachtext_at_gmx_dot_net (M. Uli Kusterer) en-us http://www.zathras.de/angelweb/blog-microsoft-copying-nintendo.htm#comment3 http://www.zathras.de/angelweb/blog-microsoft-copying-nintendo.htm#comment3 Ruth Less writes:
2009: Geeks everywhere dance-dance revolutionaryly at work instead of pointing and clicking. Everbody laughs at them.
2010: Geeks grow more athletic and elegant each year. People stop laughing and go to the gym.
2011: You can tell a geek by his stealthy cat- and Matrix-like movements and his aerobics trained body. American Football players and Gangstaz are uncool because they can't navigate to a file and bluetooth it to a mobile while simultaneously dancing to the World of Warcraft theme.
2012: Nothing, of course. The world ends in 2012, you dork! Didn't you know that? (google for 2012!)
http://www.zathras.de/angelweb/blog-microsoft-copying-nintendo.htm#comment2 http://www.zathras.de/angelweb/blog-microsoft-copying-nintendo.htm#comment2 Uli Kusterer writes:
Thank you, "Power Pad" was the name I was looking for. I've updated the article.
http://www.zathras.de/angelweb/blog-microsoft-copying-nintendo.htm#comment1 http://www.zathras.de/angelweb/blog-microsoft-copying-nintendo.htm#comment1 Nintendo had the Power Pad.
For more info see here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_Pad
and here:
http://www.planetnintendo.com/thewarpzone/powerpad.html

Microsoft's Step User Interface uses a "Dance Pad" that are used for Dance Dance Revolution games.
More info on that can be found here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dance_Dance_Revolution