- NEMO
The NEMO also known as Control-Vision was an unreleased
video game console developed byHasbro , notable for usingVHS tapes rather than cartridges. It is notable because several of the games (most notably "Sewer Shark " and "Night Trap ") were eventually released on other systems, often disc-based ones like theSega CD or 3DO. Hasbro formed a deal withNolan Bushnell 's company,Axlon to produce a video game system titled Control-Vision which would contain "InstaSwitch" circuitry to change from one track of a VHS tape to another while it was still playing. Bushnell in turn formedIsix in order to work on the project.According to the Wall Street Journal at the time, NEMO stood for "Never Even Mention Outside" by the developer, an indication of how secret the project was. Footage of a presentation of a NEMO prototype to
Hasbro executives can be found in theSega CD version of Night Trap when entering acheat code . This footage is from December 1986, recorded in Pawtucket,Rhode Island (the home town of Hasbro).Lawrence H. Bernstein , working forMilton Bradley Company at that time, plays "Scene of Crime", the prototype of "Night Trap".ee also
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Action Max , a VHS-based games system which was released.External links
* [http://archive.gamespy.com/articles/june03/dumbestmoments/index6.shtml VHS: The Future of Gaming] at
GameSpy
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