the 25 worst electronic gadgets of the past 30 years

Ahaugen · Post by **Ahaugen** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 10:16 pm

and AOL is #1

http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,12577 ... ticle.html

MixedMyth · Post by **MixedMyth** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 10:54 pm

I OWNED THAT LION KING GAME!!!!

Graaaah! And it was for the Amiga! I got it for my birthday one year, and was so excited. I ran downstairs to pop it in, it was great....for the first few minutes. Until it crashed. Over and over and over again.

I need to start a manhunt for those game designers, but I suspect they're already in hiding.

The Mortician · Post by **The Mortician** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 12:08 am

Hahahaha! The Ismell was so bad that it never made it to the shelves if I read it right.

Jedster · Post by **Jedster** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 2:34 am

Those things must've been SO bad because I haven't even heard of half of them!

Nervous Spy · Post by **Nervous Spy** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 3:08 am

MixedMyth wrote:I need to start a manhunt for those game designers, but I suspect they're already in hiding.

It was developed by Westwood Studios for Virgin Interactive, and a 'Seth Mendelson' is listed as designer. Happy Hunting.

Rkolter · Post by **Rkolter** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 5:06 am

I remember most of these.

I actually have a :C cuecat from delta.com on my desk of interesting things.

They forgot to mention that it would conflict with your mouse.

Mr.Bob · Post by **Mr.Bob** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 5:43 am

I never knew that the iomega Zip Drive was bad. I really liked the zip drive, and was disappointed that no one else had one which led to me to stop using it.
Now, as for Realplayer... Shame on you BBC for forcing me to use it.

MixedMyth · Post by **MixedMyth** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 5:51 am

Nervous Spy wrote:
MixedMyth wrote:I need to start a manhunt for those game designers, but I suspect they're already in hiding.
It was developed by Westwood Studios for Virgin Interactive, and a 'Seth Mendelson' is listed as designer. Happy Hunting.

*sound of rifle pumping*

Warren · Post by **Warren** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 5:59 am

rkolter wrote: I actually have a :C cuecat from delta.com on my desk of interesting things.

I'd lay money on my Dad still having his in his office somewhere.

Luckily, the thing never worked properly on his Packard Hell.

McDuffies · Post by **McDuffies** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 6:21 am

I don't believe that guy really is Tynan.

Rkolter · Post by **Rkolter** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 6:22 am

mcDuffies wrote:I don't believe that guy really is Tynan.

I had to go back to the article to get this joke.

Dr Legostar · Post by **Dr Legostar** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 6:39 am

HOLY CRAP!

#17 the Apple Macintosh Portable, I HAD THIS, it was my first computer! and fuck was it heavy. I almost miss that computer sometimes, aw nostolgia.

edit: upon further thought, i think i STILL have one of these laying about somewhere.

Turnsky · Post by **Turnsky** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 7:03 am

legostargalactica wrote:HOLY CRAP!

#17 the Apple Macintosh Portable, I HAD THIS, it was my first computer! and fuck was it heavy. I almost miss that computer sometimes, aw nostolgia.

edit: upon further thought, i think i STILL have one of these laying about somewhere.

prolly at the bottom of a river holding a corpse under the water.

Dr Legostar · Post by **Dr Legostar** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 7:05 am

Turnsky wrote:
legostargalactica wrote:HOLY CRAP!

#17 the Apple Macintosh Portable, I HAD THIS, it was my first computer! and fuck was it heavy. I almost miss that computer sometimes, aw nostolgia.

edit: upon further thought, i think i STILL have one of these laying about somewhere.
prolly at the bottom of a river holding a corpse under the water.

see that's just inefficient, that thing could have held at least 3 corpses.

Jim North · Post by **Jim North** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 8:46 am

Haw, Web TV. I still can't believe anyone thought that was a good idea.

rkolter wrote:I actually have a :C cuecat from delta.com on my desk of interesting things.

They forgot to mention that it would conflict with your mouse.

Well, that just went without saying, one would think.

DJMayhem · Post by **DJMayhem** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 8:51 am

you know i've had bad experiences when i've owned:

1. America Online - still have the same AIM address, too. Hell, i was one of the first to get DSL in my neighborhood thanks to AOL, and it was HELL.

2. Real Player - I only liked it because it streamed South Park clips. How the hell do i remember that...

6. Disney The Lion King CD-ROM - or at least i think i had it....

8. Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 - durrrr

15. Iomega Zip Drive - i have one in my office, actually.

16. Comet Systems Comet Cursor - i had to uninstall this from my school computers back in middle school when all of the kids thought this was "cool"

20. DigitalConvergence CueCat - still have it. stupid thing.

RobertBlake · Post by **RobertBlake** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 9:16 am

I use AOL. It really is horrible.

TheSuburbanLetdown · Post by **TheSuburbanLetdown** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 9:19 am

AOL introduced the internet to the masses. Too bad about the crap interface and shadey busniess practices. My mom had a hell of a time cancelling our old account a few years back.

Dr Legostar · Post by **Dr Legostar** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 9:50 am

theSuburbanLetdown wrote:AOL introduced the internet to the masses. Too bad about the crap interface and shadey busniess practices. My mom had a hell of a time cancelling our old account a few years back.

yes, once they have you, they never let go. You basically have to cancel the credit card you're paying with.

Jkandra · Post by **Jkandra** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 9:51 am

Maybe they should have included Prodigy and the old Compuserve with AOL. All early internet dial-up services were a big pain. Slow and spotty connections. Compuserve was especially annoying to me since your account number and email address was a random number string. (I was a beta tester for Apple's eWorld. I remember watching the night it shut down.)