Quake2 scene in patent

[Szymanski]

Found this neat little drawing of Q2's first map in a game controller patent, unfortunately no Doom pics.

midway patent

[leileilol]

What kind of tiny idiot plays quake2 on a tissuebox hooked up to a philco tv

[Technician]

Hey this is neat. Great find bud!

[AndrewB]

Quake 2 sucks.

[Isle]

eh, its better than quake 1

[Sporku]

not really

[Udderdude]

Quake 2 needs better monsters. :(

[LexiMax]

udderdude said:

Quake 2 needs better monsters. :(

and less saturated lighting.

[Captain Red]

Isle said:
eh, its better than quake 1

No it isn't! >:(

[DJShrimpy]

AndrewB said:

Quake 2 sucks.

[Use]

Quake2 is cool, but not as good as quake1

[Cloud109]

Why are all you people arguing over which Quake is better, when Super 3D Noah's Ark for the SNES is obviously superior to any other first-person shooter ever made?

But seriously, getting back on the topic at hand: That seemed like a pretty good concept... For the time it was submitted in 1999, at least. The Nintendo Wii renders this thing obsolete as of now, but the concept of a motion-sensing home console controller was pretty innovative. It would be more convenient than standard "light gun" controllers, which has some obvious disadvantages when compared to a full-motion controller.

[AndrewB]

Actually, the propositions in the patent are more sophisticated than the system in the Wii.

[Snarboo]

This thread reminds me of this. Now watch as a Belmont fiddles around with it awkwardly in Half-Life 2.