http://kansascity.craigslist.org/vgm/2502453027.html
I've never heard of this before. I wish something like this was made for the PSX, Dreamcast or PS2 back in the day, to use with a port of the arcade game Prop Cycle.
http://kansascity.craigslist.org/vgm/2502453027.html
I've never heard of this before. I wish something like this was made for the PSX, Dreamcast or PS2 back in the day, to use with a port of the arcade game Prop Cycle.
If you're in the area, $250 is an excellent price for this. This is what I wrote about the Lifecycle in the 1994 chapter of the 4th edition of Phoenix:
"LifeFitness, a leading manufacturer of exercise bicycles, teamed up with Nintendo of America and came up with the Lifecycle 3500, an exercise bike that hooked up to a standard SNES. The $800 bike was sold with the Lifecycle Exertainment, a unit that plugged into the bottom of an SNES. That unit was then connected to another, which plugged into the bike. Special game controllers, which attached to the bike’s handlebars, were also included. The front of the bike attached to a kiosk which contained a built-in TV monitor. The bike could only be used with SNES games that were specifically designed for the Lifecycle 3500. The games had a Program Manager built into them, which monitored the cyclist’s performance while calculating distance, time elapsed, and calories burned.
Unfortunately, only two games were ever available for the system. Mountain Bike Rally was packaged with the bike, and Speed Racer was available for sale. Pac-Man and Tetris were announced but never released. The combination of the lack of new games and the system’s high price doomed it."
Leonard Herman
The Game Scholar
Publisher of Historical Videogame Books
http://www.rolentapress.com
Phoenix 4 coming in 2014
I was lucky enough to find one of these, along with complete copies of MBR/Speed Racer and MBR 4-5 years ago on eBay. I paid $200 for the lot. It was local pickup only, which I assume is why there were no other bids. In addition to being a really cool SNES accessory, it's actually a pretty decent exercise bike.
$250 is a great price, especially with the game. I'd pick it up in a heartbeat.
dude.....so cheap, the game is boxed and complete, damn you Kansas City! why must you be so far away!
My Feedback thread: http://www.digitpress.com/forum/showthread.php?t=144938
I now lowered the price to $100 because noone seemed interested
wallywoo500 is very interested in this. Difficulty: He's in NJ. Send him a PM, he will take it if you can work out getting it out to him.
SNES & Vectrex Collector
My Feedback: http://www.digitpress.com/forum/show...t=wallywoo5000
Not the central topic but since you mentioned it: Prop Cycle!! You dont hear that brought up much. I used to love that game. I wish it had a home port too.
Last edited by pixelsnpolygons; 08-30-2011 at 04:39 PM.