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The NeXTlevel was NeXT Software's first handheld device, eagerly awaited but canned just two weeks from release when Apple purchased NeXT and chose not to pursue gaming. All 250,000 release devices were pulled from channels and unceremoniously rolled into landfill out northwest of Dubbo.

A picture of a black NeXTlevel handheld gaming device, by NeXT. It opens vertically to show two landscape screens, a dpad, and four buttons in NeXT colours. On the bottom screen is the NeXT desktop with the Info window for Chess showing. On the top screen is Chess in its 3D NeXT style glory. Either side of the top screen are the speaker grilles. It sits on a blue fabric background, lit from the side.
2 July at 4:02 | Open on bitbang.social
21 comments
Mike, First of His Name

@NanoRaptor I have never wanted so much for something you posted to be real

2 July at 4:04 | Open on social.chinwag.org
Geordie Pordy Puddin’ n’ Pie

@NanoRaptor In my own obviously biased opinion, I'm a switched on, intelligent guy who isn't credulous and is very difficult to dupe.

So why the fuck do I read so may of your posts and go "Woah! Wait... FUCK."

2 July at 4:04 | Open on aus.social
JP

@geordie @NanoRaptor Many of Nano's posts make me go "dang, I would totally buy one of those"

2 July at 4:06 | Open on eigenmagic.net
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@NanoRaptor i remember this!! they had a mini magneto optical drive that they were trying to make into a new portable video / audio standard. the adaptors were weird

2 July at 4:04 | Open on merveilles.town
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@NanoRaptor it was like, the same form factor as a sony minidisc but could store arbitrary data. because of the project cancellation it soured relations between apple and sony- who went on to use the R&D in their own projects.

2 July at 4:08 | Open on merveilles.town
Graham Spookyland🎃/Polynomial

@NanoRaptor should've gone with N/E/X/T for the buttons :D

2 July at 4:05 | Open on chaos.social
Kit Bashir

@NanoRaptor heh I remember trying to port Donley Kong to one of those.

2 July at 4:05 | Open on aus.social
Jon Gilbert

@NanoRaptor I bet that welcome email from Steve Jobs that every new account got sounded REALLY bad on that thing.

2 July at 4:06 | Open on mastodon.social
💀Maggot McFear💀

@NanoRaptor I heard it had a huge proprietary connector in the back that ran the length of the device..

2 July at 4:07 | Open on hachyderm.io
stodarahodan

@NanoRaptor Two Mousecursors even, revolutionary!

2 July at 4:07 | Open on chaos.social
Tyler K. Nothing

@NanoRaptor Oh, good LORD, I wish to god high in nerd heaven! Someone needs to make this real!!!! PLEASE!!!!!

2 July at 4:10 | Open on mastodon.social
Yoz

@NanoRaptor Fortunately, some of its key innovations resurfaced years later in iOS (multitouch, stylus air drawing), macOS (Freeform), and iPadOS (WarioWare)

2 July at 4:13 | Open on mastodon.social
Phyxis

@NanoRaptor Plot twist, Dubbo was just a typo in OCR, and it's actually under the former Dublin CA Fry's Electronics.

2 July at 4:18 | Open on pounced-on.me
:possum: Ibly 🏳️‍⚧️ θΔ
@NanoRaptor some could say you're welcome to the next level
2 July at 4:25 | Open on social.translunar.academy
sumokirby

@NanoRaptor Lol, you can't fool me that's a Nintendo DS Lite.

2 July at 4:32 | Open on mastodon.gamedev.place
Alan Smithee

@NanoRaptor
What a timing, I just reinstalled #Windowmaker on my computer yesterday :D

2 July at 4:36 | Open on oc.todon.fr
Darryl Ramm

@NanoRaptor

The best thing to ever happen in Dubbo...

2 July at 4:42 | Open on hachyderm.io
NanoRaptor

@darryl_ramm Central West represent! like it never does except that one weekend where cars.

2 July at 4:56 | Open on bitbang.social
John Burwell aka deet

@NanoRaptor@bitbang.social it’s an incredible story. They actually bought NeXT for NeXTlevel, to replace Pippin! And then canceled BOTH to focus on OS X!

2 July at 4:44 | Open on jmbwell.me
Jackie (aka Queen Antifa) 🌹:debian_logo:​:linux:
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