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	[[File:Nextcube2.png\|500px\|center\|500px\|alt=NeXTcube BlackBoxxx\|~~Original~~ NeXTcube BlackBoxxx]]		[[File:Nextcube2.png\|500px\|center\|500px\|alt=NeXTcube BlackBoxxx\|NeXTcube BlackBoxxx]]

	: <small><kbd>Ωref#<nowiki>[</nowiki>[[MindVox]]<nowiki>]</nowiki> :: ''[[Konami Dream]].''</kbd></small>		: <small><kbd>Ωref#<nowiki>[</nowiki>[[MindVox]]<nowiki>]</nowiki> :: ''[[Konami Dream]].''</kbd></small>

Nemo: /* NeXT BlackBox3 */

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	Short-lived home entertainment system developed and released by NeXT Computer, Inc. in 1990. The system was notable for its conspicuous lack of playable titles<ref>Unsubstantiated rumours persist that [[error\|Hideo Kojima]] was originally contracted to develop a branded and exclusive game for the system entitled Matrix Rain, reportedly inspiring [[Konami Dream]]’s [[NESticle]] ROMhack of the [[Nes\|NES]] title Rad Racer, ''[[error\|Matrix Racer]]'', with Kojima focusing the BlackBox<sup>3</sup>'s formidable computing powers almost exclusively on elaborately varied NPC walking gates and facial expressions.</ref> and its ingenious yet highly impractical three-screen display requiring specific placement of three identical televisions. The BlackBox<sup>3</sup>'s main gameplay activities were limited to the center screen. The left/right screens were most often dedicated to weapons caches, health meters and other player status information, and cumbersome and poorly rendered [[parallax]] displays of "sideview" content - i.e. passing road signs, cacti, and expanses of sky, grass, or ocean. NeXT's BlackBox<sup>3</sup> was developed concurrently with its flagship workstation computer the NeXTcube, a system designed to harness the power of Motorola's room-sized 68882 floating-point coprocessor into a practical and portable size. The NeXTcube was introduced to the general public and industry alike in a ticketed power-point styled KeyNote performance at the Louis M. Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco, California. Despite its unprecedented computational power and sleek, modern styling, the NeXTcube failed to gain any significant market share due to its $16,700 price tag and egregious density.<ref>Remarkably heavy, the NeXTcube's density approaches that of various porous rock and malleable metal, weighing almost 75 lbs at only 1 cubic foot of volume.</ref>		Short-lived home entertainment system developed and released by NeXT Computer, Inc. in 1990. The system was notable for its conspicuous lack of playable titles<ref>Unsubstantiated rumours persist that [[error\|Hideo Kojima]] was originally contracted to develop a branded and exclusive game for the system entitled Matrix Rain, reportedly inspiring [[Konami Dream]]’s [[NESticle]] ROMhack of the [[Nes\|NES]] title Rad Racer, ''[[error\|Matrix Racer]]'', with Kojima focusing the BlackBox<sup>3</sup>'s formidable computing powers almost exclusively on elaborately varied NPC walking gates and facial expressions.</ref> and its ingenious yet highly impractical three-screen display requiring specific placement of three identical televisions. The BlackBox<sup>3</sup>'s main gameplay activities were limited to the center screen. The left/right screens were most often dedicated to weapons caches, health meters and other player status information, and cumbersome and poorly rendered [[parallax]] displays of "sideview" content - i.e. passing road signs, cacti, and expanses of sky, grass, or ocean. NeXT's BlackBox<sup>3</sup> was developed concurrently with its flagship workstation computer the NeXTcube, a system designed to harness the power of Motorola's room-sized 68882 floating-point coprocessor into a practical and portable size. The NeXTcube was introduced to the general public and industry alike in a ticketed power-point styled KeyNote performance at the Louis M. Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco, California. Despite its unprecedented computational power and sleek, modern styling, the NeXTcube failed to gain any significant market share due to its $16,700 price tag and egregious density.<ref>Remarkably heavy, the NeXTcube's density approaches that of various porous rock and malleable metal, weighing almost 75 lbs at only 1 cubic foot of volume.</ref>

	~~[[File:Nextcube1.png\|500px\|center]]~~
	~~: Original NeXTcube computer~~

	[[File:~~Nextcube2~~.png\|500px\|center]]		[[File:Nextcube1.png\|500px\|center\|500px\|alt=Original NeXTcube computer\|Original NeXTcube computer]]
	: NeXTcube BlackBoxxx
			[[File:Nextcube2.png\|500px\|center\|500px\|alt=NeXTcube BlackBoxxx\|Original NeXTcube BlackBoxxx]]

	: <small><kbd>Ωref#<nowiki>[</nowiki>[[MindVox]]<nowiki>]</nowiki> :: ''[[Konami Dream]].''</kbd></small>		: <small><kbd>Ωref#<nowiki>[</nowiki>[[MindVox]]<nowiki>]</nowiki> :: ''[[Konami Dream]].''</kbd></small>

Nemo at 06:01, 24 April 2026

2026-04-24T06:01:48Z

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	==NeXT BlackBox<sup>3</sup>==		===NeXT BlackBox<sup>3</sup>===
	'''[related: NeXT, NeXT Computer, Inc., NeXTcube]'''		'''[related: NeXT, NeXT Computer, Inc., NeXTcube]'''
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	Short-lived home entertainment system developed and released by NeXT Computer, Inc. in 1990. The system was notable for its conspicuous lack of playable titles<ref>Unsubstantiated rumours persist that Hideo Kojima was originally contracted to develop a branded and exclusive game for the system entitled Matrix Racer, with Kojima focusing the BlackBox<sup>3</sup>'s formidable computing powers almost exclusively on elaborately varied NPC walking ~~gaits~~ and facial expressions.</ref>and its ingenious yet highly impractical three-screen display requiring specific placement of three identical televisions. The BlackBox<sup>3</sup>'s main gameplay activities were limited to the center screen. The left/right screens were most often dedicated to weapons caches, health meters and other player status information, and cumbersome and poorly rendered [[parallax]] displays of "sideview" content - i.e. passing road signs, cacti, and expanses of sky, grass, or ocean. NeXT's BlackBox<sup>3</sup> was developed concurrently with its flagship workstation computer the NeXTcube, a system designed to harness the power of Motorola's room-sized 68882 floating-point coprocessor into a practical and portable size. The NeXTcube was introduced to the general public and industry alike in a ticketed power-point styled KeyNote performance at the Louis M. Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco, California. Despite its unprecedented computational power and sleek, modern styling, the NeXTcube failed to gain any significant market share due to its $16,700 price tag and egregious density <ref>Remarkably heavy, the NeXTcube's density approaches that of various porous rock and malleable metal, weighing almost 75 lbs at only 1 cubic foot of volume. </ref>.		Short-lived home entertainment system developed and released by NeXT Computer, Inc. in 1990. The system was notable for its conspicuous lack of playable titles<ref>Unsubstantiated rumours persist that [[error\|Hideo Kojima]] was originally contracted to develop a branded and exclusive game for the system entitled Matrix Rain, reportedly inspiring [[Konami Dream]]’s [[NESticle]] ROMhack of the [[Nes\|NES]] title Rad Racer, ''[[error\|Matrix Racer]]'', with Kojima focusing the BlackBox<sup>3</sup>'s formidable computing powers almost exclusively on elaborately varied NPC walking gates and facial expressions.</ref> and its ingenious yet highly impractical three-screen display requiring specific placement of three identical televisions. The BlackBox<sup>3</sup>'s main gameplay activities were limited to the center screen. The left/right screens were most often dedicated to weapons caches, health meters and other player status information, and cumbersome and poorly rendered [[parallax]] displays of "sideview" content - i.e. passing road signs, cacti, and expanses of sky, grass, or ocean. NeXT's BlackBox<sup>3</sup> was developed concurrently with its flagship workstation computer the NeXTcube, a system designed to harness the power of Motorola's room-sized 68882 floating-point coprocessor into a practical and portable size. The NeXTcube was introduced to the general public and industry alike in a ticketed power-point styled KeyNote performance at the Louis M. Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco, California. Despite its unprecedented computational power and sleek, modern styling, the NeXTcube failed to gain any significant market share due to its $16,700 price tag and egregious density.<ref>Remarkably heavy, the NeXTcube's density approaches that of various porous rock and malleable metal, weighing almost 75 lbs at only 1 cubic foot of volume.</ref>

	[[File:Nextcube1.png\|500px\|center]]		[[File:Nextcube1.png\|500px\|center]]

Nemo: /* NeXT BlackBox3 */

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	==NeXT BlackBox<sup>3</sup>==		==NeXT BlackBox<sup>3</sup>==
	[related: NeXT, NeXT Computer, Inc., NeXTcube]		'''[related: NeXT, NeXT Computer, Inc., NeXTcube]'''
	----		----
	Short-lived home entertainment system developed and released by NeXT Computer, Inc. in 1990. The system was notable for its conspicuous lack of playable titles<ref>Unsubstantiated rumours persist that Hideo Kojima was originally contracted to develop a branded and exclusive game for the system entitled Matrix Racer, with Kojima focusing the BlackBox<sup>3</sup>'s formidable computing powers almost exclusively on elaborately varied NPC walking gaits and facial expressions.</ref>and its ingenious yet highly impractical three-screen display requiring specific placement of three identical televisions. The BlackBox<sup>3</sup>'s main gameplay activities were limited to the center screen. The left/right screens were most often dedicated to weapons caches, health meters and other player status information, and cumbersome and poorly rendered [[parallax]] displays of "sideview" content - i.e. passing road signs, cacti, and expanses of sky, grass, or ocean. NeXT's BlackBox<sup>3</sup> was developed concurrently with its flagship workstation computer the NeXTcube, a system designed to harness the power of Motorola's room-sized 68882 floating-point coprocessor into a practical and portable size. The NeXTcube was introduced to the general public and industry alike in a ticketed power-point styled KeyNote performance at the Louis M. Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco, California. Despite its unprecedented computational power and sleek, modern styling, the NeXTcube failed to gain any significant market share due to its $16,700 price tag and egregious density <ref>Remarkably heavy, the NeXTcube's density approaches that of various porous rock and malleable metal, weighing almost 75 lbs at only 1 cubic foot of volume. </ref>.		Short-lived home entertainment system developed and released by NeXT Computer, Inc. in 1990. The system was notable for its conspicuous lack of playable titles<ref>Unsubstantiated rumours persist that Hideo Kojima was originally contracted to develop a branded and exclusive game for the system entitled Matrix Racer, with Kojima focusing the BlackBox<sup>3</sup>'s formidable computing powers almost exclusively on elaborately varied NPC walking gaits and facial expressions.</ref>and its ingenious yet highly impractical three-screen display requiring specific placement of three identical televisions. The BlackBox<sup>3</sup>'s main gameplay activities were limited to the center screen. The left/right screens were most often dedicated to weapons caches, health meters and other player status information, and cumbersome and poorly rendered [[parallax]] displays of "sideview" content - i.e. passing road signs, cacti, and expanses of sky, grass, or ocean. NeXT's BlackBox<sup>3</sup> was developed concurrently with its flagship workstation computer the NeXTcube, a system designed to harness the power of Motorola's room-sized 68882 floating-point coprocessor into a practical and portable size. The NeXTcube was introduced to the general public and industry alike in a ticketed power-point styled KeyNote performance at the Louis M. Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco, California. Despite its unprecedented computational power and sleek, modern styling, the NeXTcube failed to gain any significant market share due to its $16,700 price tag and egregious density <ref>Remarkably heavy, the NeXTcube's density approaches that of various porous rock and malleable metal, weighing almost 75 lbs at only 1 cubic foot of volume. </ref>.

Lmsuarez: /* NeXT BlackBox3 */

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	[[File:Nextcube2.png\|500px\|center]]		[[File:Nextcube2.png\|500px\|center]]
	NeXTcube BlackBoxxx		: NeXTcube BlackBoxxx

	: <small><kbd>Ωref#<nowiki>[</nowiki>[[MindVox]]<nowiki>]</nowiki> :: ''[[Konami Dream]].''</kbd></small>		: <small><kbd>Ωref#<nowiki>[</nowiki>[[MindVox]]<nowiki>]</nowiki> :: ''[[Konami Dream]].''</kbd></small>

Lmsuarez: /* NeXT BlackBox3 */

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	[[File:Nextcube1.png\|500px\|center]]		[[File:Nextcube1.png\|500px\|center]]
	Original NeXTcube computer		: Original NeXTcube computer

	[[File:Nextcube2.png\|500px\|center]]		[[File:Nextcube2.png\|500px\|center]]
	NeXTcube BlackBoxxx		NeXTcube BlackBoxxx

	<small><kbd>Ωref#<nowiki>[</nowiki>[[MindVox]]<nowiki>]</nowiki> :: ''[[Konami Dream]].''</kbd></small>		: <small><kbd>Ωref#<nowiki>[</nowiki>[[MindVox]]<nowiki>]</nowiki> :: ''[[Konami Dream]].''</kbd></small>

Aidahosa: /* NeXT BlackBox3 */

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NeXT BlackBox3

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	<small><kbd>~~href~~#<nowiki>[</nowiki>[[MindVox]]<nowiki>]</nowiki> :: ''[[Konami Dream]].''</kbd></small>		<small><kbd>Ωref#<nowiki>[</nowiki>[[MindVox]]<nowiki>]</nowiki> :: ''[[Konami Dream]].''</kbd></small>

Lmsuarez: /* NeXT BlackBox3 */

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NeXT BlackBox3

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	[[File:Nextcube1.png\|500px\|center]]		[[File:Nextcube1.png\|500px\|center]]
	: Original NeXTcube computer		Original NeXTcube computer

	[[File:Nextcube2.png\|500px\|center]]		[[File:Nextcube2.png\|500px\|center]]
	: NeXTcube BlackBoxxx		NeXTcube BlackBoxxx

	: <small><kbd>href#<nowiki>[</nowiki>[[MindVox]]<nowiki>]</nowiki> :: ''[[Konami Dream]].''</kbd></small>		<small><kbd>href#<nowiki>[</nowiki>[[MindVox]]<nowiki>]</nowiki> :: ''[[Konami Dream]].''</kbd></small>

Lmsuarez at 13:11, 15 December 2024

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	~~'''~~NeXT BlackBox<sup>3</sup>[related: NeXT, NeXT Computer, Inc., NeXTcube]~~'''~~		==NeXT BlackBox<sup>3</sup>==
			[related: NeXT, NeXT Computer, Inc., NeXTcube]
			----
	Short-lived home entertainment system developed and released by NeXT Computer, Inc. in 1990. The system was notable for its conspicuous lack of playable titles<ref>Unsubstantiated rumours persist that Hideo Kojima was originally contracted to develop a branded and exclusive game for the system entitled Matrix Racer, with Kojima focusing the BlackBox<sup>3</sup>'s formidable computing powers almost exclusively on elaborately varied NPC walking gaits and facial expressions.</ref>and its ingenious yet highly impractical three-screen display requiring specific placement of three identical televisions. The BlackBox<sup>3</sup>'s main gameplay activities were limited to the center screen. The left/right screens were most often dedicated to weapons caches, health meters and other player status information, and cumbersome and poorly rendered [[parallax]] displays of "sideview" content - i.e. passing road signs, cacti, and expanses of sky, grass, or ocean. NeXT's BlackBox<sup>3</sup> was developed concurrently with its flagship workstation computer the NeXTcube, a system designed to harness the power of Motorola's room-sized 68882 floating-point coprocessor into a practical and portable size. The NeXTcube was introduced to the general public and industry alike in a ticketed power-point styled KeyNote performance at the Louis M. Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco, California. Despite its unprecedented computational power and sleek, modern styling, the NeXTcube failed to gain any significant market share due to its $16,700 price tag and egregious density <ref>Remarkably heavy, the NeXTcube's density approaches that of various porous rock and malleable metal, weighing almost 75 lbs at only 1 cubic foot of volume. </ref>.		Short-lived home entertainment system developed and released by NeXT Computer, Inc. in 1990. The system was notable for its conspicuous lack of playable titles<ref>Unsubstantiated rumours persist that Hideo Kojima was originally contracted to develop a branded and exclusive game for the system entitled Matrix Racer, with Kojima focusing the BlackBox<sup>3</sup>'s formidable computing powers almost exclusively on elaborately varied NPC walking gaits and facial expressions.</ref>and its ingenious yet highly impractical three-screen display requiring specific placement of three identical televisions. The BlackBox<sup>3</sup>'s main gameplay activities were limited to the center screen. The left/right screens were most often dedicated to weapons caches, health meters and other player status information, and cumbersome and poorly rendered [[parallax]] displays of "sideview" content - i.e. passing road signs, cacti, and expanses of sky, grass, or ocean. NeXT's BlackBox<sup>3</sup> was developed concurrently with its flagship workstation computer the NeXTcube, a system designed to harness the power of Motorola's room-sized 68882 floating-point coprocessor into a practical and portable size. The NeXTcube was introduced to the general public and industry alike in a ticketed power-point styled KeyNote performance at the Louis M. Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco, California. Despite its unprecedented computational power and sleek, modern styling, the NeXTcube failed to gain any significant market share due to its $16,700 price tag and egregious density <ref>Remarkably heavy, the NeXTcube's density approaches that of various porous rock and malleable metal, weighing almost 75 lbs at only 1 cubic foot of volume. </ref>.

Lmsuarez at 15:57, 5 December 2024

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	: <small><kbd>href#[[[MindVox]]] :: ''[[Konami Dream]].''</kbd></small>		: <small><kbd>href#<nowiki>[</nowiki>[[MindVox]]<nowiki>]</nowiki> :: ''[[Konami Dream]].''</kbd></small>