First look at new Phantom Console

D.D. · September 20th, 2004

HardOCP (ironically) released the first indepth look at the Phantom console today :

http://hardocp.com/article.html?art=NjU3

Cid Highwind · September 20th, 2004

Interesting article

Though I wonder if the Phantom will ever become a succes...

zen_master · September 20th, 2004

I would buy but it would have to be really really fast and powerfull so that I wouldnt have to upgrade every day. If they release the console just after Half life 2 they would make a fortune..

Mr.Smith · September 20th, 2004

These are just the early prototypes...and I'm pretty certain this thing is doomed to failure. They are already in massive debt and they just lost the big lawsuit they filed against [H]ardOCP.

zen_master · September 20th, 2004

Sad....

Player-X · September 21st, 2004

Good for them,I thought that might happen,After all would a company that sued a website for giving his free opinion not seem to be on the road to failure?

Mr.Smith · September 21st, 2004

*gasp* The Phantom release has been pushed to 2005! Good work guys!

http://www.whereisphantom.com/slashdot2.html

KanedA · September 21st, 2004

can't see any good purpouse to release this... console, that company don't have as much $$ as Micro$oft...

Player-X · September 21st, 2004

It could even be a ploy to invite investers and run off with thier money as outlined by hardocp, the way it works is in question, download 20MB of a game and stream the rest? is there a way to get enough customers to make it worth it or is this going home with the vapourware award

**Dark Watcher** · September 21st, 2004

Erm....first off the information posted is quite dated. The Phantom console has seen a major redesign, and appears to still be on schedule for 4th Quarter 2004.

For more up to date info please check out our page on Dark Watcher's Console History
http://darkwatcher.psxfanatics.com/console/phantom.htm

**cooliscool** · September 21st, 2004

Phantom = N-Gage of consoles.

What a sorry excuse for a console.. anyone could slap a PC into a case and call it a console.

sxamiga · September 24th, 2004

I've been hearing a lot about the Phantom console for some time now, but so far it has still not seen the light of day. This seems logical since, in the literal sense, what is a Phantom? A spectre, a spirit, a ghost or a manifestation of the mind. And so far this Phantom console is.........??? 'Nuff said.
sx/amiga

RF · September 24th, 2004

Lame -_-

Mr.Smith · September 24th, 2004

I think one of you mods should change the topic title from First look at the new Phantom Console to First look at the new Phantom Gaming Service. It's not a console, it's a gaming service.

And from the picture on DarkWatcher's page, the Phantom looks like a Manta ray.

**Razor Blade** · September 24th, 2004

My computer beats that thing by a mile

Not bragging but it doesn't seem to be anything special.

**Raziel** · September 24th, 2004

Bah, I've always thought of the Phantom as either a joke or an investers cash stealing machine, looks like that won't change

**Razor Blade** · September 24th, 2004

Blah. A computer still is the way to go. The Phantom is a computer that is a wanna-be console

Coolsvilleman · September 24th, 2004

Well I'm not to hyped on this idea of the phantom. Dosen't look like anything special to me. Just another console...

**n_w95482** · September 25th, 2004

At least the design of the console looks a lot better than before

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Leiw · September 27th, 2004

I don't see any reason to buy this

since it's a "wannabe"-computer-looking-console, it will be easy to emulate the games on normal pcs

September 20th, 2004	#1 (permalink)
D.D. band Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: HERE Posts: 4,575	First look at new Phantom Console HardOCP (ironically) released the first indepth look at the Phantom console today : http://hardocp.com/article.html?art=NjU3 __________________ 1. Small, Cheap, Powerful - you can have only two 2. Everytime you engineer something foolproof, the world comes up with a better idiot. 3. 「学問とは虚栄である。」 The PS3 Cell Processor Explained Page, IBM Research's Introduction to Cell Multiprocessor and Cell Processor Programming Guide

September 20th, 2004	#2 (permalink)
Cid Highwind Ramma Gay Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Somwhere out in space? The Land of the Free? Heaven or Hell? Posts: 11,688	Interesting article Though I wonder if the Phantom will ever become a succes... __________________ PC Specs: CPU: Intel E4400 @ 2.66GHz GPU: ATi HD4870 / 512MB / Core: 775 / Mem: 1025 Mobo: Gigabyte EP35-DS3 (rev 2.1) SPU: Creative X-Fi Xtreme Music RAM: 2GB Corsair XMS2 DDR800 @ 4-4-4-12 ~ 800MHz HDD: 320GB Western Digital 16MB Caviar SE PSU: Hiper Type-R 580W Geometry Wars: 198.400 Lumines: 523.879 Rip: Cid's Bleemcast 28-08-2007 X360/Wii/PS3 belong to the current generation, update your mindset FFS

September 20th, 2004	#4 (permalink)
Mr.Smith Agent Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 391	These are just the early prototypes...and I'm pretty certain this thing is doomed to failure. They are already in massive debt and they just lost the big lawsuit they filed against [H]ardOCP. __________________ Hello Mr. Anderson...

September 21st, 2004	#7 (permalink)
Mr.Smith Agent Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 391	gasp The Phantom release has been pushed to 2005! Good work guys! http://www.whereisphantom.com/slashdot2.html __________________ Hello Mr. Anderson...

September 21st, 2004	#8 (permalink)
KanedA PS2 PAL[v9] Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: PolanD Posts: 5,291	can't see any good purpouse to release this... console, that company don't have as much $$ as Micro$oft... __________________

September 20th, 2004	#3 (permalink)
zen_master >>Tech hating Squirrel<< Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Hollywood, FL Posts: 317	I would buy but it would have to be really really fast and powerfull so that I wouldnt have to upgrade every day. If they release the console just after Half life 2 they would make a fortune..

September 20th, 2004	#5 (permalink)
zen_master >>Tech hating Squirrel<< Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Hollywood, FL Posts: 317	Sad....

September 21st, 2004	#6 (permalink)
Player-X Banned Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: From Kuching in Malaysia now stuck in Houston Texas Posts: 9,110	Good for them,I thought that might happen,After all would a company that sued a website for giving his free opinion not seem to be on the road to failure?

September 21st, 2004	#9 (permalink)
Player-X Banned Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: From Kuching in Malaysia now stuck in Houston Texas Posts: 9,110	It could even be a ploy to invite investers and run off with thier money as outlined by hardocp, the way it works is in question, download 20MB of a game and stream the rest? is there a way to get enough customers to make it worth it or is this going home with the vapourware award

September 21st, 2004	#10 (permalink)
Dark Watcher Coffee Demon Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Darkness, Unknown Posts: 2,898	Erm....first off the information posted is quite dated. The Phantom console has seen a major redesign, and appears to still be on schedule for 4th Quarter 2004. For more up to date info please check out our page on Dark Watcher's Console History http://darkwatcher.psxfanatics.com/console/phantom.htm __________________

September 21st, 2004	#11 (permalink)
cooliscool Natural medicine Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Redmond, Washington, USA Posts: 6,172	Phantom = N-Gage of consoles. What a sorry excuse for a console.. anyone could slap a PC into a case and call it a console. __________________ Fayt : Intel Core 2 Duo E4300 @ 3.06GHz (1360MHz FSB), 2GB Crucial DDR2-800 Dual Channel @ 800MHz 4-3-3-11-14 1T, 512MB BFG nVidia GeForce 7950GT OC @ 650/1600, Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS, MSI P6N-SLi - nVidia 650i SLi, 200GB Seagate Barracuda 8MB Cache 7200RPM SATA2, 80GB Seagate Barracuda 8MB Cache 7200RPM SATA2, Lite-On DVD+-RW 16x w/ Lightscribe, Lite-On 16x DVD-ROM, Aspire X-Dreamer II case, Logitech MX518 Optical Mouse, Asetek Waterchill kit (distilled water + Red Line Water Wetter), T.I.M - AS Ceramique

September 24th, 2004	#12 (permalink)
sxamiga I've Changed Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Orangevale CA USA Posts: 298	I've been hearing a lot about the Phantom console for some time now, but so far it has still not seen the light of day. This seems logical since, in the literal sense, what is a Phantom? A spectre, a spirit, a ghost or a manifestation of the mind. And so far this Phantom console is.........??? 'Nuff said. sx/amiga

September 24th, 2004	#13 (permalink)
RF Canadian Spaceman Join Date: May 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 8,594	Lame -_- __________________

September 24th, 2004	#14 (permalink)
Mr.Smith Agent Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 391	I think one of you mods should change the topic title from First look at the new Phantom Console to First look at the new Phantom Gaming Service. It's not a console, it's a gaming service. And from the picture on DarkWatcher's page, the Phantom looks like a Manta ray. __________________ Hello Mr. Anderson...

September 24th, 2004	#15 (permalink)
Razor Blade Locked and Loaded Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I AM CANADIAN! Posts: 12,030	My computer beats that thing by a mile Not bragging but it doesn't seem to be anything special. __________________ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Core 2 Duo T7300 2.0 GHz ● NVIDIA GeForce 8400GS ● 2GB DDR2 RAM Hitachi 120GB HD ● Dual Layer DVD+/-RW Drive ● Windows Vista Home Premium ● Dell 2007WFP LCD ● Dell XPS M1330 Laptop ● 1TB Western Digital MyBook External HD ● Logitech Z10 Speakers ● PLAYSTATION 3 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

September 25th, 2004	#19 (permalink)
n_w95482 Administrator Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: California Posts: 4,684	At least the design of the console looks a lot better than before . __________________ Main PC: DFI LAN Party nF4 SLI-DR Expert w/406-bta BIOS, AMD Opteron 165 (CCBBE 0615 EPMW) @ 3 GHz (334x9), 1.55v w/D-Tek Fuzion WB; 2x1 GB OCZ PC4000 EB Plats @ 250 MHz, 3-3-2-8, 3:4, 2.7v; ATi Radeon X1900XT 512 MB @ 668/855 w/DD Tyee WB, 150 GB WD Raptor, 4x500 GB WD RE2 (RAID 10), SB Audigy 2 ZS, 700w OCZ GameXStream, CM Stacker 810, Windows XP Pro

September 24th, 2004	#16 (permalink)
Raziel Beta Administrator Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Nantes, France Posts: 6,150	Bah, I've always thought of the Phantom as either a joke or an investers cash stealing machine, looks like that won't change __________________ System Specs: OS: Windows Vista Ultimate x64 Edition CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 @4GHz Video Card: MSI GeForce 8800 GTX Motherboard: ASUS Maximus Formula SE RAM: 4GB OCZ XMS2 PC6400 Sound Card: Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS

September 24th, 2004	#17 (permalink)
Razor Blade Locked and Loaded Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I AM CANADIAN! Posts: 12,030	Blah. A computer still is the way to go. The Phantom is a computer that is a wanna-be console __________________ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Core 2 Duo T7300 2.0 GHz ● NVIDIA GeForce 8400GS ● 2GB DDR2 RAM Hitachi 120GB HD ● Dual Layer DVD+/-RW Drive ● Windows Vista Home Premium ● Dell 2007WFP LCD ● Dell XPS M1330 Laptop ● 1TB Western Digital MyBook External HD ● Logitech Z10 Speakers ● PLAYSTATION 3 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

September 24th, 2004	#18 (permalink)
Coolsvilleman Emulation to the max! Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 2,411	Well I'm not to hyped on this idea of the phantom. Dosen't look like anything special to me. Just another console... __________________ Q6600 Core 2 Quad \|\| Soundblaster X-Fi Extreme HD \|\| e-VGA 8800GTX \|\| 4096mb 4-4-4-12-2T Dual-Channel RAM \|\| MSI P6N Diamond \|\| 2x 320GB Hardrive \|\| 5.1 Speakers \|\| Remote control \|\| 8x USB 2.0 \|\| DVD/CD ±RW Drive \|\| 1x IEEE1394 www.coolsvilleman.homedns.org Normally down. E-mail me for a DVD @ coolsvilleman@gmail.com

September 27th, 2004	#20 (permalink)
Leiw Perpetual Dualism Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Luxembourg Posts: 262	I don't see any reason to buy this since it's a "wannabe"-computer-looking-console, it will be easy to emulate the games on normal pcs

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