TERRIBLE GADGETS-BARCODE BATTLER

This is a cool gadget released in 1991, the amazing Bar code Battler which was up against legendary hand held gaming devices such as the Sega Game Gear and the well known Nintendo Game Boy. By contrast with these cool design classics, the Battler had extremely basic graphics and advanced digital audio, and it was a bloody nightmare to play with.

Those console engaged players in a rudimentary fighting game. Fights were displayed not as characters,also not even as little two dimensional blokes running about, but as many numbers on a screen. The basic idea was to use special barcode-equipped cards or even barcodes from everyday products through the game console's card reader. This gadget added your fighter to the battle. Repeating the process with an enemy card added your cool opponent.

What happens next to it? Well, check out the superb video above from Dr Ashen It's incredible that this never caught on. terrible inventions right ?