From: sheath@gamepilgrimage.com   
      
   jt august wrote:   
   > So the 3D tv technology is coming, and the way to view it is with   
   > special glasses that are synced via infra red to a video screen, and the   
   > glasses black out alternating eyes in sync so that one eye picks up an   
   > image then the other, so fast as to create the impression of 3D.  Just   
   > like the Sega SMS 3D goggles, back in 1987*)   
   >   
   > jt   
   >   
   > * Going on memory as to the release year, may be off by a year or two,   
   > forgive me.   
      
   I've always seen the Sega Scope Glasses as a modern marvel.  In fact,   
   they were the reason I bought an SMS back in 1988 instead of an NES.  I   
   am not ashamed to say that I had to make my dad drive to a specialty   
   electronics shop just to see them, and I have never seen their like   
   since.  The sad thing is that I never picked up a set, or any 3D games   
   until the new millennium.  But then I didn't pick up Phantasy Star in   
   the old century for the same reason.  All those action games that I   
   loved were only $15-40, and these two items were $70+ each (not adjusted   
   for inflation).   
      
   Now that I have a set of 3D glasses, which I had to glue adult sized   
   earpieces to (my heed, it's like Sputnik), I genuinely regret not   
   skipping a couple of games.  Space Harrier 3D, Maze Hunter 3D, Zaxxon 3D   
   and Missile Defense 3D, which was the only one I played prior to buying   
   the SMS, really do shine out among sprite based gaming.   
      
   To KKC's comments, I haven't actually seen the modern 3D effect on an   
   HDTV yet, but if it solves the slight flicker that I see in the Sega   
   Scope's effect, even on my RPTV, it really must be an impressive thing.   
     I still say that people are to vain to wear glasses for an entire   
   movie or game in mass.  It may be a small market that adopts the idea   
   yet again.   
      
   --   
   Scott   
      
   http://www.gamepilgrimage.com   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)