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| − | ==CONTRIBUTION REQUESTS==
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| − | ===Can anyone find this critical ''Outworld 2375 AD'' Nintendo Age thread?===
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| − | *[https://www.unseen64.net/2019/05/30/outworld-2375ad-genesis-cancelled/ Unseen64] references a Nintendo Age thread where a collector posts an image of promotional screenshot films for ''[[Outworld 2375 AD]]'', and later another collector (notably from Lansing) states he owns a prototype. While Unseen64 claims they're linking to the Nintendo Age thread, its instead a [https://connect.gocollect.com/forum/messageview.cfm?StartRow=1&catid=5&threadid=125080 dead link] to some website called GoCollect? It's also unarchived, and I'm not able to locate the original thread. However, I'm pretty unfamiliar with Nintendo Age. Is anyone able to somehow find the original thread, or at least a cached copy of it/some information/the text/anything?
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| − | ===Does anyone have a Personal Trainer brochure they could scan?===
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| − | Would any collectors have a copy of the [[HeartBeat Personal Trainer]]'s brochure? We're lacking proper scans of pretty much everything HeartBeat related, but if there was one item that would help the most, it would be the included brochure. If anyone would be able to contribute, we'd all be extremely appreciative!!
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| | ==List of company staff== | | ==List of company staff== |
| − | *Adam Benjamin (Product Manager) | + | *[[Adam Benjamin]] (Product Manager; 1988 to 1994) (personally gives 1991 incorporation as start date) |
| − | *Justin Hall-Tipping (President) | + | *[[Justin Hall-Tipping]] (President, CEO; 1988 to 1995-05) (personally gives 1991 incorporation as start date) |
| | + | *[[Nick Burton]] (Director of Business Development?; 1988 to 199X) |
| | + | *[[Rick Koenig]] ("Enhancement Programmer"/Programmer; 1993-08 to 1994-04) |
| | + | *[[Jon Paul]] (Chief Financial Officer (interim); 19XX to 199X) |
| | *Scott Goodpaster (?) | | *Scott Goodpaster (?) |
| | *Patricia Males Evanko (?) | | *Patricia Males Evanko (?) |
| | *Jeffrey Smith (?) | | *Jeffrey Smith (?) |
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| − | ==List of retailers/vendors/stores== | + | ==References== |
| − | *NordicTrack (selling the Personal Trainer at $350 in January 1994)
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| − | ==Company timeline==
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| − | Adam Benjamin's LinkedIn says he worked at HeartBeat from 91-94. Now he was one of the main guys. And the angel investor article says there was a date when the company stopped production, but was still legally in business. Even if they weren't doing any business other than just receiving orders/technical support/etc. Which lines up with the information we already know. PPLUUUUSSS, a bigger tipoff is the fact that PGA Tour's manual says it was made in 94, but the game itself was released in 95.
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| − | So, sometime in late 1994, the company stopped production, published one final game (with the help of Polar Technology?) in early 1995, and that was pretty much it. Probably. We're learning every day here ;)
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| − | *[[User:CartridgeCulture|CartridgeCulture]] ([[User talk:CartridgeCulture|talk]]) 04:37, 7 October 2021 (EDT)
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| − | ==To do==
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| − | *Rewrite all the HeartBeat-related summaries. They're accurate and not badly worded, but they're a bit on the chunky side, and could probably use a split into two paragraphs and some further clarification.
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| − | *Find the source for the 1000 unit production run claim.
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| − | *Lansing, Michigan stuff.
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| − | *Brand confusion stuff, both from company and its legacy.
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| − | *HeartBeat Corporation was an official licensee of [[Electronic Arts]].
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| − | *HeartBeat's (unused?) company slogan was [https://trademarks.justia.com/owners/heartbeat-corp-584181/ "It's Serious Fun"].
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| − | *Determine who developed ''[[Outworld 2375 AD]]''.
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| − | *Determine who developed the hockey/golf games. Was it the original games' developers? Was it [[Western Technologies]]? Maybe [[HeartBeat Corporation]] themselves?
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| − | [[User:CartridgeCulture|CartridgeCulture]] ([[User talk:CartridgeCulture|talk]]) 01:30, 4 October 2021 (EDT)
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| − | ==Links==
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| − | *[https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/1994-02-27/and-now-the-aerobic-video-game Bloomberg article (behind paywall)]
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| − | *[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-03-24-fi-37778-story.html New York Times article (behind paywall)]
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| − | *[https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.nytimes.com/1996/09/08/business/when-you-invest-with-angels-the-portfolio-is-never-boring.html Article about company investor]
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| − | *[https://www.reddit.com/r/lostmedia/comments/i43hwz/outworld_2375_ad_sega_genesis_newspaper_ad_update/ Investigatory thread (newspaper ads)]
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| − | *[https://www.reddit.com/r/lostmedia/comments/i7sm8p/outworld_sega_genesis_game_barcode_and_more_info/g2s4za9/?context=3 Investigatory thread (barcodes)]
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| − | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cancelled_Sega_Genesis_games Wikipedia article]: Get the refs and source them independently, both for additional information and actual refs.
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| − | *[https://www.unseen64.net/2019/05/30/outworld-2375ad-genesis-cancelled/ Unseen64 entry]: Gather any basic information not already on the article, and again source any additional refs.
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| − | *[https://www.reddit.com/r/Megadrive/comments/51m8ur/pics_of_the_brochure_for_the_heartbeat_personal/ Investigatory thread (brochure)]
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| − | *[https://web.archive.org/web/20211004054158/https://imgur.com/a/SXTz3 Rough brochure photographs]
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| − | *[https://trademarks.justia.com/owners/heartbeat-corp-584181/ Justia trademark databse for HB Corp]
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| − | [[User:CartridgeCulture|CartridgeCulture]] ([[User talk:CartridgeCulture|talk]]) 01:29, 4 October 2021 (EDT)
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