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| − | *Mention the early Personal Trainer/system shell used in promotional material, and get a picture of two up. I'm sure we've got them hosted, but for now, links are [https://www.unseen64.net/2019/05/30/outworld-2375ad-genesis-cancelled/ here] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20211004054158/https://imgur.com/a/SXTz3 here].
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| − | *There's an early Joey cart in the brochure as well.
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| − | *Clarify the exact setup method, and what each individual cable/component does.
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| − | *Per a warning card shipped with the system, plugging two Catalyst adapters into a Mega Drive could damage the system.
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| − | *Address brand confusion, both from company and its legacy.
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| − | *I wrote this a while ago but never sourced it: "Trainer+Catalyst originally being sold together as the "Personal Trainer" (and the Catalyst not having a proper name), and then when sales were poor, removing the systems from the bundles, chopping $100 bucks off the price, and selling it as the Catalyst." and "Personal Trainer price was dropped $100 (to $199.99) by April 95 (was the Catalyst also dropped to $99.99?)"
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| − | *Search YouTube for better images of HeartBeat products.
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| − | *I believe HeartBeat stuff was priced $XXX.95 each, but verify that.
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| − | *Check contemporary NordicTrack catalogues.
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| − | *In addition to buying directly through HeartBeat by phone or mail order, their products could also be purchased through the fitness retailer NordicTrack (who in January 1994 was selling the [[Personal Trainer]] at $350) and through three Target stores in the Michigan cities of Lansing, Okemon, and Jackson around April 1995.
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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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| − | *There was a list of other games the company was producing... I think another+ sports title, a motorcycle racing game, and a few others.
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| − | *What are “worldwide applications”? These aren’t planned regions, are they?{{ref|https://globaldossier.uspto.gov/#/details/US/PCT%252FUS90%252F07579/W/79229}}{{ref|https://globaldossier.uspto.gov/#/result/publication/CA/2071993/1}} Says JP patent was actually published, but depending on what Pending means, it was probably just being filed in case the system really took off.{{ref|1=https://patents.google.com/patent/JPH05505319A/ja?assignee=Heartbeat+Corp&oq=assignee:(Heartbeat+Corp)}}
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| − | *[[HeartBeat Corporation]] was a “partner of NEPA Venture Fund”, meaning their investor and funding source, among other things.{{ref|https://sec.report/Document/0000928385-00-000018/}}
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| − | *Polar Technology is [[wikipedia:Polar Electro|Polar Electro]], who own a patent on a specific heartrate sensor technology utilized by HeartBeat, and is claimed as such in HeartBeat's patent. And is this a Polar/Steven McIntosh connection?{{ref|https://allpeople.com/steven+mcintosh_pondco-enterprises-inc_1x-us}}
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| − | ===Articles===
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| − | *[https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1994/04/24/the-workout-game/ Article.]
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| − | *[https://adage.com/article/news/sonic-stairmaster-nintendo-sega-make-a-run-fledgling-exertainment-market/86769 Article.]
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| − | *[https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1993-11-02-9310310174-story.html Article.]
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| − | *[https://newspaperarchive.com/alton-telegraph-mar-02-1994-p-18/ Article.]
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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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| | ==List of company staff== | | ==List of company staff== |
| | *[[Adam Benjamin]] (Product Manager; 1988 to 1994) (personally gives 1991 incorporation as start date) | | *[[Adam Benjamin]] (Product Manager; 1988 to 1994) (personally gives 1991 incorporation as start date) |