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+ | *''[https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1994/04/24/the-workout-game/ The workout game]'' article at ''[https://www.tampabay.com The Tampa Bay Times]'' | ||
+ | *''[https://adage.com/article/news/sonic-stairmaster-nintendo-sega-make-a-run-fledgling-exertainment-market/86769 It's Sonic vs. the Stairmaster]'' article by Kate Fitzgerald at ''[https://adage.com Advertising Age]'' | ||
+ | *''[https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1993/11/02/the-birth-of-the-computer-jock/ The birth of the computer jock]'' article at ''[https://www.orlandosentinel.com The Orlando Sentinel]'' | ||
+ | *''[https://newspaperarchive.com/alton-telegraph-mar-02-1994-p-18/ Fitness bike maker combines with Nintendo for Exertainment]'' article at ''[https://www.thetelegraph.com The Alton Telegraph]'' | ||
+ | *''[https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/1994-02-27/and-now-the-aerobic-video-game#xj4y7vzkg And Now, The Aerobic Video Game]'' article at ''[https://www.bloomberg.com Bloomberg]'' | ||
+ | *''[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-03-24-fi-37778-story.html Next: Video Games That Get Physical]'' article at ''[https://www.latimes.com The Los Angeles Times]'' | ||
+ | *''[https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.nytimes.com/1996/09/08/business/when-you-invest-with-angels-the-portfolio-is-never-boring.html When You Invest With Angels, the Portfolio Is Never Boring]'' article by Lisa Reilly Cullen at ''[https://www.nytimes.com The New York Times]'' | ||
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HeartBeat Corporation | ||||||
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Founded: 1988[1] | ||||||
Defunct: 1997-09-08[2] | ||||||
T-series code: T-122 | ||||||
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HeartBeat Corporation was a third-party American video game hardware manufacturer which developed the HeartBeat Catalyst, a Sega Mega Drive exercise peripheral with included body-mounted fitness sensors that adjusts gameplay according to the user's current level of exercise.
Company
Founded in 1988[1] by Adam Benjamin[9][10], Justin Hall-Tipping, and Nick Burton[1], and officially incorporated on on December 24, 1991[2], HeartBeat Corporation was headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut[3], and worked with Sega of America, Western Technologies, and Electronic Arts.[9] The company was established with the sole intent of developing and marketing the HeartBeat Catalyst, a unique fitness-sensor accessory for the Mega Drive which adjusted gameplay to player's current level of exercise, and the HeartBeat Personal Trainer, a fitness themed system to accompany the peripheral. Additionally, HeartBeat contracted the development of two compatible games to Western Technologies, and converted two of EA's existing sports games to the hardware.
Sales of the Catalyst and Personal Trainer were notably poor, and HeartBeat encountered significant difficulties in marketing and selling the unique devices. Less than one year later, the company cancelled production of any remaining hardware and software projects while it tried to locate other sources of funding, and transferred the entirety of its tangible assets to a newly-formed sister corporation[2] in Lansing, Michigan. The new affiliated company did not produce or develop any content, only existing to advertise and sell unsold HeartBeat products (likely only in the local Lansing area), and was later officially dissolved on September 8, 1997.[2] After the company's dissolution, a number of internal prototypes and limited-release games would eventually make their way into the hands of Michigan video game collectors.
Softography
Patents
Logos
External links
- The workout game article at The Tampa Bay Times
- It's Sonic vs. the Stairmaster article by Kate Fitzgerald at Advertising Age
- The birth of the computer jock article at The Orlando Sentinel
- Fitness bike maker combines with Nintendo for Exertainment article at The Alton Telegraph
- And Now, The Aerobic Video Game article at Bloomberg
- Next: Video Games That Get Physical article at The Los Angeles Times
- When You Invest With Angels, the Portfolio Is Never Boring article by Lisa Reilly Cullen at The New York Times
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 https://www.ryze.com/posttopic.php?topicid=671868&confid=94 (Wayback Machine: 2021-10-08 10:41)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 http://videogamekraken.com/heartbeat-personal-trainer-catalyst (Wayback Machine: 2021-04-14 05:43)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 https://imgur.com/a/GB2wXke (Wayback Machine: 2021-10-04 05:11)
- ↑ File:OJHPT 9.jpg
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-xpm-1994-11-28-9411270013-story.html
- ↑ https://www.freepatentsonline.com/5362069.html
- ↑ https://www.plainsite.org/profiles/heartbeat-corporation/
- ↑ https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-xpm-1995-01-16-9501160920-story.html
- ↑ https://patents.google.com/patent/USRE34728E
- ↑ https://patents.google.com/patent/US5001632A
- ↑ https://patents.google.com/patent/US5362069A
- ↑ https://patents.google.com/patent/CA2071993A1
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