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==To do==
 
==To do==
 
*Background section discussing extertainment fad.
 
*Background section discussing extertainment fad.
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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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*All info from brochure, like individual components and early shell design.
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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.
 
 
*Address brand confusion, both from company and its legacy.
 
*Address brand confusion, both from company and its legacy.
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===Investigate===
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*Check NordicTrack catalogues.
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*''[[Maniac]]'' reports the price of the system will be $300?{{magref|maniac|1994-03|8}}
 
*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?)"
 
*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.
 
 
*I believe HeartBeat stuff was priced $XXX.95 each, but verify that.
 
*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}}
 
  
 
==List of company staff==
 
==List of company staff==

Revision as of 03:28, 8 June 2023

To do

  • Background section discussing extertainment fad.
  • All info from brochure, like individual components and early shell design.
  • Address brand confusion, both from company and its legacy.

Investigate

  • Check NordicTrack catalogues.
  • Maniac reports the price of the system will be $300?[1]
  • 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?)"
  • I believe HeartBeat stuff was priced $XXX.95 each, but verify that.

List of company staff

  • Adam Benjamin (Product Manager; 1988 to 1994) (personally gives 1991 incorporation as start date)
  • 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 (?)
  • Patricia Males Evanko (?)
  • Jeffrey Smith (?)

References

  1. ↑ MAN!AC, "03/94" (DE; 1994-02-09), page 8
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