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Do You Believe In The Phantom? Miller Does!

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by Andy McNamara on September 17, 2012 at 01:48 PM
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Every once in a while someone breaks out an old school t-shirt here at the office that cracks me up. Today, Miller is sporting the amazing fashions of Phantom - a home console that was doomed to fail from the onset. Soon after its debut in 2004 everyone in the world thought it was dead in the water, until they showed up at E3 and gave out these t-shirts. Because you know, nothing says your business plan is solid and going exactly as planned as these t-shirts. 

I included an image of the system and a link to a YouTube video for those that want to learn more. Perhaps someday Miller will have a sweet Ouya shirt too.

The image at the top is of the front of the shirt. Here is the back! Gorgeous I know.

The system itself actually had clean lines, and its lapboard idea that enabled you use a mouse and keyboard from the couch was kind of ingenious. 

YouTube Link: DDsgGOXmtQQ

 

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  • by Monday, September 17, 2012 at 01:55 PM
    If I wore that shirt around town there'd be a total of -3 people who understood it. I don't even know how that would even work. Numbers simply confound me.
  • by Monday, September 17, 2012 at 01:57 PM
    Oh man, I love the Phantom. Back in 2004, the very first thing I did at E3 that year was mosey on over to the Infinium Labs booth. They were running UT 2004 on what I was certain was nothing more than a PC running an overlay. They sit me down with the lapboard (which is still the only worthwhile thing to come out of that debacle) and the PR guy gets asked a question by another member of the media. While his attention is turned away, half the textures in the game disappear. Almost everything is transparent, including the ground. PR guy doesn't notice for about 15 seconds, but everyone around starts giggling and once PR guy noticed, I was quickly removed from the controls. Best E3 ever.
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    by Monday, September 17, 2012 at 01:58 PM
    It's confusing to people that know. I'm still trying to figure out the logo. A helmet? Was there a meeting and someone went, "Yeah, helmets. Gamers love helmets!"
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    by Monday, September 17, 2012 at 01:58 PM
    I had never heard of The Phantom console until I read this blog, HAHA!
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    by Monday, September 17, 2012 at 02:40 PM
    "Do you believe in the Ouya?" will be hilarious 10 years from now.
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    by Monday, September 17, 2012 at 02:55 PM

    Hmmmm it will be back for revenge

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    by Monday, September 17, 2012 at 06:09 PM

    Oh wow I only vaguely remember this...Kudos Miller!

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    by Monday, September 17, 2012 at 07:44 PM

    I have no memory of this Phantom you speak of.

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    by Monday, September 17, 2012 at 07:53 PM

    i dont remember this at all.

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    by Monday, September 17, 2012 at 10:49 PM
    I barely remember the Phantom. I washed it out of my mind at this point..
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    by Monday, September 17, 2012 at 11:45 PM

    When I saw the pic on the shirt in this article, I thought it was supposed to be Phantom Ganon from Windwaker.

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    by Tuesday, September 18, 2012 at 12:24 AM

    Gotta admit, that is one cool shirt.

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    by Tuesday, September 18, 2012 at 12:58 AM

    I thought the T-Shirt was of the Phantoms from The Legend of Zelda Spirit Tracks when I first looked.

    This tech kinda looks neat...kinda.  Pretty ambitious for the time, but in many ways it mirrors what Onlive is trying(emphasis on trying) to accomplish, and I strongly feel that MS will have a subscription for their next console as well.

    The lap deck thing was pretty sweet though.

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    by Tuesday, September 18, 2012 at 04:36 PM

    Lol I actually stuck mine on the bay the other day, do you know it glows in the dark?

    Brings back the E3 memories though. Was a very cool looking system and the keyboard/mouse board was great for playing Unreal which like KeeperX says was piped through a PC hidden behind the console. Happy days:)

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    by Tuesday, September 18, 2012 at 11:05 PM

    It sounds very current-gen with Microsoft's subscription service and the online store. Unfortunately, I don't think there was any real games for it.

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    by Wednesday, September 19, 2012 at 09:10 PM

    This is news to me. I've never heard of this.

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    by Thursday, September 20, 2012 at 01:09 AM
    The shirt reminded me of Dark Souls for some reason.
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    by Sunday, July 21, 2013 at 10:02 PM

    At least the name was fitting.