Further Evidence of the Perfect Dark KIOSK for you disbelievers

[Diablous]

Hello,

a lot of you are doubting that Perfect Dark has appeared in various Wal-Marts across the country, claiming that a working kiosk doesn't exist.
I've even been told it's my duty to provide photographs of the cartridge, which is impossible because the console and everything are hidden in a black metal box.

However, there's a webpage out there you might be interested in. www.datadyne.com (http://www.datadyne.com)

If you know anything about Perfect Dark, Datadyne is the name of the "big, bad, evil corporation". Nintendo ran a full page ad in my local newspaper advertising this webpage and slapping "brought to you by Perfect Dark" at the bottom.

This webpage lays the dispute to rest. The PD kiosk *IS* out, and *HAS* been out for several weeks. It's already made the round at dozens of US colleges, as evidenced by the schedule on the webpage.

I will be the first to admit that this is quite an odd way to advertise a video game, but this is thoroughly legit.

Diablous

[WT_Riker]

Yet we still wait for someone to dump the cart. http://www.dextrose.com/ubb/smile.gif

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WT_Riker - OBSIDIAN

[jb0395]

Just where on the datadyne site does it say that PD kiosk is out ?

[Robert]

The datadyne web page says absolutely nothing of relevance concerning Perfect Dark or Nintendo. What evidence??

[kdogg]

He means out like at stores.. Wal-Mart has it. You know in there demo systems. Its pretty kick ass to tell ya the truth

[cte]

For real kdogg?????? U have played it in a store???

[timschel64]

umm, yah, it's been out.... just because we can't dump (thanks to nintendo's new policies, they lock their kiosks/demo units in a black box to which only the rep has the key) doesn't mean it doesn't exist... Sometimes it takes longer to distribute so if you've stopped by and haven't seen it yet, just give em a week or so and you should find it in your local(major) retailers.

[jb0395]

I've been to WalMart, Software Etc, and Funco and they all still have Pokemon Stadium - no Perfect Dark - but maybe that's just my area.

[Vertigo]

As far as datadyne.com goes, I've been watching it for a while. First it was a site advertising computer and network solutions, and strangely enough also had some book reviews (of various works by controversial people on controversial subjects), then it was under construction for a long while, and now it appears to be some sort of corporate effort.
BUT: on the front page: "DATADYNE is a fictional company and is not affiliated with or related to any real business entity."
Also it appears to have been updated since last time I read it too, some of the jobs link to rareware.
The site doesn't appear to be registered to anyone with anything to do with Nintendo, although the site does say they were visiting various universities around America in these few months BUT I have a friend at NYU who says the university has no record of ever having been visited by any company called Datadyne for any open day.
So.... draw your own conclusions.
Personally I think it's got Rare written all over it, especially that Loveday bloke who does the rareware site.
As far as the kiosk demo goes, I live in the UK so errr lol not likely.
Mmmm import PD, 1 month :)

[CrowTRobo]

Heheh, you still haven't realized it's Nintendo/Rare behind that site? I thought it was fairly obvious. http://www.dextrose.com/ubb/smile.gif

You might also want to check out this site: http://www.carringtoninstitute.com/

I got to give a lot of credit to Nintendo/Rare on this. I have never seen such an involved ad campaign.

CrowTRobo

[ChrisUK]

i read an article in official n64 mag (uk) about this site "datadyne". apparently if you can get into the restricted area there are a few more clues to this being a PD site? the mag obviously got access to this restricted part of the site but they did not hint to the login/pass (arghhh) any ideas anybody????????

chris

[CrowTRobo]

The l/p for the restricted site was posted here a few weeks ago, you might want to search for it.

CrowTRobo

[Vertigo]

It definitely needs to be very involved, they're losing out a bit now.
Still, I NEED this game. £60 to import? Bargain mate.

[Crash-Test-Dummy]

Has any one figured out what the remote communication stuff is? The links are pages that look like garbage