Lodgenet hotel N64

[DinnerX]

I wonder if the controller and cable box has the hardware to run the game roms. I don't think it is inside the TV.

At my hotel I didn't see a cable box. I suppose it could've been hidden in the wall or something. I doubt the controller has anything much in it. The systems are too old for a N64 on a chip.

Do you have larger linked pics? A bug hit me, what if the Lodgenet game icons in the pics could be made for a front end of a N64 Emulator?

Here is a flickr photo set link. The highest resolution there is 1024 x 768. Lots of the menu could be recreated at pretty high quality from boxart and stuff.

An interesting read: http://www.pagetable.com/?p=108

That was interesting!

On another interesting note the movie stuff was out of date. It still had Rango as being in the theaters. Lodgenet must not keep up very well.

[o.pwuaioc]

Yeah, $7/hr for any of those games are waaaaaaaaay overpriced especially in this day and age. Do people actually still pay for this?

[DinnerX]

Yeah, $7/hr for any of those games are waaaaaaaaay overpriced especially in this day and age. Do people actually still pay for this?

Well I sure didn't!

I found the paper that I wrote down what the controller said on.

"Controller is not compatible with any home game system. If removed a $29.95 service charge will be added to your room bill. Lodgenet Model No. LN640 Made in China (M)(C) 1997 Nintendo"

I think I got it all down right.

[The Last Horseman]

During one of our FFA trips one of the kids had a bunch of money with her, so she bout an hour of Super Smash Bros and we took turns playing it. I felt like an elementary kid again... the good old days.

[CRTGAMER]

Do you have larger linked pics? A bug hit me, what if the Lodgenet game icons in the pics could be made for a front end of a N64 Emulator?

Here is a flickr photo set link. The highest resolution there is 1024 x 768. Lots of the menu could be recreated at pretty high quality from boxart and stuff.

THANKS! I pulled them and got to thinking that box art would be a better way to go. Its good you took pics of all the screens, a real piece of history once the N64 rental games go away.

I found the paper that I wrote down what the controller said on.

"Controller is not compatible with any home game system. If removed a $29.95 service charge will be added to your room bill. Lodgenet Model No. LN640 Made in China (M)(C) 1997 Nintendo"

I think I got it all down right.

Looks the same, more info at the link.

http://www.assemblergames.com/forums/sh ... post436161

[DinnerX]

This patent seems related to the Lodgenet system. I haven't read much.

Here's a thread on benheck with pics of the controller's insides. They aren't too special looking.



This place has an interesting picture. I'm not sure what this thing is. Clearly it's not a regular N64. It has a phone jack on one side and what looks like extra ram slots on the other side.



It looks like you're right CRTGAMER, the N64 hardware is not in the TV.

This article has the games in the same format as my picks, but they are in a different order.

[gtmtnbiker]

There were several threads over at assemblergames.com that discussed the Lodgenet system. If I recall correctly, it's all running on a server in the hotel back office.

Last November, I stayed at a motel in Ft Lauderdale, FL that had one of these systems but it was Gamecube, not N64. There were no controllers in the room though.

[Xeogred]

Wow, I think I remember seeing some of these years ago along with SNES ones as well.

[DinnerX]

Looking at the patent I think the computer server is local. This makes since. The games are in at different orders at different hotels, the system has a custom welcome, and the movies are out of date. If Lodgenet was actually running things I doubt the movies would get out of date, and I doubt they'd store hotel specific settings, especially just different game orders.

Maybe someday one of these computers will find its way to a collector.

Also, this is the weirdest patent illustration I've ever seen.

[Bikeage]

I'm in a hotel right now, the DoubleTree by Hilton in Indianapolis, that has a Lodgenet Gamecube system. $6.95 per hour, but the selection of games is quite large, over thirty titles. The N64 systems i've seen before only carried a handful of games.

I can't bother with paying for it though. Two college football games are on, my laptop and DS will provide plenty of entertainment, and i'm only here one night and have to get up early. But damn, it would be cool to have this setup at home. For anyone who is interested, here are the games in the order listed:

Mario Kart Double Dash
Super Mario Strikers
Mario Power Tennis
Mario Party 7
Backyard Baseball 2007
Rogue Squadron III
1080 Avalanche
Zelda Twilight Princess
Battalion Wars
Super Mario Sunshine
Tomb Raider Legend
Mario Golf Toadstool Tour
Kirby Air Ride
Pokemon XD Gale of Darkness
The Urbz Sims in the City
Animal Crossing
Rogue Squadron II
Pokemon Colosseum
Mario Party 6
Zelda Ocarina of Time
Mario Party 5
Wave Race Blue Storm
Luigi's Mansion
Paper Mario 2
Metroid Prime 2
Pokemon Channel
Wario World
Custom Robo
Wario Ware Inc.
Chibi Robo
Zelda Collector's Edition
Zelda The Wind Waker
Starfox Assault
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