Funny story about Crash: Everybody around 30 years old in Slovakia knows Crash Bandicoot. In late 90s - early 00s there was a very popular TV show where you could call in and play the game with your phone (basically just left/right/jump) I spent hours watching it https://youtu.be/v3RYappcWZg
Like even though the players die a good deal, it still feels like they can play it pretty smoothly.
I’d love to know the system that got built out for this. I imagine it was detecting tones, but would love any more insight into all of that. An rpg game would have been a good way to overcome any timing issues games may introduce.
I think it was like regular domestic call and you could won playstation at the end of the month. But since it was super popular, it was crazy hard to get through, I tried, but lines was always busy :)
