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In case anyone can't tell from the poorly photoshopped image and the "text input via analog stick rotation" input method, this is an old April Fool's article. See https://groups.google.com/g/fr.comp.os.linux/c/4xO1IcKhRnc/m... for confirmation.


The Netscape thing isn't that far-fetched, though. Sega Saturn had PlanetWeb in 1996: https://segaretro.org/NetLink_Custom_Web_Browser

And I 'member the LinksBoks web browser on XBOX in the 2000s that had workable input via analog stick. Point the stick at one of the clusters of letters and press one of four colored face buttons: https://web.archive.org/web/20050903121908/http://ysbox.onli...


The Sega Dreamcast, from a similar era, had a modem for Internet access and web browser.


The N64 had the 64DD/Randnet in Japan which included a modem and web browser.


The PSP had a web browser, as well, with d-pad input.


> each character is represented by a 3 degree angle of the analog stick

This humor is golden. Now I have even more reason to keep my stock sticks in working order.


They had me until the analog stick bit NGL




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