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Think tanks on planes!

by Henry Garle · in ThinkTanks · 06/18/2009 (7:21 am) · 7 replies

Ive just got back from hong kong and on my return flight there was a version of think tanks on the seat back entertainment! I dont know if this is old news but i thought id post here and see if anyone else had heard about it.

Henry
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Zach
#1
12/07/2009 (10:53 pm)
I have also heard that the game is on planes. I hear the FPS is really bad though.

Employee Michael Perry
ZombieShortbus
#2
12/07/2009 (11:06 pm)
@Zachary - How did you hear? Each time I fly I check for availability, but most flights I take are from one US state to another and does not offer gaming.

What are the airlines you have seen this on, or heard of it?

Torque 3D Owner Henry Garle
#3
12/07/2009 (11:12 pm)
I was on a new A380 with Emirates. FPS seemed pretty good, might be because its all new hardware.

CB
#4
12/12/2009 (3:11 pm)
I'll try it as long as there are no snakes on the plane!

Zach
#5
12/13/2009 (11:19 pm)
Interesting, I wonder how the game got on the plane. Another TT friend told me he saw it on the plane. Wouldn't it be a touch screen sort of play? TT is good because of its online capability and its simplicity.

-Cloud

Manoel
#6
12/14/2009 (3:20 am)
@Henry: I have been flying with Emirates for 5 years now and I've known this for quite some time. What's interesting is that you say you got decent FPS. I just flew from Toronto-Dubai on an Airbus A380 and got horrible FPS and even took a video of it. I'll link it once I upload it. Before Emirates bought A380's, I was always on flights that were using the Boeing 777's and ThinkTanks worked pretty well. Haven't had a good experience with the A380 though. I'll be flying with Emirates soon and will try again.

@Zach: No, it has a controller.

Torque Owner Daniel Buckmaster
T3D Steering Committee
#7
12/31/2009 (2:37 am)
I was quite surprised to see TT on a flight (I thought it was Singapore Airlines, but it was probably Emirates). They also had Marble Blast. The FPSs were pretty decent, but the seatback controller didn't really float my boat.