The seed of the idea, we came back from Further Confusion, and we were all post-con jazzed up. We knew what we wanted to see at a convention, and while wandering the Grand Sierra Resort, we were struck by the large accommodating hallways, how everything was in one central location and the extra amenities available.
The Konami LaserScope. The Konami LaserScope is a head-mounted light gun used with and licensed for the Nintendo Entertainment System video game console. It was originally released in 1990 in Japan for the Famicom under the name Gun Sight. It was designed for the game Laser Invasion, but works with any game compatible with the NES Zapper.
Despite what you may have heard, karaoke isnât Japanese for tone deaf. The word is a portmanteau of the Japanese kara, or empty, and oke, the shortened form of okesutora, or orchestra. The first machines were created by a musician named Daisuke Inoue in 1971. At the time, Inoue was living in Kobe and playing drums in a band that would accompany bar patrons when they wanted to sing.