Megaphone3000 – CHRIS3000

Megaphone 3000 is an exciting big screen game where your cell phone becomes your controller!

Megaphone 3000 is a collection of 10 mini games that are played on a large public screen with an average cell phone.Â No special software is necessary. All games are controlled with either the player’s voice or the number pad. Players battle to stay connected – the loser gets disconnected and the winner battles on!

Megaphone3000 was the foundation for MegaPhone Labs, a company that creates phone call controlled, realtime, multiplayer gaming on big screens.

“Megaphone3000 Overview”

your cellphone becomes your controller
not a mobile app : any phone can participate
makes idle time valuable
ad hoc social connection

How to play

Call the Megaphone 3000 from anywhere, from any phone (international okay too)
Each caller is represented by an avatar on the screen with their phone number
The first caller can choose a game
There are 10 games, one for each digit on the keypad
Some games are played with your keypad and some games are played with your voice
Each game is under 5 seconds. When the game starts, there is a simple instruction such as “hail the taxi”, or “type the answer” and the player has to figure out what to do quickly
You can play the games by yourself, or against another caller
If you lose, you are disconnected and the winner can keep playing the rest of the games (by themselves or against a new challenger)

“Megaphone3000 in Detail” Quicktime