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The Atari Mindlink is an unreleased
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for the
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, originally intended for release in 1984. The Mindlink was unique in that its headband form factor controls the game by reading the myoneural signal voltage from the player's forehead. The player's forehead movements are read by
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s and transferred as movement in the game. Specially supported games are similar to those that use the paddle controller, but with the Mindlink controller instead. Three games were in development for the Mindlink by its cancellation: ''Bionic Breakthrough'', ''Telepathy'', and ''Mind Maze''. ''Bionic Breakthrough'' is basically a ''Breakout'' clone, controlled with the Mindlink. ''Mind Maze'' uses the Mindlink for a mimicry of
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, to pretend to predict what is printed on cards. Testing showed that players frequently got headaches due to moving their eyebrows to play the game. None of these games were ever released in any other form.


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