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==Fiction== | ==Fiction== | ||
===2005 IDW continuity=== | ===2005 IDW continuity=== | ||
[[The Circle]] had recently installed a simultronic machine per table to entertain the customers with. [[Fasttrack (IDW)|Fasttrack]] pointed them out to [[Blurr (G1) | [[The Circle]] had recently installed a simultronic machine per table to entertain the customers with. [[Fasttrack (IDW)|Fasttrack]] pointed them out to [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]], but the latter was unimpressed, believing no one in their right mind could turn to such material when life was so great. | ||
Irony kicked in a short time later, when Blurr returned to The Circle to drink away the end of his career. Picking a lone table to feel bad at, he considered hooking himself up to the simultronic device after all. Luckily for him, the [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|local Decepticon scout]] approached and told him only losers do drugs, offering the champion a spot amongst [[Decepticon|others of his kind]]. Though Blurr refused the job offer, it was enough for him to decide against the narcotic experience. {{storylink|Spotlight: Blurr}} | Irony kicked in a short time later, when Blurr returned to The Circle to drink away the end of his career. Picking a lone table to feel bad at, he considered hooking himself up to the simultronic device after all. Luckily for him, the [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|local Decepticon scout]] approached and told him only losers do drugs, offering the champion a spot amongst [[Decepticon|others of his kind]]. Though Blurr refused the job offer, it was enough for him to decide against the narcotic experience. {{storylink|Spotlight: Blurr}} | ||
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===2019 IDW continuity=== | ===2019 IDW continuity=== | ||
[[Swindle's]] offered customers virtual "multiworld simulations" to indulge their illicit fantasies. | [[Swindle's]] offered customers virtual "multiworld simulations" to indulge their illicit fantasies. {{storylink|Rise of the Decepticons: Swindle's|Swindle's}} Those who sought to escape reality on a more permanent basis, like [[Deathsaurus (G1)|Deathsaurus]], paid [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] to keep them enclosed in a simulation indefinitely. Swindle kept such customers hidden and sealed in immersion couches under his casino. {{storylink|War World: Hunt|Hunt}} Poking around the basement, [[Exarchon]] discovered Deathsaurus' prone form, breaking open the chamber so he could usurp the draconic ambassador's body. {{storylink|Darkness, Once Gazed Upon: Part Three}} | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
* The ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]'' cartoon featured [[holo-chip|holographic pleasure chips]], a similar technology. | |||
===Foreign names=== | ===Foreign names=== | ||
*''Japanese:'' '''Simultronic''' (サイマルトロニック ''Saimarutoronikku'') | *''Japanese:'' '''Simultronic''' (サイマルトロニック ''Saimarutoronikku'') | ||
Latest revision as of 23:20, 30 October 2022
Reality inside Reality, that's what Simultronic means to its users. A drugging sensation applied through wires that are to be attached to the head component, Simultronic is both a way for Transformers to escape this slagging world and to seriously mess up their central processor.
Fiction
[edit]2005 IDW continuity
[edit]The Circle had recently installed a simultronic machine per table to entertain the customers with. Fasttrack pointed them out to Blurr, but the latter was unimpressed, believing no one in their right mind could turn to such material when life was so great.
Irony kicked in a short time later, when Blurr returned to The Circle to drink away the end of his career. Picking a lone table to feel bad at, he considered hooking himself up to the simultronic device after all. Luckily for him, the local Decepticon scout approached and told him only losers do drugs, offering the champion a spot amongst others of his kind. Though Blurr refused the job offer, it was enough for him to decide against the narcotic experience. Spotlight: Blurr
Marauder was a simultronics dealer. Post Simultronic suites could also be found on Hedonia. Cybertronian Homesick Blues
Animated cartoon continuity
[edit]Simultronics were among the drugs known to be used by Beachcomber. The AllSpark Almanac II
Beast Wars: Uprising
[edit]Twitcher was a tycoon who made his fortune in Simultronics. Not All Megatrons
2019 IDW continuity
[edit]Swindle's offered customers virtual "multiworld simulations" to indulge their illicit fantasies. Swindle's Those who sought to escape reality on a more permanent basis, like Deathsaurus, paid Swindle to keep them enclosed in a simulation indefinitely. Swindle kept such customers hidden and sealed in immersion couches under his casino. Hunt Poking around the basement, Exarchon discovered Deathsaurus' prone form, breaking open the chamber so he could usurp the draconic ambassador's body. Darkness, Once Gazed Upon: Part Three
Notes
[edit]- The Beast Machines cartoon featured holographic pleasure chips, a similar technology.
Foreign names
[edit]- Japanese: Simultronic (サイマルトロニック Saimarutoronikku)