With Tesla’s recent announcement of what appears to be a game studio in the making, Tesla fans have already announced enthusiasm for playing video games in their cars.
In a post on Reddit Sunday morning, a Tesla driver shared a video of himself playing Super Mario Brothers in his Tesla. The video, originally shared by Reddit user u/oddsie on the Tesla Motors subreddit, depicts the owner playing the retro game through the emulation website ABetterTheater.com.
Here is a follow up video on my last post about Retro Gaming in a Tesla via RetroGames.cc. This time using ABetterTheater.com! Thank you all for the suggestion! ❤️
byu/oddsie inteslamotors
While emulation games are fun, and allow the user to play a whole slew of retro games, it’ll also be exciting to see a line of dedicated games for Tesla. CEO Elon Musk has said on Twitter said the company is porting game engines Unity and Unreal Engine to the system, and has also made mention of using the touchscreen, steering wheel buttons, or Xbox and Playstation controllers for the system.
Lots more games coming once we finish porting Unity! https://t.co/fRbk1r5YDM
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 18, 2019
A number of job listings have already been shared on Tesla’s website for the upcoming game development team. These include video game engineer, software engineer, and a rendering engineer, all planned to be based out of the company’s Austin Terrafactory.
We def need racing game using actual car steering wheel & pedals!
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 19, 2019
In any case, the idea of playing games in your car while you wait for it to finish charging is a spectacular one – and fortunately, it’s now just within reach.
