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Some game probably made in 1995-96 when 3-D video games were a new idea and low polygon counts were okay because sprites were hard or something. "Futuristic"... seems so antiquated now, looking at 3-D as some amazing new thing. Though maybe Virtual Reality will be the next thing to look like that.

Relevant Ahoy documentary:

(full documentary)

Maybe I shouldn't add extra text... I do find it dull to only give the image, but now to respond I need to do the next number to avoid breaking the flow. I need to get better about fully thinking through every small decision.

I just wasn't sure what really counts as 3-D, since a lot of that early stuff, while really impressive that they used such relatively weaker hardware and software to fake the 3-D effects with just lines/vectors, then 2-D shapes, compared to now where, if I tried, I bet I could just find a free-to-try 3-D game maker engine. Though there were many examples in that video I did not know, I knew of the tanks one because I remember that being on an old computer, I think it came with a pinball game, Tempest, and that old Chip's Challenge that I watched for the puzzles, I've heard of Star Fox but never tried it, and Super Mario Kart which also seemed really cool for it's time despite obviously being sprites driving upright sort of on a 2-D surface. 95-96 was just my guess for what really counted, I think there was some 'cheating' then too, like a lot of it was very basic but still real 3-D with some objects still being 2-D sprites that you aren't supposed to think about much, but still finally felt like real 3-D. I don't know, it's tricky to know what really counts in my opinion, just seemed like that's when it counted, even if some of those examples were amazing for their time back when memory was talked about in KB and coding was at a level resembling assembly code if not literally being assembly code.

Okay, now I need to do 3091, while ignoring all the results for Lego and trains since those keep coming up and that's boring.

I found this warning to not set batteries on fire. Apparently if you really need light, you should find a flashlight powered by that battery, rather than making a fire out of the battery itself.

Maybe I shouldn't add extra text... I do find it dull to only give the image, but now to respond I need to do the next number to avoid breaking the flow. I need to get better about fully thinking through every small decision.

I really like your writeups though

Most of the early results for 3095 just returned this tractor looking thing. Probably used for farming somehow based on the other images. Don't know, I haven't any farming ever, simulations unlikely to be realistic aside.
Makes me think if I could do anything with it, mechanically. I'm unsure how similar they are to cars. Or at least, the internals of the car I looked at.
I don't actually have much interest in cars myself. However, throughout my life I haven't found that anything motivates me more than someone telling me I can't do something. I don't even remember the wording, or who said it, but it was some "girls can't work on cars" or "let the men handle the car stuff" comment, and I was like, okay, I guess I'm going to learn about cars just to prove this guy wrong. And I did. Yes I needed help from my brother, but I think it still counts and he even told me I learned fast. My motivation might have helped with that part. Now I don't need anyone to tell me why the "Check Engine" light is on, I can change my own oil, and I could change a tire if I had the strength for it, which I don't for reasons completely unrelated to gender.
I may not have used that knowledge much, because I don't feel like changing my own oil, diagnosing the check engine light didn't help that one time since I couldn't fix it myself anyway, and the one time I had a flat tire, apparently I didn't have a spare, apparently my current car uses run-flat tires... but eventually I'm going to prove to those who say I can't do it that I can do it, since that's why I spent all that time learning about how cars work and how to fix things.
Not that anyone should tell me I can't do something on purpose to motivate me, because it feels less like "Thank you for telling me I couldn't do it, only thanks to you, did I learn I could" and more like "HA. YOU WERE WRONG. AND I'M GREAT. I WAS RIGHT THAT I COULD DO IT AND YOU WERE WWWWWWWRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNGGGGGGG. SO, HA."

Had to look it up as I'm not a language person... but, good one.

In sort of barely continuing the theme, apparently in 3097 there will still be men who don't understand boundaries.

now that that's out of the way, i can say that the only reason i'm posting here is to ask why 3001 happens twice in this topic

now that that's out of the way, i can say that the only reason i'm posting here is to ask why 3001 happens twice in this topic

oops my bad

I could change a tire if I had the strength for it, which I don't for reasons completely unrelated to gender.

You don't need strength to change a tire though, just jump on the lug wrench to break loose the nuts. I assume that's what you're talking about, right? I personally would still jump on it whether I had the strength or not. Just seems quicker and easier to me.

3101 ATC: Darth Gean kills Darth Gravid in their fortress on Jaguada. Gean had learned that Gravid, who attempted to blend Jedi doctrines with his Sith teachings, was trying to destroy all the various Sith artifacts, tomes, and holocrons that contained Sith teachings. Gean penetrated the Force shields that Gravid had placed around the fortress that they had built together on the planet Jaguada and was able to kill her Sith Master.

3103 ATC: The Bandit Alkhara moves into what would eventually become Jabba's Palace. His slaughter of a tribe of Sand People begins the centuries-long Tusken/Human blood feud.

Via Questionable Content #3104. Oddly relevant for the first one to pop up when I enter a number.
I won't try to make everyone read all of that webcomic from the start, it's quite long now.