The new face of digital home entertainment.*
Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo are the currently the Big Three of console makers. However, in March 1999, when Microsoft's console was in its early stages and Sega was still in the console industry, a man named John Gildred wanted to change that. After a game of Quake, he wanted to make a console that allowed anyone to make games for itnote . He, along with a team, founded Indrema
, wanting to make a wave in the console industry by making a Linux-based machine that could do it all; it would be a game system, MP3 player, DVR, DVD player, CD player, and internet device. They called it the L600 (a.k.a. The Indrema Entertainment System) and officially founded Indrema in January of 2000. However, in April of 2001, Indrema couldn't raise capital and shut down... but what if Indrema was successfully funded to get their console on the market?The Indrema Revolution - An Alternate History of Indrema, Pop Culture, and Gaming is a Alternate History timeline created by KPyall and other users (such as Otakuninja2006) on AlternateHistory.com. The current incarnation, [REVAMPED], can be read here, while the now-dropped earlier incarnation can be read here.
This timeline provides examples of:
- Adaptational Name Change:
- The Indrema Entertainment System/L600 is called the LSeries ITTL.
- Although the Linux distro made for Indrema's consoles, DV Linux keeps its OTL name initially, it rebrands to IndremaOS.
- The L600's UI went without a brand name IOTL. ITTL, it's called the "Launchpad", similar to Xbox's "Dashboard".
- Awesome, but Impractical: The GPU Slide Bay, which lets you switch out the GPU on an Indrema console with a new one not unlike the PC. No need to get another console, you can just upgrade! Although this sounds cool, developers loathe the concept because they feel that they're developing for a PC rather than a console, so the feature gets scrapped on both the LSeries and Nova for an integrated GPU not unlike its competitors, much to the relief of developers.
- Different World, Different Movies:
- Nintendo announces a new animated Crossover series called Mario's World inspired by the success of Pokémon: The Series.
- Nintendo also makes an animated Mario movie earlier, with Mario's World Presents: Mario and Luigi's Superstar Saga, based on the similarly named game, taking cues from OTL's 2023 Illumination film, made through a contract with Warner Bros.
- The Brothers Chaps sign a deal with Cartoon Network to bring Homestar Runner to television. IOTL, The Brothers Chaps rejected the offer for a Homestar Runner TV show on many different networks because they feared executives would interfere with it.
- CN also airs shows based on Indrema's franchises, including The Book of Aeri and Agua, with the latter's pilot being a movie by Warner Bros. (due to Indrema partnering with TimeWarner) and Amblin Entertainment.
- Starting in 2003, Cartoon Network has a block serving as the middle ground between [adult swim] and Cartoon Network, known as Shallow End (playing off the pool-related Adult Swim), featuring The Homestar Runner Progrum and Futurama.
- Nintendo announces a new animated Crossover series called Mario's World inspired by the success of Pokémon: The Series.
- April Fools' Day: In 2024, a post claimed that Microsoft had acquired Indrema in 2006, merging it and its hardware and franchises with the Xbox brand, discontinuing the IndremaGO and halting the Indrema Nova (then known as the L2), and announcing a Halo and The Book of Aeri Crossover video game all in the form a press release.
- Follow the Leader: In-universe:
- Because Indrema made a scene promoting indie games, Microsoft has decided to copy them, creating the "Xindies" brand of indie games, as an effort to get indie developers on the Windows and Xbox platform. Indrema also takes cues from Microsoft with the Nova, including the faceplates and the vertical design. Unlike MS's, the Nova has both front and back faceplates which are held by magnets instead of clips.
- In 2004, Nick at Nite shuts down (much to the chagrin of Moral Guardians) and moves its content to TV Land for a new block called The Forbidden Zone, which is meant compete with Adult Swim with shows based Sega's more mature IP and Viacom's adult-oriented cartoons.
- Historical Badass Upgrade:
- IOTL, Indrema was a small, obscure company whose console was never released and got defunct by 2001. ITTL, Indrema survives mostly due to major companies like Intel investing in the company to stay afloat. They also make more consoles, such as the IndremaGOnote and Indrema Novanote . They also have some of their own franchises (all TL-exclusive) including The Book of Aeri, Railpunchers and ''Astro Armadillo".
- In Spite of a Nail:
- SpongeBob SquarePants still runs after the movie.
- Although the original Xbox has an AMD CPU instead of a Intel one because Bill Gates never made the deal (ITTL, Indrema already had Intel), the PlayStation 2 and Nintendo GameCube are the same as OTL. Same goes for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Wiinote for the next generation, and handheldwise, the PlayStation Portable and DS.
- In fact, the PS2 is still the best-selling console like it is in our world.
- The N-Gage is still a commercial failure, getting beat up by the PSP, DS, Apple GamePod, and IndremaGO!
- Point of Divergence: The POD of this timeline is when Indrema opens earlier and gets funded by major companies like Red Hat* and Intel invest in Indrema, successfully funding the company so they can produce and market their console.
- Video Game Movies Suck: Averted In-Universe. Both Mario's World Presents: Mario and Luigi's Superstar Saga and Indrema's The Book of Aeri are box-office successes and actually good films.
The revolution will be Indrema.
