godslabrat Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 Sonofabitch might be right! I mean Joysticks Do go in the back of a VCS....hmmmmm... No engineering textbook ever written has ever contained the phrase Designed as well as an Atari 2600. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 Was there a system that put them in differently before Atari 2600? That means the other systems messed up. Hm. The Channel F slots in cartridges horizontally with the label facing upwards. The RCA Studio II inserts cartridges vertically with the title label facing away from the player, but with game instructions on the back side. Now I doubt that Atari sourced inspiration neither from Fairchild nor RCA when they designed the VCS, other than glancing what others in the market were doing before releasing their own system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+GoldLeader Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 No engineering textbook ever written has ever contained the phrase Designed as well as an Atari 2600. So what you're saying is we need people like us to be writing textbooks, which will contain that phrase? Because I think you might be onto something 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+KaeruYojimbo Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 Sonofabitch might be right! I mean Joysticks Do go in the back of a VCS....hmmmmm... Great. The cartridge problem was bad enough. Now we have to worry about "old timers" trying to plug their joysticks into the HDMI out of the Retron 77. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schizophretard Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 Great. The cartridge problem was bad enough. Now we have to worry about "old timers" trying to plug their joysticks into the HDMI out of the Retron 77. Well, they should put the HDMI inside the case like a real VCS. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godslabrat Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 The Retron 77 should support 7.1 sound. And all the speakers will be built into the console. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 I think it should support Real Hardware, FPGA, and Emulation. Selectable by an old-school rotary switch. In addition it should have a keyboard connector, a built-in Harmony, and a built-in supercharger. With an X86 supervisory computer to oversee it all. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 It would be sublime if someone would make a heavy, solid VCS with controls worthy of a feature on http://knobfeel.tumblr.com/ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+KaeruYojimbo Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 It would be sublime if someone would make a heavy, solid VCS with controls worthy of a feature on http://knobfeel.tumblr.com/ One knob on that Marantz costs more to make than a Retron 77. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SIO2 Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 (edited) I have the cart label thing figured. Just put the cart port on the end of a cable. Then on the console just put a holder cup. That way, the user can plug the cart in and set it any way they choose (label facing, away, upside down, right side up, sideways, on the table, etc.). It should be on the end of a rainbow ribbon cable. Edited January 27, 2018 by SIO2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+GoldLeader Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 I think it should support Real Hardware, FPGA, and Emulation. Selectable by an old-school rotary switch. In addition it should have a keyboard connector, a built-in Harmony, and a built-in supercharger. With an X86 supervisory computer to oversee it all. This!!! I mean I'm the same way. I really just want ONE thing...PERFECTION! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andromeda Stardust Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 It would be sublime if someone would make a heavy, solid VCS with controls worthy of a feature on http://knobfeel.tumblr.com/ One knob on that Marantz costs more to make than a Retron 77. http://nobcontrol.com/#deviceLOL. Buy 2 of them to make a versatile Etch-Sketch device for your PC. Do you guys think these would make a good mod candidate for custom Atari paddles? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 I have the cart label thing figured. Just put the cart port on the end of a cable. Then on the console just put a holder cup. That way, the user can plug the cart in and set it any way they choose (label facing, away, upside down, right side up, sideways, on the table, etc.). It should be on the end of a rainbow ribbon cable. Yeah, make it really flimsy so you have to buy replacements. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+GoldLeader Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 So here we are talking about joysticks, paddles, plugging in stuff where maybe it doesn't go...Feeling knobs Oh, and sometimes we even talk about Ataris and video game stuff too 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SIO2 Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 Yeah, make it really flimsy so you have to buy replacements. Replacements? You just have to buy a new unit. Increases sales that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andromeda Stardust Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 Replacements? You just have to buy a new unit. Increases sales that way.Throwaway-and-replace is an aliean concept to retrogamers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 Throwaway-and-replace is an aliean concept to retrogamers. One for the shelf, one to play, one to sell on eBay as "untested, no returns" 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cgallizzi Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 Hi All, Small update - project isn't dead. Working on UI adjustments we are anticipating a mid/end q2 launch. Several people have reached out for dev testing - we will be notifying those people shortly for NDA/Kit shipment. 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arenafoot Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 Several people have reached out for dev testing - we will be notifying those people shortly for NDA/Kit shipment. How can we get in on the testing?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Rook Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 How can we get in on the testing?? Yeah, it would be cool to participate in testing this if it is still going to be made. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coolcrab Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 First of all, if Retron 77 is coming out, it should have all the switches, controller support, and cartridge support as the original 6-switcher. Anything less is going to draw negative criticism and reduce functionality. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybercylon Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 I am not sure if I get this... how do we know if this person (cgallizzi) has anything to do with the Retron 77 or Hyperkin? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennetzel Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 Well, I was just at the Hyperkin Facebook page and there was a similar post there...so I would tend to believe it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coolcrab Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 I just remembered a FB chat that I had with them some time ago. They complained about cartridge ports and I suggested them a cheap part. Maybe I helped create the idea in a way. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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