+bcombee Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 Dislaimer: I work for Roku in their new product development group here in Austin. While I'm not personally responsible for this, I really enjoyed our use of the Atari 2600 as inspiration for the icon used for game consoles on the new RokuTV sets. You also can pick "Atari" as one of the input labels. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 I don't know what kind of game system that is, but an Atari 2600 it is not! So you work for Roku, huh? Quit changing shit for the sake of changing shit already! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+bcombee Posted August 25, 2014 Author Share Posted August 25, 2014 I said "inspired", not an actual copy. The button is sideways, but the joystick is very CX-41 ish, and the horizontal deck style is very unlike any current system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 Hahahaha, took a closer look at the icon as I viewed it on my phone last time. Can make out the 2600 styled joystick now, but the system looks more like an Odyssey2. Either way, nice to see some classic gaming styled icons on such a modern device! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZylonBane Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 That iconography is actually pretty amateurish. The "cable box" looks more like a tape deck, the "game console" looks like no game console that has ever existed, and the perspective on the "Blu-ray player" is obviously wrong-- the disk looks like it's tilted out of plane with the input slot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorGamer Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 To me the cable box looks more like a robot's head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karokoenig Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 I can see a 2600 there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+wongojack Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Wow, you got a lot of b!tc4ing in response to this! I say, thanks for sharing. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rex Dart Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 The console itself looks like the top of my washing machine. Overall interface looks nice, though. I didn't know there was Roku development going on in town. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMaddog Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 Looks more like an Odessey 2 minus the keyboard... And thank you for making a TV with THREE HDMI ports instead of just two! ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SpiceWare Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 Odyssey 2 was my take as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+bcombee Posted August 28, 2014 Author Share Posted August 28, 2014 So, this icon is just in the TCL version of RokuTV; for the Hisense RokuTV models, they're using a gamepad icon loosely based on the original PS DualShock controller instead. Also, I just checked the list of names you can use to rename your input and we include a generic "Game Console", but also "Xbox", "PlayStation", "Wii", "Atari", and "Pong"! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
video game addict Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 Odyssey 2 baby! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hydro Thunder Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 Is literally everything in Austin now? Criminy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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