ic-5000 aka imagic storage center

[broncoman]

i lucked out still unsed from 82 ?

[CPUWIZ]

Cool, I have one of those CIB, but I don't think mine is new.

[broncoman]

thx i lucked out i love imagic and starpath the most

[broncoman]

ill post more pics as I can

[Jinks]

So it is made for intellivision games as well?

[broncoman]

yeah i gess so box shows that also pretty kool

[+Random Terrain]

So it is made for intellivision games as well?

 

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[broncoman]

thx random i love the simulated wood grain

[Jinks]

For the intellivision the console already stores the controllers. I wonder if anyone made an imagic storage centre for the storage centre? Seems like the 80s thing to do I guess!

[jaybird3rd]

I'm pretty sure that same storage center was sold under a few different brand names; I've got a Harwell system organizer that looks just like it.

 

I'm disappointed that Imagic didn't customize it in some way; that fake woodgrain look was already dated by the time Imagic was making games in the early 80s. It might have looked nice all in black with an Imagic silver and multi-colored decal across the front.

[broncoman]

true but still I'm glad I got one in its orginal box I agree should have had a imagic logo

[jaybird3rd]

Agreed, it's a great find! I seem to remember a few of them showing up on eBay a few years ago, and I still wish I had snagged one of them.

[broncoman]

funnt thing is as a kid i never knoew they even had one let alone made one

[Flojomojo]

Check out that rainbow package! The most 1980s thing ever.

 

Stuff like this and dust covers seemed essential back then, I wonder what happened since then?

[Jinks]

I know... Look at all these computers nowadays without their respected dust covers. Could be an untapped market? Think of all that DUST people!! We need air intake cleaners for our computers! We need air outlet filters on our mouths for all the smug pollution!! Think of the children!!

[jaybird3rd]

Stuff like this and dust covers seemed essential back then, I wonder what happened since then?

I think one reason is that planned obsolescence is more of a factor today. Why bother protecting your modern console from dust when you know it's going to drop dead within a few years anyway? Either the console will overheat and catch fire, or it will break during normal use because it's made of flimsy shiny plastic that collects fingerprints from across the room and scratches if you look at it too hard, or the servers will be taken offline, or the games won't be enjoyable anymore because you will have played through them all and DLC and/or patches won't be available. One way or another, the vast majority of today's new consoles are only a few years away from the landfill. Who would bother getting a dust cover for something so disposable?

 

On the other hand, at the time the Atari 2600 and Mattel Intellivision were introduced, it was still possible to go to a very expensive store and spend extra money on "the good stuff", whether it was stereos or TVs or whatever, because you wanted quality and longevity. (Yes, there was also the "cheap market" for people with lower budgets, and yes, it's easy to have an idealized view of the past because the junk that was on the market in those days hasn't lasted and all that's left now is the good stuff. Still, it's clear that the "premium market" doesn't exist today in the same way that it did then; even historically good brands have gone the cheap route.)

 

Early video game consoles were very expensive—in today's dollars, the Atari 2600 cost $785 and the Intellivision cost $985—so it was assumed that they'd be in use for many years, and that people would want accessories like dust covers to help protect their investments. I'm sure that Atari and Mattel never anticipated that (an exceedingly small minority of) people would still be playing those systems nearly 40 years in the future, but the fact that we still can is a testament to the quality and craftsmanship that went into those machines.

[Flojomojo]

Spoken like a truly grumpy old man! But you have a point, electronics in those days were more like durable appliances than disposable toys.

 

I think rapid iteration and low prices (the current state of things) are pretty nice ...but if Moore's Law is truly over and yearly doubling of performance are no longer a thing, bring back durability!

[broncoman]

here guys im pretty stioked the 2600 part is done for imagic games

trying to figure how to attach a photo lol

 

[broncoman]

weird its upside down o well

[jaybird3rd]

Spoken like a truly grumpy old man!

I'm not even 40 yet, but I'm already taking that as a compliment!

[broncoman]

im 44 and i am grumpy