OldSchoolRetroGamer

Firstly, a huge and long time ATARI fan here like many of you and still owner of several original Atari consoles and computer and accessories 😉 I lived and love the history of Atari OBVIOUSLY and it saddens me that Atari will never be even a fraction of what it once was even in the different stages (Atari / Warner / Tramiel) back in the day. But at the same time many people seem blindly loyal to that name and logo to the point the will even today, grab up anything officially labeled "ATARI" even though most of it is overpriced junk conning Atari fan consumers and gambling on their nostalgia. This is why even though Atari managed to market and complete a fund raising goal for the new upcoming AtariVCS, early on called the AtariBox but fans and backers keep defending them even though the console they were promised has changed, has been delayed several times with promised shipping dates over and over being pushed back, any engagement has been very controlled and curated with comments often getting removed or people being banned in forums or groups where they represented themselves whenever challenged or backed into a corner where they could not provide a "real" answer, hype marketing talk or skirting around the questions or giving non-answer answers seems to be their specialty. And yet the funny (sad? pathetic?) thing is backers or fans that STILL insist on defending them for really NO OTHER REASON than that blind nostalgia for a long dead company that keeps making promises but actually delivering on very little. Oh and to be clear, I AM NOT SAYING NOR DO I BELIEVE that the backers will never receive what they paid for, in fact at least at this point I still believe they will all receive something....eventually....maybe? 😜 but even that will be far from anything worth what they paid outside of collector purposes or that "official" Atari name and logo being worth a LOT (and admittedly it clearly is to some) I truly believe even the most hard core defender of the AtariVCS and the people behind it would have a totally different view and opinion of what's on offer and for the amount it cost as well as the project developers behaviors to date if it were all being handled by some small unknown start up that were not incorporating the ATARI brand name. And once again, because I know some get triggered by such heresy defaulting to the usual claim I am a "Hater / NO FUN / troll / pessimist etc" this is not the case at all, I WOULD HAVE LOVED Atari to rise like a Phoenix from the ashes and again I am a long time Atari collector who has played and enjoyed Atari through history during all the ups and downs, I even loved and completed Raider of the Lost Ark and E.T. for 2600 backing the day 😎 But with I grow tired seeing the beloved Atari name whored out constantly on garbage product merely to capitalize on the once great brand. Honestly, did not expect much but this video actually contains some good points and well stated views regarding "ATARI" today as well as the AtariVCS etc. Sure it is just regurgitating what many of us already know but before you dismiss it have a watch, some people could use this wake up call about modern ATARI especially the blind faithful who think anything modern day ATARI still has something worthwhile to offer.

Driving through our first major snowfall in Kelowna, B.C. 2020 NOTE: I do NOT typically wear a mask in our car, and we wear masks only wear requested / required such as medical appointments or where masses of people gather etc. I wore it in car this time as we were on our way to an eye exam but also to show the viewers the mask my wife made from an old Slimware utilities T-shirt that never fit me. 😆😎 Just sharing for fun. Woke up to a major snowfall last week, it was very unseasonal for us this time of the year, a week later it's all but gone so it was either a freak thing OR who knows? Might be the way the weather is heading with changing climates. Please know that though I DO live in Canada unlike what many Americans and those outside Canada may think, my particular city located in the Okanagan is unlike surrounding B.C. cities like the very cold Winnipeg (often referred loving as WINTERPEG with good reason!) so this early huge snowfall came as we also experienced record low temps. What is the weather like in Okanagan? Average high temperature (summer): 28 C/84 F. Average low temperature (winter): -8 C/16 F. Average Hours of Sunshine: over 2000 per year. Average Rainfall: Approximately 300 mm/11in yearly.

Aaaaand the very first comment after the video posted on Atariage Facebook.....OH JOHN, JOHN, JOHN, JOHN......😜😂😂😂😂

Something.......I guess?.....maybe?

The forum does not revolve around you and your every whim. It is a community, you can participate or not. Delete everything posted with your account, like your comments, threads etc, disrupt the forums and everyone else's replies and comments that interacted with you just wiped away? What is even your reasoning for wanting such actions taken? It's the same when a member starts a thread, they get the response they were looking for (or sometimes not) and then request to have the thread closed WHY? Just move on and let others continue with the thread as they see fit. Can't keep restructuring the entire forums for each member.

Untrue, there are bargains to be had for all sorts of reasons from seller lack of understanding what they have exactly to just wanting it to sell quickly etc. NOW sure that is in the minority of items but it still does and can happen. OF COURSE if one sees a rare yet incredibly low priced item from a seller who was very new OR with a lot of negative feedback well, sure best to avoid but low priced on a rare item in and of itself is not necessarily an indication of anything, we see people all the time who won rare low priced items all the time, which many times I am very jealous of 😜.............................

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Shortly after it came out I admit I was really intrigued by Microsoft's XBOX. This was at a time that I was struggling to get by and living in Toronto Canada in a shared accommodation so no chance I was going to own one but of course that did not stop my natural curiosity, reading news about it, reading magazines in downtown coffee shops etc. I was all for Microsoft entering a market dominated by Sony and Nintendo. I liked the idea that it was very much PC architecture and a built in Hard Drive as standard? WOW! Luckily a roommate ended buying one, a cool laid back fellow who allowed me to borrow it while he was at work OR away for any period of time. Funny thing he had the game everyone seemed to be going crazy over, HALO, it was interesting but not being a huge FPS gamer I was much more interested in the other title personally, SILENT HILL 21 Being a HUGE Survival Horror fan as well as having loved the original game on Playstation I was amazed how this sequel looked. So that was my early exposure to the XBOX and I wanted one. Funny enough I got my first one about 10 years ago and at some point I got a 2nd one, a modded one with upgraded hard drive full of emulators and the ability to boot backups. I really enjoyed games on it, even several I originally played on Playstation 2 as they had some graphical upgrades in many cases so it was a great way to re-experience those titles. Even today it is a great little emulation machine as well a great way to experience many classic titles. As things improved for me over time I rarely was on the cutting edge of console tech, I would say mostly after Playstation and Dreamcast I would always be at least a generation behind obtaining consoles and games which was fine as it was all new to me and I have a PC for the odd modern title I need or want to play.

Wow another hyped article on a trash clickbait site that knows zero of what is really happening.

😎 Pat has proven he has too much ego, he does not seem to be the slightest bit aware of Tommy's contributions in gaming and music soundtracks etc because he is self absorbed. This is not his first bad take but he always doubles down on his bad takes. In past he has insulted gamers as well as his audience. This is what I observed over time and the more I observed the less I like Pat. Him and Ian circle jerk each other all through a podcast, he does little research and then runs with whatever he takes away and is never willing to listen to reason or even consider he might have gotten something wrong and now with him and Tommy you know it is personal, this is why even positive news or misinformation about the Amico does not matter to him, he will still ridicule it. Everytime I see mention of AMICO in a Pat and Ian video I instinctively think "Ah damn HERE WE GO" because I KNOW he will not be objective or fair (why start now?) In short, fuck Pat and his legion of sheep.

Nope, CPU's and GPU's can run safely max temps 95c / 203f, that is core temp. Though honestly I doubt this is the case, the recent tear down showing both liquid metal thermal paste and a HUGE fan to dissipate heat. Anyway, I would not put too much stock in that site for console info 🙄

No, threads are not just deleted so yes you need to just accept it and ignore it. If you cannot, well, you are not going to enjoy interacting in most forums.

Very nice. My ONLY Intellivision products are also an INTVII console the Intellivoice module and a few games including most of the Intellivoice one. My console is not in as nice a shape as yours but not too bad. My only other Intellivision experience was from in store demos back in the day and that is all. My window for adding to my collection has long passed so I must be satisfied with what I currently have, I DID hope for a long time to eventually get either an original Intellivision or one of the comparable INTV System III (also called the Super Pro System) as I liked the idea of the larger and more original looking system though I was aware of the short comings you mentioned (non-removable controllers and hard wired AC cord) something still attracted me to the idea of an original larger model though it never happened. Would also love a System changer to use 2600 carts on, again not really needed since have so many options to play 2600 carts but then again I have the ColecoVision expansion module so the system changer would be nice to compare. I DID wonder sometimes though, the INTVII controllers are not of the same feel or quality of the originals BUT they do have the advantage of being easily removable compared to the hard wired originals, I thought it might be cool, though beyond my capability if it might be possible to mod original hard wired controllers into removable controllers usable on my INTVII, I am sure it is for people more skilled than myself, I wonder if many have attempted this? OR similarly molded an original style Intellivision hard wired consoles to use removable controllers? No doubt somebody has an intellivision console with all the best features and none of the negative traits of either console.

Ah OK fair enough I suppose. Honestly I was sort of unclear whether it was something purposely disabled rather than simply not being enabled, I thought it might have been something where due to the Genesis compatible hardware that it was more cost effective to disable the SMS compatibility.

Impressive, that's great. You'd think they would have enabled the SMS capability from the start.

😮A tour of the abandoned MOS Technology fab

Interesting, thanks for all the feedback and info, glad to hear it's a good one! I find it interesting how different these CBS games carts look so different, looking forward to playing it AND Mountain King as well.

Just random thoughts upon seeing the recent and improved Homebrew version of Wizard of Wor Arcade for the 2600 on atariage store which looks absolutely amazing I began thinking about this title. I don't think I ever encountered it in the arcade bitd and if I did no doubt I passed it over to play other games. Now, these days I am not really in a position to pick up the great looking 2600 homebrew version and I thought well at least I could load up my harmony cart and try the old original 2600 release rom and I still plan to dig it out and do just that, I figured this was my only shot of playing Wizard of Wor since I don't own any other version or have an original cart. BUT THEN what do you know? The other day as I was literally digging through my boxes I happened upon al my 5200 stuff, one of the few systems I still have a few original carts for and lo and behold HERE IT IS! I have an original cart for the 5200! Cool! I do NOT have the original instructions or an overlay as I do for several other of my loose games (though I also have MOUNTAIN KING with both the instructions and overlay!) but still at least it's something, I look forward to trying it out, not expecting it to be as good as the new 2600 homebrew but was wondering, it might be a while until I actually have the time to hook up the old 5200 beast but for those who might know, how does the 5200 stack up? I mean at least in comparison to all the original homeports? Is it worthwhile? Anyone a fan of this game? Here is my cart - 🤘😎

Sad to hear this! Take it easy, don't rush and all the best, SPEEDY RECOVERY man. 🍺🤘😎

Even so, keep in mind there is always a balance here, cheaper = lower quality, crap components and parts, little or no support etc. IE: the old saying always applies YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR.