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Seems like an old idea, doesn't it? http://www.pcworld.com/article/2916899/windows-10-just-beat-ubuntu-to-the-smartphone-pc-convergence-punch.html And yet not ready for prime time. I wouldn't put any money into this. Also, the gathering around the television greatly resembles the Ouya team. Does anyone game on a television anymore?

Helpful infographic follows. The box that is blue is the item for you. The box that is white should make you take flight.

The hand controllers should have touchscreens that load the overlay image of the game being played. Overlays are for the 1970s.

I saw it with two soon-to-be 5th grade girls and they loved it. I didn't hate it, but I like everything. It's not winning any Academy Awards.

Nobody knows, because it hasn't been officially announced yet. Oh, and FDR has been dead for 72 years, sorry to be the bearer of bad news.

Chop top for video games. The speakers are in the top half of the DS, though. Is this silent?

Nope, not yet -- not all the way, anyway. Nintendo Accounts can share a few things (coins, eShop balances, and progress in mobile games, friend lists), but it's not like you can buy a new Switch and download all your game saves and eShop purchases to it like you can on Android/iOS or even Playstation/Xbox. You can have other people's profiles on your device so they can play games you've downloaded, but you can't log into their device and expect your stuff to be there. Hope springs eternal that they'll continue to evolve. I can understand why they want to keep it to one account per system -- simpler for customers to understand, simpler to support, but probably holding back adoption of downloads. I just decided to stop worrying about it, take care of my stuff, and hope it doesn't get damaged/stolen. If something bad happens, I'm reasonably confident Nintendo support would eventually let me re-download the $hitloads of stuff I've bought from them over the years.

I thought you guys had trouble getting AtGames stuff in Canada? I'd ship you one if it makes sense for both of us. Should be a light box (no cartridges!) but perhaps a little bulky.

The difference is only in your mind. It's all copyright violation. You have no rights to sell anything you "made," and if any IP lawyer saw you justifying it as "taking advantage of opportunity" in writing, you'd be in for a very tough time. I know you don't care what I think, but you also can't stop me or anyone else from calling you out for bad behavior. "We live in a capitalist society like it or not" and we also have rules and laws and standards of behavior that don't trample the rights of others.

Piko, are you awake? This thing you bought needs attention.

Don't you ever worry about getting busted "making" these counterfeits? I see that you were bitching that someone gave you negative feedback on Ebay because something didn't work right. Your Etsy store is full of bootlegs. Now you're bragging about your plans to scalp SNES Mini toys before they even hit the streets. Do you feel any shame or remorse whatsoever?

Twenty years is a long time in game design, and we know that a lot of the ideas in Star Fox 2 made it into Star Fox 64. Probably better implemented there, too. That Landmaster ... yecccch.

Heh, I had this page open in a tab when I responded and missed that you said the same thing. I found this on Archive.org, which is perfect for my flip-through-needs. I'm not buying anything but I like to browse. https://archive.org/details/BestElectronicsOldCatalog It's a 341MB download if you want it offline!

That looks like it would be fun to look through. Catalog page I wish there were an electronic version of it, though. This is not my speed

There are two games that sold me on an Atari Lynx ... 25 years ago. Both are ports of Atari Games arcade machines, and unlike games like Paperboy or RoadBlasters, they didn't show up many other places. They both have goofy acronym names, which might account for their relative obscurity. I still love these games, and the way the controls were adapted for the Lynx game pad makes these easier to play than emulation of the arcade originals. A.P.B. - All Points Bulletin You are the policeman, on a quest to catch your quota of bad guys before the clock runs out in a top-down, open-world map. Your car controls well, with one button for your SIREN (point it at the baddies to make them pull over) and the other for your accelerator. Don't crash, or you'll get a demerit. Get too many demerits and you're fired, game over. Lots of fun scaling effects and funny sound effects. The game resembles an early, arcade-oriented, less violent version of the 2D Grand Theft Auto games. Want something like it now? Play Chinatown Wars for DS or mobile. A+, system seller, holds up well today S.T.U.N. Runner - Spread Tunnel Underground Network Runner It's a futuristic race through tunnels and tubes, over ramps, and through waves of aggressive enemies. You have a hovering sled-like bike that loses its armored plating if you run into stuff. Drive over the boosters to catch big air, shoot down the enemies that you can shoot, avoid the enemies you can't shoot, save your Shockwave superweapon for sticky situations, and beat the clock! The outside wall is faster in turns. Want something like it now? Play the Wipeout games on any Sony console. A+, system seller, essential game, holds up well today

That's the gambler's fallacy, no one is "due" anything. Each trial is independent of all the others that came before. Sad face.

Also recommended: the official flask of Coleco Expo 2017. This could be the last one they ever hold! Be discreet, as smoking and alcohol are prohibited at this family-friendly event. Maybe fill it with whatever she's looking for in this Cardillo video.

I know we discussed this already, but

It sounds like it. There's a REWIND button on the controller, and a pool of save states for cartridge games. The demo video makes it look like the cartridge ROM is loaded into an emulator. The upcoming Hyperkin Retron 77 seems to work in a similar way.

Yes yes! Since these little places insist on playing showman like the big dogs, here's some free advice for would-be entrepreneurs: shut your piehole until you have something to show and ship. For example, we all know Apple likes to put on a big show to announce their new thing, marketed out the wazoo. But unlike the vaporware joints, a week or two later, they SHIP THE THING they've been showing. You can buy it, and it usually works like expected. Be more like that. Unless the "product" you're actually producing is hype and maybe extra funding, in which case DIAF.

What did you make of the "designed by Nolan Bushnell, founder of Atari!" tag on Secret Quest? It sold me on it -- though the fact that it was a new 2600 game is what really did it.

It was green, no name on it, and it sure looked like fair use to me.

but of course http://atariage.com/forums/topic/259236-2017-flashback-faq-and-speculation-thread/

Don't you think a reasonable person would find that ridiculous? If I can order one of these on Amazon like a civilized person, I might. If I can't? Oh well.

Flashback 1 looked like a mini 7800 but was a nintendo-on-a-chip with reprogrammed games. Flashback 2 was the VCS-on-a-chip and was easily modifiable to add your own cartridge slot. It had Pitfall and River Raid onboard, and original-style joysticks. Flashback 3 was the first AtGames unit, running an emulator on an ARM-based chip. Flashback 4 through 7 are the same kind of thing, but with infrared wireless controllers. There's a 64 in there somewhere, with 64 games onboard. They added more games as they went along, so newer is generally better. Flashback 8 is back to wired controllers, and 8 Gold is the HDMI version, in two variants. One has more Activision games onboard. Wikipedia's article is OK. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_Flashback