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If I were wearing a hat, I'd take it off and burf in it. :vomit:

It's all arcade games, so I assume the original coin ops, not console ports.

Got it. I'm reminded of that old workplace joke "dumb looks are still free."

"Pre-orders sold out." Weird.

What does "engaged" mean, though? Does Facebook measure the amount of time you spend on a page, or do you need to "like" or write a comment?

I started a thread about the "Retrocade" in Dedicated Systems, but I suppose I'm the only one Dedicated enough to actually check that dusty old corner of the forum. http://atariage.com/forums/topic/270703-retro-bit-super-retrocade-with-capcom-data-east-games/ I dunno, it looks "fine." It will come down to price and performance. After the Generations, I won't be jumping on this until I see some reviews. The game selection looks a lot better on this one ... at least if you like quarter-munching arcade games (I do).

Yes, not that there's anything wrong with that. It's just another single-board computer like the Raspberry Pi.

Ah well, your loss.

You gotta keep up with the Nintendo Direct shows (or coverage of them), there are scads of 3DS and Switch games in the pipe.

Well, that's why there's online ordering with free shipping. Something for everyone.

People made pretty neat bootable CD collections for old platforms like the Amiga way back when. I guess the modern equivalent would be the exoDOS collections, which can launch from a menu, but hundreds of GBs won't fit on a wimpy little CD.

Can you slap in a DOS CD and run games from disk? What is the file structure like -- could someone make a bootable disk containing hundreds of games?

That's like $126 in US dollars. It's probably loaded with VAT that goes into services like universal health care, gun control, and sheep husbandry. :-)

Looks pretty good. Did they get the emulation right this time? http://retro-bit.com/super-retrocade

If only it came out two years earlier, and was called something else, this could have been a cult classic.

$69.99, November 10th. I think I will go to retail to get one of these, because unlike a certain other 16-bit remake system, this one should be easy to find.

Too scruffy for the boardroom, too clean-cut to be a gangsta. It's not easy being the Partner of the "Originator of the Cabbage Patch Dolls and maker of the ColecoVision," Owner of a "Publisher of Books, Distributor of periodicals," the CEO of "a fully functioning umbrella entertainment company," Owner of of a windows company for 23 years, President of the same. It's enough to make you want to make a cr8tive shft ... oh my god I need to stop now, Dunning and Kruger are calling.

For some people, it's all about the image. "Looking all business like bro"

Yup. The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference.

They should totally make this thing out of concrete.

Cable cards are neat, but cable companies don't advertise them -- seems like they'd prefer monthly income from renting their boxes. They SHOULD have become a stronger standard, but you know, business. I have a pair of cable cards for my Tivo boxes, which I rent from Verizon for about $3.99 a month for each one. It was enough of a pain in the ass to get them to support them that I don't envision changing my equipment or subscription anytime soon.

The Hori Fighting Commander looks to be the spiritual successor, and wth a friendlier button arrangement for fighters, too. Also, wireless. http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2017/09/hardware_review_wireless_fighting_commander_for_snes_classic_by_hori

Yeah, okay, that's fair. And my last post was grumpier than I really meant for it to be. I still think discs are stupid and this Seedi looks cheap and unnecessary. Let us know how it turns out!

Simple as that! ?

Of COURSE "wait and see" makes sense if you're interested in the PRODUCT Atari might produce if they're successful enough with their begging panhandling crowdfunding campaign. I just don't think an underpowered, overpriced mini PC that hooks to a television and attempts to duplicate the functionality of a streaming box/stick or a game console is very interesting in 2017. What's fascinating to me is the PROCESS by which a tiny holding company with a barely-relevant brand name tries to get back in the game. There are sixty pages of comments in this thread by aging dorks like me who love(d) the Atari brand, and I'll bet we hold personal assets that are worth a lot more than the $1M cash on hand held by modern Atari. You mention Commodore and Philips, which were industry leaders in a time of emerging technology more than twenty years ago. Atari today is a trademark troll trying to get a slice of ... what? Retro gaming? Crowdfunding suckers? The thing they are offering is coming along at a time of extreme technological democratization -- cheap little boards are there for everyone to use. It's easy enough to roll your own that unless they can bring something VERY special, they're not needed. Even if they "succeed," this won't be a product you will be able to buy in stores, and if it breaks, it will be tough toenails for you, there won't be replacement stock or support. It's not going to get the next Call of Duty, or even the next No Man's Sky, Cuphead, or Angry Birds. They'll have Adventure, Asteroids, Air-Sea Battle, the usual codswallop. Note: the trademark sign here is used ironically, to express disdain and contempt for the new firm that, like Coleco, is using the name of what was once a great, innovative little company.