Flojomojo

I like turtles.

Oh, all right. In that case, needs more expensive and unreliable legacy I/O ports, and cartridge slots for everything. Carry on

No, that's the brain fart of a lying POS

Yeah, there's always the flashbacks. It amazes me they keep selling pretty much the same thing year after year in enough quantity to make it worthwhile to continue. As we have learned from Bill L's insider info, AtGames really wants to keep the price low so toy retailers will carry it. As a result, we often don't get what we the gamers want, but it's obviously good enough for them, as a short-term holiday toy.

I don't think that's going to be effective in today's market -- you need some kind of network effect to gain any momentum. Developers won't make software if there aren't enough people on the platform, and consumers won't buy it if there isn't enough software. See OUYA for a recent example of this. Such a dedicated box would also compete with Android, iOS, Kindle, Xbox, PlayStation, Switch, 3DS, and of course PC (and its myriad stores like Microsoft, Steam, Origin, Uplay, etc) or even the Chrome App Store. A cheap pc seems way preferable to me. I guess they could be like OUYA though -- they don't need to hit a grand slam, just get enough crowdfunding and investor money to get on base.

Ahh, nice. I wish I had more wall space.

Are we still talking about the Art of Atari book here? I got the Kindle/ComiXology version cheaply a while back, it looks nice. Still available for $9.36 if you don't need the dead tree version. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01I1YU47U/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

I don't understand any of the above. :-( I REALLY don't understand how "Coleco" can gain rights to a 30-year old product that is plainly marked, "The Official ZAXXON by SEGA" without SEGA having something to say about it.

Like ...Windows? Or Unity?

I would think it's different for everyone, shaped by their own experiences. For me, it's arcade games, the 2600 and 7800, the Lynx, and to some extent the Jaguar. I have little interest in the computers. For years I conflated Atari Games (the arcade company) with Atari Corp (home hardware). It all dried up by 1996 and Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo are the heirs to their legacy. Seeing "Atari" go after Jeff Minter's Tempest-like Vita game, shut down a cute VCS Berzerk-like Android game called Manik, and killing an iOS Kickstarter Battlezone-like project called Vector Tanks -- all while offering next to nothing new of their own -- didn't help endear me to their new management. I still like the Flashback too, and I agree it's fun to see that in stores, just like the "new" Sega Genesis boxes. That company's best days are in the ever-more-distant past now, too. It's certainly the same with incompetent "Coleco," who can go fuck a duck. It's annoying to see them say things like "atari box is years in the making" when that just means "old brand." Intellivision's caretakers seemed to better understand and respect their brand and legacy, which makes it all the more tragic that Keith Robinson passed at a relatively young age. I didn't know him but I am missing him every day I think of these old toys. Nintendo and Sony PlayStation have kept the faith, and imho deserve our attention and money more than the pretend dinosaurs.

I don't know about the two-Switch question. I think the saves are stored locally on the system, and they don't expect you to sign into multiple machines. Nintendo Accounts are stored in the cloud --coins and stuff, possibly friend lists too. Why not sign into yours and have your kid sign into his? Radical idea I know

Wow. So someone thinks that because they had a lot extra of the little connectors that match the Wii. Nintendo created a whole new shell, new classic style controllers, an emulator system, and a custom designed carton? Just to clear out some old parts? The second pet about trickling them out almost makes sense, but the "extra parts" hypothesis makes me

I'm thinking more like

I'm sure GameStop would love it if that were true. GameStop needs something like this a lot more than Nintendo does.

So which one of the three are you? (Can't think of any other reason you'd want to publicize this boring 22 minute coffee table chat) I think you're the bald one in the middle.

Like Coleco, the Berenstain Bears have changed a lot since we were children. https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/06/magazine/how-the-berenstain-bears-found-salvation.html

I was soooo disappointed when I finally got a 5200 around 1991. At least one game I tried (Star Wars Return of the Jedi Death Star Battle) was literally identical to the Atari 2600 version. What a piece of junk!

You get right on porting comix zone to SNES and I'll help you evaluate the results. What fun! How long do you need to do the test port? A day? A week?

Switch progress is saved to the system's user profile. Currently, there's no way to move this data around. Nothing is saved to cartridge.

That would make picking up one of the originals a lot more compelling ---but I hear the build quality and controllers aren't so hot.

Maybe a little, but it's good that you're still learning new things!

Sounds separate because of their phrasing in their investor report: "Connected Objects: Development of a new hardware product On May 30, 2017, at the publication of its annual turnover, the Atari group announced the "... Preparation of a public relations campaign and crowdfunding to test the viability of a new product Hardware for video games ". The Group has since broadcast a video unveiling a first design of this new product, whose functionalities and technical characteristics will be announced according to the progress of the works. https://www.ataribox.com The Group believes that it is able to develop an attractive product, using the brand awareness of the Atari brand in hardware . To limit risk taking, this product will initially be launched as part of a crowdfunding campaign . The Group also works on other connected objects, integrating innovative audio functions, or the Internet of objects (Sigfox)." The Internet of Things bit reads as unconnected and separate, almost an afterthought. I'd like to know more, but their whole "tease" approach without details or money up front bodes poorly. I'll play the game "Butt the Butt" though.

Yes, gray is "unavailable," presumably sold, which is better for Cloaca but worse for haters who want them to fail hard and lose lots of money.

I think the IoT thing is SEPARATE AND DISTINCT from AtariBox, per the above translation from the French original. The fact that it's being crowdfunded to avoid risk increases the likelihood it won't even happen at all.

I suppose in theory something like this http://www.linux-m68k.org/ which requires at least a 68020 (which is still very old and weak) could be forked to run some limited instructions. But yeah, I'd say NOPE