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There were LOTS, especially in Japan, where most where sold as "Word processors". In Brazil, if I recall, they were used in the administration before being replaced by IBM PC. One of the few MSX sold in the USA was sold as part of a MIDI music creation and edition set. Heck, even the Soviet Union got MSX for school computing programs, and they weren't alone. There's no picture specifically but testimonies of people seeing MSX used in offices, including in a French nuclear power plant (tho I assume it was for office work, not for dealing with the reactor itself ) I'll give it to you, those uses are rarely mentionned for the MSX, but they were real. And perhaps the most undisputable famous use of a Sony MSX 2 is aboard the MIR station :

I think "delayed games" works well, but maybe you could exclude games that spent time in development hell? Games that were simply cancelled then someone years later released them are very different and tell a different story than games stuck in development hell. For example, we know Duke Nukem Forever changed 3D engine, so there is probably little code remaining from the early years. Some games (especially sequels) may be announced, then scrapped, then a new one made under the same title. But are they even the same game if nothing was retained from the previous work? For example, if (big if XD ) Valve releases a Half-Life 3, it will probably be totally different from what they worked on between 2013 and 2014. So if they ever make a Half-life 3, would you consider that this first iteration is part of it or totally disconnected? The story will probably retain elements, but after all it's the point of a sequel.

Several JP and King Kong games were terrible, but also others (especially for JP) were good or at least decent. As Roots.Genoa said, ET don't really have a concept or a story that can make for a thrilling video game. E.T would probably works well as a point'n'click game/puzzle game, but it's not exactly the right era for it. JP games can take several forms, from action, to exploration, to puzzles, and even as tycoon games. King Kong is extremely well suited for action-packing games. There are some stories that just don't really translated well in a video game, and ET is one of them. Also, to be fair, the movie has lost alot of steam. It's been almost two decades since it was shown on prime time on TV here, and absolutely nobody under the age of 30 I know saw the movie. Some knows it exist, but that's about it.

From what I remember : the Playstation can't do 2D in a traditionnal way... Which mean Playstation 2D games are all made of 3D elements just seen on flat surface (this is how the vast majority of 2D games are made those days, BTW). This makes comparison hard to pull between a 2D and 3D machine. This mean that the Playstation can do alot of things a traditionnal 2D machine can't do, but some things that many 2D machine could do easily had to be done by hand, like background scrollings. Basically, the Playstation can be a 2D powerhouse, but you need to program it to pull the tricks you want.

This cable has some sync issues with some TVs, also, if you use a TV with two or more SCART input, try using AV1 only as usually only the first AV will have RGB. Some older TV may only have composite in on the SCART input, in this case sadly there's no solution outside of modding the console to add composite back in (or use another TV)

Does the consoles feature a RF outpu or not? It's the fastest way to tell a French SMS from any other, this and the sticker saying "Power base RGB) If it is, you need a specific cable with a video amplifier, and you need to know that those console only have RGB output, but not composite output. If it's not, they you may have simply a problem with broken solder pads, a VERY common issue on SMS.

Really. ANd I ran some searches on this forum and didn't found any mention on the forums either. Also, that it was showcased here doesn't mean it could have any connection with the Louvre - does the Grand Palais use Switches for anything?

Not much else to add to the title https://www.louvre.fr/en/visit/visitor-amenities It's not exactly new but I had never heard of it until now. Apparently, they use a modified firmware to block connections and unused features, the cart port is blocked, they feature, as you can see, specific buttons and Nintendo-branded headphones. And yes, the 3D stereoscopic function is used : That is quite amazing. Apparently nobody was able to get one... but certainly some may eventually slip by as Nintendo retired the console. Quick edit : a home version is available for free for N3DS owners : https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Nintendo-3DS-games/Nintendo-3DS-Guide-Louvre-822301.html

It depends, but I would say the vast majority of VCR are passthrough machines when it come to composite : PAL 50 goes in, PAL50 goes out. For reading tapes, it works because it changes the spinning side of the tape to work with NTSC tapes, and it includes a NTSC to PAL converter. It output PAL 60 because it owuld be too complex back then to do a proper 60 to 50 conversion. Now it may be possible that the composite input goes through that converter, but I doubt it.

Yeah, I was amazed and horrified seeing Maniac Mansion on the NES Day of the tentacle and other PnC games of the era boasted gorgeous visuals. I'm sure homebrew today, especially with some of the later NES chips, could do wonders, but back then? naah And yes, the idea that they could make any kind of beef on a 2 pounds tape is wild... On the other hand, it was cheaper to buy crusty recording of classical music in clearance sales than buying blank tapes, sooo... I do remember seeing pictures of published game tapes that had markings, so Mastertronic and others definitively bought tapes from unsold stocks or maybe illegally exported tapes to put games on them.

Monkey Island is a complex point'n'click game with all kind of sitution and humour that wouldn't pass Nintendo censorship and would looks like hot mess on the Nes. As for the ease of releasing games and prices : See the logo on the bottom? It's literally the price. 1.99 and 2.99£. And no, those weren't (all) old releases or clearances sales. Games were sold for 2£ brand new. As for the ease of publishing games? 8 bits computers have their own Action 52, it's called Cassette 50. And how it was made and published is a textbook example. "In an interview, Matthew Lewis, the author of Galaxy Defence, said he wrote the game when he was 14 and submitted it in response to a small, anonymous ad in a local newspaper" The market was that wild. Literally anyone could release a game.

Robotron was a brand name for various incompatible computers, rather than "one computer" (the concept of "brand" was a bit fuzzy in Communist regimes). The most famous (and easily available) Robotron computers were the KC (KleinComputer, AKA Small computer) 85 and 87 To my understanding, it was mostly distributed to companies and institutions, but it mean that after the reunification, they were replaced and several found their way in hobbyists homes. Of note is the KC Compact : Unlike the other KC, it was an all-in-one unit (KC 85 and 87 were usable out of the box but it was almost always expected to have RAM and drive attachement added) and more importantly, so to say, it was an Amstrad CPC clone, the only CPC clone (that we know of). Released in 1989, very few were sold and it's today an extremely rare machine that had zero impact whatsoever.

I have had the SD version back when I think it was either the only option or micro-SD was new. I have used a Kingston 256Mo SD card since then, (probably from an early digital camera :D) and it's plenty enough unless you are really adamant in having the whole library of the 2600 in PAL and NTSC versions + all homebrews. I don't think the Harmony is really picky like Everdrive can be, but the amount of data to read is so small.

You can deposit it for use in a different domain. That is, as mentionned before, if you claim the name Cougar for an automobile, you can try to sue anyone using the same name on the same market. Heck, imagine that in 1964, Peugeot got in cahoots with Porsche for the upcoming 901 car, that was renamed 911. Yes, we almost got a Porsche 901. Note : the Peugeot claim was only for the French market, but apparently Porsche decided to change the name everywhere anyway. Same as in Canada mentionned in other messages, law in France (and probable the UE) is that the same word can be used by different products, as long as they are in different domains. There is also the case of family names as brands : did you know there is two Ferrari ? There's the manufacturer of supercars and a small tractor manufacturer, Ferrari Agri (and there was also a 3rd, unrelated Ferrari Trattori - short-lived in the 50's) : and unlike Lamborghini, which was originally a tractor manufacturer and a supercar manufacturer, those Ferrari are totally unrelated both as companies but also as family. (if you aren't aware, Lamborghini still manufacture tractors) to this day )

Neat! I guess the issue is just that pressing 11 buttons at once is not easy by hand. I should have used a small piece of wood I guess