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  2. Posted

    By the way, even if the 5200 sold less units, it doesnt make it a lesser system.

     

    No, no! Failure in the market = bad product. Lalalala, I'm not listening!

     

    :D

     

     

     

    Oh, I didnt know that, I should throw my 5200 out then. ;)

     

    Ah, now see, there is a different perspective completely to me!

     

    Everyone familiar with both will have a preference on systems, but not necessarily based on the same criteria. While commercial will typically equate to weighting variables like library and title selection, it won't compensate for pure technical ability. It's kind of like the Beta/VHS argument, or the Bluray/HD DVD debate. The winner isn't always the better from a spec point of view.

     

    For me, the CV wins over the 5200 for a few reasons. I like the size of the CV better. I like the larger library of games. I like the versatility in controllers, but never could quite get used to the 5200 controller. (I have no probs with the CV controller as I first picked on up when I was 8 years old and adapted to it rather quickly, but I still feel the Super Action controller is the 2nd greatest home console controller behind the Epyx XJ-500 lol) I like the rather simply access to replacement parts and units at a reasonable price.

     

    And most of all, I still have the emotional attachment as the CV was the system that made me feel like the 'cool kid' to all the other friends who were still 2600 owners back in the day. :) Stupid as it sounds, not all votes are rational and logical... I mean, look at the last Presidential election! :twisted:

     

    I enjoy both systems, I like the CV library better though, the 5200 was too many rehashes of other games from the 2600 or 8 bit computers...not enough originals. But that aside I still love my 5200.

  4. Posted

    By the way, even if the 5200 sold less units, it doesnt make it a lesser system.

     

    No, no! Failure in the market = bad product. Lalalala, I'm not listening!

     

    :D

     

     

     

    Oh, I didnt know that, I should throw my 5200 out then. ;)

  8. Posted · Edited by gamerz

    Wittner Telespiel-Cassettenbox

     

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    Vidco Copy Cart

     

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    Suitcase

     

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    Excellent!! Thanks so much. All have been aded to my database.

     

    :D

     

     

    Pics I am still in need of are:

    125 - Cheetah

    125+ - Cheetah

    Taiwan 6 switch console box and system

    Tele Games 4 switch console box and system

    Duplikator - Unimex

    Foot Craz - Exus

    Freedom Stick - Camerica

    Mega Boy - Dynacom

    Personal game Programmer - Answer

    Pro Stick - BP Electronics

    Telegames Center - Sears

    Telematch - ?

    And any Pictures that may be clearer than some that I have.

    Also if you have any iformation on any controllers you would like to share that would be great. :) :cool:

  9. Posted

    Dude, I think you're missing the point. Homer is a long time, valued member of the forum. You, on the other hand, are not, and your bullshit replies and attitude aren't welcome here. GO AWAY and find another forum to troll on. You're on an Atari forum...saying "Like Atari knowledge is vital". Ummmm...might wanna re-think some things here, pal. You obviously don't know much about Atari, or it's long time fans. Atari nuts discuss the craziest things. I've had my differences with Homer in the past, but he knows quite a bit about the older Atari systems and games.

     

    Find a Pokemon forum where you'll feel more at home, please.

     

    Once again way off topic, and all you just did was prove my point that you worship him LOL. I also do know a lot about atari, Hey i knew the coco nuts thing that he was so happy to make a topic about. And it is pretty funny that u mention it...people on pokemon forums are a lot smarter than all of you.. now thats sad. You should not be proud. I guess i just have an extremely low tolerance level for stupidity and ignorance which this site is famous for.

     

     

    It wasn't famous for that until you came along.

  11. Posted

    Pics I am still in need of are:

    125 - Cheetah

    125+ - Cheetah

    Taiwan 6 switch console box and system

    Tele Games 4 switch console box and system

    Duplikator - Unimex

    Foot Craz - Exus

    Freedom Stick - Camerica

    Mega Boy - Dynacom

    Personal game Programmer - Answer

    Pro Stick - BP Electronics

    Telegames Center - Sears

    Telematch - ?

    And any Pictures that may be clearer than some that I have.

    Also if you have any iformation on any controllers you would like to share that would be great. :) :cool:

  12. Posted · Edited by gamerz

    The single biggest factor that caused the crash (actually, suicide) of the industry back then was marketing "experts," and the fatheads that belived them.

     

    If you were around back then, don't you remember ALWAYS hearing back in 1983 and 1984 that...

     

    "VIDEO GAMING IS DEAD, THE FUTURE IS IN COMPUTING!!!!"

     

    This is THE reason why Coleco decided on that stupid ADAM computer. This is why the industry gave up on video gaming- after all, "everyone" knew that it was over.

     

     

    Well, here we are, in 2009. Playstation 3. X-Box 360. Generation after generation, 16-bit, 32-bit, whatever-now-bit. 26 years.

     

    This was straight out of "Dilbert." Rather than asking the CUSTOMERS (in this case, "Generation X"), they asked each other. And big surprise- they got it wrong again. Nintendo, on the other hand, DID ask the customers, which is why they gambled on the NES in America. They played the capatalist game right, and grew rich, so, of course, the American government harrassed them, right up to their decision being made on December 7th.

     

    It was not a crash, it was stupidity and suicide. And they still won't admit that they were wrong.

     

     

    As for a glut- look at how many consoles were available in the mid and late-1990s, and the fact that foreign games (Japan) were more readily available, AND that super-factor that did not count in the 1980s- the Internet. Yet, gaming is still around. So it was not the glut, or it would have happened again in the 1990s.

     

     

    Im not trying to argue with you but how can one say in 83-84 "VIDEO GAMING IS DEAD, THE FUTURE IS IN COMPUTING!!!!" when the arcades were always packed and they were constantly getting new games each week and it never slowed down?

     

     

    Home video gaming was dead, the arcades were coming out with games that could not be produced at home like now. Dragons Lair and such were keeping the arcades alive but these could not be made for home systems. Arcades still thrived, home video games died as people went to computers.

    And originally the NES was marketed as a toy, that was their foothold.

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