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They do indeed. Surprise surprise! Let the good times roll..

$90K is not an authoritative price. It's $90K because someone says it's $90K. And that is why the price is unaffected by a rom release. And too bad that EPROM is being exposed to light - weakening a 35 year old program. Will it sell for some ridiculous amount of money? Sure. There's always someone waiting to be stupid.

Da'Fuk is that? And those two eyes and red nose staring at my crotch? Well at least he used a small form factor intel board.

Seems like the programs on the disk are ok. but the disk image you posted doesn't have a working DOS on it. Try this disk with standard DOS 3.3 and the files. Disk with DOS.zip

The reasoning is simple. Ever since I was a kid I always wanted an All-in-One console. Besides being a savior by bringing long-lost arcade games to the home, emulation allows for that imaginary console to exist. I wanted 1 console to play my Apple II, VCS, and Intellivision games. It was a pain in the ass always setting up one system then tearing it down. Parents rules and regulations suck. One day I got a ColecoVision and Astrocade and that was the final straw! I got a big cardboard and wooden box and started disassembling my consoles and began mounting the boards, controls, and cart slots inside. I did the same to small portable color TV and am/fm radio and tape player. And it worked! By flipping switches and turning rotary dials (switches too) I could "patch-in" the console I wanted with the controllers I wanted. I had my own Videogame Command Center - my own homemade UltraVision (vaporware console). I could play The LOOP or B96 radio stations and game on one unit. Simultaneously! The next day everything overheated and the TV cum monitor didn't work anymore. And while moving it to my repair area it broke apart into like 8 pieces loosely held together by the immense amount of wiring. My 10-yr old self was in tears. It took me weeks to "restore" the disassembled consoles. And more weeks to do extra chores to get money for another tv/monitor. Cellphones.. Retrotech.. both promote isolationist introversive behavior. Negative characteristics the tech industry doesn't care if you adopt - just so as long as you click on the like button and share. Sharing with 500 imaginary friends makes you feel good. Those 500 friends sharing yet again makes someones bank account feel good. A neighbor has 2 kids. One of them doesn't mess with social media too much and is capable of interacting with peers and our family. The other is holed-up in the smartphone seemingly 24/7, has issues in school, doesn't know how to make change from a dollar, or figure anything out. Not even make a piece of toast for crynoutloud. But the kid knows all about the top teen idols and what toothpaste they use and how often. And their travel itinerary for the week - that's a slam dunk! The kid seemingly lives and dies by what social networks their idols are using.. ugh! I'm done!

Whatever excuse they offer is fine by me. Means more entertainment and laughs.

Understanding is easy. The demographic that buys the stuff isn't known for making sound financial decisions. Just ask their ex.

That is indeed a factor. One I never got around to discussing in one of my many rants. I had an Amiga 500/1000 at one time. So emulating that is cool. Takes you back and all that. I never had a GVP 68030 28MHz accelerator for it though. So emulating that add-on is a meh-like experience. Nice to compare the performance gains and all. But to develop a nostalgic affection for a GVP via emulation? Not really. On the other hand, I never owned a Genesis. But I do remember playing Columns on Genecyst back in 1997. First Genesis game I ever played IIRC. I have no nostalgic desire to immerse myself in the essence of the original hardware. But I do have nostalgia for the style and ambiance and flavor of Genesis games because of that experience. And I hope to have some spare time to enjoy more of what that ecosphere has to offer. So there's that. 2 contradictory experiences. It may be because the GVP is a "thankless" bit of utilitarian hardware buried inside a machine vs a colorful happy videogame console bristling with marketing and characters like Sonic and a cultural/retail presence. Simple popularity. You want the Corvette experience, not the Corvette's water pump experience. In short I do have nostalgia for the Genesis despite never having owned one. Thanks to having played it decades ago via emulation. --- Keeping a coupla 2-3 real original hardware platforms and picking up the rest with emulation is a road many folks are going down these days. Speaking practically and realistically *I* don't personally care about most of those items. The few that I do can be recreated at home has desired. So emulation fits my gaming needs quite nicely. Videogames recreated by emulation are a good thing. The circuit board (emulated or real) is outputting the same signals to the same type of display device, a CRT or LCD. Baseball games emulated by pinball or videogame console are radically different. The translation across the display method is too far to cross. Not unless you're doing perhaps 8K VR at 260FPS. Emulating Defender is easy to do accurately because the display techniques are the same. It is not. The same logic shouldn't be used here. Corvette vs Kia are 2 different products serving 2 vastly different markets. Can't equalize both markets on paper. But you can use the same CAD tools to make a Corvette as you would a KIA. Your "Corvette emulator" would need to exhibit different characteristics than your "KIA emulator" does.

That's right. That place doesn't exist. There simply is no demand for cartridges, complete games on discs, or any type of "sold in retail physical games" anymore. Consider that 2 nearby Gamestops are prominently visible from 2 major roads they're located on. Traffic cannot help but see the shops. They're not far from a Wendy's or a Target or other name-brand establishments. Hundreds of thousands of potential patrons continually pass these 2 stores without ever stopping in - I rarely see anyone in there. The buying public simply doesn't associate videogames with physical media like discs & carts anymore. If and when they do, it's in reference to older stuff and generic terms like "nintendo". WTF does "nintendo" mean? When talking about a new game or simulation to anyone I'm usually asked where to download it from. NOT what store to buy it from. That speaks volumes of the mindset of today's consumer.

True enough. Then again there's a lot of pointless activity surrounding the marketing, sales, and distribution of videogames themselves. You got stupid store points, rewards cards, achievement points, unlocked DLC, level-ups, and more.

Was part of the financial hour roundup on AM radio 780. All I know.

GameStop's latest push is to convert online gamers to physical game buyers. Or so said their internal memos and the local news.

Thing is unlimited access doesn't mean you have to get everything and have it instantly available. While there are several thousand ROMS available for the VCS - which you can put into one directory - you don't have to. Trying to play them all is just like listening to social media noise. Take some time and personalize your modern-day emulation experience. Create childhood fav folders. Curate your own sets instead of searching through "me-too" rompacks. Build-up your own hardware instead of chasing after the latest kickstarter.

Emulating pinball machines is entirely different than traditional videogames. And the difference begins right at the display technology. One uses a mechanical ball on a playfield, another uses pixels on a screen. Huge difference. You wouldn't want to emulate a baseball game, now, would you?

Loved reading each and every post. I agree with most all the sentiments, especially the pro-emulation commentary. It's absolutely thrilling to see emulation becoming more universally accepted among gamers. Even desirable even! And there are so many advantages to emulation. Versatility, reliability, convenience, space-savings, AIO capabilities. And more.

Multicades have crap resale value, and that's because new ones can be had so cheap.

I've been using Stella on both desktops & lappies since forever. I would not want to give up the file management capabilities of the PC, the ability to have multiple versions installed, the reliability, the versatility, more options.. And with R77 you'll still need a PC to support and manage and organize the SD card's firmware and ROMs.

It would make for a nice project case. Strip it out and put a proper MiSTer or R-Pi in there. Maybe even a micro or pico ITX.

Yes. It’s great to see the interest in MiSTer increasing. And this 128 board is enough to push me over the edge and get into the ecosphere. All I need is the time now.

Stop being an ignorant imbecile. You know nothing of Intellivision.

I had a VCS at the same time I had an INTY. The choice between them was simple. VCS=action and INTY=strategy. At times when we weren't playing either system we had endless discussions of which was the better one. I also believe that the controller design was form over function in that it had to meet a certain profile/thickness.

I think this example shows the carelessness and mentality that goes along with the modern gamer. No wonder violence and videogames go together. I mean they ripped apart an intv cart. Those are pretty tough. Savages! Can't imagine what basis there'd be especially for a console worth only a couple a hundreds at best.