unhuman Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 Wrong picture, but... Interesting they chose it! http://www.businessinsider.com/forgotten-video-game-consoles-2011-7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 I like how they say that the Jaguar's low sales forced its failure. What the article does not mention is that Atari's own mishandling of release dates and developers are what drove the nails into its coffin. It was pretty damn neat, though. It could network with the Lynx hand-held system, using it as a controller and a display for the player. I cannot remember the game, but there was to be some kind of RPG-type game which could allow up to eight players using Lynx hand-helds networked to the Jaguar. Probably one of my favorite "could have been" consoles. The Dreamcast was also very impressive and WinCE certified. I believe Sega and Microsoft developed this console in cooperation, Microsoft using Sega to step-stone to the X-Box much the way it used IBM to jump to Windows 95. Dreamcast is extremely popular for home-brew. I have a PowerGlove (no game that uses it, though), an Odyssey II (not the one in the article,) Sega CD (original and Sega II units,) Commodore 64, and (of course) the TI. Fun days. I just hope this stuff lasts for my kids to play with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthew180 Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 They picture a 99/4 but the text reads 99/4A. Too bad they didn't bother to be accurate. Also, I would argue that you can still buy a C64. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sometimes99er Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 Also, I would argue that you can still buy a C64. Eh yeah, and you can also buy a TI-99/4A. I doubt anyone still produce and sell the C64 as was. Yes, there's stuff around using emulation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthew180 Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 Eh yeah, and you can also buy a TI-99/4A. I don't know. TI does not like to admit they made the 99/4A... heh. I doubt anyone still produce and sell the C64 as was. Actually, the C64 *was* produced until 1994 and you might argue (I won't though) that the new release of the C64 (x86 in an C64 case) constitutes present day availability. And, the one-chip C64 (C64DTV) by Jeri Ellsworth has been used in quite a few consumer games: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C64_Direct-to-TV I even picked up the Radio Shack Hummer game to have a unit to hack on: http://picobay.com/dtv_wiki/index.php?title=Hummer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ti99iuc Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 "....and many of them could be forced into "cheat mode" by holding the shift key and pressing 838." Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/forgotten-video-game-consoles-2011-7#ti-994a-10#ixzz1Ru9hY8TN .... but which games have this kind of cheat mode ? ... someone can help me to understand better ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthew180 Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 Some versions of MunchMan have it. I never knew about that cheat code until maybe last year (2010), and it worked on my cart. I think I tried it on another game and it gave me a message about "don't cheat"!! I'll have to go confirm that though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 I think Moon Mine has it as well. Lots of John Phillips TI-99 games had them. Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ti99iuc Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 ok, thankyou ... i will try it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 This page lists a few games that have it (check the individual sections): http://www.videogamehouse.net/ I love this page, I just wish it was updated more. Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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