Yeah it looks nice but how easy is it to actually tell time with it? The UFOs indicate minutes and hours, so I'm guessing the ship is seconds? The face is so busy you'll have to stare at the watch to focus on the time or have to do a quick double-take to know gor sure what time it is.
That's 2 arcades up in literal smoke in a short time. This one sounded like there were a lot of machines that were down/broken with a possibility of no hope on getting fixed. With what it seems to be (at least to me with articles and chatter I've read) a decline in the arcade business, anyone else think these fires are a little suspicious?
As GeneJacket said, GS tried this before. At the one local to me, the had a cabinet under the sales counter with retro games on display. Then it quietly went away.
I'm surprised they don't do anything with Atari. With the 2600+ and now the 7800+, new/re-released games and new controllers available, it might be a great opportunity. If GS has a stock of 2600 carts they don't know what to do with, they'd have a way to upsell.
I'd be interested in the ROM rather than a cart as I've spent enough on NES stuff (I've already ponied up for The Storied Sword cart) but the site says you lose the ability to save on an Everdrive cart. I wonder why?
@Poidlestargenerica-Ah, I see. When I bought mine (probably the X5) there was a choice between two different versions. So it's obviously been a while since I shopped for one.
As for price, it's a good discount (as the Everdrive is $219 bear bones at Stone Age Gamer) and we'll see how it goes for quality. As long as it's better than the Chinese rip-offs that are out there.
@KingMike: My question about whether or not it WAS a 2DS being used got lopped off when I edited it. As I read Spider-Kev's messages it sounded more like playing a cart than a game file. Ugh, I hate using a phone to message. Sorry for the confusion.
@Spider-Kev: I never owned Minish Cap on cartridge but I did a little quick research. Did you buy this game from a legit store or did you buy it off of eBay or something? From the brief scan of the Interwebs it appears that GBA carts saved to flash memory that doesn't use battery backup. Fake carts reportedly use batteries, which might explain why you are having the save problem.
I still have my ex-wife's original DS that was purchased back in 2006 in an Animal Crossing bundle. We bought one from Fry's Electronics (I think..this event happened 18 years ago in Vegas so the memory is foggy) as we were Animal Crossing playing fiends at the time. We went back to Fry's to get another bundle so we could benefit from getting different fruit. She upgraded to a DS Lite Crimson and so her Cobalt went into my game collection and I still have it and MY A.C. cartridge. That system still works, even with its original battery.
I also have a small pile of DS/2DS systems (at least 2 DS Lites, my DS Cobalt, 4-5 2DS's that were bought when they were cheap used, 2 DSi XLs and my New 3DS not-XL) but my step kids, son and daughter don't have much interest in them. I do pick mine up occasionally for some play.
@3d0: I'm not up on the MARS- was there money exchanged already for the system or is this system being promised to be released with no funds from potential customers?
Dang, it's hard to provide positive journalism when something posted publicly on social media (which could be found if a person searched on a search engine) is then considered verboten if it's mentioned elsewhere.
This is why, other than forums, I don't do mainstream social media. Plus, if it's personal, I don't include it online for the world to see. We have issues, things come up but beyond saying "there be personal issues", we don't need to justify. We're pressured to justify our actions, no matter how minute, but we have to remember we don't have to say diddly squat.
As Mom used to say "are you writing a book? Well, leave me out of that chapter".
I played some Windwaker as I got the Zelda edition Wii U with the game but at the time I logged in my hours on my classic systems and PC, like " To The Moon". I didn't play games like "SM3DW" until 2014 when I was going through my divorce. My ex kept the Wii U and I watched my daughter at her house before I took her to school, so we'd played that to completion. 2013 was also the timeof Minecraft on 360.
Other titles,mainly Nintendo ones like "Link Between Worlds" I played years later.
The "Immortal" John Hancock reviewed this system as well. You can use Hyperkin (Ranger and that stick/paddle thing they put out), Sega Master system controllers, Genesis/Mega Drive controllers (with Mega 7800 adapter), 7800 Proline and the 2600 Trackball.
I was thinking of dumping my carts to stick with my Harmony cart but man, I like the look of this. I do have a CRT but no good place to set my VCS for proper play. The 2600+ could go anywhere a modern screen is and my younglings like "Outlaw".
Harumph....choices...I wouldn't mind that "Berzerk" game either.
Oh sure, Valve, I decide to buy a retro computer instead on your (then) current deck and the next day you announce this and drop the prices on the old hardware. Ugh....
@JayJ Well, it's a good starting point for someone who may want to play these games on something close to the original experience. This looks like it'll fit that bill, probably to a detriment with carts as opposed to built in games which is what many retro curious are used to.
I forgot it came packed with a 10 game cart. The titles there are a good start (save for "Combat"- that's a two player only game....).
A person named Ben Jones from Plaion, who handles the manufacture and production of the 2600+, answered a bunch of questions in a forum thread on Atari Age. He confirmed the old hardware by saying "CX40, CX30 and CX78 work." I think the "Immortal"John Hancock also mentioned this in a video as well, which is what got me to pull the trigger on the controllers.
Good paddles are hard to find so if Atari makes them like the oldies, I'll be a happy guy.
I'm also tempted on getting "Berzerk" with the enhancements. I just wish I had more room to have my systems out and displayed.
Wow, the boxes for the cartridges remind me of 8-track tape sleeves.
I did order the paddle set and a joystick so we'll see how this goes. I primarily game on a Harmony cart with my childhood VCS so I don't have to haul up my stash of cartridges, so that leaves the 2600+ on the "maybe" side of things.
Still, looks way better than that Retron 77 system. I played on one at Midwest Gaming Classic and it felt so cheap. I do own a Ranger stick and that doesn't feel as good as the real McCoy. I'm hoping the new Atari made one is a quality product.
A local game store at the mall had the system at launch and one of the employees hyped it up. From what I played then couldn't justify the $700 for the Panasonic player (which was way nicer looking and seemed more solid than the Goldstar top loader). Years later I bought a Panasonic FZ-0 (the front loader) for $60 on eBay. Played a bunch of games ("Need for Speed" wasn't just a title but a statement-that game felt slow!) then sold it. Out of the titles I had, I miss "Twisted" out of all of them. It was a fun, quirky game show game that the Ex and I played most on there.
@skaarj217 Because the Xbox came full circle (360) to revolutionize gaming again (at least in Microsoft's mind)? That's the best I can come up with.
I never had an issue with the name "Xbox". Like you didn't know what you were gonna get when you pushed the power button. It was my first real experience gaming online with others (my PCs up to that point were not up to online gaming with then modern titles) and got my group into karaoke.
My first console was a Coleco Telstar Arcade. I don't recall if my family got it used or what but I do remember the trigger on the gun stopped working. In order to shoot, I had to pull the hammer back and release. I think I was 4 at the time, so 1979.
Like another I fall between option 1 and 2. I have 4- Everdrives for my NES and my N64 and 2 R4’s for my DS’s. I have NES and N64 games I adore as separate carts but I primarily play from the flash drives. My original Xbox and Wii are modded to load games from the hard drive mostly because I don’t want to wear the DVD drive and my kids already killed a couple Wii and Wii U discs. The R4’s were to help prevent MY games that my kids want to play from getting lost….which worked OK until the R4’s disappeared. “What part of “don’t take the gold cartridge out” didn’t you understand?”
I guess it’s a “where your moral compass guides you” but at the same time don’t judge others. It’s one thing to snag an illegit copy of say Zelda:Botw on Switch but another for getting a ROM of “Cool Spot” for SNES as Nintendo, Virgin Interactive and Dr. Pepper (who I believe owned 7-Up in the US around the SNES era) aren’t selling it, making it, licensingit for distribution and don’t make a red nickle from second hand sales, which is the only way to get an actual cartridge.
I’d rather do the latter, so I can at least experience it again.
It WOULD be great if the copyright owners for games no longer available with no intention of selling the IP have a type of open license that grants permission to use and distribute ROMs freely but not sell or include on a device being sold for profit. If said ROM is acquired by a new owner, they can opt to have it removed from the license and bar further free distribution but those that have it prior wouldn’t get dinged. “
"Bitter 16-bit console war"? Sega lowered its weapons and fired salvo after salvo of "we're better than Nintendo" style advertisements while Nintendo never really responded in kind. What major ads were there- the Super Mario World commercial of bright colors, the abandoned drive-in theater commercial with Paul Rudd in a trench coat. If anything was bitter, it was Sega.
This seemed to trip the trigger for similar ads for the Neo Geo ("if you play 16 bit consoles, you're a weenie. Play a Neo Geo and you are a real hot dog!"), TG-16 (Johnny Turbo ads where the rotund hero battled the marketing drones of Seg...er..Feka) along with some from 3DO.
Funny thing is no one seems to remember the Atari VCS, Colecovision and Intellivision commercials commercials that ripped each other apart. The difference is that the 90's got loud and "in your face".
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Re: Atari & Watchmaker Nubeo Team Up To Release $500 Limited-Edition Asteroids Watch
Yeah it looks nice but how easy is it to actually tell time with it? The UFOs indicate minutes and hours, so I'm guessing the ship is seconds? The face is so busy you'll have to stare at the watch to focus on the time or have to do a quick double-take to know gor sure what time it is.
Re: Osaka Retro Gaming Arcade Goes Up In Flames
That's 2 arcades up in literal smoke in a short time. This one sounded like there were a lot of machines that were down/broken with a possibility of no hope on getting fixed. With what it seems to be (at least to me with articles and chatter I've read) a decline in the arcade business, anyone else think these fires are a little suspicious?
Re: GameStop Announces Launch Of New "Retro GameStops" Stores
As GeneJacket said, GS tried this before. At the one local to me, the had a cabinet under the sales counter with retro games on display. Then it quietly went away.
I'm surprised they don't do anything with Atari. With the 2600+ and now the 7800+, new/re-released games and new controllers available, it might be a great opportunity. If GS has a stock of 2600 carts they don't know what to do with, they'd have a way to upsell.
Re: Steel Legion Is A New Metroid-Style Adventure For Your NES
I'd be interested in the ROM rather than a cart as I've spent enough on NES stuff (I've already ponied up for The Storied Sword cart) but the site says you lose the ability to save on an Everdrive cart. I wonder why?
Re: New Open-Source N64 Flash Cart Imitates One Of Nintendo's Most Expensive Failures
@Poidlestargenerica-Ah, I see. When I bought mine (probably the X5) there was a choice between two different versions. So it's obviously been a while since I shopped for one.
As for price, it's a good discount (as the Everdrive is $219 bear bones at Stone Age Gamer) and we'll see how it goes for quality. As long as it's better than the Chinese rip-offs that are out there.
Re: New Open-Source N64 Flash Cart Imitates One Of Nintendo's Most Expensive Failures
And it has a real time click for Animal Forest dwellers.
It's tempting.
Re: Survey Reveals Japanese Gen Z Gamers Still Love Nintendo's DS Handhelds
@KingMike: My question about whether or not it WAS a 2DS being used got lopped off when I edited it. As I read Spider-Kev's messages it sounded more like playing a cart than a game file. Ugh, I hate using a phone to message. Sorry for the confusion.
Re: Survey Reveals Japanese Gen Z Gamers Still Love Nintendo's DS Handhelds
@Spider-Kev: I never owned Minish Cap on cartridge but I did a little quick research. Did you buy this game from a legit store or did you buy it off of eBay or something? From the brief scan of the Interwebs it appears that GBA carts saved to flash memory that doesn't use battery backup. Fake carts reportedly use batteries, which might explain why you are having the save problem.
I still have my ex-wife's original DS that was purchased back in 2006 in an Animal Crossing bundle. We bought one from Fry's Electronics (I think..this event happened 18 years ago in Vegas so the memory is foggy) as we were Animal Crossing playing fiends at the time. We went back to Fry's to get another bundle so we could benefit from getting different fruit. She upgraded to a DS Lite Crimson and so her Cobalt went into my game collection and I still have it and MY A.C. cartridge. That system still works, even with its original battery.
I also have a small pile of DS/2DS systems (at least 2 DS Lites, my DS Cobalt, 4-5 2DS's that were bought when they were cheap used, 2 DSi XLs and my New 3DS not-XL) but my step kids, son and daughter don't have much interest in them. I do pick mine up occasionally for some play.
Re: All Is Not Well In The World Of FPGA Retro Gaming
@3d0: I'm not up on the MARS- was there money exchanged already for the system or is this system being promised to be released with no funds from potential customers?
Re: All Is Not Well In The World Of FPGA Retro Gaming
Dang, it's hard to provide positive journalism when something posted publicly on social media (which could be found if a person searched on a search engine) is then considered verboten if it's mentioned elsewhere.
This is why, other than forums, I don't do mainstream social media. Plus, if it's personal, I don't include it online for the world to see. We have issues, things come up but beyond saying "there be personal issues", we don't need to justify. We're pressured to justify our actions, no matter how minute, but we have to remember we don't have to say diddly squat.
As Mom used to say "are you writing a book? Well, leave me out of that chapter".
Re: Review: Indie Heroes Collection 3 (Evercade) - Donut Dodo Is The Highlight
Even though it's not even a spec on most gamers' radar, "Donut Dodo" is also available on the Atari VCS 800 via the online store.
Re: Atari Partner Gives Closer Look At New Asteroids Recharged Cabinet
That looks pretty sharp! I'm not sure if I want to go back to individual buttons for ship control but we'll see how it plays.
"Video Arcade System"-is this something Alan-1 put together or is this where unsold Atari VCS 800's are going? rimshot
Re: Poll: What Was Your Favourite Game Of Christmas 2013?
I played some Windwaker as I got the Zelda edition Wii U with the game but at the time I logged in my hours on my classic systems and PC, like " To The Moon". I didn't play games like "SM3DW" until 2014 when I was going through my divorce. My ex kept the Wii U and I watched my daughter at her house before I took her to school, so we'd played that to completion. 2013 was also the timeof Minecraft on 360.
Other titles,mainly Nintendo ones like "Link Between Worlds" I played years later.
Re: Yep, More Analogue Pocket Limited Editions Are On The Way
So has Analogue been able to fill these limited orders in a decent amount of time or are folks waiting yet?
Re: Review: Atari 2600+ - The Grandaddy Of Gaming Is Back
The "Immortal" John Hancock reviewed this system as well. You can use Hyperkin (Ranger and that stick/paddle thing they put out), Sega Master system controllers, Genesis/Mega Drive controllers (with Mega 7800 adapter), 7800 Proline and the 2600 Trackball.
I was thinking of dumping my carts to stick with my Harmony cart but man, I like the look of this. I do have a CRT but no good place to set my VCS for proper play. The 2600+ could go anywhere a modern screen is and my younglings like "Outlaw".
Harumph....choices...I wouldn't mind that "Berzerk" game either.
Re: Steam Deck Gets Switch-Style OLED Upgrade
Oh sure, Valve, I decide to buy a retro computer instead on your (then) current deck and the next day you announce this and drop the prices on the old hardware. Ugh....
Re: Gallery: Unboxing The Atari 2600+
@JayJ Well, it's a good starting point for someone who may want to play these games on something close to the original experience. This looks like it'll fit that bill, probably to a detriment with carts as opposed to built in games which is what many retro curious are used to.
I forgot it came packed with a 10 game cart. The titles there are a good start (save for "Combat"- that's a two player only game....).
Re: Gallery: Unboxing The Atari 2600+
@-wc- Sure thing!
A person named Ben Jones from Plaion, who handles the manufacture and production of the 2600+, answered a bunch of questions in a forum thread on Atari Age. He confirmed the old hardware by saying "CX40, CX30 and CX78 work." I think the "Immortal"John Hancock also mentioned this in a video as well, which is what got me to pull the trigger on the controllers.
Good paddles are hard to find so if Atari makes them like the oldies, I'll be a happy guy.
I'm also tempted on getting "Berzerk" with the enhancements. I just wish I had more room to have my systems out and displayed.
Re: Gallery: Unboxing The Atari 2600+
Wow, the boxes for the cartridges remind me of 8-track tape sleeves.
I did order the paddle set and a joystick so we'll see how this goes. I primarily game on a Harmony cart with my childhood VCS so I don't have to haul up my stash of cartridges, so that leaves the 2600+ on the "maybe" side of things.
Still, looks way better than that Retron 77 system. I played on one at Midwest Gaming Classic and it felt so cheap. I do own a Ranger stick and that doesn't feel as good as the real McCoy. I'm hoping the new Atari made one is a quality product.
Re: Best 3DO Games Of All Time
A local game store at the mall had the system at launch and one of the employees hyped it up. From what I played then couldn't justify the $700 for the Panasonic player (which was way nicer looking and seemed more solid than the Goldstar top loader). Years later I bought a Panasonic FZ-0 (the front loader) for $60 on eBay. Played a bunch of games ("Need for Speed" wasn't just a title but a statement-that game felt slow!) then sold it. Out of the titles I had, I miss "Twisted" out of all of them. It was a fun, quirky game show game that the Ex and I played most on there.
Re: Flashback: Xbox Got Its Name Because The Other Suggestions Were "F**cking Appalling"
@skaarj217 Because the Xbox came full circle (360) to revolutionize gaming again (at least in Microsoft's mind)? That's the best I can come up with.
I never had an issue with the name "Xbox". Like you didn't know what you were gonna get when you pushed the power button. It was my first real experience gaming online with others (my PCs up to that point were not up to online gaming with then modern titles) and got my group into karaoke.
Re: This No Mercy N64 Mod Is A Retro Wrestling Fan's Dream
It doesn't look like it'll run on a real N64, which is understandable given the overhaul. At the same time it is a bit disappointing.
Re: If You Love The NES, You'll Want 8BitDo's Retro Mechanical Keyboard
I like my Sunsonny keyboard but dang, both those keyboards look cool! Choices, choices.
Re: Talking Point: What Was Your First Video Gaming Experience?
My first console was a Coleco Telstar Arcade. I don't recall if my family got it used or what but I do remember the trigger on the gun stopped working. In order to shoot, I had to pull the hammer back and release. I think I was 4 at the time, so 1979.
I've been down the gaming rabbit hole ever since.
Re: Poll: Do You Use A Flashcart?
Like another I fall between option 1 and 2. I have 4- Everdrives for my NES and my N64 and 2 R4’s for my DS’s. I have NES and N64 games I adore as separate carts but I primarily play from the flash drives. My original Xbox and Wii are modded to load games from the hard drive mostly because I don’t want to wear the DVD drive and my kids already killed a couple Wii and Wii U discs. The R4’s were to help prevent MY games that my kids want to play from getting lost….which worked OK until the R4’s disappeared. “What part of “don’t take the gold cartridge out” didn’t you understand?”
I guess it’s a “where your moral compass guides you” but at the same time don’t judge others. It’s one thing to snag an illegit copy of say Zelda:Botw on Switch but another for getting a ROM of “Cool Spot” for SNES as Nintendo, Virgin Interactive and Dr. Pepper (who I believe owned 7-Up in the US around the SNES era) aren’t selling it, making it, licensingit for distribution and don’t make a red nickle from second hand sales, which is the only way to get an actual cartridge.
I’d rather do the latter, so I can at least experience it again.
It WOULD be great if the copyright owners for games no longer available with no intention of selling the IP have a type of open license that grants permission to use and distribute ROMs freely but not sell or include on a device being sold for profit. If said ROM is acquired by a new owner, they can opt to have it removed from the license and bar further free distribution but those that have it prior wouldn’t get dinged.
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Re: Sega Is Delisting The Best Way To Play 'After Burner' This Month
And I just happen to find a unscratched $10 eShop card in a desk drawer last night. Perfect timing!
Re: The Man Responsible For Sega's Blast Processing Gimmick Is Sorry For Creating "That Ghastly Phrase"
First time post as I gotta chime in on this
"Bitter 16-bit console war"? Sega lowered its weapons and fired salvo after salvo of "we're better than Nintendo" style advertisements while Nintendo never really responded in kind. What major ads were there- the Super Mario World commercial of bright colors, the abandoned drive-in theater commercial with Paul Rudd in a trench coat. If anything was bitter, it was Sega.
This seemed to trip the trigger for similar ads for the Neo Geo ("if you play 16 bit consoles, you're a weenie. Play a Neo Geo and you are a real hot dog!"), TG-16 (Johnny Turbo ads where the rotund hero battled the marketing drones of Seg...er..Feka) along with some from 3DO.
Funny thing is no one seems to remember the Atari VCS, Colecovision and Intellivision commercials commercials that ripped each other apart. The difference is that the 90's got loud and "in your face".