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I really appreciate how John Alvarado straight up resembles a stage magician by now. ^^

He's the best looking thing in this video. :V

I'll be honest. This thing looks like a device that hospitals loan out to patients with rare blood diseases.

The Dreamcast was so ahead of its time it ain't even funny.
Too bad SEGA wasn't able to push it hard enough.

Nomad was pretty wild in that you could just plug your existing MasterSystem and Megadrive collection of games right in. :V

Yes?

And yes, but I didn't use it, because solitaire is just better?

So it's a PC in a box that emulates old consoles?

Not sure I'd buy this while knowing that all of it is emulation, and that both the hardware and cartridges mostly are a smoke and mirrors thing.

But it IS a very sleek looking little thing, and I DO like many of these games. Ain't no two ways about that, no sir.

Looks like the game selection on OUYA desu.

WHICH, I might want to add, I was quite fond of!

BUT, I might add, only to the extent that they allowed everyone to self-publish precisely what they felt like. This meant I got to play the entirety of Terry Cavanaugh and Stephen Lavelle's backlog of bizarre experiments. I don't think the Amico will allow those types of games.

This looks both impractical and somewhat flimsy, but I'm still exciting to see how it has all come together.

@JackTako
"Oh me? I am not a game collector, I just find it hard to let go of things."

Nice book. :9

For now, I can just admire the 48 physical MasterSystem boxes I have on display right here next to my desk, however.

I still have a soft spot for Molyneux's games, and many fond memories of them. Theme Park, Theme Hospital, Dungeon Keeper, even Gene Wars, for as flawed and unfulfilling of its potential as that game was.

This past handful of years, no less than four separate wannabes of Theme Hospital have caught my attention, and a very deliberate Dungeon Keeper knock-off has reared its head as well. Clearly a lot of developers still look up to Molyneux.

@Krull
Strangely, that is the version I own.
It was apparently rebuilt ground-up by the guys at TecMagik, another small UK studio.

I think it's about time the Americans get back in to the game console market, now that Microsoft have all but admitted that they have no ideas left.

That mysterious Atari announcement last year really doesn't count.

This new Intellivision initiative is headed by some real pros that I have an utmost respect for. And while it smells a bit like the phone-tech based micro console experiments that OUYA and GameStick hit a wall with, I'm convinced there are lots of untapped brilliant ideas out there that can help make this a successful brand revival.

Here's to their efforts!

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That looks like an elder-care hygiene product from the 90s, and no end-user will have a clue who those people are.

This video gets the job done of telling the industry that something is coming, but ultimately raises more questions than it answers. Which might be a good thing, if the answers are coming.
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Rare were so incredibly prolific in the 90s.

As a young idealist at the time I was pretty upset when it was revealed that the Stampers had sold Rare in its entirety to Microsoft.

Learning about all of what went on up to that event in the years after has given it some perspective. I'm happy their legacy can still be appreciated like this.

Very interesting set of limitations this systems seems to have had. And man, the Z80 is legendary for a reason.

@andrew20
For the few original designs in there, I'd really love to play those as well. Though quite many of the games appear to have been cut-rate versions of gamers from other systems/arcade in the first place. So porting those might not be optimal.

Infogrames still looking to mine that retro gold.
While seemingly still knowing as little as ever about what makes gamers tick.

Man, Sonic was the talk of the town back then.
I was 7 years old and fellow kids would be like "kender du Sonic'en?", as in "the Sonic," in definite article, because we didn't know english and didn't know any better.
Then soon after the games came the animated TV series (in plural).

One of the most massive and successful character brandings in history.

I was able to beat this game many times over in my childhood, mainly becasue I'd been given a hand-written cheat sheet for all the janken battles AND the order of the pink stones.

Somewhat surprised by learning tha it was supposed to be a Dragon Ball game, but in hindsight it looks super obvious.

My nephew of 6 has a GB Boy Color for playing Pokémon Crystal. His dad needs to help him with reading, but he's really enjoying it, despite the lack of touch screen input.

I never got into the Rogue Squadron games back in the day, not being much of a StarWars person, but I do remember being wildly impressed with the first trailers for Rogue Squadron II, leading up to the GameCube's release.

I would probably have bought the Wii compilation though, and I'm sure many others would as well, judging from how well the LEGO StarWars Trilogy did on Wii.

That drawing where Robotnik is just some random design for a bee enemy. It's wonderful to see where things come from.

Man, I really loved Wetrix on the N64.

If those guys were to do something, I'm sure it'd be good.

I was too late for the Kickstarter, but I will definitely be wanting to watch this!