SpringDivorce

@alexybubble
It never existed beyond a five second animation. Hell, some of the earlier titles - Cloudy Mountain and Night Stalker (both of ehich, as an owner of the original machine, I liked the look of) were still being teased with the same few minutes of gameplay three years after being announced.

@BloodNinja
It failed because the people in charge were scamming arseholes that gave not one *****.

@Big_Fudge

So prayvtell why it did? Because nobody was interested in playing mobile games at home on a big TV?

I have to wonder about ANYONE that thinks this pile of junk offers anything new or revolutionary.

@cyrus_zuo

Other way for me, the Arcade carts are brilliant!

@Turbo857
I'm not basing it just on my daughter. I'm basing it on the regular Mario Kart/Party nights we have with multiple ages in my house. Wario Ware lately actually.

@Turbo857
Spouting the value of a 64 way disc to control a shmup? Ouch.
That entire post was cringe. I've yet to hear a compelling reason for Amico. I've got two originals, and 100+ games. I wanted this to be good. It isn't. Ah well, I'm guessing Evercade will pick up any finished games as Amico Collection.

@Turbo857

Still pushing this narrative that kids are stupid or modern games are complicated. Newsflash, they aren't. My daughter is 7 so yes, the Switch is her first console. She's blown through the Kirby demo a dozen times now and can't wait for the full game. The Amico offers nothing that my dodgy Android box doesn't.

@Turbo857

Except its no longer any more 'affordable' than the myriad of superior options available, it's no longer particularly 'simple', the Switch has already done a sterling job of introducing kids to gaming (my 7 YO daughter is awaiting Kirby eagerly after living the demo), the front end isn't finished, the back end isn't finished, the games aren't finished, the machine isn't finished, interest levels are dismal, they're hemorrhaging money, and the only thing they've delivered so far are cardboard boxes with tat inside them. Apart from that, all good.

One of their dev units in a mockup box. The guy that's presented it later admitted as much.

Ah, i'm going to miss all of this. It's been fun.

@rushiosan
Going up to 350......

@ozyr

It isn't negativity. Anyone that's been into gaming for longer than a few years can see where this is headed. It's just stating facts.
Where are all the gameplay videos promised BTW?

Hahahaha the price is gonna go up? There will be so few of these manufactured that I won't even be able to pick it up in a bargain bin just to laugh at.

Hahaha. Honestly, I was quite interested in this at the beginning, when I thought that it'd have more Intellivision remakes. The direction it's taken now, as though the Switch doesn't already have cheap, family-friendly, couch co-op titles, is baffling, the tech is dated, and the price a joke. I'm out.

@milvus976578

I've tried to explain this to some of their fans, but they don't take kindly to it.

@Agriculture

Don't remember a disc drive ever being mentioned? The whole project is a joke, but that would be absolute madness.

@CoffeeWithGames

They've stated 'no 3D games', so they've entirely cut themselves off from the Minecraft/Roblox market.

Their entire pitch seems to assume that kids are dumb and existing video games are too complex for them. I must have imagined playing Mario Party with my three this weekend....

@Turbo85
The last dozen Switch games I bought have all been under a fiver. To try and insist that this is somehow better value is pure fantasy.

DOA. I'll pick one up at £100 next year.

The Eurogamer preview wasn't overly impressed. I'm genuinely not sure of the point of this thing. Other than 'it has a crank'. Will be a race to see which bombs harder - this or the Amico.

@Anguspuss

As mentioned, probably rights. At the price they sell the carts for, there probably isn't a lot of wiggle room when choosing the games. I think they're doing a pretty decent job so far.

@SwitchForce

Say what? You're complaining that if someone bought these way back in the day, they're somehow being screwed because this exists, or did I misunderstand?

@Axelay71

They're great. A lot of the games it's getting are more on the esoteric side and probably won't see released anywhere else, so it complements the Switch nicely. Good value as well, I paid between £3-5.00 for the Data East ports on Switch, so to get 8 games on a cart for £14.99 is not to be sniffed at.

Damn yes. One of the best announcements yet.

@CactusMan

I had to sell off a collection some 18 years ago (thousands of original games over MD/SNES/Saturn/PS1/Neo Geo) and I've not really been in a position to start again up until this point. Since then, retro prices have absolutely exploded, so I decided to just pick up Switch carts and the Evercade as it's a relatively inexpensive way of building up a nice cart collection.

@jipiboily

Completely forgot about the Apple walled-in system, it's been that long since I used one. Oops.

I don't get the point of these TBH. I own a OnePlus Nord, and a Poco X3 Pro, and both of them run N64 perfectly. Paired with a decent pad I'm not sure why I'd ever need a dedicated retro handheld. Not that it stopped me picking up the Evercade for some odd reason. I think it's the collector in me that one.

@kingbk
They aren't you cheeky sod, I'm 44!

The Inty was my first console, so yes, I'll be getting this. I don't think it'll ever be more than a niche machine, but what can I say, the nostalgia goggles are firmly strapped in place for this particular purchase.

In fairness, Astrosmash, Cloudy Mountain, Night Stalker and Breakout all look pretty cool. It's got the New Earthworm Jim of that's your bag, and there was a Data East logo on the presentation, so we'll hopefully see new versions of their arcade stuff. Still, it's looking pretty expensive next to the Evercade VS Founder's I've pre-ordered at £160.00, which also comes with more games on its six carts than have even been announced for Amico!

Anyone that thinks the SNES game is a port of Rondo hasn't played past the first stage. Influenced by, yes, but it is its own (worse) game.

@Gs69

Indeed it does, I have a few of them - Speedball, Ikari Warriors, Sonic Wings.

@The-Nate

Well whatever was just used for the Turrican collection was pretty much perfect, problem solved.

@Gs69

Forgot about that, great version. Might have to boot up the PS3 later.

@Slowdive
Particularly as the Turrican Flashback collection has just done such a great job. Didn't realise it was MD/PC ports. Not as excited now, the one on Gods Remastered was absolute ass compared to the original.

@Bearzilla823

In fairness, there's a bunch of games on here that haven't really had much in the way of home releases at all. Dark Edge, Cotton, Death Adder, Scramble Spirits, Rad Mobile, E-Swat, Arabian Fight.... Depends on how much of a Sega nut you are really.

I picked one up just for Rad Mobile and Revenge of Death Adder. Neat little unit, shame about the lack of super-scaler games though - this was probably my last hope for a home version of OutRunners.