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If you're pre-ordering the Amico in 2025, then I've got a bridge in Brooklyn I'd love to sell you.

@obijuankanoobie Gotta say RG34XX doesn't have much cachet.

I really wish these consoles were FPGA systems. Not sure what the price point would be (probably at least $200), but I'd be a lot more interested if they were.

@Bod2019 Good question. You'd have to be a complete idiot to think you could use another company's name on your product without any authorization and have any legal ground to stand on in any country.

This sort of thing gives one great confidence about the future of AI

Would be cool if there was a light gun plug-and-play system for LCD TVs with a bundle of classic shooting games. I don't know if there's a single company that would do it with its own games, so getting licenses might make the cost too high.

I believe the 7800 actually had a limited release in 1984. Then Jack Tremiel took over Atari and it sat on a shelf for two years before getting a U.S.-wide launch.

Sounds like a cabinet for GTA, not Daytona. I'll show myself out . . .

"Make sure the commercial has a shot of a girl wearing hot pants."
Some 70s ad exec, probably

@Elitepatriot Yep. None of those qualifiers in the last sentence mean anything to Nintendo. It's still their IP and they're not going to let anyone do anything with it publicly without their permission.

Rock, paper, scissors, lizard, Spock! (I'll show myself out . . .)

@Darknyht You definitely raise some valid concerns, but I still think this acquisition is a big step up for those who care about the Intellivision brand and legacy. The current Atari isn't perfect, but at least it doesn't take customers' money and give them nothing in return.

Hopefully this acquisition will do something other than just extend the life of the pyramid scheme that is the Amico . . .

If this thing delivers and is priced right, it could be the retro console to end all retro consoles.

The fact their mascot looks like Plankton from SpongeBob is very apropos.

@-wc- This is the correct answer

Super Brontë Sisters, anyone?

• cue Bob Hope theme song *

So this device is at the same price point as the Atari 2600+ but doesn't play actual carts? That's disappointing, IMO

Methinks this game looks like a Splatoon clone . . .

Is Lilith the final boss battle?? (of wits, of course)

@Woderwick @AceGrace Good to know, thanks

@AceGrace What's the difference between the UK and US keyboard layouts? I honestly didn't know there were differences.

E.T. isn't a terrible game nor a great game; it's so-so in my opinion. Definitely not the worst game of all time. However, it wasn't what Atari needed at the time, which was a game kids 10 and under could pick up and play like Super Mario Bros. would be a few years later. But Atari got greedy and didn't give Warshaw the time to put the level of polish a game with that much riding on it needed.

Almost any 2600 game by Activision is a good place to start.

@BLAZINOAH I would hope it's an FPGA system at this price point. We've already had an emulation machine that takes carts with the Retron 77 at about half the price, although the Retron is 2600 games only.

@roe Something like 75% of silent movies are thought to have been lost for decades because they were produced on silver nitrate, which was unstable and flammable. So it's not just games.

@YANDMAN Licensing games/IP to other platforms is a tacit admission by Intellivision the Amico will never happen.

@MysticX I was a kid that was a fan of E.T. (to date it's still the only movie I've seen in a theater twice), but in 1997 I was in college and definitely had no interest in playing an E.T. game.

I think A1UP is going to need to find games to release like this to remain sustainable. Can't just keep re-releasing Pac-Man.

I know this game was an arcade sequel, but a DD2 machine in the wild is very rare. At least in North America.

I've been following this story since before covid and I can't believe at least one state's attorney general isn't investigating at this point. Too many people have lost their $.

The phrase "Atari got greedy" reverberates through video game history . . .

They've been saying the Amico is "ready for manufacturing" for at least the last 3 years.

@Mikmoomamimocki Exactly. Even if it's legit and goes into mass production, why would you pay as much for it as a Switch?

Seems to me they'd be better off releasing the original Intellivision titles rather than these "updated" versions. But then they'd still need some solid new exclusive titles like Earthworm Jim 3 to justify a $150+ console. I wish them luck with all that . . .

@joey302 I think Tramiel's interest was mainly in trying to stick it to Commodore after he left and so his focus was primarily on the PC market. His purchase of Atari from Warner interrupted the release of the 7800 because the two argued back and forth over who should pay the subcontractor for its development. If Atari had launched the 7800 nationally in late '84/early '85 and focused solely on consoles, they'd likely still be something of the company people remember.