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@Markiemania95 I mean, I get that the name is a pun on the word "reset" but I don't especially find it hilarious.

Animal Acres sounds like a farming simulation to me. Obviously there are elements of that in the games, but not exclusively.

@Yojimbo I bought a Super NT from Analogue years ago and I love it. But I honestly wonder how the company keeps going with the limited amount of product they seem to have as well as the repeated delays.

I obviously love the OG Dig Dug, but my goodness . . . there ain't much Namco won't do for a $.

Hopefully this won't be the video game equivalent of Geraldo Rivera opening Al Capone's vault live on TV. (Yes, I'm old enough to remember that.)

Given the plethora of handheld systems available now--both retro and new--a Lynx+ could make a lot of sense. And I mean a real Lynx+ system made by Atari. Not some crappy third party handheld that just plays 2600 games.

He wanted to talk about it, but he couldn't. 🤫

Will be disappointed if this biopic doesn't have product placements for Tinactin, Miller Lite, and ACE Hardware.

That statement from Retro-Bit could've denied the chips in the cartridge were used. It didn't.

@Gerald Sort of. Ferrari made a Testarossa Spider at the request of the chairman of the company in the 80s, but it was 1/1 and with silver paint. Some aftermarket conversions by third party firms of the Testarossa were also made.

@tektite_captain Indeed. With so little plot to adapt the studio isn't paying for much more than the name.

As an American I was always fascinated by the concept of the Satellaview. For the time it sounded like Japan was living in the year 3000! 😁

Just shows Nintendo has long had these "we know what's best for you" vibes.

I mean, the shoes look fine, but no one is going to have any idea these are your Goldeneye 007 shoes unless you tell them.

I mean, it looks cool and everything, but trying to play these games on a 2" touch screen sounds like a terrible experience.

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?