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Big Up to Circus Atari, another unloved classic!
My 3:
Stargate (2600)
Zaxxon (Master System)
Star Tropics (NES)
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Some early-2000s classics and an In-N-Out sticker!!! Yayyys!
Rowsdower,'are you gonna share the Texas spirit and send him a Whataburger sticker in return?
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Hell of a nice gift. That's gracious of you Stormy!
- StormSurge, Rowsdower70 and LeeJ07
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I feel I owe these guys a bit of an apology even though they bring criticism on themselves. I've been pretty ruff on them this week. Withdrawing from Indigogo is the honorable thing to do. Maybe they're naive but they're probably good guys chasing their dreams. I stand by what I said but I don't want to be like everyone else on the other forum sites that tears down other people's dreams and stirs up negativity.
- nosweargamer, Justin, StormSurge and 3 others
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figured they would drop it and return.
to paraphrase six million dollar man:
Retro VGS, game system, gentleman we can rebuild it, to make it,faster,better and stronger. we can make it worlds first Bionic Retro Game System
I think that's called a Dreamcast
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We should keep these updated along the way as stuff comes and goes from our collections
- Justin, LeeJ07, StormSurge and 1 other
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Nice to see this topic going!
- Cousin Mike, StormSurge and MaximumRD
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Here it is in two parts:
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- Popular Post
- Popular Post
What's in your collection? Here's what's in mine:
ATARI
Atari 2600 (light sixer)
Atari 2600 (JR)
Atari 5200 (4 Port glossy)
Atari 7800 (ProSystem)
Atari XE
Atari Jaguar
NINTENDO
Nintendo AV Famicom
Nintendo Emtertainment System
Nintendo Game Boy Advance
Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Nintendo 64
Nintendo Wii U
SEGA
Sega Master System
Sega Genesis (mark 1)
CLASSIC GAMING GENERAL
Intellivision
ColecoVision
Telegames Dyna
TurboGrafx-16
PC Engine
Retron 5
MODERN GAMING
PlayStation
PlayStation 3 (dead)
PlayStation 4
Xbox 360 (dead)
LARGEST COLLECTION: Nintendo NES (85 games)
- Doctor Octagon, RickR, LeeJ07 and 5 others
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So game gavel and retro VGS are the same people?
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Pocket Simon is still a good chunk larger than Touch Me though
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I totally agree with you on the Retron 5. It does so much and $150 is about what I'd want to pay. Anything more is too painful a pinch for me.
I won't by anything off of game gavel after this mess.
What's the story with game gavel? Did they promote the Retro VGS?
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Also, I used to confuse Touch Me with TI's Little Professor, they were in the same aisle at Sears.
- Arenafoot, RickR and StormSurge
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Man, I'd really like to learn more about this. I've always been intrigues by the idea of Atari handhelds and the lack thereof. I want to know why so many Atari handhelds were cancelled, and why Touch Me didn't become as known as Simon. Also the name, I wonder who came up with "Touch Me" and who in the marketing department thought that was a good name for a kids game.
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YES! And it is SPECTACULAR. You'll look at the Intellivision version with disdain once you try it. Take THAT George Pimple-ton.
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That's interesting that one is more orange than the other one. I wonder if they were manufactured in different countries, or if one of these is "the Heavy-Sixer of the Touch-Me's"
- RickR and StormSurge
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Comatose Curt Vendel can take a sigh of relief cuz of the attention taken away from his criminally negligent management of the Atari 7800 XM.
I don't see how he can breathe a sigh of relief yet. He did good things once but destroyed his reputation with deceptive practices and sociopathic behavior that's borderline criminal in my opinion, then hides behind his henchmen like a baby. He's the Richard Nixon of Atari.
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That would be nice, I'd like to hear thatI'm trying to be very level headed with this project. And actually, I may, in the near future, reveal how the Retro VGS could win me back.
I feel like this is a group of good guys who got in over their heads. I'll stay open minded and maybe they will pull it off.
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Let's hope they aren't. It's a cool idea and I want to root for these guys. Seems like they have no idea what they're doing though
- StormSurge, RickR and nosweargamer
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How cool that we get a behind the scenes look. I wish more YouTubers would try stuff like this. This is something special.
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This looks spectacular as a blog, congrats on everything RP you deserve it!
- StormSurge and RadioPoultry
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There was also a guy who posted on their FB page, that he canceled his pledge (Don't know how you do that on the site they are on).
From reading some of the comments under his post, apparently he was a pretty big supporter of theirs, but has not like how things have turned out. I wouldn't be surprised if others followed his lead.
I was going to post what he said, but guess what? They (Retro VGS) no longer allow people to post to their page, only to respond to their posts. In addition, it seems they have started responding to some of the criticism by name calling. They called the criticism from Pat's show "Drunken Commentary". Even if everyone on that show was severely under the influence of something, it's best to respect their opinion rather than respond like that. Either address it directly or ignore it.
They also have started calling some of their critics "haters" and seemingly blaming them, but when doing so, did not make it clear if any criticism is valid. (see pic below) When you put out something this ambitious, you will have people who have valid questions and criticisms. Name me one system that didn't? If you start attacking part of your target audience instead of trying to win them back, you not only alienate them, but also people who have honest questions about the system, but think they are being called haters even if they are not.
I hate to say this, but this is getting ugly. I think there was a portion of gamers who had fair questions, but felt ignored or belittled for their opinions. And I think some of the Retro VGS people are feeling frustrated at the lack of support after working very hard to get their project up and might be starting to lash back. This is getting ugly. Hopefully they can turn the ship around.
I've never really said this publicly before, for the sake of avoiding unnecessary flattery, but No Swear Gamer is someone I've listened to and held in very high regard for many years. I was really happy to see him take a leading role in this community. I don't know him personally but feel like I know him through his podcasts and probably listen to him as much as anyone else. Phil has always struck me as a very humble, very genuine person. He gives opinions based on fact not hype (in my opinion this is what John Lester / Gamester81 does) and Phil has been very fair in his approach I think. To see him share some of his own trepidations about the Retro VGS make me feel a little bit more at ease with mine. I don't want to unfairly hate on something or be overly critical, yet that's how I felt about myself. Really until just now. To see Phil No Swear Gamer say "This is getting ugly" makes me feel like I'm not alone in thinking the same. And I think that's an ominous sign for Retro VGS. Just my 2c.
- StormSurge, nosweargamer, Arenafoot and 1 other
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Atari Touch Me
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It hurt them more than we talk about too. They ceded that whole market to Mattel and Coleco. Atari paid millions for the rights to games like Pac-Man and allowed the handheld/tabletop rights to go to Coleco. When it came time to negotiate Donkey Kong, Nintendo decided to go with Coleco instead because they had the ability to put Donkey Kong on a handheld and manufacture Donkey Kong toys. Nintendo has always been a toy company at heart and correctly saw that Atari wasn't, but should have been.