Yo-Yo

I wonder if the dark circles at the top edge of the handhelds would have been IR emitters for 2-player action

I wonder if the dark circles at the top edge of the handhelds would have been IR emitters for 2-player action

Yeah I think they were working on a Missile Command one that would have looked like one of these:
 

 
Tod Frye discussed these handhelds in the article uncle Arenafoot linked to the other day: http://forums.atari.io/index.php/topic/915-what-are-the-real-facts-behind-pac-man’s-2600-development/

Man, those would have been AMAZING.

Yeah I think they were working on a Missile Command one that would have looked like one of these:
 

 
Tod Frye discussed these handhelds in the article uncle Arenafoot linked to the other day: http://forums.atari.io/index.php/topic/915-what-are-the-real-facts-behind-pac-man’s-2600-development/

I love all the trading going on around here, and how sharing these trades kinda works like positive feedback. 

I love all the trading going on around here, and how sharing these trades kinda works like positive feedback. 

Yeah I think they were working on a Missile Command one that would have looked like one of these:
 

 
Tod Frye discussed these handhelds in the article uncle Arenafoot linked to the other day: http://forums.atari.io/index.php/topic/915-what-are-the-real-facts-behind-pac-man’s-2600-development/

It's cool to hear the forums in your podcast  :mac_woofwoof:

It's cool to hear the forums in your podcast  :mac_woofwoof:

Yeah I think they were working on a Missile Command one that would have looked like one of these:
 

 
Tod Frye discussed these handhelds in the article uncle Arenafoot linked to the other day: http://forums.atari.io/index.php/topic/915-what-are-the-real-facts-behind-pac-man’s-2600-development/

I love all the trading going on around here, and how sharing these trades kinda works like positive feedback. 

I reached my 200th episode covering Alex Kidd in Shinobi World.  I also unboxed a nice lot of Jaguar stuff and reviewed Mean 18 on the Atari 7800 as well.

Glad to be back, so I updated my trading post! You see something you like? I'd love to make a trade! ????

Here's another set of 2600 games, this time not from a smoker. Haven't had time to test them all but if you see a game you want, let me know and I will clean and test it.
 

Here's what I got in trade from Rowsdower70.  It's a long story.
 
My PS2 died.  So I contacted Rowsdower, who nicely arranged this trade.  And then while the fat PS2 was on the way to me, I found the slim at a thrift store for $15!  So now I have two.  Father and son. 
 
Rowsdower is a lifesaver, and he brings good luck!  And Magic cards. 

Awesome I love hearing stories like that, good on you  Rowsdower70 
 
I also have that combo, a slim and a original "phat" PS2, I am incredibly impressed with the slim but there is just something about the original even if it is just nostalgia, though not my original I associate my mother (who passed a few years ago too young) back when the original came out, I was living on my own and I had a birthday coming up, I knew it was a bit much to ask but I really sold her on the idea of how it would be so great because it was the awesome new game console from SONY and it could even double as a DVD player! Well, she swung it and got it for my birthday and I had so many amazing gaming experiences on it but the circumstances on how I got it mean much more to me these days. 

That is indeed one sweet gun! Don't go waving it around outside lol. 

Easter Egg: Kool-Aid Man

 
Ep 198: Crypts of Chaos

Indeed I agree, Yo-Yo. It did hurt them.
Atari had great properties that would have made a killing in the handheld market: Space Invaders, Asteroids, Missile Command, Pac-Man, even Breakout. They missed a golden opportunity. I think Missile Command in particular could have been realized as a handheld extremely well.

Thanks for finishing this up RP! It was really well done!

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.

This looks spectacular as a blog, congrats on everything RP you deserve it!

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.

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.