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It could very well be that many of us are just waiting to see what happens.
I still have my FE reserved, and am hopeful the Amico will eventually come out. I do have to roll my eyes at some of the posts here though. So many variations of 'It was a scam since day one! They took the money and ran!', but if it was never anything more a scam would they have designed and then built a functional console? And hired designers to produce games and software for the console? Set up public events to show off the console and let people try it out? All this costs money, and it is a poor scam indeed if you are spending more then you are making.
Honestly, I find it a lot more believable that they were a small startup and counting on pre-orders and initial console and game sales to bankroll the consoles continued development. Then Covid hit, the world shut down for two years and electronics became rarer to find then an honest politician; and about as expensive to buy. I imagine Intellivision simply ran out of money over those two years, and before they could start production to recoup costs and start earning some revenue. That is not a scam, or malicious intent. They just got screwed like the majority of the rest of us by all the global Covid hysteria.I also don't doubt they hoped to get noticed and bought out for an obscene amount of money by one of the industry big players. But then honestly tell me this isn't most new start-ups dream exit ever since the team behind the Oculus Rift kickstarter walked away from their project as new billionaires.
There is very little coming as official news, but they also have not officially announced the Amico as dead either. So I have to wait and see what happens with it.-
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1 hour ago, GoldLeader said:
Wait! Who are you and how'd you get into mr_me's computer?
This is what we've been saying. Maybe if they'd prioritized differently and worked on the console and games FIRST and not worried about the seemingly extravagant office building, the custom Running Man sign, the Ferrari parking signs, the multiple employees (presumably all on the payroll), time
spentwasted arguing with random strangers on the internet, the chrome and neon that looks flashy, but may have cost (quite) a bit, etc....To say nothing of other mismanagement and missteps with regards to spending on parts, etc., Maybe they wouldn't be out of money...Covid restrictions and the kick-down effect of throwing manufacturing and shipping into complete chaos globally made for a tough two years for pretty much everyone.
During this time Intellivision had to operate with no real income, that is why they ran out of money. You still have to pay your hardware and software designers for work they are doing, even if you are unable to manufacture.
As to the refunds, it does suck that they are unable to process any more refunds. But again; they have had no income. No money means no refunds.
I have spent 100$ on worse things then a FE reservation. I also still have hopes that it will eventually release. I am still waiting on Space Venture as well. Now that is a long wait!-
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By this topic, it could be a Sears heavy sixer?
https://atariage.com/forums/topic/287592-how-do-you-tell-if-its-a-sears-heavy-sixer/
It does have all the markings listed in the post that was stated as would identify it as a heavy sixer.
Just to muddy the waters a bit
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Could the game possibly be 'SiN'?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SiN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdMb1i7fM0s
There was a downloadable demo for it, and I do believe for a fair part of the game you are playing though offices and labs?
I would also throw out there 'Corridor 7' as a long shot. It is based in a research laboratory.
While it never really was super popular, I played the hell out of the downloadable shareware version of it back in the day (it might have even been the full game? Now I think on it it was probably donationware?)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corridor_7:_Alien_Invasion
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It is really easy to replace the blu-ray drive on a PS3 fat. You will spend more time on opening the case then removing and replacing the drive!
The important thing to remember is if it is a backwards compatible PS3 (like a CECHA01) you will have to swap the Blu-ray drive motherboards between the old and new drives as well or the PS3 will not recognize it. This is only a problem with the early PS3's though I am told, later Fat revisions you can just swap the entire drive with no issues.
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3 hours ago, cmart604 said:
A fully working in good condition Sears should go for more than a regular one in the same condition. The best part of the Sears one though is the detachable controllers so unless he's selling it for $20-30 I wouldn't waste my money if I were you.
Detachable controllers is exactly why I bought a Sears Super Video Arcade. It makes adding in a controller cable extender a breeze.
But if they are selling it without controllers, you would have to find (or make/adapt) some controllers for the console before you could use it; if the console itself is even functional (you say it is listed as 'for parts'). That to me would considerably lower the value of the console. Sears are certainly harder to find then a stock Intellivision, but you might want to just keep looking and give this console a pass unless you get a real deal on it. -
Necroing my own post a bit here, but I thought I would update what is new with the Master System.
Games are surprisingly expensive (at least on eBay), so I bought off AliExpress a multicart that pretty much has every game ever made on it. Not too bad for 25$ USD.
I also recently bought a box of assorted joysticks from a great seller here in Canada though eBay. While I was mainly interested in the Wico Boss and the Quickshot II Plus for my 2600, among several other various system controllers the lot also had a Sega Genesis controller that I find is a lot more ergonomic and responsive then the stock Master System controller is to use. The only downside is the cable is considerably shorter. The joystick lot also contains a wireless controller and base that I believe also is for a Genesis, but the buttons are sticky so will need some TLC before I attempt to try it out. It is just marked as 'GO' infrared wireless controller.
As a fun related sidenote, I was cleaning my storage room today and found a box I had totally forgotten about in there that a friend of mine had asked me to store it for him while he moved out of town. As this was about 10 years ago, I am suspecting he is not likely coming back for it anytime soon. Inside was a variety of older consoles and controllers including a rather cool looking lime green Xbox, a Dreamcast and a Sega Genesis.
So someday if I get the ambition to hook it up, I may give the Genesis a try as well! I know I am having a blast with the Master System. It has so many great games for it, I am quite shocked the system was never terribly popular here in the West.
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As much as I hate to say it, Lego Star Wars is my little nephews favorite game to play on my PS3. Plus, he can play solo or with his brother or myself. It is a fun and easy platformer, where you can die lots and it does not effect the game in the slightest, so he doesn't get angry about dying repeatedly at some points.
You could try Mod Nation Racers for a racing game. It is a bit like Mario cart, but my younger nephew did seem to pick up how to play pretty quickly.
You can also see if you can find a copy of 'Where The Wild Things Are' for the PS3. I do not have it, but a quick look on eBay does show it is pretty cheap (around 10$ USD + shipping) and it is a very popular kids series and according to reviews easy for younger children to play.
Again, not a game series I have personally for my PS3, but you might also want to look at 'Pac-man's Ghostly Adventures'. It is also a platformer, and based of the popular kids cartoon.
Finally, my little nephew does like playing Minecraft on my PS3 in creative mode; where he can just build and explore as he likes without fighting or dying. Support is discontinued, but you can still update it to Aquatic which gives them a fair bit of content. I also recently bought Rayman Origins, which to be honest is more for myself but I am thinking he may also like it. Though it is a bit more of a difficult platformer. I also picked up 'Angry Birds Trilogy' for their next visit, as I know both him and his older brother did enjoy playing the app version at one time.
Minecraft and Rayman are probably going to be the most expensive of these, at around 15$ USD. I think most of the rest should be around 10$ give or take.
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I have noticed this as well. I think with everyone pretty much staying at home considerably more the last two years has driven all video game and console prices up considerably.
People have a lot more time to kill while in the house, and looking at pricing in stores and places like eBay I would say many of these are looking to indulge themselves in some video gaming nostalgia. Reliving happier times and all that I suppose?
Which kind of sucks for those of us on the demand side of the supply/demand chain; but not much one can do about it unfortunately.-
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I was just snooping on eBay and found this listing: https://www.ebay.ca/itm/114870031122?hash=item1abec99312:g:~TMAAOSwcRpg2d4a
For an Intellivision Super Pro system. Listed as untested, but the price is pretty reasonable and is a 'Buy It Now' auction at 99$ CAD.
Might be a great score if someone is up for a bit of a gamble and wants to take a chance it is a Tutorvision model? -
I was browsing for Super Action Controllers on eBay, and this listing popped up: https://www.ebay.ca/itm/304036433259?_trksid=p2485497.m4902.l9144
While the Super Action Controller is in pretty rough shape, I do see they have as an unspecified extra controller a Champ CA-340 in with the lot. Which I think is fairly rare to find?
It is certainly a bit of a unique item I think, a keypad accessory that allows you to play a Colecovision using a third party 9-pin joystick rather then the original controller. -
3 hours ago, Keatah said:
Didn't these once trade hands for $30,000? Or am I mis-remembering things. And confusing it with Stadium MudBuggies? It's been ages and these aren't exactly memorable bits of knowledge worthy of committing to memory. Flash in the pan conversation making - you know?
Anyhow. I have a few hard-to-find vintage 486 motherboards. I'm wondering why these can't be worth anything?!?!? There's gotta be about 100-200 in existence worldwide. Perhaps less.
My recollection is pretty questionable, but I think the $30,000 sale was for for a complete Air Raid?
I think the usual auction price for a loose cartridge was traditionally closer to $3,000-3,500.
I do see however the Goodwill one has already blown this away by a considerably margin, and is just over $5,000 with still a day left to go. -
9 hours ago, selgus said:
I am disappointed that this article is very one-sided and doesn't interview people whom had much different interactions with Bradley/Best. Yes, buying from him is "different" than people's expectations these days, but if you understand that and work with Bradley, it can be a very pleasant experience. I for one, have order lots of items from Best, and there are times Bradley would tell me I would need to break up that order over a period of months (ordering ICs and motherboards for my Atari Portable project), and so that's what I would do. The results? He would respond right away to emails, I would pay right away, and the next day the package would be in the mail, well packed and perfect when it arrived.
I understand that other's might have had different experiences, but I don't believe I am one of the few that have had great results.
I noticed this in the article as well, bringing up his limiting order size as a negative.
I would expect this is intentionally done so that the maximum number of people can get always get the parts they need to service their personal systems. He likely does not want to see someone scooping up the entire supply of specific parts and then immediately 'flipping' them on eBay or Amazon for an exorbitant amount.
His making sure the people genuinely interested in keeping their vintage Atari's running can get parts and accessories for their various systems, and for a very reasonable price is a big plus in my book.-
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Wow...
I expect this will go for a mint. Very rare to even find one for sale, and the very few loose cartridges that have in the past popped up on eBay tended to go for thousands if I recall correctly?
This certainly will be a good boost to the Fort Worth Goodwill.
It will be interesting to see what the final selling price is for it.-
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It does look interesting!
Doing a bit of digging, I did find this post from a while back: https://atariage.com/forums/topic/122548-sold-swordquest-tennis-20-shipped/
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It will be something new to me.
As a kid and up until now, I have never played on or even known anyone that had a Sega. It is a completely new console to me.
I have played some of the Sonic games as ports (mostly on the Playstation 2/3; they have some nice Sega compilations!) but never on the original equipment.
It should be fun to give some of these Sega games a try! -
11 hours ago, 0078265317 said:
Does it work? Hook it up yet?
It does seem to work great, with one minor qualifier.
For some reason the console does not seem to want to work on channel 3, all I get is static-y rolling black screen. Though with using channel 4, it has a great picture.
Which is a pretty minor inconvenience to flip channels when changing between playing vintage consoles.
I have not tried the light gun yet. I am pretty impressed it has two games built in. Hang On is quite a lot of fun! I have not tried Safari Hunt yet though. -
20 hours ago, BydoEmpire said:
Nice score, congrats! None of those are particularly good games, but it's a great console. I still have mine hooked up, lots of fun gems in the library. It has lot of very unique and entertaining titles.
I did kind of notice that as well. Golf might be fun to play a bit, but the rest do not get me super excited to try out. I will have to snoop on eBay and kijiji now and see if I can find some more game cartridges.-
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I was snooping around some local garage sales this morning, and found something quite interesting at one.
They had a box labelled 'Sega Master System - 20$'. I had a peek inside the box and it did seem to have quite a fair bit of goodies (at least a lot for 20$!)
I have never owned (or even played) a Sega before but this had 4 games, two controllers, a light gun, and it looks like all the systems connections in the box. They even still had the systems owners manual tucked inside.
I am pretty sure I will get at least 20$ worth of entertainment out of this!
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For 'jump in and play' I usually go for some River Raid or Megamania.
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So, this just popped up on my Twitter: https://blog.playstation.com/2021/04/19/playstation-store-on-ps3-and-ps-vita-will-continue-operations/
It seems they are continuing the PS3 and Vita digital marketplace. Just the PSP is being discontinued now.-
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On 3/30/2021 at 8:08 PM, RARusk said:
The best way to keep this thing alive it to keep it as cool as possible. Considering the poor design choices Sony made with the early units this is harder than necessary. I'm sure someone has made a watercooler for it. I know Sony made a way to seal the chips to keep their liquid metal paste fresh on the PS5. I wonder if something like that can help on the PS3.
Overheating is my biggest worry with my CECHA01.
I had taken it apart and replaced the thermal paste (I have done this on two CECHA01's and one CECHE01 now; the paste was always dried up) as well as installed a simple fan mod. You can get quite a variety of fan mods from this seller, but I have just used the standard one:
https://www.ebay.ca/itm/Playstation-3-PS3-Fan-Mod-Speed-Accelerator-Controller-run-cooler-avoid-YLOD/190733529599?hash=item2c689ab1ff:g:11UAAOSw5eBcmomc
It is pretty basic, it just speeds up the cooling fan by 50% over whatever the system is telling it to use. I hope between the two, my PS3 will last quite a few years yet.
I have about 40 PS2 games, and even a few PS1 titles I still like to play. -
I will probably grab some Silent Hill and Resident Evil PS1 titles.
I don't think I have played any of them yet, and at the price for the physical media of these titles I am not super keen on spending that kind of money on something I will probably play once just to see what the game is like.
I realize the PS3 is an old system now, but I am still shocked Sony is puling the plug on the digital sales for it. I doubt they are making huge profits off it, but for a strictly digital games market the costs to Sony would be pretty low as well. -
Have you tried 'Burnout Paradise'?
I have had it for the PC for quite a few years now, and bought a copy to play on the PS3 a few months back as well. I am not much for playing racing games, but I do find it to be quite a lot of fun to play and easy to get into playing. It also avoids a lot of the tune up/micro-management the more in-depth racing games usually require.
*edit* There is no split screen mode however. So you would be stuck with single player mode only.
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Intellivision Amico’s trademark changed to ‘abandoned’
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I feel very much the same. I own an original Playstation, and the PS2 when it came out was an incredible jump ahead and I was happy to drop a few hundred on owning one. Backwards compatibility, and the PS2 has an amazing game library. Still the largest in Playstation history I believe by a considerable margin, and the PS2 also still sits the best selling console.
When the PS3 came out, it was an improvement, but certainly not as noticeable as between the PS1 and PS2 models. The gap between the PS3 and PS4 I feel is even smaller.
It has been a long while since a huge innovative leap has happened.