Flojomojo Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 https://superimpulse.com/tiny-arcade-product-images/ They're the same case as the Arduboy handhelds. VERY small! More ergonomic than the Tiny cabinets, though. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE146 Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 Yknow it's sad that these are marketed towards people like me.. who are approaching/in their late 40's and the fact is, we'd almost all need some pretty powerful reading glasses to even start enjoying these. lol 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted February 15, 2019 Author Share Posted February 15, 2019 Oh don't be so full of yourself. Everybody loves Pac-Man, including those with better eyesight than you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 Yknow it's sad that these are marketed towards people like me.. who are approaching/in their late 40's and the fact is, we'd almost all need some pretty powerful reading glasses to even start enjoying these. lol Typical millennial thinking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE146 Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 (edited) I mean look at that friggin thing.. you can cover up the screen with 2 pennies! What does that make each of the 55 Space Invaders.. about the size of a pinhead? And how many angels can dance on each invader? I'm not knocking it at all. Just saying, wow that's tiny. Edited February 15, 2019 by NE146 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted February 15, 2019 Author Share Posted February 15, 2019 Super tiny. The Arduboy (which this resembles) uses a monochrome OLED screen, so the contrast was really good. I presume these are as good. Their Tiny Arcades (little cabinets the height of my index finger) were of high quality, at least from the 10 seconds of demo play you can enjoy while they were still in the package, which felt like enough time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pioneer4x4 Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 I'd buy the 393 Rally X if it was available anywhere, and price was decent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted February 15, 2019 Author Share Posted February 15, 2019 Same. Looks like they'll be $20, which is fair. https://liliputing.com/2019/02/micro-arcade-handheld-put-frogger-galaga-and-pac-man-in-credit-card-sized-packages.html 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheProgrammerIncarnate Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 Yknow it's sad that these are marketed towards people like me.. who are approaching/in their late 40's and the fact is, we'd almost all need some pretty powerful reading glasses to even start enjoying these. lol Hmm, I smell a conspiracy with the glasses industry. Perhaps they should make a varient with a giant lens on the front. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pioneer4x4 Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 Same. Looks like they'll be $20, which is fair. https://liliputing.com/2019/02/micro-arcade-handheld-put-frogger-galaga-and-pac-man-in-credit-card-sized-packages.html Cool, I could go for some Rally-X in my wallet. But I need to carry my glasses as well, plus my neck isn't so good either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZylonBane Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 (edited) I wonder if the Micro Arcade version of Space Invaders is identical to the pretty bad Tiny Arcade port, or if they improved it so the invaders at least explode when they're shot. Typical millennial thinking. Do you even know what "millennial" means? I ask because your post only makes sense if you don't. Edited February 16, 2019 by ZylonBane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pioneer4x4 Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 I wonder if the Micro Arcade version of Space Invaders is identical to the pretty bad Tiny Arcade port, or if they improved it so the invaders at least explode when they're shot. Do you even know what "millennial" means? I ask because your post only makes sense if you don't. I was wondering that comment myself. I think someone missed the point. Maybe they meant the Marketing people were Millenials, then it makes sense to me at least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted February 16, 2019 Author Share Posted February 16, 2019 It's become a meaningless slur. I think Keatah was just joking. If not, he should be censured for such obnoxious stereotyping. We don't want that kind of age-based discrimination around here. Also, 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 A sly joke to be sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZylonBane Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 Was the "sly" part implying that a millennial can be someone in their 40s? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simbalion Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 (edited) I'll have to keep an eye out for these. Looks like there is another round of tiny arcades on the way out too! I like the fact that one of the Micro Arcades is a little Atari Multicade. With Toys R Us gone, finding these local is a bit of a pain and I keep forgetting where our nearest Cracker Barrel is at! It seems Walmart is stuck on the same four they brought out a couple years ago and Target has gone all Dream Gear and My Arcade for mini arcades. Actually, with the excepting of the mode deluxe Basic Fun units, that is all Walmart is updating as well around here. Toys R Us had just about everything the final year they were around. From the Tiny Arcades right up through the Dream Gear stuff. Also, they carried the segmented LCD Basic Fun units over by the board games and such. Sigh... Thanks Bain Capital, you should have been called Bane Capital... Edited February 17, 2019 by simbalion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tupin Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 This is based off of the Arduboy! Shame that the screen is vertical and not horizontal, a color Arduboy would be a great upgrade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted February 28, 2019 Author Share Posted February 28, 2019 The games they've depicted are all vertical games. To letterbox them into a tiny horizontal screen would make them even smaller! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 And hell it's an upgrade over Tiny Arcade. The panels on that are smaller than 2 pennies as it is, and they're squares. This would allow more freedom to have the games behave even better compared to the originals due to more room to work with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tupin Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 The games they've depicted are all vertical games. To letterbox them into a tiny horizontal screen would make them even smaller! Oh I know that. I'm just hoping they release a horizontal one so the Arduboy community jumps on it and starts making color games. The Arduboy has absolutely amazing games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted March 1, 2019 Author Share Posted March 1, 2019 I had the early one from Kickstarter, with a tiny rom size and a similarly small screen -- OLED but monochrome. No sound. It was cute but so limited. Do you have experience with something better? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tupin Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 I had the early one from Kickstarter, with a tiny rom size and a similarly small screen -- OLED but monochrome. No sound. It was cute but so limited. Do you have experience with something better? It has sound. Arduventure is a great game, and Team ARG has produced some amazing products given that they're free and how limited the hardware is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 It would be fascinating to see if this one can be modified to run ardu games people create or newer more colorful projects. I liked the concept of the original but I felt the expense was too much, more glaringly so with the Tetris handheld they did which I wanted most. The fact this one though has a bigger and colorful panel makes it even more appealing as something to stuff in a wallet for ease of use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
negative1 Posted May 8, 2019 Share Posted May 8, 2019 i understand centipede. but trying to play missile command on these, and with 2 buttons. not going to happen. later -1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christo930 Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 Typical millennial thinking. Late 40s is Gen-X, as I am. Millennials don't start until 1985. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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