Ben from Plaion Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 49 minutes ago, Microjak said: Looks great,is the USB joystick based on the 2600+ one as I wouldn’t mind it for Stella on my Mac? It feels a bit awkward for me to answer on behalf of RGL, its their product. They are active on social media. 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/359270-whats-next-for-ben-and-plaion-after-the-atari2600-you-would-make-a-brilliant-colecovision/page/2/#findComment-5386327 Share on other sites More sharing options...
atariman72 Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 I'd love to see @Ben from Plaion and the team at Plaion go back to a ready made product he discussed in the Retro Hour podcast... please help bring the Atari VCS 800 to UK and Europe 😃 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/359270-whats-next-for-ben-and-plaion-after-the-atari2600-you-would-make-a-brilliant-colecovision/page/2/#findComment-5386379 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben from Plaion Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 22 minutes ago, atariman72 said: I'd love to see @Ben from Plaion and the team at Plaion go back to a ready made product he discussed in the Retro Hour podcast... please help bring the Atari VCS 800 to UK and Europe 😃 Whoever actually designed that machine and its joystick are brilliant designers. That announce video of theirs lit up the internet. 3 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/359270-whats-next-for-ben-and-plaion-after-the-atari2600-you-would-make-a-brilliant-colecovision/page/2/#findComment-5386420 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tradyblix Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 3 hours ago, Ben from Plaion said: Yeah its going through Plaion UK, but the 400 mini is a Retro Games Limited product. Plaion is manufacturing and distributing the machine. My colleague in the UK office manages it with RGL. I am solely concentrating on 2600+ for the meantime. No complaints from me. Keep improving it Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/359270-whats-next-for-ben-and-plaion-after-the-atari2600-you-would-make-a-brilliant-colecovision/page/2/#findComment-5386426 Share on other sites More sharing options...
atariman72 Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 46 minutes ago, Ben from Plaion said: Whoever actually designed that machine and its joystick are brilliant designers. That announce video of theirs lit up the internet. So that's not a no to distributing it over here then?.... Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/359270-whats-next-for-ben-and-plaion-after-the-atari2600-you-would-make-a-brilliant-colecovision/page/2/#findComment-5386481 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben from Plaion Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 2 minutes ago, atariman72 said: So that's not a no to distributing it over here then?.... So you're telling me there is a chance. 2 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/359270-whats-next-for-ben-and-plaion-after-the-atari2600-you-would-make-a-brilliant-colecovision/page/2/#findComment-5386485 Share on other sites More sharing options...
atariman72 Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 9 minutes ago, Ben from Plaion said: So you're telling me there is a chance. I'm telling you there's a good chance a lot of people in Europe and the UK might buy it. Are you telling me you might sell it? 😉😁 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/359270-whats-next-for-ben-and-plaion-after-the-atari2600-you-would-make-a-brilliant-colecovision/page/2/#findComment-5386495 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glorkbot Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 9 hours ago, tradyblix said: Well we have our Answer folks. It's the Adorable Atari 400 mini It's now listed at Atari.com: https://atari.com/products/atari-400-mini 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/359270-whats-next-for-ben-and-plaion-after-the-atari2600-you-would-make-a-brilliant-colecovision/page/2/#findComment-5386670 Share on other sites More sharing options...
scifidude79 Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 9 hours ago, tradyblix said: Well we have our Answer folks. It's the Adorable Atari 400 mini https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/shopping/the-latest-mini-console-is-this-adorable-atari-400/ar-AA1mOwc1 I for one will be in line. At least when I can order it from Amazon, lol I saw a video on that a little while ago. It's going to be a definite pickup for me. I've never owned an Atari computer and I'd love to have one, so I think I'll start with a mini. 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/359270-whats-next-for-ben-and-plaion-after-the-atari2600-you-would-make-a-brilliant-colecovision/page/2/#findComment-5386677 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowerDubs Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 6 hours ago, atariman72 said: I'm telling you there's a good chance a lot of people in Europe and the UK might buy it. Are you telling me you might sell it? 😉😁 Anything you can do to support the VCS growth / users / use case could improve your odds of seeing it come back. Just today- Atari put up a poll in the new www.Atari.Club where you can VOTE to have the Atari Club integrated into the VCS. Get enough votes to make that happen- it will make new news- bring new VCS owners...and help it grow. 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/359270-whats-next-for-ben-and-plaion-after-the-atari2600-you-would-make-a-brilliant-colecovision/page/2/#findComment-5386688 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+LS650 Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 The 400 Mini looks interesting. I might pre-order if it becomes available in Canada. 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/359270-whats-next-for-ben-and-plaion-after-the-atari2600-you-would-make-a-brilliant-colecovision/page/2/#findComment-5386849 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+bhall408 Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 23 hours ago, Ben from Plaion said: It feels a bit awkward for me to answer on behalf of RGL, its their product. They are active on social media. Ok, that explains the choice of USB for the400 (ala theC64) vs DB9 for 2600+! Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/359270-whats-next-for-ben-and-plaion-after-the-atari2600-you-would-make-a-brilliant-colecovision/page/2/#findComment-5387295 Share on other sites More sharing options...
alissa914 Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 (edited) On 1/7/2024 at 2:01 PM, Spanner said: Ben and Plaion would make a brilliant Colecovison, if you could get the copyright to its name, do CBS still own it, I do not see its case being copyrighted, most of them are not, you could make it exactly the same as the Atari2600+, I mean how it reads its cartridges so show a CBS Colecovision logo and then Loading Game..., once you made one console it can be used on other consoles too... The Colecovison is one of the consoles I have always wanted to be a DTV(Direct to TV) by HDMI.. Just seen a video of a ATGames Colecovison, I didn't even know they made one, I think it was made in 2016, it has Composite not HDMI and can only play games from a menu and it looks like its missing something.... That would be cool. Call it Module 1 and attach to the 2600+ Edited January 13 by alissa914 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/359270-whats-next-for-ben-and-plaion-after-the-atari2600-you-would-make-a-brilliant-colecovision/page/2/#findComment-5387502 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean_1970 Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 400 Mini is available to pro-order on Amazon UK for £99. I’m assuming a new subforum will be created under the Atari 8-bit section or “portable consoles?” Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/359270-whats-next-for-ben-and-plaion-after-the-atari2600-you-would-make-a-brilliant-colecovision/page/2/#findComment-5389179 Share on other sites More sharing options...
scifidude79 Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 3 hours ago, Sean_1970 said: 400 Mini is available to pro-order on Amazon UK for £99. I’m assuming a new subforum will be created under the Atari 8-bit section or “portable consoles?” There's a thread dedicated to it in the 800 computer section: Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/359270-whats-next-for-ben-and-plaion-after-the-atari2600-you-would-make-a-brilliant-colecovision/page/2/#findComment-5389242 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean_1970 Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 25 minutes ago, scifidude79 said: There's a thread dedicated to it in the 800 computer section: I found that, but it’s clear they’re going to need a subforum as that thread alone is 13 pages. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/359270-whats-next-for-ben-and-plaion-after-the-atari2600-you-would-make-a-brilliant-colecovision/page/2/#findComment-5389253 Share on other sites More sharing options...
scifidude79 Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 2 hours ago, Sean_1970 said: I found that, but it’s clear they’re going to need a subforum as that thread alone is 13 pages. I thought that was what the "Dedicated Systems" sub form was for. But, what do I know? Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/359270-whats-next-for-ben-and-plaion-after-the-atari2600-you-would-make-a-brilliant-colecovision/page/2/#findComment-5389332 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MASTER260 Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 I would love something like the Collectorvision Phoenix that is an HDMI Colecovision w/ the SGM built in, but actually has mass availability & doesn't have problems w/ a lot of TVs like the Collectorvision does. I bought a ROM of Donkey Kong for the SGM & was later sent an actual cart of it that I can't use, since I don't actually have a Colecovision & an SGM... Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/359270-whats-next-for-ben-and-plaion-after-the-atari2600-you-would-make-a-brilliant-colecovision/page/2/#findComment-5393431 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariLeaf Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 On 1/12/2024 at 8:23 AM, LS650 said: The 400 Mini looks interesting. I might pre-order if it becomes available in Canada. It is available on Amazon canada for preorder now. I ordered one a few days ago 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/359270-whats-next-for-ben-and-plaion-after-the-atari2600-you-would-make-a-brilliant-colecovision/page/2/#findComment-5393442 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChopperCommando Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 I want a TI-99/4a+. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/359270-whats-next-for-ben-and-plaion-after-the-atari2600-you-would-make-a-brilliant-colecovision/page/2/#findComment-5394911 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Loguidice Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 1 hour ago, ChopperCommando said: I want a TI-99/4a+. As much as I love the platform, there would be a heck of a lot of other releases before that was even remotely considered. 1 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/359270-whats-next-for-ben-and-plaion-after-the-atari2600-you-would-make-a-brilliant-colecovision/page/2/#findComment-5394944 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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