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Grasshopper:

MPS, out of curiosity did you have anything to do with the C64 based units?

It would be cool if someone did a unit based on the Amiga. There were loads of original games for the platform and it would be fun to hack as Amigas are still usable computers.

MPS:


--- Quote from: Grasshopper on September 30, 2005, 08:18:40 am ---MPS, out of curiosity did you have anything to do with the C64 based units?

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No, we weren't involved in that C64 joystick.  The company I work for has been involved almost exclusively with Atari to this point, but we would love to dive into a project for other classic equipment.  :)

I haven't had a good look at that C64 unit, but I have heard that it is "hacker friendly."  After reading the story below, I wouldn't be suprised if we start to see more in the way of Commodore stuff hitting the market....

http://www.ferrago.com/story/6534

Mike Stulir
Flashback 2 Engineering Team

captainpotato:


--- Quote from: MPS on September 30, 2005, 08:08:33 am ---I'd LOVE to do a Colecovision unit.   :)  However, one of the reasons for not doing a Coleco unit is the Coleco library of games.  There isn't enough "original" content in the Coleco library.  Most of Coleco's library was made up of licensed titles -- and any games that would be used would have to be licensed all over again for a new Colecovision.  I think that may make the cost of the unit prohibitively expensive.   :(

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.. and the games, as you point out, aren't original anyway. Yeah, I'd forgotten that when I suggested it ;)


--- Quote ---The Intellivision might be a better candidate for the "Flashback 2" treatment as a big chunk of the Intellivision library is made up of original games that would not need to be relicensed.

I know there are some Intellivision Plug & Play units floating around out there.  I have never played one, but my understanding is that they are ports of the Intellivision games to an NES-based unit.  The technology is similar to the Jakks units or even the original Atari Flashback.

I'd like to see the Blue Sky Rangers go back to their original schematics and do a Intellivision based on the same principles as the Flashback 2 -- the REAL games on the REAL hardware.  That would be cool!   8) 

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I'd settle for an Intellivision unit as well :)

Even better - a Vectrex unit ;)

RandyT:

I want a miniature Atari 400 computer with the whole library of games and a little chicklet keyboard.

Oh, and a little cartridge door on the top to stuff a compact flash card under for cassette tape emulation  ;D

RandyT

Havok:


--- Quote from: RandyT on September 30, 2005, 11:02:14 am ---I want a miniature Atari 400 computer with the whole library of games and a little chicklet keyboard.

Oh, and a little cartridge door on the top to stuff a compact flash card under for cassette tape emulation
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