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retrobrad
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 Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2007 9:39 pm Post subject: How about the lesser known systems? |
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anyone remember the phillips videopac? or the jupiter ace?
you dont really hear much about these systems (well at least i dont) but they are definately worthy of a mention when it comes to video gaming history, what are some other not so well known systems you think are deserving of a bit of praise? |
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Misha
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Brad the list goes on, Neo Geo, Atari Lynx, Jaguar (Not sure who made it) all systems that didn`t do to well when it came to sales (here in the UK at least!)
It amazes me the amount of systems that fell by the wayside,it wouldn`t be possible for me to remember them all.....so brad as your clearly a nintendo fan what did you think of the Gamecube? can`t speak for the rest of the world but here in the UK it didn`t fair to well,with the xbox 360 on the market and PS3 i`ll be surprised if the Wii does well. |
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Misha
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Here is a little list of all the failed consoles i can remember and the year they failed  :-
Atari 5200 (1982)
Sega Master System (1986)
Atari Lynx (1989)
TurboGraphx - 16 (1989)
Sega Gamegear (1986)
3DO (1994)
Sega Saturn (1995)
Nintendo Virtual Boy (1995)
Sega Dreamcast (1999)
Nintendo Gamecube (2001)
Atari Jaguar (1995)
Milton Bradley Vectrex (1984)
Atari 7800 (1987)
I`m sure some will disagree with me on this little list but i`m going by pure memory only,i got it wrong about the neo geo so i`ll retract my statement from the previous post,old grey matter ain`t as good as it used to be. |
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grapes of gorf
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| Misha wrote: |
It amazes me the amount of systems that fell by the wayside,it wouldn`t be possible for me to remember them all.....so brad as your clearly a nintendo fan what did you think of the Gamecube? can`t speak for the rest of the world but here in the UK it didn`t fair to well,with the xbox 360 on the market and PS3 i`ll be surprised if the Wii does well. |
I think the Wii has a good chance of doing very well in the current console war. Nintendo has decided not to compete in the 'better graphics = better game war' and set new rules. You can check on the current hardware/software sales for europe at this web site. http://vgchartz.com/eweekly.php Check out all of the features of this web site this is a list of all time game sales with Super Mario at the top http://vgchartz.com/worldtotals.php
To get back to the main topic, Brad I have not had a chance to play the Video pac or Jupiter Ace. Has anyone seen an episode of South Park when Cartman goes to Kenny's to sleep over. There is a cool joke that implies that 'the Colecovision is a poor mans Atari'. Is it human nature to barrack for the underdog? I always seem to get behind the loser in the console wars. I loved all of Sega's consoles but the Megadrive/Genesis was the only one to be a true success for Sega. I hold a lot of love in my heart for the Arcadia, it was the first 'video game console' that I owned, my parents bought it for me (I guess it was cheeper than an Atari). I don't hold it against my parents that I got teased at school because I had an Arcadia. |
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retrobrad
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| Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 7:23 pm Post subject: |
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| grapes of gorf wrote: |
| Misha wrote: |
It amazes me the amount of systems that fell by the wayside,it wouldn`t be possible for me to remember them all.....so brad as your clearly a nintendo fan what did you think of the Gamecube? can`t speak for the rest of the world but here in the UK it didn`t fair to well,with the xbox 360 on the market and PS3 i`ll be surprised if the Wii does well. |
I think the Wii has a good chance of doing very well in the current console war. Nintendo has decided not to compete in the 'better graphics = better game war' and set new rules. You can check on the current hardware/software sales for europe at this web site. http://vgchartz.com/eweekly.php Check out all of the features of this web site this is a list of all time game sales with Super Mario at the top http://vgchartz.com/worldtotals.php
To get back to the main topic, Brad I have not had a chance to play the Video pac or Jupiter Ace. Has anyone seen an episode of South Park when Cartman goes to Kenny's to sleep over. There is a cool joke that implies that 'the Colecovision is a poor mans Atari'. Is it human nature to barrack for the underdog? I always seem to get behind the loser in the console wars. I loved all of Sega's consoles but the Megadrive/Genesis was the only one to be a true success for Sega. I hold a lot of love in my heart for the Arcadia, it was the first 'video game console' that I owned, my parents bought it for me (I guess it was cheeper than an Atari). I don't hold it against my parents that I got teased at school because I had an Arcadia. |
yeah i saw that episode!
it also reminds of an episode of the simpsons where they are buying computers for the school and gill is trying to sell them Coleco's =) |
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grapes of gorf
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I have not seen the Coleco/School episode
If the South Park episode is correct and the 'Coleco is a poor mans Atari' what does that make the Arcadia? |
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retrobrad
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I have not seen the Coleco/School episode
If the South Park episode is correct and the 'Coleco is a poor mans Atari' what does that make the Arcadia? |
its a funny episode! heres a pic (where ralph is using the coleco)
and im not sure what it makes the arcadia - whats just below poor? |
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tomz/TIDE
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| Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 9:23 pm Post subject: How about the lesser known systems |
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BRAD the word you are looking for is destitute (worse than poor?)
As for the Wii, wasnt there some sort of a pad (periphial) release just this week?
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| Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 9:31 pm Post subject: Re: How about the lesser known systems |
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| tomz/TIDE wrote: |
BRAD the word you are looking for is destitute (worse than poor?)
As for the Wii, wasnt there some sort of a pad (periphial) release just this week?
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is it like the old NES pad??? |
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tomz/TIDE
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| Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 9:54 pm Post subject: How about the lesser known systems |
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Not sure Brad, I have a feeling its bigger, but whether its better remains to be seen, I must add I have had nothing but good feedback regarding the Wii
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rupert
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| Misha wrote: |
Here is a little list of all the failed consoles i can remember and the year they failed :-
Atari 5200 (1982)
Sega Master System (1986)
Atari Lynx (1989)
TurboGraphx - 16 (1989)
Sega Gamegear (1986)
3DO (1994)
Sega Saturn (1995)
Nintendo Virtual Boy (1995)
Sega Dreamcast (1999)
Nintendo Gamecube (2001)
Atari Jaguar (1995)
Milton Bradley Vectrex (1984)
Atari 7800 (1987)
I`m sure some will disagree with me on this little list but i`m going by pure memory only,i got it wrong about the neo geo so i`ll retract my statement from the previous post,old grey matter ain`t as good as it used to be. |
WHAT??!!?? The Sega Master System did not fail! infact it totally outsold the NES in Europe. |
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Misha
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Sorry rupert mate check the stats........was talking worldwide and not just Europe.
Wikipedia lists it as follows
Nes 61.79 Million Units Sold
Mastersystem 13 Million Units Sold
don`t worry i was surprised and a big SEGA fan but i can`t agrue with the facts and i did say that i was sure some would not agree with me.
I noticed your a collector of the mastersystem and earlier SEGA systems,just wondered if you had a SG 1000 in your collection as it was SEGA`s first console. |
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jungle ninja
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Wow! Never knew there where so many systems, I am learning here people! 
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tomz/TIDE
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| Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2007 6:04 pm Post subject: How about the lesser known systems |
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The C64 was released in console form also, that was a flop sadly... 
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retrobrad
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| Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2007 8:07 pm Post subject: Re: How about the lesser known systems |
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| tomz/TIDE wrote: |
The C64 was released in console form also, that was a flop sadly...
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yep your right!
you can read up on it in the console info section!
-brad |
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