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JaymesRS@piefed.world to RetroGaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 hours ago

Hey Gen X and Elder Millennials, guess what's getting a proper retro release...

www.theverge.com

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Hey Gen X and Elder Millennials, guess what's getting a proper retro release...

www.theverge.com

JaymesRS@piefed.world to RetroGaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 hours ago
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Atari’s resurrecting the Intellivision, one of its biggest competitors in the ‘80s
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The Intellivision Sprint upgrades the original with wireless controllers, HDMI, and 45 built-in games.
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  • Cevilia (she/they/…)@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    7 hours ago

    And on atari.com, the link to the Intellivision Sprint leads to a 404 page.

    That’s encouraging /s

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    For those who never had their hands on one… god those controllers sucked.

    • Triumph@fedia.io
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      We are all Ringo Starr on this glorious day.

    • Valmond@lemmy.world
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      16 hours ago

      That disc was so bad or you’d will all the games, or so we thought.

    • JaymesRS@piefed.worldOP
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      It had 16 buttons (albeit the side buttons were ?almost always? Mirrored) and a multidirectional disk. And you had to keep a collection of plastic sheet inserts for each game. So bad, but I loved mine so much. I hated that the Atari only had a Joystick and 1 button at friends’ houses.

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        Plus, membrane buttons.

  • FigMcLargeHuge@sh.itjust.works
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    10 hours ago

    If anyone cares, look into the game Utopia. One of my favorites on this platform.

    • JaymesRS@piefed.worldOP
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      8 hours ago

      That was a lot of fun, and I was absolutely terrible at it. My favorites were Advanced Dungeons & Dragons and Shark! Shark!

  • Yankee_Self_Loader@lemmy.world
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    It’s the Intellivision Sprint for those who don’t want to click on the article

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    How elder of a millenial do you need to be for this to be nostalgic to you?

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      11 hours ago

      It came out in 79 and games were still being made into the late 80s.

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    My first console!

    My dad got it used off a coworker for $50.

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    Amazing Atari is doing this. After the whole Tommy debacle (an amazing saga from the CU podcast if anyone hasn’t seen it)

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