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Leynos said:

And you can use Genesis controllers on an Atari and Master System. I wish I could seamlessly use a Xbox controller on PS5 and a PS5 controller for PS2 lol

When I had a hard time finding Atari sticks for my 130XE, I found out that Genesis controllers would work on it.



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SanAndreasX said:

Tiger's game.com, from the company known for those cheesy LCD games. It did have a 14.4K modem for email and internet functions, and a touch screen. It came with Solitaire pre-loaded onto it an a cartridge version of Tiger's handheld game, Lights Out. It had a Sonic game and even its own version of Resident Evil 2. 

Despite its innovations it was a giant pile of shit. Having played one. Never touched the updated model. This thing sucked. It sucked and it sucked. Btw it sucked.

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Bite my shiny metal cockpit!

SanAndreasX said:

Fun fact: the Nintendo TV Color Game was the best selling video game hardware of the 1970s and of the first console generation.

Nintendo “won” the first generation. 

You learn something every day - never occurred to me it was that popular, being Japan only product.



HoloDust said:
SanAndreasX said:

Fun fact: the Nintendo TV Color Game was the best selling video game hardware of the 1970s and of the first console generation.

Nintendo “won” the first generation. 

You learn something every day - never occurred to me it was that popular, being Japan only product.

It sold 3 million, but back then, 3 million was amazing for video game hardware, considering that at the time, most video games were Pong clones and people thoiught they would be a temporary fad like the hula hoop. For comparison, the Intellivision, the second best-selling 2nd gen console, was estimated to have sold 3.75M. The Atari 2600 only sold 1.6 million between 1977-1979, and Warner Communications actually had to underwrite its losses when they only sold about 60% of their stock in 1978. It didn't explode in popularity until Atari licensed Space Invaders from Taito in 1980. In any event, it helped set Nintendo up for its success in the 1980s.

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SanAndreasX said:
HoloDust said:

You learn something every day - never occurred to me it was that popular, being Japan only product.

It sold 3 million, but back then, 3 million was amazing for video game hardware, considering that at the time, most video games were Pong clones and people thoiught they would be a temporary fad like the hula hoop. For comparison, the Intellivision, the second best-selling 2nd gen console, was estimated to have sold 3.75M. The Atari 2600 only sold 1.6 million between 1977-1979, and Warner Communications actually had to underwrite its losses when they only sold about 60% of their stock in 1978. It didn't explode in popularity until Atari licensed Space Invaders from Taito in 1980. In any event, it helped set Nintendo up for its success in the 1980s.

Yeah, I looked up numbers - 3 millions for whole series of 5 consoles. I always thought Magnavox Odyssey is most sold single model console from 1st gen (I knew Coleco Tesltar series sold 1 million or so, but that's for 11 models), but it's quite plausible that Color TV-Game 6, which was cheapest, has outsold it significantly.



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HoloDust said:
SanAndreasX said:

It sold 3 million, but back then, 3 million was amazing for video game hardware, considering that at the time, most video games were Pong clones and people thoiught they would be a temporary fad like the hula hoop. For comparison, the Intellivision, the second best-selling 2nd gen console, was estimated to have sold 3.75M. The Atari 2600 only sold 1.6 million between 1977-1979, and Warner Communications actually had to underwrite its losses when they only sold about 60% of their stock in 1978. It didn't explode in popularity until Atari licensed Space Invaders from Taito in 1980. In any event, it helped set Nintendo up for its success in the 1980s.

Yeah, I looked up numbers - 3 millions for whole series of 5 consoles. I always thought Magnavox Odyssey is most sold single model console from 1st gen (I knew Coleco Tesltar series sold 1 million or so, but that's for 11 models), but it's quite plausible that Color TV-Game 6, which was cheapest, has outsold it significantly.

"Well... the Odyssey doesn't fuck around." - the AVGN

The Odyssey sold 362,000 units in its lifetime, according to Magnavox product manager Bob Fritsche. 



FM Towns Marty.

Launched with a CD-ROM drive like 2 years before PS1/Saturn, and was sort of a strange mix of 4th and 5th gen technology.

Was only available in Japan, and only sold 45,000 units.



curl-6 said:

FM Towns Marty.

Launched with a CD-ROM drive like 2 years before PS1/Saturn, and was sort of a strange mix of 4th and 5th gen technology.

Was only available in Japan, and only sold 45,000 units.

Is it really a 4th/5th gen system with a controller with just 2 main buttons  other than a directional input and the start/select buttons? That looks strange.

Or does it have more buttons, just not shown in the picture?



Alex_The_Hedgehog said:
curl-6 said:

FM Towns Marty.

Launched with a CD-ROM drive like 2 years before PS1/Saturn, and was sort of a strange mix of 4th and 5th gen technology.

Was only available in Japan, and only sold 45,000 units.

Is it really a 4th/5th gen system with a controller with just 2 buttons? That looks strange.

Or does it have more buttons, just not shown in the picture?

Not sure to be honest, it's a weird one to be sure.



Alex_The_Hedgehog said:
curl-6 said:

FM Towns Marty.

Launched with a CD-ROM drive like 2 years before PS1/Saturn, and was sort of a strange mix of 4th and 5th gen technology.

Was only available in Japan, and only sold 45,000 units.

Is it really a 4th/5th gen system with a controller with just 2 main buttons  other than a directional input and the start/select buttons? That looks strange.

Or does it have more buttons, just not shown in the picture?

4th gen but at the very end of it. 2D machine. Had a single shoulder button but I don't know if it worked similarly to the Genesis Mode button or a genuine 3rd input.



Bite my shiny metal cockpit!