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Scout
Registered: Dec 2002
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Tulip announces the Commodore 64 Mini Game Console
Tulip has announced that together with Ironstone they have created a minigame console, based on the Commodore 64. It is called C64 Direct-to-TV. You can easily hook it up to a TV. Users can play 30 popular C64 games (like Summer Games, Winter Games, World Games and The Seminal California Games).
Expected price is 30 euro. The product should be in the shops in the 2nd half of 2004 in Europe and in the US.
The original link (dutch text):
http://www.tulip.com/aboutus/corp_article.asp?nid=145
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Oswald
Registered: Apr 2002
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utterly stupid crap |
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Crossfire
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Seems rather pointless, but maybe I'm missing the point.. |
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Scout
Registered: Dec 2002
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Quote: Seems rather pointless, but maybe I'm missing the point..
IMHO, a product that comes 15 years too late (at least).
On the other hand, I think I'll buy it (64 freak as I am).
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TDJ
Registered: Dec 2001
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Quote: IMHO, a product that comes 15 years too late (at least).
On the other hand, I think I'll buy it (64 freak as I am).
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I think I'll get one for my birthday.
Roland, remember that. |
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Oswald
Registered: Apr 2002
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"It is called C64 Direct-to-TV. can easily hook it up to a TV."
- what an innovation.. you could hook ur c64 up to a TV easily since '82...
"Users can play 30 popular C64 games"
- I can play all games on my c64
And they ask for this 30 euro, this is an invention or whadda shit? They just wanna make $$$, but there's no real market for this. Whoever still wants to play games on c64, already does so with vice, or with the real thing. |
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Scout
Registered: Dec 2002
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Quote: "It is called C64 Direct-to-TV. can easily hook it up to a TV."
- what an innovation.. you could hook ur c64 up to a TV easily since '82...
"Users can play 30 popular C64 games"
- I can play all games on my c64
And they ask for this 30 euro, this is an invention or whadda shit? They just wanna make $$$, but there's no real market for this. Whoever still wants to play games on c64, already does so with vice, or with the real thing.
You're absolutely right.
I wonder if this will be a hit. It could be.
The concept of Direct-to-TV revived dinosaur machines is not quite new.
There's also the Intellivision Direct to Tv (http://www.intellivisionlives.com/retrotopia/direct2tv.shtml) and the Atari 10 in 1 (http://www.backntime.net/Atari%20Interactive/Teninone/Frame10in..).
Agreed, nothing beats the real thing.
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Pixman
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On the other hand, if there's a possibility to connect different (original?) joysticks, it would be a nice toy. Instead of setting up a c64 + floppy (which can be quite unhandy) just hook up the little machine to the tv.
Anyway, let's see what time brings... I doubt any success for this machine though. |
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Sasq
Registered: Apr 2004
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Damn people whine a lot in this forum. This looks like a fun toy and a good birthday-present - I suggest not hazing it until we've actually seen what it is and how it works. It would also be interesting to take it apart and see if there is any chance of making it run other stuff besides what's supplied.
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ThunderBlade
Registered: Jan 2002
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For me, it depends on if it's an emulator inside or not. If it's an emulator like in the web.it, I am not as much interested as if it is some form of the 65xx series CPU (they are common microcontrollers nowadays) that runs the software natively.
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drake
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if you say that there is no market for such toys you better ask someone OUT of this scene. to the people who loves 8bit but don't have space or take the strugling with cables and drives and discs its a nice solution. i know a lot of friends who play nintendo games and other 8bit games and their reactions were very positive. |
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