Comments on: Consollection: videogame systems from history http://boingboing.net/2010/01/25/consollection-videog.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 19 May 2013 16:00:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: David Pescovitz http://boingboing.net/2010/01/25/consollection-videog.html#comment-696844 David Pescovitz Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-696844 I don't think it's meant to be comprehensive. It's a catalog of an individual's personal collection. I don’t think it’s meant to be comprehensive. It’s a catalog of an individual’s personal collection.

]]> By: a random John http://boingboing.net/2010/01/25/consollection-videog.html#comment-696845 a random John Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-696845 Sometime around 1983 we traded in our Odyssey for a $100 discount on a C=64. I had spent a bit of time fighting the Odyssey trying to have fun with it. It was a decidedly un-fun console, unless you really liked the Etch-A-Sketch inspired controls. My cousins had an Odyssey 2, which was much, much more fun except for the fact that the joysticks failed on a regular basis. Sometime around 1983 we traded in our Odyssey for a $100 discount on a C=64. I had spent a bit of time fighting the Odyssey trying to have fun with it. It was a decidedly un-fun console, unless you really liked the Etch-A-Sketch inspired controls.

My cousins had an Odyssey 2, which was much, much more fun except for the fact that the joysticks failed on a regular basis.

]]> By: SKR http://boingboing.net/2010/01/25/consollection-videog.html#comment-696875 SKR Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-696875 I thought the G7000 looked familiar but I guess the name threw me. I thought the G7000 looked familiar but I guess the name threw me.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/01/25/consollection-videog.html#comment-696711 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-696711 They forgot the PSone and the PS2 Slimline. They forgot the PSone and the PS2 Slimline.

]]> By: relawson http://boingboing.net/2010/01/25/consollection-videog.html#comment-696740 relawson Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-696740 wow, no turbo grafix 16???? wow, no turbo grafix 16????

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/01/25/consollection-videog.html#comment-877991 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-877991 That's right, right now the Rare Magnivox Odyssey game SMITHEREENS is on display at www.whohasswag.com, and will likely be made available for purchase or trade in the next few days. If rare pieces of video game history are of interest to you then you are going to want to check out this rarity and all the other video game collectibles available for discussing, purchasing and trading at http://www.whohasswag.com Peace. The Swag Team www.whohasswag.com That’s right, right now the Rare Magnivox Odyssey game SMITHEREENS is on display at http://www.whohasswag.com, and will likely be made available for purchase or trade in the next few days. If rare pieces of video game history are of interest to you then you are going to want to check out this rarity and all the other video game collectibles available for discussing, purchasing and trading at http://www.whohasswag.com

Peace.

The Swag Team

http://www.whohasswag.com

]]> By: SKR http://boingboing.net/2010/01/25/consollection-videog.html#comment-696749 SKR Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-696749 no odyssey2 either. good times good times no odyssey2 either. good times good times

]]> By: cymk http://boingboing.net/2010/01/25/consollection-videog.html#comment-696758 cymk Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-696758 Its there, well the <a href="http://consollection.de/consoles/PC-Engine-CDROM2/">japanese version</a> is there, the american version is missing. Its there, well the japanese version is there, the american version is missing.

]]> By: cymk http://boingboing.net/2010/01/25/consollection-videog.html#comment-696771 cymk Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-696771 Just noticed the odyssey2 is there as well, again under another name this time the <a href="http://consollection.de/consoles/G7000/">G7000</a> the european release of the console according to wikipedia. I found a near mint Odyssey at a salvation army. As far as I could tell everything was there in the box, who in their right mind would give something like this away? Just noticed the odyssey2 is there as well, again under another name this time the G7000 the european release of the console according to wikipedia.

I found a near mint Odyssey at a salvation army. As far as I could tell everything was there in the box, who in their right mind would give something like this away?

]]> By: snoproblem http://boingboing.net/2010/01/25/consollection-videog.html#comment-696784 snoproblem Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-696784 What, no Commodore VIC-20/C64/C128/Amiga? If the Atari 800XL is on the list (played a good version of Missile Command on this platform, at one time) then the Commodore lineup should be here, as well. What, no Commodore VIC-20/C64/C128/Amiga?

If the Atari 800XL is on the list (played a good version of Missile Command on this platform, at one time) then the Commodore lineup should be here, as well.

]]> By: snoproblem http://boingboing.net/2010/01/25/consollection-videog.html#comment-696794 snoproblem Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-696794 UPDATE: I just found the Amiga CDTV in the list, but seriously - only the most obscure platform in the Commodore lineup makes the cut? Odd. UPDATE: I just found the Amiga CDTV in the list, but seriously – only the most obscure platform in the Commodore lineup makes the cut? Odd.

]]> By: cymk http://boingboing.net/2010/01/25/consollection-videog.html#comment-696807 cymk Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-696807 Well this site is promoting a German book, maybe these are the consoles available to them in the German market? Maybe it was just an oversight, missing several of the more obscure consoles. Despite that, there are consoles there that I've never seen/heard of before. Well this site is promoting a German book, maybe these are the consoles available to them in the German market? Maybe it was just an oversight, missing several of the more obscure consoles. Despite that, there are consoles there that I’ve never seen/heard of before.

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