Post by c64stuff on Mar 24, 2022 3:00:16 GMT
John Hancock just released his A500 unboxing and review and here's his next video running down what consoles or computers he'd like to be made in a mini next. He also makes good points about why mini consoles are wanted by both non technical people who just want plug and play as well as people who want a box and hardware they can show off instead of just emulating on a pi or PC.
My vote is for a Spectrum. After that an Apple II, Colecovision, one to play the entire Atari 8 Bit computer and console line, and then the Atari St in that order. A far distant last would be a Macintosh. I started out with an Atari 2600 and also loved their arcade machines, Commodore was always my favorite after the 2600 era. The Apple II line I always thought has a unique flavor of graphics which made their games different much like the Spectrum in it's own way.
Wouldn't also mind seeing an Intelivision mini. Without those horrible controllers though. Better than the 2600 graphics wise but Colecovision quickly overshadowed them. I was blown away the day I walked into Sears and saw Donkey Kong playing on the new Colecovision console. It was as close to the arcade as anything. If you look at some Coleco games it's surprising how good that system was in it's time. This was before the C64 came out and I was still using a 2600 of course.
There's also the MSX and Vectrex too. Probably should have put the Vectrex way up on the list, but the MSX computers were largely a Japanese computer standard and I never saw them in the states. The graphics and sound I read about in magazines and gaming ability didn't sound too impressive either. I also disliked what I read about them because as a Japanese standard of cross compatibility among computers I saw them as a potential threat to Commodore. Jack Trameil was already very worried about Japan at the time dominating the computer market, which they never really did unless you count IBM clones that came later.
My vote is for a Spectrum. After that an Apple II, Colecovision, one to play the entire Atari 8 Bit computer and console line, and then the Atari St in that order. A far distant last would be a Macintosh. I started out with an Atari 2600 and also loved their arcade machines, Commodore was always my favorite after the 2600 era. The Apple II line I always thought has a unique flavor of graphics which made their games different much like the Spectrum in it's own way.
Wouldn't also mind seeing an Intelivision mini. Without those horrible controllers though. Better than the 2600 graphics wise but Colecovision quickly overshadowed them. I was blown away the day I walked into Sears and saw Donkey Kong playing on the new Colecovision console. It was as close to the arcade as anything. If you look at some Coleco games it's surprising how good that system was in it's time. This was before the C64 came out and I was still using a 2600 of course.
There's also the MSX and Vectrex too. Probably should have put the Vectrex way up on the list, but the MSX computers were largely a Japanese computer standard and I never saw them in the states. The graphics and sound I read about in magazines and gaming ability didn't sound too impressive either. I also disliked what I read about them because as a Japanese standard of cross compatibility among computers I saw them as a potential threat to Commodore. Jack Trameil was already very worried about Japan at the time dominating the computer market, which they never really did unless you count IBM clones that came later.
