--- "J.S. Garrison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I just read the news report of the return of the > Mattel Intellivision! 25 > games built into a console for $20. Same old 8-bit > craphics, but look at the > strength of the pull from all the old "stuff" we > grew up playing with. > > USB and smart-cards on a TI-99A, New/old > Intellivision. > > There WILL be these things for the Macs. Wait and > see.
Well, those two all in one handheld Intellivision games are actually Intellivision games ported to the 8bit Nintendo Entertainment System. Why do that? Because the company making them already had developed a NES on a chip which is used in many game units like that. There's one that has 76 NES games built in plus has a Famicom cartridge port on the bottom which can accept NES carts using a NES to Famicom adaptor. Famicom was the original 1983 version of the console in Japan, then once it started to fade there, Nintendo repackaged it in 1985 for the US market while Japan got the Super Famicom. Then once again Nintendo gave the US "sloppy seconds" bay repackaging that as the Super Nintendo. ===== Say hello to Juror #49. Yep, I'm on jury duty until the end of March. Gotta call in each weekend. Fun. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Find out what made the Top Yahoo! Searches of 2003 http://search.yahoo.com/top2003 -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Vintage Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
