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I wonder if these things are timed for release once a target audience hits a certain age? What is that age? It was about 8 years between 1st gen consoles (Ata

by madengr 10y ago

I wonder if these things are timed for release once a target audience hits a certain age? What is that age? It was about 8 years between 1st gen consoles (Atari, Intellivision, Colecovision) and 2nd gen (Nintendo). The retro-rerelease of 1st gen was about 8 years ago. I am 45 and am nostalgic about 1st gen. I was in high school for 2nd gen; no nostalgia, uninterested. So do these retro-rerelease target those in their late 30's. Mid life crisis yearning for nostalgia?

gohrt 10y ago
What was the "Atari, Intellivision, Colecovision" retro-release? Seems like a newish phenomenon due to falling cost of production. Objectively, (if you put a complete novice kid in front of a console), NES and SNES's good/great games are the best.
- km3k 10y ago
  madengr is right, the Atari ones have been available since 2004. They've put out a new version of it every other year or so. This year is their 7th version of the Atari Flashback. https://www.amazon.com/Atari-Flashback-7-Classic-Game-Console/dp/B01KV6E6Z2 https://www.amazon.com/Atari-Flashback-7-Classic-Game-Consol... There's ones for Intellivision (https://www.amazon.com/IntelliVision-AtGames-Flashback-Classic-Game-Console/dp/B00K2BOG66 https://www.amazon.com/IntelliVision-AtGames-Flashback-Class... ) and Colecovision ( https://www.amazon.com/ColecoVision-AtGames-Flashback-Classic-Game-Console/dp/B00NM9R6GW https://www.amazon.com/ColecoVision-AtGames-Flashback-Classi... ) too, but those have only been available for the last few years.
  - cpeterso 10y ago
    And there's been a Sega Genesis Classic Game Console (with 80 games) since 2012 or so. https://amzn.com/B01KV6E72O https://amzn.com/B01KV6E72O
robk 10y ago
I think probably the band of people born from about 1975-82 are probably the right segment. http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2010/04/us-births-per-year.html http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2010/04/us-births-per-year...

by madengr 10y ago

gohrt 10y ago

What was the "Atari, Intellivision, Colecovision" retro-release? Seems like a newish phenomenon due to falling cost of production. Objectively, (if you put a complete novice kid in front of a console), NES and SNES's good/great games are the best.

km3k 10y ago
madengr is right, the Atari ones have been available since 2004. They've put out a new version of it every other year or so. This year is their 7th version of the Atari Flashback. https://www.amazon.com/Atari-Flashback-7-Classic-Game-Console/dp/B01KV6E6Z2 https://www.amazon.com/Atari-Flashback-7-Classic-Game-Consol... There's ones for Intellivision (https://www.amazon.com/IntelliVision-AtGames-Flashback-Classic-Game-Console/dp/B00K2BOG66 https://www.amazon.com/IntelliVision-AtGames-Flashback-Class... ) and Colecovision ( https://www.amazon.com/ColecoVision-AtGames-Flashback-Classic-Game-Console/dp/B00NM9R6GW https://www.amazon.com/ColecoVision-AtGames-Flashback-Classi... ) too, but those have only been available for the last few years.
- cpeterso 10y ago
  And there's been a Sega Genesis Classic Game Console (with 80 games) since 2012 or so. https://amzn.com/B01KV6E72O https://amzn.com/B01KV6E72O

robk 10y ago

I think probably the band of people born from about 1975-82 are probably the right segment. http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2010/04/us-births-per-year.html http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2010/04/us-births-per-year...