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[slosu]

Got to thinking. Was at a friends house not long ago spending HOURS on the RETRON 3. First time I had seen the system and I was very impressed. I also like the fact that you could use the old school controlers. Anyways, why not a console that fires up Atari, Colecovision & Intellivision? I would have to assume the market would be there for something like this.

[Keatah]

Back in the day I built something like this. I disassembled 8 classic systems and put all their electronics in a 2x sized pc tower case made out of cardboard. It was cool!

[MagitekAngel]

I'm by no means an expert, but the way I see it, there is a greater perceived demand for devices that will play NES, SNES, and Genesis carts, so more research and development over the years has gone into one-chip solutions that adequately emulate those consoles and play those games. While the same could be said for Atari, I know nothing about the Colecovision, and I seem to recall the Intellivision in particular has very unusual hardware by today's standards, which would be more difficult to duplicate.

[Rex Dart]

Like has been said every time the subject's brought up, it's because of the remarkably tiny demand for such a toy vs the amount of money required to produce it.

[StoneAgeGamer]

Rex Dart, on Sun Jan 8, 2012 10:55 AM, said:

Like has been said every time the subject's brought up, it's because of the remarkably tiny demand for such a toy vs the amount of money required to produce it.

BINGO!

I feel I quote you in agreement a lot Rex Dart.

There is very little demand for such a product. The only system that there may be some demand for is the 2600. NES, Genesis, and SNES are considered the BIG 3 by these clones companies.