--- Adam Thornton <adam@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> In fact, why would Infogrames do it this way, rather
> than (as with
> the existing 2600-on-a-chip systems) a crappy
> NES-on-a-chip and a not-
>
really-perfect-but-good-enough-for-the-unwashed-masses
> port of the
> game they cared about?
They already are doing it. Haven't you read about
Flashback 2 on AtariAge?
> Best Buy looking at a 2600 standalone system, you
> probably want to
> relive your childhood with Space Invaders or
> Pitfall! or Breakout,
> but if faced with the choice between the (admittedly
> terrific)
> Skeleton+, or something shiny for your GBA, you're
> going to buy the
> game that has two decades more of hardware platform
> development under
> it.
You can apply whatever logic you like to show that
these things shouldn't sell, but the reality is that
the market for them is booming.
I don't know what the business deals are, but these
and Activision Anthology present a high-profile
opportunity for homebrewers to distribute their games
as part of the bundle.
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