Video game products that I wish existed but don’t:1.
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Video game products that I wish existed but don’t:
1. DOS Mini – a tiny PC that compiles classic DOS games from the 80s and 90s.
2. PC-*8 – a collection of PC-88 and PC-98 games that were never released in the West, translated into English for the first time.
3. PICO-8 handheld console – why should this be a fantasy? It should totally be real.
4. ‘00s feature phones with J2ME emulator and SD slot – all those Java phone games should be revived.
5. Flash browser – I’m not saying most web browsers should support Flash. What I am saying is there should be a dedicated browser just for Flash.
6. Korean net cafes – yes, they exist in South Korea. But that experience isn’t here in North America. I’m not talking merely about LANs, but a place you can go to late at night with noodles and soju.
7. Hologram arcades – for a brief moment in the 90s, hologram games were a thing. Then they stopped happening. But they should make a comeback.
8. Modern paddle games – remember how Pong, Breakout, and Kaboom used a paddle? It was pretty awesome. New games should try it.
9. Office software with Easter egg games – remember how Excel 97 had a hidden flight simulator? Why stop at that? There should be a suite of office software where the entire purpose is to find the Easter egg games.
10. E-reader book games – I imagine this would kind of be like Choose-Your-Own-Adventure novels. But the problem with those old books was that they were short and not interactive enough. But with all that space on a Kobo or Kindle, you can do so much more. -
Video game products that I wish existed but don’t:
1. DOS Mini – a tiny PC that compiles classic DOS games from the 80s and 90s.
2. PC-*8 – a collection of PC-88 and PC-98 games that were never released in the West, translated into English for the first time.
3. PICO-8 handheld console – why should this be a fantasy? It should totally be real.
4. ‘00s feature phones with J2ME emulator and SD slot – all those Java phone games should be revived.
5. Flash browser – I’m not saying most web browsers should support Flash. What I am saying is there should be a dedicated browser just for Flash.
6. Korean net cafes – yes, they exist in South Korea. But that experience isn’t here in North America. I’m not talking merely about LANs, but a place you can go to late at night with noodles and soju.
7. Hologram arcades – for a brief moment in the 90s, hologram games were a thing. Then they stopped happening. But they should make a comeback.
8. Modern paddle games – remember how Pong, Breakout, and Kaboom used a paddle? It was pretty awesome. New games should try it.
9. Office software with Easter egg games – remember how Excel 97 had a hidden flight simulator? Why stop at that? There should be a suite of office software where the entire purpose is to find the Easter egg games.
10. E-reader book games – I imagine this would kind of be like Choose-Your-Own-Adventure novels. But the problem with those old books was that they were short and not interactive enough. But with all that space on a Kobo or Kindle, you can do so much more.@atomicpoet DOS mini: https://pixelx86.com/
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Video game products that I wish existed but don’t:
1. DOS Mini – a tiny PC that compiles classic DOS games from the 80s and 90s.
2. PC-*8 – a collection of PC-88 and PC-98 games that were never released in the West, translated into English for the first time.
3. PICO-8 handheld console – why should this be a fantasy? It should totally be real.
4. ‘00s feature phones with J2ME emulator and SD slot – all those Java phone games should be revived.
5. Flash browser – I’m not saying most web browsers should support Flash. What I am saying is there should be a dedicated browser just for Flash.
6. Korean net cafes – yes, they exist in South Korea. But that experience isn’t here in North America. I’m not talking merely about LANs, but a place you can go to late at night with noodles and soju.
7. Hologram arcades – for a brief moment in the 90s, hologram games were a thing. Then they stopped happening. But they should make a comeback.
8. Modern paddle games – remember how Pong, Breakout, and Kaboom used a paddle? It was pretty awesome. New games should try it.
9. Office software with Easter egg games – remember how Excel 97 had a hidden flight simulator? Why stop at that? There should be a suite of office software where the entire purpose is to find the Easter egg games.
10. E-reader book games – I imagine this would kind of be like Choose-Your-Own-Adventure novels. But the problem with those old books was that they were short and not interactive enough. But with all that space on a Kobo or Kindle, you can do so much more.@atomicpoet i mean their are plenty of those retro handhelds that come preloaded with the ability to run pico-8 games I think, and there most definitely are browsers that are made to run flash stuff so theres at least 1.5 of your things checked
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@atomicpoet i mean their are plenty of those retro handhelds that come preloaded with the ability to run pico-8 games I think, and there most definitely are browsers that are made to run flash stuff so theres at least 1.5 of your things checked
@Celestine No, it has to be an actual PICO-8 console, not one where PICO-8 is an option among many. -
@atomicpoet DOS mini: https://pixelx86.com/
@jay Yeah, but it didn’t look like a 90s computer. I want a beige box. And it needs to have classics pre-installed. -
@Celestine No, it has to be an actual PICO-8 console, not one where PICO-8 is an option among many.
@atomicpoet i mean.. it would just be one of those just without the other options. The way pico-8 works i dont think you could actually make hardware specific to the "console"
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@atomicpoet i mean.. it would just be one of those just without the other options. The way pico-8 works i dont think you could actually make hardware specific to the "console"
Celestine No, I understand it’s emulation. What I’m saying is I want a PICO-8 handheld console where only the emulator loads, nothing else. It is dedicated to only PICO-8 games. It should have PICO-8 branding. The industrial design should reflect what an imagined PICO-8 is.
Basically, I want the fantasy to become reality.
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Celestine No, I understand it’s emulation. What I’m saying is I want a PICO-8 handheld console where only the emulator loads, nothing else. It is dedicated to only PICO-8 games. It should have PICO-8 branding. The industrial design should reflect what an imagined PICO-8 is.
Basically, I want the fantasy to become reality.
@atomicpoet im guess im just confused on the why. Like i get the design part, but why limit the actual capabilities of the device?
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@atomicpoet im guess im just confused on the why. Like i get the design part, but why limit the actual capabilities of the device?
@Celestine Because the point of PICO-8 is that it’s a fantasy console.
The entire idea behind the PICO-8 is to build a framework with limitations. It’s not something that supports 20GB games with ray tracing. It’s purposely constrained.
So if you’re going to extend the idea to hardware it should be constrained as well. You shouldn’t be thinking to yourself, “Oh, I’m going to shut down this emulator and run a Dreamcast game now.”
The device should completely live for PICO-8. Which means pretending the device is constrained to the imagined specs. -
Video game products that I wish existed but don’t:
1. DOS Mini – a tiny PC that compiles classic DOS games from the 80s and 90s.
2. PC-*8 – a collection of PC-88 and PC-98 games that were never released in the West, translated into English for the first time.
3. PICO-8 handheld console – why should this be a fantasy? It should totally be real.
4. ‘00s feature phones with J2ME emulator and SD slot – all those Java phone games should be revived.
5. Flash browser – I’m not saying most web browsers should support Flash. What I am saying is there should be a dedicated browser just for Flash.
6. Korean net cafes – yes, they exist in South Korea. But that experience isn’t here in North America. I’m not talking merely about LANs, but a place you can go to late at night with noodles and soju.
7. Hologram arcades – for a brief moment in the 90s, hologram games were a thing. Then they stopped happening. But they should make a comeback.
8. Modern paddle games – remember how Pong, Breakout, and Kaboom used a paddle? It was pretty awesome. New games should try it.
9. Office software with Easter egg games – remember how Excel 97 had a hidden flight simulator? Why stop at that? There should be a suite of office software where the entire purpose is to find the Easter egg games.
10. E-reader book games – I imagine this would kind of be like Choose-Your-Own-Adventure novels. But the problem with those old books was that they were short and not interactive enough. But with all that space on a Kobo or Kindle, you can do so much more.@atomicpoet You wanted a "Flash Browser"? The Flashpoint Archive got you covered: flashpointarchive.org/ -
Video game products that I wish existed but don’t:
1. DOS Mini – a tiny PC that compiles classic DOS games from the 80s and 90s.
2. PC-*8 – a collection of PC-88 and PC-98 games that were never released in the West, translated into English for the first time.
3. PICO-8 handheld console – why should this be a fantasy? It should totally be real.
4. ‘00s feature phones with J2ME emulator and SD slot – all those Java phone games should be revived.
5. Flash browser – I’m not saying most web browsers should support Flash. What I am saying is there should be a dedicated browser just for Flash.
6. Korean net cafes – yes, they exist in South Korea. But that experience isn’t here in North America. I’m not talking merely about LANs, but a place you can go to late at night with noodles and soju.
7. Hologram arcades – for a brief moment in the 90s, hologram games were a thing. Then they stopped happening. But they should make a comeback.
8. Modern paddle games – remember how Pong, Breakout, and Kaboom used a paddle? It was pretty awesome. New games should try it.
9. Office software with Easter egg games – remember how Excel 97 had a hidden flight simulator? Why stop at that? There should be a suite of office software where the entire purpose is to find the Easter egg games.
10. E-reader book games – I imagine this would kind of be like Choose-Your-Own-Adventure novels. But the problem with those old books was that they were short and not interactive enough. But with all that space on a Kobo or Kindle, you can do so much more.@atomicpoet I’ve got a #Thinkpad with dos C and asm compilers that does #1. A’m now wondering if it outputs to a TV or CRT
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@atomicpoet I’ve got a #Thinkpad with dos C and asm compilers that does #1. A’m now wondering if it outputs to a TV or CRT
️@peterrenshaw Not quite. I’m thinking about a tiny beige box. Kind of like a NES Mini but for something like a 386. -
@peterrenshaw Not quite. I’m thinking about a tiny beige box. Kind of like a NES Mini but for something like a 386.
@atomicpoet something like TinyLlama computer? That’d be nice <https://www.hackster.io/news/tinyllama-is-the-minuscule-x86-pc-you-ve-been-praying-for-fb5d80d8d285>
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@atomicpoet something like TinyLlama computer? That’d be nice <https://www.hackster.io/news/tinyllama-is-the-minuscule-x86-pc-you-ve-been-praying-for-fb5d80d8d285>
@atomicpoet oops, too low level. This <https://hackaday.com/2020/12/27/retrocomputing-with-modern-hardware-no-emulation-required/>
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@atomicpoet oops, too low level. This <https://hackaday.com/2020/12/27/retrocomputing-with-modern-hardware-no-emulation-required/>
@atomicpoet still low level, if only modern 486 game machines are available?
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@atomicpoet still low level, if only modern 486 game machines are available?
@peterrenshaw I mean, either options have potential. -
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