exciter1 Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 Take my money! $239.99 and available 8/1/2022 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brystheguy Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 Will the COBI version be the Sears Tele-games like my parents bought me? 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mplsabdullah Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 Ugh. Just I think I'm out they pull me back in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spener90 Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 Am I the only one who just doesn’t get the appeal of these? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sozial Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 Well I can only say that the retro console of Atari compared to Mini NES/SNES was total garbage investmentwise, so be careful I guess it will be a stinker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bricklectic Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 Not an atari fan but looks cool to me! definitely see the appeal to gamers especially atari ones. The vignettes and the hidden room really take this set to the next level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneknightr Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 16 minutes ago, spener90 said: Am I the only one who just doesn’t get the appeal of these? I'm in the same boat. While it looks cool and has the nostalgia factor, I don't see the appeal of owning a Lego set of a video game console I grew up with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KShine Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 My Atari was once my life, so I really wish I cared about this. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exciter1 Posted July 19, 2022 Author Share Posted July 19, 2022 41 minutes ago, oneknightr said: I'm in the same boat. While it looks cool and has the nostalgia factor, I don't see the appeal of owning a Lego set of a video game console I grew up with. I do still have my Atari, so maybe I should just dig it out. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iahawks550 Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 I loved my Atari, and I think this is pretty cool. But, I won't be buying it unless it comes at a huge discount one day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huskers1236 Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 Like everything but the vignettes. Definitely filler material there as they don't go with the set at all. I would like to have a serious discussion with the designers on why Pitfall was left out. Easily my favorite as a kid with this system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scratchdesk Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 3 minutes ago, Huskers1236 said: Like everything but the vignettes. Definitely filler material there as they don't go with the set at all. I would like to have a serious discussion with the designers on why Pitfall was left out. Easily my favorite as a kid with this system. Licensing no doubt, that was an Activision game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exciter1 Posted July 20, 2022 Author Share Posted July 20, 2022 18 minutes ago, Huskers1236 said: Like everything but the vignettes. Definitely filler material there as they don't go with the set at all. I would like to have a serious discussion with the designers on why Pitfall was left out. Easily my favorite as a kid with this system. Combat came with every system and it's not included either. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcandre Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 I'm good with my current Atari. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KShine Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 1 hour ago, scratchdesk said: Licensing no doubt, that was an Activision game. Those early Activision games were really great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcandre Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 (edited) 3 hours ago, Huskers1236 said: Like everything but the vignettes. Definitely filler material there as they don't go with the set at all. I would like to have a serious discussion with the designers on why Pitfall was left out. Easily my favorite as a kid with this system. I'm sure someone will repro labels for the popular games. They may be out there already for the old carts. edit https://www.ebay.com/itm/194267485229?hash=item2d3b3e942d:g:PgwAAOSwZaRiSH2- Edited July 20, 2022 by marcandre 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOrcKing Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 The Atari 7800 was my childhood but this still gets me right in there. LEGO really nailed down the aesthetic of everything here. I played Asteroids and Centipede (well as Millipede) for hours. Adventure is an ....interesting choice for inclusion as it can be considered on par with the E.T. game. Far out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iahawks550 Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 7 hours ago, TheOrcKing said: Adventure is an ....interesting choice for inclusion as it can be considered on par with the E.T. game. Wait....what???? Adventure was a great game (with the Easter Egg) and absolutely nothing like the train wreck E.T. There are very few internet fights I would battle until I lose an arm, but this is one of them. 😄 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huskers1236 Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 I still remember E.T. to this day for how bad it was. If you're 8 years old and you think a game sucks, it really sucks. Especially compared to what games you were comparing it against. Can't say I ever played Adventure, spent most of my time on Frogger and Pitfall I think. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOrcKing Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 11 hours ago, iahawks550 said: Wait....what???? Adventure was a great game (with the Easter Egg) and absolutely nothing like the train wreck E.T. There are very few internet fights I would battle until I lose an arm, but this is one of them. 😄 Anything and everything else in the Atari library were better conceived than the E.T. game. I apologize for that maligned comparison. Personal experience with Adventure was virtually null outside a barely functioning cartridge at "some guy my dad knew from work probably" house, and online reviews range from five-star nostalgic praise to "it cured my cancer" memes. I did find reading into the development process intriguing including a Game Developers Community panel years ago. In short, the gameplay may not have enraptured me back in the day whereas the technical groundwork caught my interest in later years. Still, this is a gauntlet I never meant to throw down in the first place. And I was not looking to re-enact a certain Monty Python bit. Ha. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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