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@carlos82 So you don't want them to release the console?

@carlos82 So what do you expect them to do? Not release the console which is what people paid for?

@mjparker77 Apart from not understanding what a scam is I didn't actually ask for your opinion. 🙄

@carlos82 I mean they're damned if they release the console and damned if they don't. People like yourself will complain either way.

@carlos82 Wow wow, there's some stuff here that is incorrect:

"but it very much became a scam when they realised a long time ago that they couldn't deliver but still kept asking for money."

That's not a scam. The raised financial investment once they realised they would need it. Sure you can argue they did use their budget accurately but that's more incompetence than a malicious agenda.

"and had Tommy making stuff up."

That's him by himself doing that because we know TT exaggerates or overpromises on stuff that hasn't been finalised.

"given they don't sell anything"

Did you not see the article? They're selling games?

Was it really necessary to add a video link to the Bert and Ernie of gaming podcasts? 😆

I hope the console does come out but my issues are too much time has past for it to be a success. Having said that, they do plan on updating the hardware for hopefully when the console is released.

I am glad however that one retro gaming community as well as Nintendo have adopted what Amico was going to do with physical media. Hopefully more companies will catch on. 👍

@Peteykins I can't take any of your comments here seriously. 😂

@carlos82 I got to correct you a bit here. Firstly there's a handful of people still working at the company. Not much I know, but more than just two. Secondly, the console wasn't a scam but through mismanagement and bad luck it hasn't come out yet.

I went back and forth having a nice text chat with Tony over at the Evercade Discord (one of the few good memories of that hell hole). Nice person, enthusiastic to talk to about games he worked on.

He's apparently been involved with various games uncredited. I did ask him about getting his MobyGames credits sorted out but he feels it's a hassle to do.

They're going to have to handle those lightgun games eventually so why not?

I think the Loaded games are perfectly fine.

@Lanmanna There's a tendency with homebrew to stick it on anything without taking advantage of the hardware and it feels like this is the case here.

@Sketcz 😂

This isn't really a solution to their problems. They can't market new Spectrum games for the Next if only a small amount of people actually own one. They need a publisher to do a wider release.

John Szczepaniak = a very talented, hard working troll. Dude, that looks awesome! 😲

I always thought this looked cool.

I'm really wary of hit feedback on their games. 🤔

Adi Shankar: so edgy, so cool. 😆

He looked at them and said "talk to the hand". 😂

@PKDuckman I'm well aware and tend to bring it up elsewhere. I wonder if the music was licenced or they didn't expect to get sued.

@Gyromike 😉

Nicely done I must say! 👍

I still don't know what this has to do with space vampires... 🤔

I thought this had a port. Cool news anyway.

@axelhander Yes, he probably swears a lot as usual. 😂

@Omarzuqo Why do you say this?

@RolyTheBeerGeek @JJtheTexan Come on now guys, get a room.

This was amazing to watch and to this day an important lesson relevant to any company in gaming. Regardless of what region you are the problems shown in this doc are still relatable even now. 👍

Saw this happen to Abandonia. Horrible, just horrible. 😪

Why would they remove it after two days??? 😆

Why is Adi Shankar always trying to be so edgy? 😆

@Zeebor15 They could just port the Bug! games. Those were cool. 😊

Good luck trying to get Sega to co-operate. 😆

This is crazy and hilarious! 😂

Bought these on Steam already. Not sure I need them again.

Was it too much to ask for a physical copy for PC? 🙄

"part of the plan is removing classic titles from digital storefronts, presumably to distance the brand from the stink usually associated with cheap-and-cheerful downloads."

In contrast to putting them on a subscription service? How is one better than the other? 🤦‍♂️

@BausRifle Tactical strategy games I am more behind than typical RPGs.

This isn't Europe where they would keep all the old material. I'm not surprised.

I've never even heard of this.

@Andee Retrospec is a name I haven't heard in a long time...a very long time. 😊

I hope this does well. Nice to see the IP resurrected. 👍

This is already happening with websites like Screen Rant. You can tell because sentences don't make sense or certain facts are wrong.

Blaze need to sort out their Discord community. That's some useful feedback. 👍

Well the prices haven't come down I know that.

Good news to hear!

@JackGYarwood Let's hope it's not a remake.

"That game, according to the slides Miller published online, would have seen Burton returning to battle the the Lords of Death gang, and sorcerer aliens from space (inspired by Jack's line: "A man would have to be some kinda fool to think we're all alone in this universe."), and would also have featured bullet-time mechanics (based on another classic Jack Burton line: "It's all in the reflexes")."

Okay that sounds really cool! 😂

That publishing company really needs to sort itself out financially and pay back the authors. Really disgraceful.

I still don't understand how this can be an origin story when the original was an origin story. 🤔

@BryceS76 The doc itself is incredibly flawed. I did try to help provide a more balanced viewpoint but he wasn't interested.

@MegaManFan He didn't con anyone.

"The only good thing to come from that whole mess was the "gaming racists" meme — easily the funniest in a long string of dumb things Tommy said!"

That's not what he meant to say but he was angry.

"HBomberguy's "oof" documentary is TRULY the best thing to come out of the Amico."

Imagine thinking that cherry picked hack job was good. 😂

@Null2 I'm not sure how that's hopping into bed with him. 🙄

With missing pages from the original book I'm not sure I could justify buying it again. I don't know man.

Wow, that's pretty cool stuff to see preserved.

Primitives win again! 👍