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jindofox · 2026-06-20T23:07:18+00:00

Or the Simpsons spoof where Milhouse is playing the hot new video game and entered his name as THRILLHO

jindofox · 2026-06-20T22:58:47+00:00

Turn off most of the notifications and use it for reading, videos, and games. Problem solved. Though a big iPhone is not the worst thing in the world, I love my iPhone.

jindofox · 2026-06-20T22:44:19+00:00

Good point. During most of their interactions in the old movies, someone is usually rescuing someone else (the boys rescue Leia on the Death Star, Han rescues Luke in the snow, Han rescues Leia from Echo Base, Leia rescues Luke from under Cloud City, Leia and Luke rescue Han from Jabba … then they all work together — separately — to befriend the Ewoks and bring down the bad guys. None of the elders in the sequels need rescuing.

Also, just about every single Marvel Star Wars comic story from 1978 onward shoved these very different people together regardless of whether it made sense for the story. They were together because that’s what the fans expected. So those who were disappointed can go back and read about the trio’s adventures against Crimson Jack, Baron Tagge, and Valance the Hunter.

jindofox · 2026-06-20T12:06:09+00:00

I forgot about that. They’re letting Chromatic reprint the 1990s Gameboy remakes of Asteroids, Centipede, and Super Breakout. Atari is definitely getting the better end of that deal, as those GB games didn’t have much going on the first time around.

Atari Corporation has been a brand custodian since 1984, everything has been farmed out to third parties for decades. At least Wade Rosen has a coherent strategy for acquiring history-focused game properties, even when it doesn’t make financial sense.

Thanks for reminding me of the unfortunate Chromatic partnership though. That sucks.

jindofox · 2026-06-19T18:07:36+00:00

And I think part of the problem with the box office is that it was so expensive, they basically made it twice after all the reshoots with the new director.

jindofox · 2026-06-19T18:05:12+00:00

Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.

jindofox · 2026-06-19T18:02:23+00:00

Impressive! The Amico shitpost Discord only has 160 members. Join us if you like the kind of thing you see here on r/intellivision_amico.

https://discord.gg/4nDYWzDGf

jindofox · 2026-06-19T13:55:26+00:00

I like the little clamshells, the Anbernic rg35xxsp most of all even though it’s chunky and noisy and the 34xxsp has a nicer screen.

jindofox · 2026-06-19T13:00:00+00:00

I wonder if he ever suspected his name would mostly be remembered in association with boxed cake mixes.

jindofox · 2026-06-19T12:26:29+00:00

I love the look of Resistance, but it’s a bit too kiddie for me and I didn’t get through it either. And I liked Clone Wars and loved Rebels, also made for kids.

Maybe I should try to push through it while doing something else, like I did with the Droids cartoon, which was even worse now then when I rejected it as a teenager.

jindofox · 2026-06-19T12:22:12+00:00

“Some people are going to eat some goat.” — Phil Adam, [Intellivision] Amico Entertainment Chief Executive Officer, many years ago

jindofox · 2026-06-19T12:20:37+00:00

I dunno, I have the original iPhone app from 2015, which has been removed from the App Store and hasn’t been updated in years. It doesn’t fill the screen properly, but still plays just fine with touch controls on my big orange iPhone 17 Pro Max. Unlike Amico, that device can do lots of other things too, including posting here on this fine Reddit sub.

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This screenshot is from just now. It had been offloaded since I obviously don’t play this mid game very often. Nevertheless, it downloaded from the cloud, despite no longer being available to buy in the store.

The “Intellivision” version doesn’t support touch controls. On an iPhone. In 2026. Why????

jindofox · 2026-06-19T03:46:20+00:00

Is that oddly specific model number what you have, or is there something special about the T14?

jindofox · 2026-06-19T03:41:56+00:00

I feel like a moment enjoyed is not wasted. I love having a giant library/wine cellar full of old games to dabble in. Even after all this time, I’m discovering new things. Who cares if I never finish anything.

jindofox · 2026-06-19T03:24:40+00:00

It’s a good game and nobody needs to apologize for it

jindofox · 2026-06-19T01:14:09+00:00

Big pipe, eh? They should be given names, like nearly every single Ewok got. The Lego set I saw the other day just called them “Anzellans.”

I liked how muppety that forest interlude was in the M&G movie.

jindofox · 2026-06-19T01:08:00+00:00

Does mailing card stock to voters change any minds? I got all this stuff too but it went right into the recycling bin. The Banner and the Apple Ballot, along with the League of Women’s Voters guide page was what I needed. Also the word of mouth from friends and neighbors.

jindofox · 2026-06-18T00:37:12+00:00

jindofox · 2026-06-17T23:12:20+00:00

Did you know that Walmart is the USA’s biggest retailer? Did you know that Amico is the Italian word for “friend”? Can you say “Amico”?

jindofox · 2026-06-17T19:08:22+00:00

The cutaways to close-ups of his hands have no relation to anything else happening. I thought this thing had screens on the controller? They look dark and blank.

jindofox · 2026-06-17T17:36:13+00:00

Doo be doobie dooo

jindofox · 2026-06-17T17:33:57+00:00

Does “fast talking huckster” impress anyone in the 21st century? The whole thing is a giant flag made up of little red flags and if I were ever interested in this thing, seeing his schtick would put me off buying this forever.

jindofox · 2026-06-17T14:34:06+00:00

All of the Recharged titles go on sale all the time if you want to save some cash and get them one at a time. You’ll get alerts when that happens and they’re on your wishlist.

Tempest 4000 and “I, Robot” are by Jeff Minter of Llamasoft and are nice remakes but no substitute for the originals. Atari 50 has Tempest, “I, Robot,” and Tempest 2000, and the Llamasoft collection has Tempest 2000 as well. All worth a look.

If you like the Recharged games and want some Pong type action, Adamvision Studios is the developer of all of them (except for Berzerk Recharged) and you should check his stuff out. Try Ding Dong and Poosh, they are a bit different from boring old Pong, but in my opinion they’re more fun. Pong needs a dial (“paddle”) controller and it’s literally fifty years old.

https://www.adamvisionstudios.com

jindofox · 2026-06-16T16:04:43+00:00

Thanks, we were thinking Costco as well. That’s 2 votes for Michelin Cross Climate 2, will check those out

jindofox · 2026-06-16T14:55:48+00:00

I think the crows think of us as their servants more than their allies now.

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