Rerelease of the Turbo Duo...

[esteban]

That's just it, OD...the thing is of such low-quality that it breaks way too easily. The companies that make these cheesy little TV games don't care if they last ten minutes or not, they're trying to cash in on the retro craze as cheaply as possible. The store I messed with the MK game at (it was one of the KB Toys locations my wife and I used to service) must have gone through twelve controllers (in a time span of two weeks! that's almost 1 a day!) before they decided "to hell with it!" and stopped offering it for demo. They're just made so bloody cheaply!

Oh yeah...and I almost forgot to mention that the MK one wasn't quite complete...there were quite a few differences that any hardcore MK gamer would notice and be irritated by.

Ahhh, thanks for the scoop. I bought an Intellivision "plug n play" and although it hasn't broken, the controller doesn't even attempt to re-create the feel of the original Intellevision controllers... so it just doesn't feel as good as it should have.

It's a novelty device, plain and simple.

And I think you are 100% correct about these companies wanting to make a cheap buck

[takashirose]

I know what you mean about those novelty systems.  I don't want the Turbo systems going in that direction.

 It would be cool if NEC restarted in the hardware industry by making a portable system that is all new that plays huCards for backwards compatability and its new native format.  OF course the handheld market is dominated by Nintendo, which is a partner with NEC and Hudson in certain fields.   The rumoured Microsoft portable gaming system is a nice idea, but I want a portable gaming system and not a portable media system that plays games next to a hundred other things.