I wish them luck! It is refreshing (and inspiring) to see a good chunk of the brand in the hands of someone who is a Custodian, rather than just another marketer lazily licensing anything that will get those faded nostalgia $.
It is a nostalgia brand though, and they do need cash to make the deal work. I hope we see something like a deal with the likes of retrogames, so we get a nice product on the shelves & these guys start making some bucks.
I am not sure what this will mean - will there be a new c64 FPGA based machine. I am given to understand that the Amiga/IP is owned by a different entity.
Anyone with more knowledge of this have any insight to share?
Copyrights for the AmigaOS software is contested between Cloanto and Hyperion. Cloanto is however the uncontested copyright holder for the C64 KERNAL. Some very vague hints were dropped in this latest video about acquiring the ROM:s. Alas, I have no insider info.
I get a very vague feeling about all of it and I wonder if even the key people involved are completely sure about which direction they want to take. The various possible endeavors mentioned in the two videos combined seems to amount to "something for everyone" - replacement C64 parts, an "official" web shop, educational platforms, the internet - before facebook made it suck, early noughties cellphones, generic merch, retro-ish gaming devices, modern PC hardware in C64 cases...
It is a nostalgia brand though, and they do need cash to make the deal work. I hope we see something like a deal with the likes of retrogames, so we get a nice product on the shelves & these guys start making some bucks.
Anyone with more knowledge of this have any insight to share?
I get a very vague feeling about all of it and I wonder if even the key people involved are completely sure about which direction they want to take. The various possible endeavors mentioned in the two videos combined seems to amount to "something for everyone" - replacement C64 parts, an "official" web shop, educational platforms, the internet - before facebook made it suck, early noughties cellphones, generic merch, retro-ish gaming devices, modern PC hardware in C64 cases...
I guess we'll have to wait and see.
NO thanks from me, more or less I smell something like Compaq >> https://www.compaq.com/#our_products_title