It’s interesting that Dave mentioned education as a possible market for these. I thought kids were learning Javascript on their school-issued Chromebooks these days. It would be nice to teach students about the concepts of computer hardware architecture… but the Commander’s architecture is kinda weird, being a hodgepodge of ancient (6502) and modern (FPGA), with bank-switched memory and the desire for backwards compatibility with Commodore peripherals hanging off of it like a lamprey. Sure, students could learn about computer architecture on it, but it’s hard to see how it’s better than other, cheaper options. Big money awaits if they can pull it off though.

“Insert 400 tokens.”

It’s funny, I like my Retroid Pocket 2+ but the fact that the 2S swaps the location of the D-pad and left stick makes me want to “upgrade” more than anything else about it.

That is the 1337est thing I’ve ever seen…

A real buyer beware on this one, thanks for the head’s up.

You could make the argument that all his previous outrageous behaviors were desperate attempts to squeeze more money out of a business he didn’t understand. But this… this is unhinged. It’s so bafflingly pointless and dumb it’s become clear that what was once a reliable dopamine delivery system could, without warning or reason, just… disappear one day. Even the people who rely on Twitter like addicts are starting to come up with exit strategies.

Me, TF.

If I do, it’s going to be way down the line. Murray’s been talking about kits and consolized versions, and lower prices, and I want to see where they go with with those. It’s a cool idea, but I wasn’t enough of a true believer to put my money on it at the beginning, and I’m content to keep waiting.