The Atari 2600 was #1 until NES came along. Along with an emulator for their Atari 5200, they made the 7800 compatible with 2600. Amid all this inbreeding, Colecovision decided that to get the millions of 2600 owners to jump to their superior system, an emulator that played the 100's of inferior but popular games from Atari was needed. WHEW! Take a breath. Lawsuits followed but the idea had been cast. Bleem! is only the latest to utilize this technology loophole to our mutual advantage. I own DC & PSX and look forward to the new systems[PS2,Xbox,Dolphin]. A product like Bleem! will keep me playing my older games that much longer.
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The Atari 2600 was #1 until NES came along. Along with an emulator for their Atari 5200, they made the 7800 compatible with 2600. Amid all this inbreeding, Colecovision decided that to get the millions of 2600 owners to jump to their superior system, an emulator that played the 100's of inferior but popular games from Atari was needed. WHEW! Take a breath. Lawsuits followed but the idea had been cast. Bleem! is only the latest to utilize this technology loophole to our mutual advantage. I own DC & PSX and look forward to the new systems[PS2,Xbox,Dolphin]. A product like Bleem! will keep me playing my older games that much longer.