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  2. Posted

    This is why i believe they are chasing after a new fanbase. I'm just speculating here but i guess the "old" Atari fanbase isn't the typical Terraria/Minecraft-gamer by heart.

    Well, at least Minecraft and 2600 has the "everything is square blocks!" in common. :grin: :grin: :grin:

     

    And as for prices on PS4, i recently got Star Wars Battlefront with all DLCs and extras for 91 SEK (about 10 bucks) on autumn sale on the PSN store. I realize it's because the sequel is imminent and they want to sucker in new players for that one, but it is a dramatic price reduction from the almost 100$ it cost at release if you got the big bad edition with season pass and all the bells and whistles. Big N would never pull such a move, not even on Virtual Console.

    Battlefront and Battlefront 2 are the only games ive purchased with season pass. Otherwise most of my games i play free or download cheap. Ive been buy F13 dlc sruff but that game was cheap in comparison to others.

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    It's by design. Nintendo has always had a philosophy of producing games that can sell at full price over the whole length of a system, this goes back to the NES. Toward the end of the 90s, they realized this meant they could re-sell their older games on newer consoles... a concept Nintendo originally rejected but have since jumped on like a hobo on a cigarette.

     

    On one hand, it's commendable that they realize their games need to be top-notch each time, because if they're going to pull this off, the quality has to be solid. On the other hand... as a consumer, just forget about saving money. It's just not going to happen.

    Quality one time buys are saving you money. Hell even after system life Nintendo games hold their price.

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  4. Posted

    BotW had $20 DLC.

    Yeah and so did smash and mario cart on the wiiu but it was nowhere near as outrageously high as the other two. Im trying to think of oneXbox game that doesnt have dlc that isnt a remake of an old game. Even some of the arcade collections have dlc. :/

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    That's part of it.

     

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    There's a lot of purists here that won't play on anything but a cartridge in a console connected to a tube tv. And that is ok.That is slowly changing as new hobbyists are getting into it. New hobbyists tend to want to play the games without hassle or clutter.

     

    I've done it both the "authentic" back-in-the-day-way and the newfangled digital modern recreation/emulation way. And I'm liking digital/emulation more and more as time goes on. Convenience, reliability, and neatness trump all. For me.

     

    Having said that, I have a some retro-PC rigs and some Apple II material. And it does require periodic maintenance. Disk Drive head cleaning. Connector and contact cleaning. And the CRTs are overdue for cap kits. Newcomers don't want to fart around with that. They want a display that works and is distortion-free. And they don't want to deal with dirty cartridge connectors or oxide-clogged drive heads.

     

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    They want innovative, different, and yet cheap/practical hardware. They want the newness of the art, like we had in the 1970's. The VCS was really cool then - not to say it isn't today either, but it is cool today for different reasons. Back then it was a whole new art form. Playing with shapes on a TV set! Wow!

     

    And they want Atari to invent new and different games for that hardware. They want to see the creativity and originality that propelled the early industry of the 1970's.

     

    Instead what we have is 73 pages of discussion, speculation, and marketing bullshit. Nothing is getting done.Those early industry pioneers could no way in hell waste time and resources like present-day atari does.

    I like popping carts in myself. Honestly i am wary of newer systems that run off OS'. My Ataris NES sNES etc. Will probably last much longer than my 360 or Xbox 1.

     

    I hope no one misunderstands my not wanting to be negative as an "IM ON BOARD!" I do really want something good and great. I want someone to come in eventually who isnt microsoft or sony. It would be cool if Atari could get some dough and make a comeback. Wont happen due to you need innovators and such.

     

    I just know that my friends, who are not quite to their 30s were excited about this. They dont own an Atari 2600 and a chunk of them probably never played an Atari game. Im sure im not but i sometimes feel like the youngest person on this forum.

     

    Kind of related to this im really interested in if Opcode can get that Prometheus made. Ive never owned a Colecovison and would like an excuse to scrounge around for old carts.

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  8. Posted

     

    BB isn't the only game in town. If you can run a Pi you can snap together some PC parts. This has the added benefit of being more customizable, meaning you can add or upgrade as you go, keeping the cost low by reusing parts. You'll save a bunch of money this way.

     

    https://pcpartpicker.com

    Im sure I could put one together. I just dont have the time anymore :(. The Pi is simple enough to whip together. At my work ive shown some people it and have since set up a retro system for two other staff members :-P

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    Fair enough. We're just trying to emphasize that this (currently non-existent) product be watched with skepticism. If atari wants buzz, they're getting it. But to what end? If they don't have a retail product to sell me, then..?? I'm personally not falling for any halo-effect nor am I interested in anything else they may have at this time.

     

    Present day atari doesn't have anything. No different than umpteen trillion other kickstarters.

     

    In the old days, as kids, we'd read advertisements for new products. Ok. But those products were already in development and very likely in testing stages when we read the ad copy. Ad copy that was already a few months old, but first being published now. And thus timed well. Ad hit the street, product followed right behind.

    I sometimes get the feeling that a majority want everything Atari to fail unless someone remakes the old system with cartridge slot.

     

    Kind of how every time a flashback comes out people are hating on it for not having SD slot or HDMI. Granted this year finally has HDMI but am i the only one who can get my Ataris to play on my big TV with no mods? The Adventurer in Adventure is going to look like a block no mater what definition its in. Maybe we need a 4K Atari next? Lol

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  13. Posted

    What makes you think you need Atari to make this? A potato computer can run retro games. You can get a budget laptop NOW for the asking price of the Ataribox "sometime in 2018," and it will be able to do more.

    Didnt say I needed Atari for that. Why would I need Atari to remake a dead system with a cartridge slot? I am more interested in if it would be a great steam machine. I see no point in buying a shit computer to play steam to have it shit out and not be able to process it in a few years. So cheapest new processor desktop at like BB is 600 and that doesnt include monitor or anything. If I buy a computer its going to function for more than emulation. Thats why i have my raspberry pi 3.

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    I think there is a lot of negativity surrounding this. I was excited for the news. Mainly because I WANT to see something from someone other than Sony or Microsoft. I dont expect them to play with those two or even Nintendo.

     

    I'm 33 so Im going to guess I'm somewhere in the middle of gamers. I was just old enough that I played a lot of Atari but spent more time on NES with SNES being what I loved the most.

     

    I want to see this have the arcade games and be able to emulate the other Atari systems. Heck I would be happy with a decent Steambox as I own games that I dont get to play because my laptop is old and sucks (and I want an excuse to buy Fire Pro World).

     

    Wouldnt it be cool if it could have an Atariage store on it to purchase and play the cool AA homebrews? That wont happen. I'm not ready to fund this (I would probably rather buy a Switch for near that same amount) but I do want to see what they come up with and have little reason to be cynical. If it sucks I still have my 2600, 7800, and spare 7800 which I can hook up to my 55 inch tv and get my retro on.

     

    Is this where I should say if it doesnt play (insert homebrew name) I refuse to buy it? :-P

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  15. Posted

    I was supportive of Swordquest when it was first announced while others were immediately writing it off because it wasn't a continuation or update of the original series, even offered tempered praise of the first issue, but I have been extremely disappointed with it since. The book genuinely doesn't seem to know where it's going. Instead, it hopes that the mish-mash of real and fictional backstory will leave readers too befuddled to notice the complete lack of intrigue and likable characters.

     

    Inconsistent art isn't retro. It's just bad. The art in the old Captain Marvel comics was simplistic, cartoony and decidedly retro, but Captain Marvel looked like Captain Marvel in every panel. The characters in Swordquest are pliable enough to make Plastic Man jealous.

     

    Oh, and the comic shop where I bought the first couple of issues of Swordquest and Centipede has stopped carrying both books and another one I checked never carried either of them. I've had to resort to reading issue 3 of each series online. There's one more shop I can check that isn't a hassle to get to, but if they don't carry them, I guess I'm done buying physical copies because while I'm enjoying Centipede, these books aren't worth trekking out to Timbuktu to buy.

    They can probably still order them. The problem is they probably werent selling and then cut back on their order. My shop does that since by then people who want it put it on their pull list

  20. Posted

    Like it or not this is the current Atari and while im skeptical I hope this turns out to be something cool and successful. I know when it was announced a chunk of my friends were excited to see something other than PS4 and Xbox. This might not be what they wanted but maybe they can get some money from it and head towards making newer cool stuff.

  22. Posted

    Damn this sucks. Beef Drop and Pac man Collection was the duo that brought me into buying homebrews. I feel for his family and friends as I lost my father when he was 49 years old. Just another reminder to take care of oneself and never ever leave something unresolved with someone you care about.

     

    Sadness.

  24. Posted

    Initial thoughts. Why do I need 2 buttons to play 2600 games? Why does it have fewer games than the Atari Flashback Portable? I don't want that weird analog input device, I want a standard D-Pad. It appears there's no place to insert a SD memory card, unless it's under the battery cover. Is the hardware just system on a chip? If so then how is it better than the Flashback Portable?

     

    I'll wait for the reviews before I make my final judgment, but I've got a feeling I'm going to pass on this one.

    My guess would be a turbo button?

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