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  3. Posted

    3 minutes ago, Mikebloke said:

    Consider what else you should give to make it more valuable. I wouldn't consider buying it for any more than half the price you are suggesting, it just isn't worth it from buying another console or a dedicated pc. Give stuff away to make it more worthwhile, what we already have on pcs is not enough. 

    If they were to offer a lifetime* subscription to AntStream, that would go a long way towards making this something different, at least for a while, without costing anyone much money. There are few enough VCS buyers that the strain on the AntStream network would be minimal.

     

    Of course, this means putting aside the delusion that many VCS buyers would actually pay $10 a month to stream ZX Spectrum games.

     

    It wouldn't be enough to change my mind, but it would give "Atari" the opportunity to say "A $360 value! Atari VCS pays for itself in just 3 years** of awesome retro gaming!!" Unlike a lot of other stuff they've said (and left unsaid), that would be close to the truth. 

     

    *Lifetime = lifetime of the AntStream service, or support for Atari VCS, not the person who bought it. Either way, I would expect it to be a finite amount of time. 

    **AntStream service not guaranteed to stay in business for 3 years. No refunds for unused periods of service, not transferable, some restrictions apply. 

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  8. Posted

    28 minutes ago, Jumpman1981 said:

    Am I the only one here who's worried that this mess will damage the reputation of the original VCS?

    No, you're not alone. I'm already there.

     

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    And no one wants to hear my hot takes

    about the other new retro remakes

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  10. Posted

    1 hour ago, Laner said:

    Whew... got some true believers in /r/stadia trying hard to convince themselves they made a good purchasing decision.

    Every platform seems to have the wish-hards, and people who will go to the mat to defend them for some reason. Stadia seems like it has nowhere to go but up, so long as it gets some more content. So far it's the same stuff that OnLive had, which is the same stuff that gets given away by Humble Bundle, PlayStation Plus and GamePass.
     

    I wonder what's holding back big publishers like EA and Blizzard? Are they asking too much, or holding out until they have their own streaming service, until we have a fragmented mess like streaming video is right now? Until the inevitable consolidation into a winner-take-all fat bundle?

  11. Posted

    4 hours ago, roots.genoa said:

    scolding the poor guy (with his wife next to him for some reason)

    Like an American political sex scandal. 
     

     

    It's funny that we have these little rituals, like publicly apologizing for transgressing social norms, or following through after taking three million dollars from people who just wanted some old games. 

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  12. Posted

    I'd consider subscribing to it if they could stream online-only games that need to be patched all the time, such as MMOs. Or super-high-end stuff that couldn't run on any hardware I could afford. But game PCs (including laptops!) are cheaper than ever, most games run fine on an i5 with a 1050ti, and there's no shortage of content on Steam/GOG/Epic/etc. 

     

    If only I cared about Destiny 2, their giveaway game. But if I did, I'd probably already be playing Destiny 2 on something else. 

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  13. Posted

    18 minutes ago, Lost Dragon said:

    made the mistake of asking about Jane Whittaker in same email.

    This is probably best addressed in another thread, but is this for real? 

    https://airentertainment.biz/2019/08/jane-whittaker-proven-to-be-an-industry-fraud/

     

    Edit: I see that you, @Lost Dragon have written extensively about this in recent months. I'll catch up there, no need to reinvent the wheel just to bring me up to speed. 

     

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  15. Posted

    1 hour ago, Stormbringer said:

    ok, honestly there is like 1k pages talking about tacos... I tried to casually pick up on it but wtf are you guys on about?

    Failed brand custodian "Atari" is desperate for the appearance of legitimacy. Announces plan to build a mini-computer/game console, takes $3M of fan money, all but disappears. In the absence of news, a smart person says, this is stupid, I'd rather just have a taco. 

     

    "Atari" "chief" "operating" "officer" pops up occasionally to say the dog ate his homework, but good things are coming soon. "Atari" can't be relied upon, but tacos can. 

     

    Support your local taquiera. Don't support shysters who exploit nostalgia for retro games. Drink Corona, don't catch it. Be excellent to each other. Namaste. Simple as that. 

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  16. Posted

    Checkered Flag looked fine in screenshots when it was new, 25 years ago. Too bad about the framerate, controls, balance, price, sound, pacing, and features. Surely all this has been litigated before? Yet it keeps coming up. "What if my great-grandfather had put nitro rockets on his horse-drawn buggy, think how fast it could have gone!"

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  19. Posted

    The media is picking up on all the complaints, too. 40 days without a new game or announcement is a very long time for the audience they're trying to attract. 
     

    https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/357269/Stadia_owners_on_Reddit_are_blasting_Google_over_radio_silence_and_lack_of_support.php

     

    It's really hard to start up a new platform, which is why I'm super skeptical of the bit players who talk a big game but haven't shown any ability to sustain something besides hype after launch. Google is lagging behind where OnLive was like 10 years ago in terms of features and titles. It's not as if they're running their own studio and creating content, either. 
     

    I have too much to play as it is, but I'd be willing to play a free trial if they rolled it out in a bigger way. 

  21. Posted

    3 hours ago, TankedThomas said:

    I don't have the sources handy on my phone but it seems it's man-made. Lucas was actually more on-point than he may have realised - the Coronavirus was engineered to be able to infect humans back in 2015. North Carolina scientists came up with the idea for a study but funding was denied. 

     

    Following that, a bunch of scientists in Wuhan actually followed through and engineered this mutation of the Coronavirus. Their lab happens to be about 20 miles from the seafood market where the first outbreak happened. 

     

    On top of that, it appears that the original virus contained in bats could not affect humans, or at least not in any lethal capacity, so it certainly points to it being man-made. 

     

    Now whether fears over things like it being a weapon with Hong Kong being a target are legitimate or it was an accident, I couldn't say. I'm no expert - just regurgitating what I've read - but it sounds potentially a lot worse than other recent epidemics if it's indeed man-made. 

    This is surprisingly not being widely reported though, so there's that...

     

    Um, anyway, back on topic...

     

    Tacos. 

     

    That is all. 

    Um, no. Viruses mutate and change in nature all the time, it's what they do. Scientists "engineer" things like this all the time, it's where we get vaccines. China is a frequent source of novel strains because of their dense population and proximity to large groups of animals like birds and swine. Please don't make up stupid conspiracy theories when you clearly don't know what you're talking about.  

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  24. Posted

    2 minutes ago, Shaggy the Atarian said:

    I can't wait for Atari to start using the line "No sales are good sales!" in the event that this thing ever reaches production.

    And the TED talk by Fred Chesnais about how to cut staff and save money on development and support by not developing or supporting anything. 

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  25. Posted

    15 minutes ago, jhd said:

     

    So, a modern(ized) version of Don Quixote tilting at windmills -- as a video game. Where is the Kickstarter? 

    I'll bet Terry Gilliam is available! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_in_La_Mancha

    Perhaps there's a lesson here. 

     

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    Lost in La Mancha explores how the film's production issues soon overran schedule and budget. Gilliam tells his crew not to be afraid to tell him that something is too complicated or expensive to be done, because he needs to be restrained sometimes. In another interview, he says he wants his films to be seen and enjoyed by the widest audience possible. But natural forces were more important than his excesses.

     

    On the first day of shooting, the crew discovered that their outdoor filming location, in the area known as Bardenas Reales, was plagued by nearly constant noise from a nearby NATO aircraft target practice area. Gilliam decided to continue shooting footage, knowing that he could replace the audio in post-production. But during the second day of shooting, hail and a flash flood damaged equipment. In addition, it permanently changed the appearance of the location, where some shots had not yet been completed. The entire sequence would have to be reshot.

     

    More significantly, days later it became apparent that Rochefort was injured. Within a week Gilliam learned that Rochefort had a herniated disc and would be unable to continue filming. This ended production completely, resulting in a record $15 million insurance claim. The insurance company owned the rights to the screenplay for several years, until they were transferred back to Gilliam. He restarted production of The Man Who Killed Don Quixote in 2008.

     

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