AlecRob

A poor imitation of the real thing and an insult to the best console of all time.

This is why i LOVE the PC Engine. The visual style and sound are so completely unlike anything else.

I like to pretend it’s the 90s and console turf wars are still a thing

How about release games for the Atari VCS? Switch?!? What are you some kind of traitor!?

Lynx was designed by a company other than atari. it is pretty much an Epyx console as much as the PC Engine is a Hudson Soft console. Atari VCS was clearly not designed by atari of old, but is still an atari product nonetheless. Raspberry pis are systems yes. If it runs games it is a system. Atari VCS could be seen as the successor to the little-known Atari PC line of products from the 80s

I always argue that if the Lynx is an Atari system, then so is the VCS.

Still better than dead horse kicking taco threads full of people saying over and over that VCS isnt a real atari console

Everyone said there would never be a VCS section on atariage. Lol

Fake? They bought the intellectual property fair and square. Companies are bought and sold all the time. It’s not like they stole the name and are putting out bootleg products.

I’m IN! all we need next is for konami and NEC to team up and make a proper successor to the PC Engine. Lol oh and a new Sega system too. console wars!!

I wouldnt be bummed. The more the merrier. I would totally buy the next SNK system. cuz i’m a sucker. I’ll put it right next to my atari VCS.

this is literally the worst console of all time and it should burn in hell

Atari, SA hatred: because Tramiel’s Atari of the 80s and early 90s was soooo great. lol at least this atari actually somewhat listens to fans, like how they updated the VCS specs several times during development. And used a ryzen CPU at fans request. Tramiel’s Atari flopped because they were ridiculously out of touch with the public and released 90 percent garbage games for 7800 and Jaguar.

one person on facebook said their tracking number said it could arrive tomorrow. i'm sure everyone is heavily anticipating actual user feedback regarding the Atari VCS

redirect all VCS discussion to the Atariage atacobox subforum

Queue pictures of VCS consoles covered with taco stickers

Looks like they are finally shipping orders out today.

Doesnt the VCS check if there is an otherOS on external drive before booting to atari menu?

Everything gets hacked..

I’m sure it is possible to boot from internal storage. I cant see this thing being that hard to hack...

So it looks like you can install custom OS on internal drive? Am i reading this correctly?

Honestly I much prefer a web interface with keyboard for streaming over the usual crappy apps. No complaints there. Giving us Missile Command is pretty cool, as that new one looks pretty good to be honest.

I like how it has two downvotes already lol

I usually lack interest in PC’s because they are a different target market compared to consoles. Different aesthetic and feel too. VCS is a console that doubles as a PC, with a bit of brand nostalgia thrown in. Again I have to wonder why thats supposed to be a bad idea...

As someone who has been through actual abuse in the context of relationships and having literally years of therapy i can tell you a slightly shady video game company’s antics are in no way comparable to enduring actual real life trauma. I still think people are blowing this way out of proportion. If you put a magnifying glass to most big game companies (or big corporations/tech companies in general) you would definitely find a lot worse stuff than anything atari, SA has done. Do you think sony or microsoft or nintendo have never told lies before? lol. who cares if it’s merely a vehicle for a logo? What are consoles anymore anyway? For the past few generations that is basically all they have been, near identical machines with different logos. sandbox mode right out of the gate automatically makes it more interesting than xbox or sonybox to me. As for being limited to external hard drives for sandbox... meh. External hard drives take up very little space these days. Besides, i have no doubts that the system will be hacked in no time to allow internal storage for sandbox.