Shaggy the Atarian
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On 12/1/2019 at 4:38 AM, Tommy Tallarico said:Thank you for noticing.
BTW... We have a big press release coming out on Tuesday, Dec. 3rd. on our 40th Anniversary (the first Intellivision hit store shelves on Dec. 3, 1979).
In it we list a ton of developers, have a short interactive Augmented Reality demo of one of our launch games (Moon Patrol) that you'll be able to play on your mobile devices, show never before seen screenshots of one of the pack-in games, showing pics of the final controller and console design and doing a short video about the controller. And yes... we will still be over 10 months from our 10/10 2020 launch date. If you want to get the press release and info when it comes out, please feel free to sign up to our mailing list at IntellivisionAmico.com.
I think some folks in here will appreciate one of the opening lines from our press release on Tuesday...
It's been said that "no news is good news". Intellivision has a different perspective and believes that "more news is great news!".
Awesome, I look forward to it! It's refreshing to see things being handled competently for a non-Big Three console release.
I also imagine you can glean a couple of other shots across FakeFuji's bow from their laughable slideshow today.
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I know that the Shills will refuse to recognize this, but the strategy behind their games is similar to the Ouya. The Ouya had access to the Google Play Store...eventually they squeaked out a few exclusives, but for the most part, it was all the same stuff you could get on your phone.
That platform received 4 times as many backers and still failed hard. Which is the point we keep making about the VCS.
Also, if I was Microsoft or Nintendo's lawyer, I'd be sending them a nice C&D letter stat. It's incredible misleading for them to show Halo 2600 on there, cut-off so that someone who doesn't know about that game's existence thinks that MS is giving their blessing to the platform with putting the regular Halo on there.
And LOL at the 2500 and XT. These people really have no clue what they're doing. But yeah, us naysayers are totally wrong and will be embarrassed by the guaranteed massive success of the VCS! 🙄
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3 minutes ago, keithbk said:Is the VCS REALLY worth $100 more? Can it play Blu-Rays? Does it have an arsenal of games? Does it have a track record of success?
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2 minutes ago, MrBeefy said:Wait why was I thinking of spending $300+ again?
Because of that super awesome LED backlit Fuji symbol, that's why!
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10 hours ago, Zoyx said:Back in 2018, I fired up Tempest 4000 on my Bristol Ridge APU PC and it played without a hitch. That was a marketing video to demonstrate future capability. Conspiracy minded people like you decided to read way too much into it. The Atari VCS will be able to play Tempest 4000 just fine.
Did you know that you can play Tempest 4000 on a PlayStation 4 right now, and that PS4 Slims sell online for $260-$280?
This also might blow your mind, but the PlayStation 4 has a lot of games on it too. Much more than two. And it has Netflix!!!
I know it sounds like conspiracy witchcraft, but it's true!
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1 minute ago, Zoyx said:If you want to know how games will run on the Atari VCS, it will be similar to this board. Benchmarks start at the 8:45 mark. The board alone cost $418 US.
Who was talking about system performance? No one, but since you bring it up, the only things that Atari has bothered to show is Borderlands 2 running along at slightly better than slideshow frame rates. That's power, isn't it?
Of course, this wouldn't be a problem if Atari had bothered to show one of these systems running their games, but then we'd also only get to marvel at Atari Vault running Atari 2600 games. Man, what a system seller and power pusher!
You know who hasn't had any of these problems? IntelliVision and their upcoming Amico console. That has been shown at E3 on the show floor (not in some off site backroom like the Atari VCS), been shown to journalists (who didn't get a bunch of "I don't know" as their answers), haven't lost their system architects, and has announced numerous games for their platform, a year before the machine launches. Atari on the other hand, has nothing like this video, even though it was supposed to have launched next month:
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Just now, Zoyx said:Atari has made mistakes, a lot of them. They will make more. But there isn't a f'n conspiracy.
I'm also not loyal. I am a realist who doesn't have much patience for conspiracy theorists.
Oh please. You've had a ton of facts, not theories dumped on you, but you keep on ignoring legitimate criticisms to only deal with the stuff that's low hanging fruit like delays. You're the only one claiming we're on about a conspiracy, while the rest of us are pointing out things that aren't mistakes, but incompetence and willful acts by Atari to hoodwink easy suckers into giving them more cash.
I likewise don't have patience for patsies.
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23 minutes ago, Zoyx said:Why do I have this suspicion that this has been argued before. Do you people enjoy this?
Well, we don't often get someone here who finds no problem with how Atari has run this whole fiasco, so not really. We do like to have fun, and Atari has made it easy to mock themselves over it. But it's more perplexing than anything that people like yourself give Atari more benefit than the doubt than they deserve or have earned. Honestly, what has the present group of guys at Atari done that has earned such unwaivering loyalty on your part?
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1 minute ago, Zoyx said:The reason for the delay last June was probably not due to the move to Ryzen, but the contractor not hitting their checkpoints. If you don't hit your milestones, you don't get paid.
Except that Michael Artz repeatedly insisted that it was. Try again.
Atari has been sued multiple times for breach of contract and refusing to pay. They've been sued by the rights holders of Rollercoaster Tycoon because of this. They're in court with Fergal Mac because of it. Human Head complained about it. Rob Wyatt complained about it. None of these entities are connected with each other, apart from having done "business" with Atari.
https://twitter.com/frankcifaldi/status/1181594093329104896
Perhaps you have no problem with Atari essentially stealing people's time and effort, but in my book if you refuse to pay for work that you've hired, you are a company that deserves to fail and no one should have anything to do with you.
Now how about the rest, like the content, and the fact that you're far better off buying a Switch/PS4/XB1 than wasting it on the VCS?
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4 minutes ago, Zoyx said:This is how you handle a delay. This probably wouldn't work with you folks.
Lol, defend the indefensible by ignoring all of the other issues. Just focus on delays, not the lies, lack of payments to beloved "partners" and no content, that'll win the day!
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5 hours ago, Zoyx said:I just discovered this long-ass thread. So many conspiracy theories. The Atari VCS will come to market, it is the only way Atari will make money off of this.
It's not a conspiracy theory or mistake on the following:
-Losing two of the system's architects because of non-payment
-Being required per your end of the agreement on IGG to update backers on a monthly basis, then not doing so
-Implying that you have a working prototype in original videos, but it turns out it was green screens and a photoshopped Xbox One controller
- Assuming that a developer behind one of your star titles (Tempest 4000) is working on a game, but not paying for said development so that the dev was surprised
-Showing journalists nothing more than a prop, being incapable of answering very basic questions then calling said journalists liars when Atari gets called out on it (only to have the journalist produce the recording of the conversation to show that Atari lied themselves about the whole encounter and that their favorite catchphrase is: "I don't know")
-Providing an email address for developers to contact Atari if they are interested in creating something for the VCS, then not actually setting up an email so it just goes to a black hole (then lying about it)
-Promising a development SDK for months and never producing said SDK
-Promising updates by the end of a fixed period (summer), never producing it
We're two years into this and it's been another delay; they still haven't shown what exclusive games will be had on the platform. They claim that their unnamed partners keep them from sharing the good news, but to anyone with a partially function brain stem, that's pure bullshit. It's Atari's platform. They can go ahead and say which game titles are headed to it whenever they want, they don't even have to show something, just provide a list, but that is apparently outside of their paygrade (or per Atari, no announcements are good announcements!). Nintendo/Sony/MS always show their line-ups months in advance because they know that's how you hook buyers. The Intellivision Amico has done so a year out, while all Atari has done is managed to get Antstream on board. It's not that difficult to get one of your partners to show a working beta either, but if you were to talk with someone who has been a partner with Atari, you'd find out very quickly that they are a nightmare to work for. They don't complete payments, and convert some of your payment into French stocks (I know someone who worked at Human Head Studios on Minimum and that came from him. He said it was a joke working with Atari).
They haven't even said if their star IP, Rollercoaster Tycoon will be available for it. We also have seen them promote it as your very own super emulation machine and to go download ROMs (that's something you see Nintendo/Sony/Microsoft do, right?) and show a piss poor 10FPS operation of Borderlands 2 running on it. Yeah, that'll move units!
But the people who believe in everything Atari says still think that Ray Kassar or Nolan Bushnell is at the helm and are going to grant all of their childhood wishes. Us detractors are merely pointing out that if you believe what they're selling, you'll end up disappointed, that there are better options out there you can spend $300 on, such as tacos.
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4 minutes ago, lingyi said:I just realized who's behind the Atari posts...Baghdad Bob!
"It's dishonest work, but it pays the bills"
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More videos posted. Still have many to edit together:
Terminator Salvation: Delta Mission addition to Big Buck Hunter machines
SpaceWarp 66. They are looking into doing a non-ticket version of this (reminds me of Yoomp!)
GunArena, the virtual airsoft gun range arcade machine by Taito
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2 hours ago, Paul Slocum said:
Here it is, so apparently they're just going to say nothing and keep kicking the can down the road. The wording seems pretty telling "we have no intention of letting you down".
"Hey guys, remember back when we used to have a Project Lead that we weren't paying, doing stuff like placing an order with a 24 hr PCB turnaround factory? GREAT TIMES. Unfortunately, we still don't know what to do with that thing, and for some weird reason, we can't find a single person out there interested in becoming our next unpaid console designer. Blockchain anyone?"
I also like how it took them what, two, three weeks to type that?
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12 hours ago, Bill Loguidice said:I actually was being sarcastic. Of course competitive battle royale gamers don't want low frame rates. The smoother, the better.
Ah ok, never mind then
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Making this thread to help highlight the plethora of new games that were unveiled this past week in Orlando at the IAAPA Expo 2019 trade show. There's a lot of stuff happening, and it's not even everything we'll see in the business through the next year.
If you like to read the details, here are two links to posts so far:
And some videos to watch if you prefer that. I have many more that I still need to edit together, which I'll post later for anyone interested (or you can just subscribe to my channel, which is probably easier
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Mission: Impossible Arcade (Sega)
I wasn't allowed to film this one, but I played it and talked with the game's director, which I share:
Nitro Trucks (Play Mechanix)
Outnumbered (LAI Games)
Speed Driver 5 (IGS)
Super Firing (Luck Amusement)
More to come through the next week or two
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On 11/21/2019 at 11:39 AM, racerx said:The Pong table is fun to watch for a couple of minutes, and then you realize it just doesn't control very well.
Cool novelty, but kind of falls flat as a game. I'd imagine this will be the same.
That's why I didn't get one for my arcade, but apparently they are still making a lot of money in the right location. I guess it's "hip" since most of the players don't care that it's off a bit from the video version
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13 minutes ago, Flojomojo said:Looks like there has been some action with the spectacularly greedy/stupid Atari Vs. Target suit, too. This is about the "Foot Pong" in-store projector minigame that has probably not been used in years now.
https://www.pacermonitor.com/public/case/27754525/Atari_Interactive,_Inc_v_Target_Corporation
Last I saw of this one, Target stated that "Atari" has failed to state a claim or prove that they really owned the trademark to Pong. 😂
I'm running out of free PACER downloads, someone else get this one please. 😉
Someone must have gone onto KLOV.com and looked up the plethora of Pong clones
If anything, Target could always say they were copying the abandonware Paddle Battle and not Pong.
Either way, I'm looking forward to Atari getting a taste of their own lawfare medicine for a change, whoever it is.
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On 11/21/2019 at 9:11 AM, Flojomojo said:Old Star Wars is awesome
Old Atari is awesome
New Star Wars is awesome
Sorry, but...
IMHO (The Mandalorian might be an exception). But I'll try not to derail this delicious thread too far other than that.
On 11/18/2019 at 9:59 AM, Bill Loguidice said:As the author of Fortnite For Dummies, I can tell you that Fortnite players LOVE low frame rates when playing Battle Royale. It gives them that extra edge towards a Victory Royale.
Yeah, but we're talking the probability of it being 5~14 frames a second on the mythical VCS. Supercross 3D on the Jaguar will run smoother than Fortnite on the VCS. My guess is that Fortnite players are fine with a tiny bit of lag (25~30fps being considered "low"), just like how major, but temporary, slowdown in bullet hell shmups gives you the chance to maybe escape doom. But playing a fast slideshow for pretty much any modern game for the entire time you are playing said game? I highly doubt that can be considered a selling point for anyone remotely serious about gaming.
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New four player variation of the Atari Pong Table Project (think electromechanical Quadrapong). Exclusive to Dave & Busters until March 2020, then other arcades can pick it up
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1 hour ago, Lodmot said:Lol, imagine if you accidentally clicked "Submit" and sent them $999,999. XDDD
I imagine that Atari would suddenly show up with an "update" where they say that "something big just happened, stay tuned!" and Fred finally gets to click "Pay" on that open browser tab showing an all-expenses paid trip to Dubai he's been eyeing for a while.
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4 minutes ago, Flojomojo said:I keep staring at Mike Arzt's Twitter feed, waiting for the magic to happen.
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26 minutes ago, Flojomojo said:Yeah, I'm aware of Google's lousy track record of supporting their hardware. Just pointing out that if a mega-corp like them can't fulfill all of their promises, then it's absurd to think that Atari, with little money and a record of lying, is going to pull that magical rabbit out of the hat where everything works/is included as promised.
For the Atari VCS, we should've had headlines that read: "Game makers unable to even get a response from Atari on developing for the VCS, must be a hoax."
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Since the Wanker Bros. just love to compare Atari to mega-corps like Apple, let's take a look at how the multi-billion $$$ entity of Google is handling the launch of their new Stadia platform:
https://phandroid.com/2019/11/14/google-stadia-will-launch-missing-many-of-its-expected-features/
But I'm sure that Atari, with just enough money to keep jetting Fred around for pointless hype appearances, definitely has the cash and brains to be able to live up to their hardware promises (where Google can't).
Right?
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And yet, it'll still play Borderlands 2 at 12 FPS.
And don't forget that with a paltry 32GB of internal storage, you'll have to invest into external storage too.
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