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    Next they will announce a delay because they got a virus... like the "Core-OnAh" virus... it corrupts cores in your processor you know... but they are still working hard around the clock to get these out to the backers!  Stay TUNED!  Norton will have an anti-virus update for Atari in WEEKS!  Not months... :)

     

    MrBlackCat

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  2. Posted

    I don't have time, but I certainly wish someone would put together a commemorative Taco Controller for this... I looked through my old controllers box and had many idea, but I just can't pull off the spare time.

     

    As a collector of odd controllers, I would buy one. :D

     

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    13 minutes ago, Metal Ghost said:

    I wasn’t going to bite. I REALLY wasn’t! Not because I don’t want one, really just that I wanted to walk into a store old skool and walk out of Target with one.

    Sometimes I have so little self control!! LOL


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    I feel the same... my solution is to pre-order what I wish, but them go to stores and buy with "a crowd of peers" and give one as a gift to another gamer. :D

    When Red Dead Redemption came out, and DooM etc, I was at the store anyway, in line with Cowboys and Space Marines respectively... :)  Fun.

     

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    Galagon arrived a couple of days ago... finally got a chance to play it for a while this evening.  Amazing work.  So balanced for an Atari 2600 game.  Never imagined seeing something with this much diversity on the Atari.

    This is the first current production game I have bought for the Atari... I plan to do this more often.  This isn't just nostalgia overload talking, as this is a really high quality product in so many ways.

    I don't know what inspires Champ Games to do something like this, but I am very glad something does.

     

    MrBlackCat

     

     

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  9. Posted

    On 10/4/2019 at 1:35 PM, Albert said:

    The posters for Galagon arrived today!  These are double-sided, featuring the artwork from the front and back of the box.  Thank you Dave Dries for the time you put into this project!

     

    Galagon_Poster.jpg

    Are these for sale along with the physical game at some point? 

     

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    I am glad I don't have Steam, so I don't have to pay to stream games I already pay for on another service.  How much per hour is it to play the build in 350 games? (JUST KIDDING!)

     

    From under my rock, I can't imaging enough people using the streaming service on this machine to even matter... most people that even get what that is are going to just do it a different way... what I am saying is that I see the streaming feature as rather obscure, as opposed to a selling point.  This is unless I am way off in my perception of the target market.

     

    I just want an arcade cabinet starting point with "good" controls... beyond that, everything is "just features" like the pile of them I don't use on my cell phone either.

     

    I will be getting one of these cabinets unless something drastic surfaces... and I think this will be the norm.

     

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    We (myself and CatNapDreams from here) are having Tacos tonight... I am certainly compelled to post an image of this to de-celebrate the Atari IBS or whatever the new "thing" was supposed to be called.

     

     

    *(no offense to those with actual IBS, only used for attempted comedic purposes) :D

     

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  13. Posted

    Been playing the Atari a bit as I haven't in weeks... PacMan, E.T. Galaxian, Frogger... I don't play long honestly, but the idea of playing Galaga on this hardware is fascinating.  I have always enjoyed arcade games ported to a system this "low end" as it is interesting what sacrifices are chosen to allow it.

    I will certainly be buying the physical form of this game when available.

    While I don't program for the Atari and have no idea how they actually work, I do work as a software engineer for some (non-gaming) systems... but still, having read all of this thread, and considering some of the methods described to get this running, I can compare what was done with original Atari programs and have a good idea of the inventiveness it took to get something like this running so well.

     

    Thank you guys again for doing this.  Amazing job.

     

    MrBlackCat

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    Cool! A new Atari flashback in a different case for ten times the price! Just what I wanted...

    I think sandbox mode is when my dog buries it in the sandbox after I toss it outside just because I have enough Flashbacks. I am really glad I didn't back this thing.

     

    They must have figured an easy way out... it would be a dangerous game not to produce now after all that info.

     

    At least they finally got an update.

    I wish best of luck to all those who backed this thing. I hope some people get something that they can enjoy.

     

    MrBlackCat

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    I have an idea for a launch game, called E.T , I know what you are all thinking, no Troll honest! E.T the Extraterrestrial Taco, it is about a sentient Taco from the galaxy Bell, it got lost and saw all the Taco shapes from orbit, thinking it found a colony of fellow intelligent Tacos, it used all its remaining fuel to land. in a rare coincidence, the fuel is what we call Hot Sauce. Now you must help E.T collect all 6 ingredients to make the rare fuel to help E.T power its space ship back to its home planet, iratA, in the Bell galaxy, avoiding its enemies, disguised as killer Tomatoes but are shape shifters from outer space... can someone forward this idea to the head Cheese at Atari?

    LOL!

    I would buy it. :D

     

    "But will it play Pong? Because that is the only game I have ever heard of... did I mention my obsession with Pong?" (sorry, that Fox business interview was just sad on multiple levels)

     

    Ok... I see your E.T. and raise you this...

     

    A game called T.P! No, I am not trolling of a game about Toilet Paper, though it might seem appropriate for the current state of Atari.

    I'm talking about Taco Pong! A game where the objective is to fill your Taco with the right ingredients in the right order... rather than paddles, you will have taco shells.. Rather than a ball, you will have randomly generated ingredients for your taco. Pressing fire turns your taco to the open side for a limited time which allows you to catch the current ingredient, otherwise it bounces off the back of the taco giving your opponent the chance to catch that ingredient. :D

     

    MrBlackCat

     

    (Ok, I have to admit I didn't think of this just now... I originally wrote this game on a Commodore Vic-20 in the mid 80's, but it still fits here. :D )

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  17. Posted

    If all they have is the 3D printed box... that would be the prototype.

     

    Maybe the 3D printed box we keep seeing is the extra-large keychain (with LED) that comes with the package... and we are to receive a USB stick with a borrowed emulator on it, which contains links to emulation software by people that actually have companies or at least a working product as well as links to the Atari merchandising websites. :D

     

    MrBlackCat

  22. Posted

    Look like a render to me... probably never make it to market... probably just keep our three million dollars too. (KIDDING!)

    OH WAIT! This isn't the Ataco-Box!

     

    Take my money... and I will have some left at the suggested price point. :D

    The only deal breaker for me at this point would be if this goes to an IndieGoGo listing. :)

     

    I can't wait for details to get ironed out... the funds are set and waiting for this one.

     

    MrBlackCat

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  23. Posted

    Which confuses me why they didn't just make what I've said they should have made from the beginning... a flashback on crack with a deluxe case. It would have been technically feasible, is proven marketable, and has existing distribution channels. The fact that Atari didn't go that route proves they have the business acumen of a methhead in a casino parking lot.

    Maybe because you don't get millions of dollars handed to you for building a FlashBack. They just cut out the middle man! (AtGames)

     

    Not having to provide a product greatly increases profit. They business plan flowchart is probably just about how to appear as though you are making something to the people you got the money from in the most efficient way, to keep as much of the donated capital as possible.

     

    All jokes aside, working around the legal system shows you this is actually practiced... (as well as following this thread shows) and in cases like this, it is technically legal.

     

    MrBlackCat

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    Weirdly enough I found that I play more the less I have.

    I experience this also... I should stop looking on eBay and Amazon and stop posting on AtariAge and go play some games! :)

     

    Is kind of like flipping channels for some people I think. I don't actually watch television and haven't done so in almost 20 years now. I haven't ever owned cable or anything like that. I am not anti-television, just non-television. The point being that although I don't experience it, I have seen first hand "flipping channels" and never stopping... and I relate that to my own struggling to pick a game or system to play at times. Years ago, I never had difficulty with game selection, when I had only a few systems and a few games each. (Maybe I have forgotten?) Handheld gaming is the same... there are 7 handhelds on my nightstand right now. SO many games just right there... Sudoku or GTA: LCS? Such a massive range is available. DooM on the GBM (e.g. run and gun) or something deep and odd like The Unfinished Swan or Flower on the Vita?

     

    I would like to believe I enjoy the nearly unlimited options, but I am not so sure anymore. I find this with many of my hobbies which can now offer a great deal of options. My next hobby needs to be a study course in decision making maybe. ;)

     

    Maybe this is the edge of what it is like to be extremely financially wealthy... the more stuff you have, the less satisfying it becomes. I must be wealthy! :D

     

    MrBlackCat

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