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5 minutes ago, frankodragon said:

Pretty much the Atacobox is being an expensive low-end PC with that "Atari" name slapped on which at least $200 is being used just for the logo*.  But with all the time they spend deleting critical posts from "trolls" they're more into maintaining their self-image and reputation.

 

 

*Of course this is IF the un-console really exists.  Go Vaporware!

If I were Fred, I'd purchase about 10,000 Raspberry Pi units, slap them inside VCS cases, and call it a success.  Judging from the responses to "Atari Dude's" well done hoax, most of the supporters would be perfectly fine with it.

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1 hour ago, CMR said:

It would be cool if they would release the system as an open console and just let people do whatever they want with it.  They could even setup an online marketplace like steam or gog to support it where anyone could upload software to share or sell.  They don't seem that smart though.  I really would love to see a company make an open console though.  Even the Ouya was kind of locked in.

Honest question.   Why not just buy a PC?  The much vaulted "Sandbox Mode" is just the ability to play games on Linux or Windows.  The only way people are going to be able to play Star Wars on the Atari VCS, assuming it comes out, is to install an emulator and rom.  Not exactly official and legal, but it is what it is.

 

I'm not condoning that course of action, but if you're going to do it, why not just do it on your PC.  If you want to play the games on your HD tv, get an HDMI cable and connect it to your computer.   Is it the nostalgia of buying a product with the Atari name on it that is the stumbling block?

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15 minutes ago, digdugnate said:

it's totally okay, guys!  Biff said that he'll be getting an SDK soon from Atari!  Very very soon you can play Jungles of Maxtheria on YOUR VERY OWN VCS II!

 

Doesn't he also make that sweet puzzle game?  There's nothing more I'd like to play than a game where you put together pieces of a puzzle to form a screenshot of Doom on the Jaguar.  I can't imagine what kind of licensing voodoo is necessary to make this game happen legally. 

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4 hours ago, TACODON said:

Getting that ban hammer soon I bet...

And...comments for that thread are now disabled.  There was some concern about whether backers would get their systems this year, and you can't have skepticism. They don't want negative posts, but what is there to post about, other than their infatuation with us "trolls"?  Certainly nothing positive. 

 

Heck, even John Phelan released a video on YouTube today saying if the system isn't out by April, he's going to boycott Atari.   Looks like the dam is starting to break.

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20 minutes ago, Oscar Manuel Rojas Maillo said:

I think the second choice. Stefan Werner said it was HIS JOB(with caps, like that), to moderate de Cult page

If he's a paid shill, he's terrible at his job.  He should be buttering people up and sweet talking them into buying a VCS, not getting nasty with people asking simple questions.  When he bans people, he prances around, boasting like he won an Academy Award.   Who does that?

 

I still maintain my contention that nearly everyone supporting this thing has some kind of mental health challenge.   In the case of the Werner Brothers, I'm guessing they don't have anything in real life where they feel respected or valued,  so now they can use an internet forum to force people to play by their rules, for fear of getting banned.  Kinda sad, really.   

 

In terms of *NAMES REMOVED*, maybe some development issues in their brain.  I admire their child like blind faith, but they're going to be very disappointed at some point.  I feel bad for those two.  The Werner Brothers, along with Lucas and Andy, frankly deserve to learn the lesson Atari is going to teach them.

 

 

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Almost time for Atari's daily Facebook post.  Any bets on which 5 month old post they'll recycle today?

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10 minutes ago, ColecoJoe said:

You mean they actually pay someone to review and approve the crap they've been blasting out on social media?  

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1 minute ago, MrBeefy said:

Well evidently this is your update. This is the most recent anything on the Atacobox.

 

 

 

That guy has truly elevated trolling to an art form.   It's an obvious fake, but it's a sliver of hope for the loyalists to grab on to.  Maybe Atari would just be better off throwing a Raspberry Pi into the VCS shell and shipping it?

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37 minutes ago, MrBeefy said:

Got it before the ban. 

 

So, I am still waiting. I really want to know what they have. I really want to see them make a great comeback. Not sure why other than I have found memories of my Atari and I am done with Sony and Microsoft.

The supporters Facebook page started dialing back expectations a few days ago.   The thought is that as long as Atari backs the December ship date, that's what matters. 

 

I can't really argue with that line of thinking.   But when Atari keeps missing deadlines, doesn't a prudent person have to wonder why the December ship date will somehow be the one they make?

 

 

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6 hours ago, JasperAK said:

What? No overnight Tacos? I was hoping for a Taco when I woke up this morning. Slackers.

Oh, don't worry.   The first day of fall is coming.   When Atari fails to deliver their big announcement, it will be raining tacos.

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People are getting excited that Chesnais had a meeting with a company that makes mobile games.   That's some serious desperation right there.

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And now they have their own "Official" Atari VCS subreddit.   I guess they need something they can censor.   I don't understand why they can't see how bad this sort of thing makes them look.  When you go around censoring critics, it reinforces the narrative that this is a scam.

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6 minutes ago, OverMuch said:

Before December?  Hell, there's a big announcement right around the corner...right? 

 

The last day of summer is next week.   If the only thing we see is more recycled 5 month old social media posts,  there might be a revolt.

 

Or...more excuses.  

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Ladies and gentlemen, I'm going to make a prediction, and you can write this one down:

 

As each day passes, it's becoming obvious Atari has nothing to show. When the December deadline comes and goes, Atari will blame the Intel chip shortage.  The backers will eat it up, and it technically won't be Atari's fault. Since no one can say when Intel will be caught up, Atari can use this excuse to string backers along indefinitely. 

 

Of course,  no one has seen a functioning prototype, so they have no use for this chips anyway, but that's beside the point. 

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38 minutes ago, Oscar Manuel Rojas Maillo said:

Gracias Don Tacodone :). The level of hatred from the "Werner Bros" is scary. One of them angrily answered a comment I made about letting everyone express their opinion(Since he had disallowed comments on my post), saying that it was "his JOB to moderate the group and if I didn't like the way he did it, that I knew where the door was". That "my job" part made me curious. Could theses guys be employees of either Atari or the company that runs their PR (UberstrategistPR)? 

 

 

Considering how toxic their behavior is, and how aggressively they silence anyone who doesn't march in lockstep with them, I'd say this is a valid question.  I was pretty surprised at how your banning went down.  

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17 minutes ago, carlsson said:

3 months of hobbyist programming on evenings and weekends, or 3 months of full time, paid game development? Given that some of the most talented people here on AtariAge can come up with decent, playable retro games (though not fully embellished or tested) within 2-3 evenings of work, as well as those 24 hour indie coding competitions that take place all the time, I think a reasonably talented person working full time could put out at least 2 basic games per month, depending on how much previous material they have to start from. Yep, those would be more like the free download or $1 games on the Internet, not AAA titles which perhaps is not what Atari would want to brag about in their list of exclusive games.

Yeah...but who would want to play those games?  I'll play any crap on my cell phone to kill time, but when I'm at home, the games I play on my tv are what I want to play. 

 

I think it was Review Tech USA who asked what the market was supposed to be for this system.   Taking it a step further, what does mission accomplished look like for the backers?  A system that can play vintage Atari games, as well as modern games?  My PC or Xbox One can do that, and Borderlands 2 will play much smoother on either.  

 

Do people just want something with the Atari name and logo slapped on it?  Ok, I guess.   How did that work out for Nintendo fans who bought the Virtual Boy?  

 

Is "Sandbox mode" the big draw here?  Because I can use whatever OS I want on my laptop.  If I plug my laptop into my tv using an HDMI cable, is there a reason for the Atari VCS to coexist with it?

 

I guess the honest question I have for whatever people who are excited about this system is this:  If the system wasn't released by a company called Atari, would you even care about it?  

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33 minutes ago, MrBeefy said:

I really hope it does get released in December. Mainly to just see the Beta and how the backers handle it.

Realistically, Atari already has some canned excuses ready to unleash.  Their die hard fans have believed every excuse and lie up to this point.   No reason to think that will change in 4 months.  Atari will say the backers get the benefit of being early testers, they will use their valuable feedback for the main launch in the spring, and everyone will be happy. 

 

That is, assuming this thing is released to backers this December.  There's nothing remotely impressive about the technology here, so it should be no problem.   Maybe they're too busy working on Defender Remastered to put on the Atari store for John P. to buy.

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3 hours ago, digdugnate said:

here's a dev studio supposedly linked with Nutari- i think it's all that blockchain gobbledy-gook, tho.

 

http://www.threegates.se/

That website isn't exactly promising. 

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15 minutes ago, TACODON said:

I can't wait to frame that certificate and get a nice plaque for it declaring it to be a among the top 5 dumbest things I've ever done.

 

My plan if I ever get anything is to flip it on Ebay as soon as the package hits my hands. 

Considering how many people I've seen ask about shipping to other countries, you might even make a profit off it.

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2 hours ago, Shawn said:

 

Not even close to being done. You see that PC with the LCD monitor showing a few 2600 titles on a menu screen a couple posts up? That is where they are at. It's truly pathetic.

Well, according to John Phelan, whom I genuinely feel sorry for, it's a simple matter to transfer the hardware from a PC to the Atari VCS hardware.  I'm not sure what this guy is thinking, he is going to have a rough winter.

 

At the end of the developers blog, they say they're going "overseas" to meet with the factory these things will apparently be made.  I wonder if this will be the justification for the next delay.

 

"We were all ready to go, but we want only the finest child laborers working on our un-console."

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26 minutes ago, Flojomojo said:

There are two kinds of people following this situation:

 

1. The kind of person who sees a firm that can't manage to create a working email address, and assumes incompetence all the way down, and

 

2. The kind of person who sees a firm that can't manage to create a working email address, but says "hey, no problem, building and shipping and supporting a piece of computer electronics is a completely different enterprise, let's give them the benefit of the doubt. and throw money at them."

 

 

I hope Jansen gets answers to all the questions. 

I just like to see a good dumpster fire, and the Shen Mue 3 Kickstarter train wreck isn't enough to hold my interest. 

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53 minutes ago, The Historian said:

So this happened. 

I knew I should have fixed that typo in the second line.?

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2 hours ago, Spriggy said:

Sooooo ... you got banned ... for typing an '@' symbol?

 

 

These monkeys must be a hoot at parties.  God help you if you double dip the Pâté!

 

 

No, I got blocked by their Twitter page.   They are calling their Walmart exclusive the "Kevlar" model.  Kevlar is a trademark of Dupont, and Dupont protects this trademark very vigorously.   Since this new Atari are such trademark Nazis, they should understand this concept. 

 

My response to Dupont with the @ to them was to notify them of Atari's post.

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Well, I got blocked by the Atarivcs Twitter account.   They made a post about their "Kevlar" model, and I replied with an @ to Dupont.?.  Must be a rough Monday for the intern.

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24 minutes ago, Flojomojo said:

Without any "official" information to discuss, and by forbidding any critical speech (or thinking), they're dooming themselves to the "FAQ and info thread" circlejerk we have already seen right here in river city.

 

It's hard to have a FAQ and information thread without any answers or information. 

 

Edit: good golly that was over a year ago. 

Doesn't help that the moderator of the group appears to have serious issues.   The guy's power tripping something fierce.  If you feel so inadequate in life that you have to find validation by being a hammer fisted mod in a Facebook group of 40 people, you probably should take a sabbatical from video games and take a look inside yourself.

 

Once again, my statement that EVERYONE who supports this system has serious issues is proven correct.