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  3. Posted

    On 7/2/2019 at 9:51 AM, Flojomojo said:

    To quote the mighty Judge John Hodgman, "specificity is the soul of narrative."

     

    The phrase "higher-end PC laptop" is so vague as to be meaningless. Higher than what? Feargal baked on reefer? Rob tripping on shrooms? And at what point in time? When they started taking the three million dollars from pigeons, $200 at a time, or when the fine "un-console" (ptui) actually ships?

     

    *Photosensitivity warning*

    Remember when Atari (no asshole quotes, but the real Atari) made trippy, psychedelic games? Tempest 4000 is very neat but it shares exactly 0% corporate DNA with the les chuds in charge now. 

     

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    I have a TRS-80 /Model 100 Portable Computer at home. It was a higher-end laptop when it came out. (It even has a whole 32K of RAM!)

  5. Posted

    On 7/1/2019 at 9:12 PM, hoserama99 said:

    As god is my witness, as I sit here today, I was 100% sure it wasn't actually a hat with speakers, but just something that looked weird and earned a mocking speakerhat name somewhere in the bowels of this thread.

     

    Then I googled and saw it was real, and my world has been upended. There's a darkness in this world that must be stopped.

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    With God as my witness, they won't lick me! If I have to lie cheat, steal, or run underhanded crowd funding schemes! With God as my witness, I'll never bankrupt Atari again!

    (Cue dramatic music)

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  6. Posted

    On 7/2/2019 at 5:03 AM, Spriggy said:

    It's liking watching two Muppets in the Thunderdome, armed with toy squishy hammers.

     

    On a side-taco, is it just me, or are the Atari news and media announcements sounding more & more like they just cured Cancer? 🤔 

    Atari® Partners with Six Flags® to Add Branded Real-World Theme Park Attractions to RollerCoaster Tycoon® Touch™

     

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    They already did that with RCT2, & Six Flags isn't what it used to be. They're one or two steps away from becoming just like Atari.

     

    Having said that...will the DLC include Astroworld? I never got a chance to go there, & even if the RCT2 versions of Six Flags' parks weren't 100% accurate I'd still like to see aversion of it. I'd also like to see Geauga Lake, & a few other parks Six Flags has had to shut down or sell off.

  7. Posted

    4 hours ago, racerx said:

    You can't add that to your failed console collection...

    I don't want a failed console collection; I want a collection of interesting consoles, some successful, some not.

     

    The most interesting thing about the Ataribox is this thread; I'd be better off with a long print-out.

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  9. Posted

    On 7/1/2019 at 9:34 AM, Mike_2000 said:

     I don't know if the CPU, GPU, and RAM are worth $250 all together, but I don't think they are (remember that Atari sold preorders of the "800" model for only $200, so my best guess is that $200 is about what it costs to manufacture a single VCS).

    What is that? A 25% markup? And it would have to be split between Atari SA & their retailers. They won't make much on a per-unit basis; maybe if it takes off they could make some money, but for it to take off they'd need to advertise it, create good games etc. I can't see that happening; they don't have the money.

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    I'm partially worried when I get this thing, it will explode after a few days of use.

    Does that mean the Ataco box is being designed by Irwin Allen?

     

    I may have to reconsider my position..."Ataco box will be awesome! Can't wait to blast! Danger Will Robinson!"

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  18. Posted

    19 hours ago, JaqenHghar said:

    Sorry to ask such a n00b question, but what's the origin story behind this whole taco meme, anyway?

    A loooooong time ago someone said tacos were more valuable than another crowd funded console, since tacos exist.

     

    I still say quesadillas are better, but everyone else likes tacos.

     

    Taco is more fun to say. Taco, Taco, Taco...

  19. Posted

    Resources in & of themselves are not valuable. What you do with said resources creates value. That goes for lemons, gold, or Atari SA's IP.

    Problem is, Atari SA doesn't know what to do with what they have.

    I don't either, but I don't own it. ;)

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  20. Posted · Edited by pacman000

    $21,000!? In early 80's dollars!?

     

    That's nearly $70,000 today...

     

    I feel sorry for these people; it's obvious Leisure Vision wasn't on the up & up. Don't let people pressure you into buying anything. Opportunity costs are just opportunity costs; you don't really loose anything, since you didn't have anything in the first place.

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