Mikebloke

It doesn't show, which for a promotional company must be the worst thing of all!

I don't think it's photoshopped but it is different than originally intended. It felt like the original design was adaptive lighting for the ring (corsair style lighting? That actually would have got a lot more sales, the controller would probably sell more than the console). I questioning if it even looks like it lights up at all, looks like a print, bright ish orange but not something that actually lights up.

Uberstrategist can't possibly do any worse than Atari can at marketing their device, in fact, if they do nothing, they still did better than Atari can at marketing the device. Edit: Actually here is a few tips for Uberstrategiest to start with, I'll give these out free of charge: 1) Get Atari to stop doing the weird silent and worse than amateur videos when they are trying to increase interest in their product. 2) Get Atari to not make sniping comments or swear on their social media accounts. 3) If Atari can't get any developers to actually make games for the device, or even optimise existing games for the device, go through steam and find which games CAN work without negative comments and sell that at least. 4) Pay codemystics to make an expanded Atari Vault given that's who we actually tend to respect to make a decent product. Good Luck Uberstrategist, wouldn't want your job!

Hi everyone, getting to the end now. I've got confirmation yesterday on shipping of the order, part of me hoped it was going to be here today as it was supposed to be 24 hour delivery... but I'd hope to have it by Tuesday latest. Here is a list of users and quantities requested. There is 20 more available for anyone interested but I will do a video of it all working when it arrives (well hopefully it works anyway!). I originally intended to keep any left over for selling my own homebrew sometime in the future, but I can easily get a second run for that. I may share more widely outside AA once I have a video up. eebuckeye: 2 stupus: 1 PsychedelicShaman: 1 Atari2008: 1 BuckeyeFan_4eva: 1 Dastari Creel: 1 mianrtcv: 1 retrogmr: 1 arcadeshopper: 5 slydc: 2 zhorton: 1 ubersaurus: 1 mckafka99: 1 Andrew Davie: 1 high voltage: 1 Marcus Englert: 1 towmater: 1 ManCaveArcade: 1 rpgcollector: 1 David.H: 1 mario64: 1 again, no pre purchase necessary, I'll setup ways of payment once I've received them and judged price of shipping based on size. I'll also let those requesting more than one if there will be slightly higher shipping prices, or if I can soak up that cost if its minimal.

so lets get this straight, again. 500 units was promised to developers, some people did assume that some lucky backers might have got in this action mainly because: a) There was probably never going to be 500 people interested in developing b) It might have been smart advertisement to have super fan backers to grab one so they can rave about it. The 500 has arrived, except its only 96, except these aren't necessarily going to developers, but retail to try and push its viability as a product. This means it doesn't even have 96 developers, which we all knew wasn't going to happen anyway (although 96 staff members of a smaller number of developers might have made sense), but its already a lot less than 500. No confirmed developers still, no confirmed games being developed. I still feel like they will get something out of the hat at the last moment... but they are still pushing it...

Yeah to be fair they tend to go both ways for PS, but then furniture isn't made for it. My ps3 slim fits nicely in a box but a piano style would never. I'm assuming ps4 suffers the same fate. I guess we won't have any problem with the atari VCS Because its never going to release

I hope there is a black edition to the ps5 because it doesn't really fit with the rest of the room.

Think I have the x5 currently. My mega cd 1 works fine and never had a problem with it, so adding cd support is great but not a dire need right now. However, the space it takes up is a factor. I'm good now with my current setup but before I would have jumped at the chance to reduce the total height of the machine. So it's something I'd like as a convenience but I'm in no rush.

Whizball and checkers. Only games you need apparently lol.

If they all start on 99 cents perhaps we call all get copies or maybe I'll sell my collection and laugh my way to the bank.

Madness. Guess that's me out of a full collection. It's already at £500 and it doesn't even have a box. I don't know how I feel about it, if someone has that kind of money and they need it for their collection... Fair enough. But if they are fighting against a dirty reseller who thinks they can jack up the price... Grrr makes me mad!

This is an internet thing.

Atari Age. Could call it the Ataribox and use it to play atari games. Innovative!

That's dangerous, sounds like an admission that it might not have happened after all! It still might not.

Another nice collection. I feel doomed to be wrong side of the pond and too late into the game, if I knew better I would have held off on some of the more common consoles and gone straight to odyssey. Oh well.

Sorry probably meant £500 ?

This is such a non committal post, it doesn't even say anything. Poor backers...

Looks like alien invasion went for a reasonable price despite boxed. The other us exclusives didn't go too high considering. If I had the funds I might have even considered buying myself for CIB copies... Oh well. Whizball went for 500... Really man.... I got it myself in the past 12 months for a tenth of that...

I think when people who normally sell clothes second hand for first hand prices, start buying up games it hits this "collector" price. I've noticed it's really common to see that as their other items because it never really screams 'this person likes to play games'. I do wonder how much this is price fixing too.

You are probably right, I think the whizball situation is comical but will probably be disastrous for those of us wanting to collect. Dread to think what a copy of checkers is going to go for in this mess.

Might be some nice boxed ones there if they don't go silly price. Not sure if I'd goto the trouble of getting US exclusives boxed. No checkers, the journey continues.

Nice collection! I wish one day to get as many as you do but being uk based and late into the game is already a non start. Glad we've proved YouTube wrong, that's more than 2 copies in this thread alone XD

Absolutely! They've taken my money so it's just a waiting game now until they arrive. Hopefully I'll have them by the end of the month and I'll post up a sample.

Atari announces 500 developer units will be produced Atari then announces 500 developer units is about to be produced Atari announces 500 developer units is nearly at the point of being produced Atari announces that production is on hold due to manufacturing faults Atari announces that production of 500 developer units is to start being produced Digital trends announces that 500 units will possibly maybe who knows when might maybe be shipped by the end of June Have I just summed up the last 6 months of updates correctly.

Playstation might get away with it if they were really edgy like with their PS1 advertisements (think wipEout and other stuff!) I feel like Intellivision could be potentially creepy in a socially unexpected way. I mean Night Stalker, there is only a number of ways to interpret a name like that. Maybe Austin Powers meets Westworld, it could go either way! Maybe Sega could build a miniature park where the seats are designed for ferrets, but still only admit humans into it. Makes perfect business sense.