Flashback Portable VS GamePort ?

[SalemFrost7800]

And the website is down again.....

 

Could this be the "major" update they said was coming soon OR more problems?????

[raskar42]

And the website is down again.....

 

Could this be the "major" update they said was coming soon OR more problems?????

 

if no updates means their too busy getting the gameport ready, then i can live with no updates.

[mimo]

Any news?

can I put it on my Christmas list to Santa?

[Math You]

This is going to sound really mean, but I really hope that the gameport portable isn't going to go into production. I completely blame gameport for the cancellation of the flashback portable and think that selling a device that relies on software produced by Atari is extremely un-ethical.

 

There, I've got it out of my system. I will now revert to pleasant mode

[mimo]

I blame the lack of FB2P on the total lack of balls on behalf of Infogrames, that and the fact that they are in the sh*t.

If Atari won't produce something that I want, then I will have to look elsewhere.

And if I can also play Coleco, Atari 8bit computers etc etc, I am more than happy.

Hard luck Atari, you should have beaten the Gameport release, and could so easily have done so.

Edited September 3, 2007 by mimo

[Math You]

Hard luck Atari, you should have beaten the Gameport release, and could so easily have done so.

I agree with you there, mimo. Atari have been painfully slow with releasing new Flashbacks. How long has it been since the FB2 came out, 2 years or something like that?

[raskar42]

blaming gameport for atari's mismanagement and ill treatment of their fan base is ridiculous.

 

atari could have easily blown such a small company out of the water with a killer portable game system.

 

i hope gameport succeeds in a big way

[Math You]

blaming gameport for atari's mismanagement and ill treatment of their fan base is ridiculous.

I admit, Atari is partly to blame. In a funny way, the Gameport has motivated Atari to make something better than a 2600 based portable that will hopefully sell for the same price as the FBP.

[mimo]

We don't know that Atari have been motivated to do anything.

[Math You]

We don't know that Atari have been motivated to do anything.

Curt mentioned that something was in the pipeline: "what was being developed for 08' as an advanced follow-up system has been moved up to the front burner and is being worked on now in place of the original FBP design"

[Fort Apocalypse]

We don't know that Atari have been motivated to do anything.

Curt mentioned that something was in the pipeline: "what was being developed for 08' as an advanced follow-up system has been moved up to the front burner and is being worked on now in place of the original FBP design"

 

I am still pro-Atari and definitely pro-Curt, but it was a seriously bad decision to not give anyone any insight into what is coming. One of the absolute best ways to generate revenue is to create buzz. No talk = no buzz = lower revenue for Atari. If there is a competitor that Atari is afraid will steal whatever secret they have is, then don't say anything meaningful, but least say something and acknowledge the fanbase. It doesn't even have to be good. Just give us an empty statement every two months like "the greatest thing since sliced bread" and at least we can sit here and try to pick apart the statement for some hidden meaning of "sliced bread".

Edited September 11, 2007 by Fort Apocalypse

[iwan-iwanowitsch-goratschin]

I want an Atari portable (2600) and I want it now.........

[raskar42]

I want an Atari portable (2600) and I want it now.........

 

he says what we're all thinking.

 

maybe we should start a riot.

[Fort Apocalypse]

I am still pro-Atari and definitely pro-Curt, but it was a seriously bad decision to not give anyone any insight into what is coming. One of the absolute best ways to generate revenue is to create buzz. No talk = no buzz = lower revenue for Atari. If there is a competitor that Atari is afraid will steal whatever secret they have is, then don't say anything meaningful, but least say something and acknowledge the fanbase. It doesn't even have to be good. Just give us an empty statement every two months like "the greatest thing since sliced bread" and at least we can sit here and try to pick apart the statement for some hidden meaning of "sliced bread".

 

Turns out I was wrong. The reason they stop posting anything in the forums was because of some bad apples: see 1368747 and 1347119

[raskar42]

gameport site down again.....

[SalemFrost7800]

Here is the latest message on the Gameport Website:

 

For all those who were giving up hope. Shame on you! For all those who believed, there is HOPE!

 

We are working on setting up a new site and development is picking up again. Expect some news shortly, along with a completly redesigned website. Here is to hoping you will like it!

[iwan-iwanowitsch-goratschin]

Is the flashback portable real dead???

[mimo]

Dead as a Dodo

[iwan-iwanowitsch-goratschin]

Dead as a Dodo

 

crap....

[Curt Vendel]

No so much dead, but more like suspended animation for the time being.

 

 

 

Curt

 

Dead as a Dodo

 

crap....

[iwan-iwanowitsch-goratschin]

No so much dead, but more like suspended animation for the time being.

 

 

 

Curt

 

So there is hope, Curt?

[Math You]

Perhaps the FB portable will be more than just a 2600 compatible...

[TwinChargers]

Gameport's site is down again. Perhaps they are gonna do something and release some info for once. I cannot say I've been very nice to the Gameport people, but the Site Moderator over there has vanished and its become more or less a deserted videogame island over there in the forums. The natives have turned restless to put it in nice terms.

 

Heres to the Flashback Portable to make it out before the Gameport!!

Edited January 2, 2008 by TwinChargers

[raskar42]

Gameport's site is down again. Perhaps they are gonna do something and release some info for once. I cannot say I've been very nice to the Gameport people, but the Site Moderator over there has vanished and its become more or less a deserted videogame island over there in the forums. The natives have turned restless to put it in nice terms.

 

Heres to the Flashback Portable to make it out before the Gameport!!

 

site is still down

 

vaporware

[TwinChargers]

I'm pretty sure that Gameport is finished. There site is gone and they didn't have anyone there but forum members running the place anyways. Atari's competition has now significantly gotten weaker IMO.

 

Didn't seem like it could get done legally anyways. Be interesting though if there were some prototypes leaked.