If Atari were still here today.

[Atari Master]

I was reading some posts. Alot of you were wondering why Atari had to die. This led my small mind to click and I wonderd what it would be like if Atari had to compete with Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft? Personally, if they had kept the same games without updating or adding new plots and such (like defender of today) it woudl have died anyway. I mean, Atari would have had to develop better software. There would probably be no more Defender, Pong, or Pitfall. And if there were they would probably have 128bit graphics with a high powerd processor.

 

In other words, Atari would have been another video game company with amazing graphics. Classic games would probably be dead and Atari would have Dead or Alive, Resident Evil, and probably some other titles un-classic wise.

[a light in the black]

YOU DON'T GET IT. ATARI DID NOT DIE!

[Stella'sGhost]

Atari's destiny was to be a pioneer, looking back now you can see that.

 

Atari belongs to the distant world of 8 bit technology, but that was such an interesting time and Atari's impact on the future of video games and the home console market was so huge that it can never really die now can it?... :wink:

 

I think Nintendo had as much to do with killing Atari as Atari had to do with killing itself.

[Cap5750]

Atari still sells....look at the Unreal box.

 

"Have you played Atar...er...Infogrames today?"

 

Cap

[KAZ]

Games won't ever be made "low res" again. They will just get "better and better". The homebrew scene, therefore, is really really cool.

 

I just try to imagine a Super Dig Dug, or Super Kangaroo being made sometime, where there would be like 1000 stages, but the graphics and sounds would stay exactly the same.

 

But this doesn't seem possible, for that would require a new console that would somehow have high memory, but retain graphics and sounds.

 

Technology like the cuttle cart and stuff is what I like to see. Enhancing the memory abilities of a system where low res graphics make the games fun to play.

[Atari Master]

I know that Atari will be known forever but I'm just saying... In my opinion Inforgrams should sell the name of Atari to Tommy Jeans so we can buy shirts with the Atari logo without having to order them . They would probably lead the Atari name to being the newest fasion.

[Happy_Dude]

The Atari name is alredy the newest fasion.

Just look at how many people are wearing an Atari symbol shirt.

I dont have one but i do have a space invaders shirt.

And as soon as i heard Atari was making games again i HAD to have those games.

 

And BTW the classics should NEVER be about graphics.

Its all about game play.

[Atari Master]

Game play is completely dead now. It's all about graphics AND gameplay now adays. And were can I get an Atari shirt from(thats not online)?

[Happy_Dude]

Game play dead?????

Have you played Pikmen, that like f#@$n rocks.

Or Space channel five.

or anything out of japan.

I'm actually learning japanese because the good games never seem

to get an english relese.

 

Atari Shirts.... Go to any weekend market

[LiquidPenguin]

Atari still sells....look at the Unreal box.

 

"Have you played Atar...er...Infogrames today?"

 

Cap

 

You know, I was browsing around not twenty minutes ago and found this very interesting thread with an interesting response by one of their members.

 

I kind of agree.

[Atari Master]

I just made it more interesting.

[Raijin Z]

Sega would have bought Atari, most likely.

[LinkoVitch]

Just read that post, is it me or is everyone on that board 12? how could they not have heard of Atari!.. sheesh! kids today!

 

My son is 4 Mnths old, he will deffinately know what Atari is

[AtariDude]

Game play is completely dead now. It's all about graphics AND gameplay now adays. And were can I get an Atari shirt from(thats not online)?

 

Not quite. Today it is about making money, pure and simple. They keep rehasing the same story over and over and come up with a slightly new angle to the game. It seems no one wants to take a risk anymore and create something new. Everything has to be a FPS sequel or another RPG version 2,3,4,...X (Final Fantasy comes to mind).

 

That is why classic games are so much fun. Just about every game is different from each other (there are a few like the PacMan series or Defender / Stargate that are mostly variations). Jungle Hunt, Pengo, Qix, Space Invaders are all games yet they are different from each other and that makes them interesting.

 

Granted I like games like Quake3 and Counter-Strike but I get bored after a while doing the same thing over and over.

[King Atari]

I think Nintendo had as much to do with killing Atari as Atari had to do with killing itself.

 

It's easy to blame Nintendo for killing Atari, but when you look back, Nintendo actually saved Atari. If it hadn't been for the NES, who knows what would have happened to the 2600 re-release, or the release of the 7800. It was because of the success of the NES that Atari decided to market these systems, at least that's the way I see it.

 

Frankly, I see the Game Boy Advance as our last oasis of the days of old. Games are still 2D, but it's only a matter of time before they develop a 64-bit handheld, then a 128-bit, and so on. I'm glad they're releasing stuff like Final Fight, Street Fighter, and Super Mario Bros. 2/World/World 2 on the system.

[Atari Master]

Nintendo is doing good with the Gamecube and the GBA. The Gamcube isn't hugely great but it's still good. The GBA owns the whole handheld market in America! And they would kill off the competition easy.

[King Atari]

The Gamcube isn't hugely great but it's still good.

 

What do you mean? It's more powerful than the PS2, and more popular than X-Box. And the best thing about it: Super Mario Sunshine.

[LinkoVitch]

it's not more powerful than the PS2, Nintendo kept the specs quiet as the PS2 is more powerful.. Plus Nintendo are probably the last of the great game companies left still going strong (Sega I spose are doing OK, with games, but no hardware).

 

I got a game cube for a variety of reasons.

 

1) Nintendo, you know the games will be good

2) Billy G ain't getting more of my money for a rehash

3) Sony I see as a big company just trying to rule the electronics world, and they ain't been doing it for that long. (games that is)

4) It's so small!

5) They dropped the no-gore rubbish of old Nintendo

6) Price. it was uber cheap

[D.Yancey]

It's easy to blame Nintendo for killing Atari, but when you look back, Nintendo actually saved Atari. If it hadn't been for the NES, who knows what would have happened to the 2600 re-release, or the release of the 7800. It was because of the success of the NES that Atari decided to market these systems, at least that's the way I see it.

 

I totally agree! Atari 2600 consoles were not in production for a while. The NES was released and consoles suddenly regained popularity. The Atari 2600jr was then released to compete at a cheap price of only $49.00. I saw it and bought one right then. It only had one joystick included and no paddles. I even bought a few new games at the time. It was a swell deal! I couldn't believe I was gaming again!

[King Atari]

it's not more powerful than the PS2, Nintendo kept the specs quiet as the PS2 is more powerful.. Plus Nintendo are probably the last of the great game companies left still going strong (Sega I spose are doing OK, with games, but no hardware).

 

I was going by what was listed in an X-Box brochure. 'Course, it's their brochure, they could list anything they want! Thanks for clearing that up. I'll have to find it, but they had it listed as X-Box most powerful, followed by GameCube, then PS2. I don't know, it's the games that count anyways.

[LinkoVitch]

X box is obvioulsy most powerful it is a PC after all

 

I am pretty sure PS2 is mor epowerful I have a Game Cube mag that lists the 3 consoles, I think it listed the game cube as the least powerful. but as you say, games is what makes it, not the grunt.

[King Atari]

Hmm, the X-Box brochure also says the GameCube is faster than the PS2. Any truth to that matter?

[Atari Master]

You really can't say which one is more powerfull. Gamecube may have parts that are more powerfull than the PS2 ditto.

[Happy_Dude]

Power of the Beast

 

Processor speed

GameCube 485Mhz

Xbox 733Mhz

PS/2 295Mhz

 

Polygon count

Gamecube 12 million

Xbox 116 million

PS/2 66 million

 

Audio

Gamecube 34 channels (Dolby pro logic)

Xbox 256 channels (Dollby digital)

PS/2 48 Channels (Dollby digital)

 

Memory

Gamecube 40Mb (24Mb 1t-sram, 16Mb Aux-Memory)

Xbox 64Mb (unified)

PS/2 32Mb (direct)

 

 

A console is only as good as its games

From Cube Australia Launch Special 2002

 

 

Its all a matter of preferance.

I want all of them but I'll be buying a Gamecube first.

[Atari Master]

Just like I said. Gamecube over ruled PS2 in two categorys.