+Nathan Strum Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 Listening to Bachman-Turner Overdrive's "You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet". Seems oddly appropriate. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 Anybody want to do a group email thing to Atari? What does that even mean? Like a petition or something? Email is easily ignored. Better to buy up all their stock (pennies!) and go activist-investor on them. I'd been hoping to at least send an email to the admin contact, or set up a call with Jack Tramiel three-wayed onto their contact number. That would be fun! Especially since Jack has been dead for almost six years. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBerel Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 Not sure it's relevant since there's still no Ataribox, and it's highly questionable if ol' Fraggle Mac is involved with it at all anymore, but thought it worth mentioning the comments section on the gameband is getting increasingly ugly. More calls for refunds, complaints of missed updates, nothing updates or MIA devs, and apologists working overtime. If FM wasn't fired outright from the box project, this certainly doesn't bode well. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+frankodragon Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 It is perhaps the greatest gastronomic invention since lickable wallpaper. Hunger, beware - your end is near! Perhaps lickable Atari carts? Unlike the Switch which uses Bitrex® on their games, people can enjoy licking off flavors such as chocolate, vanilla, and bubble gum on their carts. And even taco flavor. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinks Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 (edited) I am going to mail Atari. They will write back... hmmm I am wondering if we should set up a Atari postbox where us old geezers can write to on old warantty cards and ask Atari questions and then wait 3 months for an answer. Kinda like north pole mail but for dorks? Edited January 19, 2018 by Jinks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+x=usr(1536) Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 That would be fun! Especially since Jack has been dead for almost six years. Glad to see someone got it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetick1 Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 (edited) What does that even mean? Like a petition or something? Email is easily ignored. Better to buy up all their stock (pennies!) and go activist-investor on them. I am seriously considering showing up at Atari and ask them WTF ? I might even get escorted to leave by security. I don't live far away and just a little bit off the path of my commute. https://www.google.com/maps/place/Atari/@40.7454001,-73.9821138,15z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x57023fe4dc14cca!8m2!3d40.7454001!4d-73.9821138 If any one lives near by or is in NYC for vacation ... you can stop by Atari ! Edited January 19, 2018 by thetick1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schizophretard Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 Listening to Bachman-Turner Overdrive's "You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet". Seems oddly appropriate. How so? We have seen plenty of nothing. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBerel Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 Be sure and take some pictures of the mailbox on an empty lot, the construction site, or the boarded up windows. You're sure that's not the address for Wrigley Field or the LaBrea Tar Pits right? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Nathan Strum Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 Listening to Bachman-Turner Overdrive's "You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet". Seems oddly appropriate. How so? We have seen plenty of nothing. Maybe the song should be titled "You've Seen Exactly Nothin' Yet"? Although the "Yet" implies we might actually see something at some point. Or not see nothing at some point. So the "Yet" should be left off. The point being, not having yet seen anything. At any rate, certainly more apropos than "Takin' Care of Business". 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetick1 Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 Maybe the song should be titled "You've Seen Exactly Nothin' Yet"? Although the "Yet" implies we might actually see something at some point. Or not see nothing at some point. So the "Yet" should be left off. The point being, not having yet seen anything. At any rate, certainly more apropos than "Takin' Care of Business". The "yet" could be interpreted as sarcastic so "You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet" is appropriate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schizophretard Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 Maybe the song should be titled "You've Seen Exactly Nothin' Yet"? Although the "Yet" implies we might actually see something at some point. Or not see nothing at some point. So the "Yet" should be left off. The point being, not having yet seen anything. At any rate, certainly more apropos than "Takin' Care of Business". Somehow I think this song fits this thread: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Nathan Strum Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 Reminds me of the early days of MTV when videos were weird and cool. And when MTV actually played videos. Anyway... because tacos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqcg2w9QEak 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Historian Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 Reminds me of the early days of MTV when videos were weird and cool. And when MTV actually played videos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaysWithWolves Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 WTH is all this Atari talk in our taco thread? 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raticon Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 So far everyone who has emailed Atari or Ataribox has had only spam or nothing returned. I doubt they care or even read these, assuming the mail address actually goes anywhere. Did they have a presence at all at CES? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 Did they have a presence at all at CES? Just the Pong table, from one of their partners. It's expensive to have a booth at CES. If Atari doesn't have the cash to make the Ataribox, they don't have money to spare on real meatspace marketing. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godslabrat Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 Just the Pong table, from one of their partners. It's expensive to have a booth at CES. If Atari doesn't have the cash to make the Ataribox, they don't have money to spare on real meatspace marketing. It would also be tough to show up having nothing more to show than what you had this time last year. CES demos are supposed to be fresh concepts, not a status check on troubled efforts. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 At any rate, certainly more apropos than "Takin' Care of Business". Baking Carrot Biscuits? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 I am going to mail Atari. They will write back... hmmm I am wondering if we should set up a Atari postbox where us old geezers can write to on old warantty cards and ask Atari questions and then wait 3 months for an answer. Kinda like north pole mail but for dorks? You might enjoy this feature: http://www.atari.io/atari-world-headquarters/ 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Nathan Strum Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 You might enjoy this feature: http://www.atari.io/atari-world-headquarters/ Nice write-up. Really love those Regan Cheng arcade concepts. Wonder what he (or any Atari employee from back then) would think of this whole Ataribox thing? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowerDubs Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 So far everyone who has emailed Atari or Ataribox has had only spam or nothing returned. I doubt they care or even read these That is incorrect. I have emailed various people at Atari and received responses on several occasions. Depending on who you write- and what the questions are of course. Never did get a response on the extended January joke I emailed them in drunk frustration however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+x=usr(1536) Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 That is incorrect. I have emailed various people at Atari and received responses on several occasions. Depending on who you write- and what the questions are of course. Never did get a response on the extended January joke I emailed them in drunk frustration however. Yes, but will they still respond if you dump your penny stocks? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBerel Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 Getting a response to "what are you wearing?" doesn't really count though does it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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