Flojomojo Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 Why did you black out the name? Twitter replies are public. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+frankodragon Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 I didn't know if I could post the name but if you want me to, I can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godslabrat Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 "I don't care" I'm really starting to think a lot of these pigeons are content to give Atari money in exchange for being able to say they "buy Atari again!". Even though they're getting nothing in return, it's enough for them to feel cool and "retro". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Flojomojo Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 Is it a pigeon or just a member of the general public? I don't really care either, despite my 5000 posts on the topic. It's not as if I would ever give them money for any of the pointless nonsense they've "promised." @jaybird there's a dude in the Medium feedback who posted a juicy rant about physical media. He's a Phelan follower on YouTube. I admire their enthusiasm but feel bad about their inevitable disappointment. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 Just reply to the tweet, with I don't care, that you don't care. And give me some of your money, I'll send you some nice renders. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 Engadget has a story about this and it looks funny on my phone. https://www.engadget.com/2019/05/22/atari-vcs-details-classic-joystick-modern-controller/?guccounter=1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 OMG, they managed to change the color from red to orange? Sorcery. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+KaeruYojimbo Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 Is it a pigeon or just a member of the general public? I don't really care either, despite my 5000 posts on the topic. It's not as if I would ever give them money for any of the pointless nonsense they've "promised." My guess is pigeon. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TACODON Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 I got into an argument with some nut on YouTube also. It happens, sadly. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 Here's an innovative new retro-style game player. I can already tell that the crank on this thing (for gameplay, not to power it up) is going to work and feel better than the thumb-and-forefinger rotating stick on "AtariBox." https://play.date/ Regarding the new "AtariBox" stick, what's to stop it from slip-sliding around in circles when you're using it as a conventional old-style joystick? Do not want. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+frankodragon Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 "This little yellow curveball, for all its absurdity, is purpose-built for happiness." For $150? --That's a bit steep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tupin Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 I think a lot of the Playdate's price is the design that went into it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 B&W ? WTF? Also looks rendered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 Now I know what that monstrosity reminds me off. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 Now I know what that monstrosity reminds me off. It's the Atari VCS "Pro" controller. They thought because sony added to the height of the console with the PS4 they could one up the market and do the same with the controller instead EDIT: Sorry, I should have said PowerA did this at the whim of Atari because Atari themselves still have nothing done or worth showing anyone. We all know if they did it would be plastered everywhere they could post it. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+KaeruYojimbo Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 Just reply to the tweet, with I don't care, that you don't care. And give me some of your money, I'll send you some nice renders. I'd go with "If you don't care, send me $200. I'm just as likely to make a console as Atari at this point." 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tupin Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 B&W ? WTF? Also looks rendered. Reminds me of a quirkier (and much more expensive) Arduboy. You could theoretically build something similar with a Pi Zero and a Pico8 license but nothing looks quite like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 Cool, actual production samples. Still black and white and $150. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tupin Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 Cool, actual production samples. Still black and white and $150. Yeah, definitely feels like a mix of an art/design project and a games system than anything. A novelty, but it isn't trying to be anything else. Unlike the Ataribox, which to be honest I can't understand how it's even still going. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 Got into a discussion on the NotmyatariVCS page on facebook... 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+KaeruYojimbo Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 Got into a discussion on the NotmyatariVCS page on facebook... atariVCS.PNG That's why I stay away from most of the retro gaming groups on Facebook (or anywhere other than AtariAge). Every discussion is basically me saying something that goes against the groupthink followed by a self-appointed representative of the group saying I'm "just a hater" then trying to prove he's got more "cred" than I do by listing off the 5-10 super common 2600 games he owns. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godslabrat Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 That's why I stay away from most of the retro gaming groups on Facebook (or anywhere other than AtariAge). Every discussion is basically me saying something that goes against the groupthink followed by a self-appointed representative of the group saying I'm "just a hater" then trying to prove he's got more "cred" than I do by listing off the 5-10 super common 2600 games he owns. I'm sorry, did you not see that he STILL HAS HIS OLD ATARI? Apparently he's the one. No one else has one. That makes him a god. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+frankodragon Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 It's humorous when pigeons for "Nutari" have this sense of either thinking Atari is still the old Atari that died in the nineties, but instead still thinks it's still going; or refusing to know the truth that the current Atari is really just a mediocre company with a name slapped on selling speakerhats and renders. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+KaeruYojimbo Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 It's humorous when pigeons for "Nutari" have this sense of either thinking Atari is still the old Atari that died in the nineties, but instead still thinks it's still going; or refusing to know the truth that the current Atari is really just a mediocre company with a name slapped on selling speakerhats and renders. It's not the blind devotion to new Atari that gets me. If believing it's the same company makes them happy, then let them believe. It's when they get all "I still have my original copy of Swordquest, WITH the comic, so I don't see how anyone could possibly be a bigger Atari fan or know more about Atari than me!" That's when I need to get out of there before I do something I'll regret later. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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