TACODON Posted June 2, 2019 Share Posted June 2, 2019 Speakerhat and VCS connectivity! What about the Speaker-Pants! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted June 2, 2019 Share Posted June 2, 2019 Great googly-moogly, Flojo! You're on a roll today. Behind the scenes pic? Mr Flojo Universe.png More like 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaggy the Atarian Posted June 2, 2019 Share Posted June 2, 2019 (edited) Speakerhat and VCS connectivity! What about the Speaker-Pants! "It seems early for the Games update..." Lolwut? They've taken more than 12 months to announce two whole games...that are already available on Steam. Which is why they are still vaguely trying to hint that having Linux on your TV will somehow be revolutionary. So when is it the right time to start announcing games? The day before they start shipping? EDIT: Meanwhile, the Amico will have 22 games and playable hardware at E3. Why waste time with the VCS? This is something that is baffling to me when it comes to people supporting the VCS. They're lapping up these pointless 3D printed case updates, letting Atari string them along for months on end. Only after a year do some of them start asking "Wait a sec, where are the games?" That's the question I would think that people should be demanding first and foremost with the cases/joysticks as an afterthought. Edited June 2, 2019 by Shaggy the Atarian 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+frankodragon Posted June 2, 2019 Share Posted June 2, 2019 And after that, they're gonna need... 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digdugnate Posted June 2, 2019 Share Posted June 2, 2019 Rusty: Hey, ya' got Pac Man? Cousin Dale: No. Rusty: Ya' got Space Invaders? Cousin Dale: Nope. Rusty: Ya' got Asteroids? Cousin Dale: Naw, but my dad does. Can't even sit on the toilet some days. 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godslabrat Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 Rusty: Hey, ya' got Pac Man? Cousin Dale: No. Rusty: Ya' got Space Invaders? Cousin Dale: Nope. Rusty: Ya' got Asteroids? Cousin Dale: Naw, but my dad does. Can't even sit on the toilet some days. I love that scene 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+frankodragon Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 Rusty: Hey, ya' got Pac Man? Cousin Dale: No. Rusty: Ya' got Space Invaders? Cousin Dale: Nope. Rusty: Ya' got Asteroids? Cousin Dale: Naw, but my dad does. Can't even sit on the toilet some days. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Up8siWU92yI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Spriggy Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 Great googly-moogly, Flojo! You're on a roll today. +1taco. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tschak909 Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 good job, Not-Goku! *ducks-and-runs* -Thom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+KaeruYojimbo Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacman000 Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 Reasons NOT to crowdfund: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 Seems like I haven't posted anything clever about this in a while.You're going to have to keep waiting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBerel Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaggy the Atarian Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 This is perfection. I also didn't know there was a Splatterhouse comic... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+KaeruYojimbo Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 This is perfection. I also didn't know there was a Splatterhouse comic... Thanks. There were 2-page Splatterhouse and Bonk's Adventure ads that appeared in a lot of comics around 1990-91, when there were still dreams that the Turbografx might actually make some waves in the U.S. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+D Train Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 "Why am I covered in hot sauce?" classic! I sure hope that someone is able to channel this taco-interest into a decent game... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+KaeruYojimbo Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 This just in: Atari is paying for this open letter to appear in gaming magazines. 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Historian Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 So this happened... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+GoldLeader Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 1 minute in...Did he just say, "We are Renouncing the old classic games?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 I wonder how much they're paying Fred to serve as Varney's pet/prop like this? His treatment is pretty humiliating. I also like the way they put the big dogs in the background. They have a daily +/- worth more than the entire Atari share price, for what that's worth. Here's the auto-transcript. They heard it as "renounce the classic games" too. NOW WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT ATARI. I REMEMBER THIS VERY, VERY WELL. WAY BACK IN THE '70s AND '80s, I WAS PLAYING A GAME CALLED PONG. OKAY? ASHLEY: HIGH DRAMA. STUART: I LOVED IT AND I PLAYED IT BACK THEN. WELL, ATARI HAS A NEW CONSOLE OUT AND WHAT THEY ARE DOING IS THEY ARE GETTING, THEY ARE LOADING IT WITH SOME OF THOSE OLD GAMES THAT YOU CAN STILL PLAY THEM TODAY. SO WE HAVE WITH US TODAY FRED CHESNAIS, THE CEO OF ATARI. THAT'S THE TITLE? >> YES. GOOD MORNING. STUART: THIS IS THE CONSOLE? >> THIS IS THE FIRST PROTOTYPE OF THE CONSOLE. STUART: WAIT A SECOND. IF I BUY ONE OF THESE THINGS, I CAN PLAY PONG AGAIN? >> YES. DEFINITELY. STUART: HOW MUCH? >> SO YOU KNOW, IT'S FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE ARE STILL MAKING GAMES. STUART: I KNOW. YOU HAVE TO TELL ME YOU DO MORE THAN JUST BRING UP THE OLD GAMES. GO ON, TELL ME. >> WE ARE MOBILE AND ONLINE SO WE ARE RENOUNCING THE OLD CLASSIC GAMES SO THAT'S STILL THE DNA OF THE COMPANY BUT WE ARE VERY PROUD TO ANNOUNCE NEXT WEEK WE WILL BE RELEASING END OF THE YEAR AND EARLY NEXT YEAR, RELEASING THIS NEW CONSOLE. WHAT IS IT EXACTLY? FIRST, WE PAY HOMAGE TO THE HISTORY, WE STILL HAVE A VERY NICE DESIGN, YOU KNOW. STUART: I'M BUYING IT FOR PONG. LOOK, IT CAN DO A LOT MORE. I UNDERSTAND. IT'S NOT JUST THE OLD GAMES. IT'S ALL OF THE NEW GAMES. AND YOU CAN STREAM THEM, I THINK, RIGHT? AND IT'S A COMPUTER TO BOOT? >> IT'S A COMPUTER TO BOOT. YOU HAVE TWO MODES BASICALLY. FIRST IT'S A GAMING AND VIDEO CONSOLE FOR THE LIVING ROOM. THE FIRST USE OF IT IS YOU HAVE WHAT WE CALL -- MODE BASED ON LINUX AND YOU CAN ACCESS CLASSIC GAMES, NEW GAMES AND MUCH MORE, MUSIC, MOVIES AND BASICALLY EVERY TYPE OF APPLICATION FOR THE HOME. SO IT'S REALLY LIKE FIRST A CONSOLE FOR IT. ON TOP OF THAT, THIS IS ALSO WHAT'S NEW AND DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHER CONSOLES, YOU WILL BE ABLE IN SANDBOX MODE, YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO DOWNLOAD A NEW OR ANY OPERATING SYSTEM IF YOU WANT TO DOWNLOAD MICROSOFT, IF YOU WANT TO DOWNLOAD AN ANDROID SYSTEM, WE WILL ALLOW THAT, AND BASICALLY WITH THAT SANDBOX MODE, YOU CAN DO PRETTY MUCH WHAT YOU WANT. OF COURSE, THIS IS WHERE WE THINK THIS IS NEW, THIS IS REALLY MAINSTREAM AND WE ARE VERY HAPPY, WE WILL BE SHOWING IT NEXT WEEK AND IT WILL BE END -- YOU STILL HAVE EXCLUSIVITY. STUART: IF I GET ONE, CAN I PLAY SPACE INVADERS? >> YES, DEFINITELY. STUART: CAN I PLAY PACMAN? >> PACMAN IS NOT ATARI. STUART: CAN I PLAY IT? >> YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE IT THROUGH SANDBOX MODE. STUART: YOUR ENTOURAGE STANDING OVER THERE IS APPALLED I'M BRINGING UP PONG AND SPACE INVADERS AND PACMAN. >> THIS IS AMERICAN CULTURE. STUART: WHICH DEMOGRAPHIC ARE YOU GOING AFTER? WOULD YOU REALLY GO AFTER RETIRED PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF, SENIORS LIKE MYSELF, ON THE GROUNDS YOU CAN PLAY PONG AND SPACE INVADERS AND PACMAN? >> I THINK WE ARE GOING WITH A VERY BROAD AUDIENCE. EVERYONE WILL BASICALLY NEED SOMETHING IN THE LIVING ROOM TO DO WHAT I'VE JUST EXPLAINED, WOULD BE VERY INTERESTED TO LOOK INTO WHAT WE'RE OFFERING. THE FACT WE HAVE TWO MODES, WHERE YOU CAN HAVE A LOT OF APPLICATIONS AND SANDBOX MODE, WHERE YOU CAN DO WHAT YOU WANT. STUART: YOU ARE KILLING ME, FRED. YOU ARE KILLING ME. CAN I JUST PLUG IT IN AND PLAY? >> YES. DEFINITELY. STUART: DO I HAVE TO HAVE ALL KINDS OF PASSWORDS? >> YOU WILL NEED A PASSWORD OF COURSE, BUT ONLY ONE. BECAUSE IT'S YOUR MACHINE. STUART: DO I NEED MY GRANDCHILDREN TO HOOK THIS THING UP? >> I WOULD DEFINITELY THINK TWICE BECAUSE IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO BOND WITH THE KIDS AND THE GRANDKIDS SO YES, JUST FOR THAT, YES, THAT'S WHAT I WOULD DO. WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED IS SENIOR PEOPLE TEND TO PLAY A LOT OF PONG AS A KID, WITH THE GRANDKIDS. STUART: YOU THINK I WOULD BOND WITH MY 4-YEAR-OLD TWIN GRANDDAUGHTERS PLAYING PONG? >> YES, DEFINITELY. STUART: IF I BUY ONE, WILL YOU SUPPLY A TECHNICIAN TO COME TO MY HOUSE AND INSTALL IT? >> 24/7. STUART: YOU'RE ON. HOW MUCH? HE'S NOT GOING TO TELL US. >> WE ARE GOING TO HAVE DIFFERENT SYSTEMS. BUT THE ENTRY POINT WILL BE $249. THEN WE HAVE ALSO, WE HAVE ALSO REBOOTED AND REDESIGNED THE OLD CLASSIC JOYSTICK SO THAT WILL BE ANNOUNCED LATER THIS YEAR, THAT THERE'S A NEW JOYSTICK. STUART: $249. >> THAT'S THE ENTRY POINT. THEN YOU CAN MOVE UP TO PRICIER OPTIONS. STUART: YOU HAVE A SAMPLE WHICH YOU ARE LEAVING HERE. >> I'M NOT LEAVING THE SAMPLE. STUART: YOU ARE NOT GIVING ME THAT SAMPLE? >> NOT YET. STUART: FRED CHESNAIS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEARING WITH ME ABOUT PONG AND SPACE INVADERS. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBerel Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 (edited) LMFAO......well that didn't go the way the cheese eating surrender monkeys had hoped. They wanted to come off like a legit modern console maker, and instead came off exactly as they are. Space invaders and Pong for old men bitches. Reminds me of one of Sony's new product roll-outs. Was it Fred's appearance that made Electronic Arts shares drop 2.72 Atari Shares for the day? LOL. Meanwhile, at rock bottom....."Damn, that old company of mine has got to be down here somewhere." Edited June 3, 2019 by JBerel 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaysWithWolves Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 The biggest news in that clip is the hardest to understand. @2:25 : "This is where we think this is new and this is really mainstream. We'll be very happy to be showing it to the press behind closed doors next week." They're getting a hotel room outside E3, guys! (Okay, technically that's eight days away.) 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldSchoolRetroGamer Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 I guess that video released on FOX BUSINESS should give them at least another year to safely glide stringing along backers............ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 So it's been 2 months since they showed the "production ready," all-singing, all-dancing crap of the world "structural improvements" to the thing ... Yet all they brought to Varney was Le Brick, as seen across the street from GDC back in March 2018. Can someone ask that "not a render in sight" smartass from Atari's social media accounts? Edit: Ah, I see that the lead mouseketeer has already started a vibrant discussion. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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