ColecoJoe Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 When you got nothing, post old shit that has nothing to do with the VCS 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benheck Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 No prototype = all monies raised get spent on development and nothing is left to fund manufacturing. Seems like a major whiff to me. A grandma can get emulation going on a Raspberry Pi and your toaster can run Netflix these days. What's special about this device beyond the branding? 14 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roots.genoa Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 3 hours ago, ColecoJoe said: When you got nothing, post old shit that has nothing to do with the VCS Thanks to this I discovered the concept of Non-Fungible Token and... this is scary. The digital equivalent of collecting, if that makes sense. ? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaysWithWolves Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 It's been a week since DesTechAZ and still no Atari news. But can we call these taco salads? I really want these to be taco salads (unedited photo): 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt_B Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 2 hours ago, roots.genoa said: Thanks to this I discovered the concept of Non-Fungible Token and... this is scary. The digital equivalent of collecting, if that makes sense. ? Yeah, it's yet another half-baked attempt to jump on a bandwagon that's already long departed, and with a couple of bad games that next to nobody still plays to boot. As if collecting Cryptokitties wasn't mad enough, who is going to want to trade items for a fortune in the bad mobile version of Rollercoaster Tycoon? 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaysWithWolves Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 More cannibalistic behavior from superfans. MatMax VR is a more-than-$300 AVCS supporter in the IGG campaign, but Lucas ain't havin' no dissent: 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roots.genoa Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+x=usr(1536) Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 (edited) 6 hours ago, Benheck said: No prototype = all monies raised get spent on development and nothing is left to fund manufacturing. Which is possible. It's also possible that whatever they net from the Indiegogo campaign was used to improve the financial reports for that year and / or cover a short-term financial crisis, leaving them with little to nothing for development. Given that Indiegogo's TOS completely absolve their campaigners from needing to show a prototype or actually deliver a product (i.e., completely removing any responsibility towards the backers), it's not too far-fetched to imagine. Quote Seems like a major whiff to me. A grandma can get emulation going on a Raspberry Pi and your toaster can run Netflix these days. What's special about this device beyond the branding? Exactly. Assuming that the intent was to deliver, 2% of the effort should have been spent on deciding which off-the-shelf SBC to use, with the remainder going into physical design, the OS, online backend, packaging, and (eventually) retail marketing. There's no excuse for not showing a working device over two years from the start of this saga when the core device can pretty much be Lego-bricked together. Edited October 24, 2019 by x=usr(1536) 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 11 hours ago, MrBeefy said: Was it an Ataribox? 11 hours ago, JaqenHghar said: Ah, right... the Converse partnership. Seriously, early on (now that I think about it, it wasn't a video) there was a black cardboard box with the Atari logo, and a red box with the logo, and they asked "Which one do you want?" I wish I could find it. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osgeld Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 11 minutes ago, x=usr(1536) said: There's no excuse for not showing a working device over two years from the start of this saga when the core device can pretty much be Lego-bricked together. Especially nowadays, choose X86 or ARM, great now choose a CPU and get working on software, that's the harder part, you can always upgrade the CPU at a later date 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lodmot Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 (edited) 19 minutes ago, Inky said: Seriously, early on (now that I think about it, it wasn't a video) there was a black cardboard box with the Atari logo, and a red box with the logo, and they asked "Which one do you want?" I wish I could find it. Kinda small, but I think this is what you're referring to: Very different from the actual boxes they ended up with: (the boxes below are also in the video I posted on the last page) Edited October 24, 2019 by Lodmot 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaysWithWolves Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 The boxes were just teasers leading up to the Ataribox design reveal two weeks later. These were the CGI boxes holding the CGI consoles. 1 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 1 hour ago, Lodmot said: Kinda small, but I think this is what you're referring to: Very different from the actual boxes they ended up with: (the boxes below are also in the video I posted on the last page) Yes! That's it! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digdugnate Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 4 hours ago, PlaysWithWolves said: More cannibalistic behavior from superfans. MatMax VR is a more-than-$300 AVCS supporter in the IGG campaign, but Lucas ain't havin' no dissent: lol- it's just a matter of time before that kind of behavior spills over into the Facebook groups. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMaddog Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 4 hours ago, PlaysWithWolves said: More cannibalistic behavior from superfans. MatMax VR is a more-than-$300 AVCS supporter in the IGG campaign, but Lucas ain't havin' no dissent: 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racerx Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 49 minutes ago, PlaysWithWolves said: The boxes were just teasers leading up to the Ataribox design reveal two weeks later. These were the CGI boxes holding the CGI consoles. July 4, 2017...More info on what's inside within 2 weeks! 1 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+x=usr(1536) Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 (edited) 14 minutes ago, racerx said: July 4, 2017...More info on what's inside within 2 weeks! Edited October 24, 2019 by x=usr(1536) 3 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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+x=usr(1536) Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 (edited) Edited October 24, 2019 by x=usr(1536) 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Lodmot Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 9 minutes ago, x=usr(1536) said: 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaysWithWolves Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 What really happened with Chesnais and Wyatt: https://dilbert.com/strip/2019-10-24 2 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaggy the Atarian Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 15 hours ago, ColecoJoe said: When you got nothing, post old shit that has nothing to do with the VCS LOL. "Great info" on two games that are in development for non-VCS platforms. I've made this point before, but in a universe where Atari has a working system, or had intended to have a working system, a title like Roller Coaster Tycoon would be touted ad nauseaum as a killer app and a launch title for the VCS. But here we are almost two and a half years after this thing was announced, less than two months before it's supposed to go to backers and they've got Atari Vault and Antstream...not even a hint that their revolutionary new gaming UnConsole will have their flagship IP on it. hint hint! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColecoJoe Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 1 minute ago, Shaggy the Atarian said: LOL. "Great info" on two games that are in development for non-VCS platforms. I've made this point before, but in a universe where Atari has a working system, or had intended to have a working system, a title like Roller Coaster Tycoon would be touted ad nauseaum as a killer app and a launch title for the VCS. But here we are almost two and a half years after this thing was announced, less than two months before it's supposed to go to backers and they've got Atari Vault and Antstream...not even a hint that their revolutionary new gaming UnConsole will have their flagship IP on it. hint hint! Well they say that's what they got but we haven't seen any proof that they even actually got what they say they got! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaggy the Atarian Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 We might have a new mascot for this thread: 4 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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