The Historian Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 3 hours ago, OldSchoolRetroGamer said: Trust ATARI with Cryptocurrency ? More like, "trust a crypto company that thought it was smart to get in bed with Atari?" 1 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TACODON Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 Maybe I can convert my VCS preorder into Atari Tokens for online gambling? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoloZolo Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 38 minutes ago, Flojomojo said: Here's an article on that lawsuit. There's always something with Infogrames. 4 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DurradonXylles Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 2 hours ago, Flojomojo said: Quote Tin Giant, Wyatt’s company, filed the lawsuit in federal court in Colorado, alleging breach of contract and defamation. Tin Giant said that Atari owes it in excess of $261,720. Oh. Oh my. This couldn't have come at a more opportune time. The schadenfreude wells within me. I do have to ask though: while there does appear to be a strong case against Atari for breach of contract (you know, not paying him for months), what exactly has Atari said publicly these last six months that could constitute defamation? Everything I've seen said of Wyatt that could be seen as badmouthing came from IGG backers and AtariAge users alike, none of which AFAIK are currently employed by Atari or has stock in the company. Is there anything in the Medium articles or social media pages that could be seen as libel that I missed or didn't give a second thought to? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TACODON Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 Perhaps since much of the bad mouthing was on the IGG page or on social media posts from Atari and since Atari never seems to defend him. That is the case for defamation. Basically the fact that they allowed these people to say what they did instead of preventing it? But most likely they caught saying not nice things to other people in the industry and it got back to him. Which really wouldn't surprise me. Because and I might be misremembering this but didn't our old Friend Feargal also claim they did this? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldSchoolRetroGamer Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 Xbox co-creator Rob Wyatt sues Atari for failing to pay him for design of VCS console DEAN TAKAHASHI@DEANTAK APRIL 2, 2020 5:35 PM Xbox co-creator Rob Wyatt has filed a lawsuit against Atari for failing to pay him for the design work he did in creating the Atari VCS console. Tin Giant, Wyatt’s company, filed the lawsuit in federal court in Colorado, alleging breach of contract and defamation. Tin Giant said that Atari owes it in excess of $261,720. Wyatt, a co-creator of the Xbox and cofounder of The Last Gameboard, is based in Boulder, Colorado, and he said in an interview last year that he quit as lead architect for Atari. He alleged that Atari did not pay his company, Tin Giant, for six months of work. Fred Chesnais, CEO of Atari, declined to comment in a statement, saying that he had not received a copy of the lawsuit yet. Atari has not developed a game console for more than 20 years. But the original plan for the VCS, first called Ataribox, was hatched by Feargal Mac Conuladh in 2017. But Atari pressed the pause button on the Ataribox project and postponed preorders, and Mac Conuladh left. During the Game Developers Conference in March 2018, Atari said it had revived the project and that it had renamed the machine the Atari VCS. Chesnais said the machine was going to ship in 2019. But Atari missed those dates and then promised to ship this spring. https://venturebeat.com/2020/04/02/xbox-co-creator-rob-wyatt-sues-atari-for-failing-to-pay-him-for-design-of-vcs-console/ 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt_B Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 As ever, the legal department of Atari seems the most active part of the company. ? 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+frankodragon Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 Didn't hands-in-pants man actually sued Ataco originally for $800K or was that Feargal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digdugnate Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 8 hours ago, TACODON said: Maybe I can convert my VCS preorder into Atari Tokens for online gambling? nice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DurradonXylles Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, frankodragon said: Didn't hands-in-pants man actually sued Ataco originally for $800K or was that Feargal? Pretty sure that was Feargal. 5 hours ago, TACODON said: Perhaps since much of the bad mouthing was on the IGG page or on social media posts from Atari and since Atari never seems to defend him. That is the case for defamation. Basically the fact that they allowed these people to say what they did instead of preventing it? But most likely they caught saying not nice things to other people in the industry and it got back to him. Which really wouldn't surprise me. Because and I might be misremembering this but didn't our old Friend Feargal also claim they did this? The thing about social media and PR pages is that it's difficult to use that as means to convey that the entity in question encouraged it unless said entity actually directly did so. It would more likely prove Atari's negligence in how they handled this project more than anything. The only way he could reasonably prove that would be the IGG page, but only because of their choice censorship of comments if they didn't delete comments shittalking him. The industry hearsay does seem the most likely reason. Atari SA seems to love carrying a canister of gas with each contractor they hire just for the sake of making it easier to burn that bridge when they have a falling out. I don't understand why they would want to do so when they know that they'll get served a lawsuit for not paying what they owe these people in the first place, but Atari has shown in recent years that they are a grossly incompetent company regardless of intent. Edited April 3, 2020 by DurradonXylles 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TACODON Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 Hopefully when they lose this lawsuit they don't try paying out in Atari Token. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pink Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 (edited) Well it seems like Tingiant changed their website (No more eggy sandwiches) I haven't been here in a while so maybe thats old news. And wat in tarnation... LOL ? Prime position indeed! The chips sure do seem to be falling in the right places... ? People are silly! Edited April 3, 2020 by Pink 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godslabrat Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 57 minutes ago, Pink said: Well it seems like Tingiant changed their website (No more eggy sandwiches) I haven't been here in a while so maybe thats old news. And wat in tarnation... LOL ? Prime position indeed! The chips sure do seem to be falling in the right places... ? People are silly! I think a solid case could be made that this person is mentally incompetent and should not be allowed to manage their own finances. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaggy the Atarian Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 (edited) I see that the VCShills are desperately trying to paint Venturebeat as "garbage," despite VB accurately laying out the filed court documents. The Shills are also continuing to run interference for their favorite unethical company by making the false claim that the only reason the VCS isn't in their hands is due to The Virus...despite the fact that Atari should have already prototyped and begun the manufacturing process on the machine by the end of Summer 2019 for 11,000 working units to have arrived in the hands of backers by December. As we've long said, if you want something tangible in your hands now, go and buy a taco. I'd trust the taco place down the street that got temporarily shuttered over 49 health code violations over Atari at this point. Edited April 3, 2020 by Shaggy the Atarian 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godslabrat Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 So, I just got blocked by Atari on FB. Polymega has blocked me on Twitter. For some reason, those scammers really don't like me. Can't imagine why. 4 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt Vendel Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 (edited) Anybody who wants to have their own VCS now... put a Pi4b into it and actually have something REAL that can play all Atari games up through Playstation and Dreamcast, use Chromium, play Netflix and pretty much anything that Atari thing can do... here is your starting point, please distribute this freely to anyone who's interested. Full 3D model of the VCS case, but I made some improvements like a slot of an SD card to act like a cartridge and a few other things, yeah its still rough but its a great starting point. Its the DIY VCS... DIYVCS.zip Edited April 3, 2020 by Curt Vendel 17 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBeefy Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 21 minutes ago, Curt Vendel said: Anybody who wants to have their own VCS now... put a Pi4b into it and actually have something REAL that can play all Atari games up through Playstation and Dreamcast, use Chromium, play Netflix and pretty much anything that Atari thing can do... here is your starting point, please distribute this freely to anyone who's interested. Full 3D model of the VCS case, but I made some improvements like a slot of an SD card to act like a cartridge and a few other things, yeah its still rough but its a great starting point. Its the DIY VCS... DIYVCS.zip 1.1 MB · 0 downloads This is great we need a case for a 3B+ too! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt Vendel Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 1 hour ago, MrBeefy said: This is great we need a case for a 3B+ too! The back panel can be reconfigured for any SBC.... I added a power button and holder in the top part so anyone can make a small tactile button board with an LED and connect a cable to the GPIO, update the OS with the power off patch and then you'd be able to properly power off/on the Pi's instead of cutting the power. The SDCARD opening can accomodate all of the microSD to SD extenders so then you could remove and install whatever Boot Image you wanted on the fly.... I also gave the sides a more traditional VCS look vs the rounded one... the top section is also solid, the ribs going all the way over just looked stupid IMHO and I think this design is a little bit nicer over all... I hope everyone likes it. 4 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoloZolo Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 (edited) If the 3D printer leaves any defects, be sure to create an exhaustive gallery detailing every minor imperfection. It's really useful info that the general public is desperate to know. Edited April 3, 2020 by SoloZolo 1 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racerx Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 3 hours ago, godslabrat said: So, I just got blocked by Atari on FB. Welcome. 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agillig Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 4 hours ago, godslabrat said: So, I just got blocked by Atari on FB. Polymega has blocked me on Twitter. For some reason, those scammers really don't like me. Can't imagine why. Polymega is a frustrating one for sure. It seems like they have an actual product, but they keep setting deadlines that come and go with no explanation as to what happened. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+frankodragon Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 7 hours ago, Pink said: Well it seems like Tingiant changed their website (No more eggy sandwiches) I haven't been here in a while so maybe thats old news. They still have the espresso on their contact page but that's about it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godslabrat Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 1 hour ago, Agillig said: Polymega is a frustrating one for sure. It seems like they have an actual product, but they keep setting deadlines that come and go with no explanation as to what happened. They promised an IPad, designed an etch-a-sketch, and are pissed when people notice the difference. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt_B Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 6 hours ago, MrBeefy said: This is great we need a case for a 3B+ too! The Pi 4 is a massive upgrade. It's totally worth investing in one, even if you've already got a 3B+ setup that you like. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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