Tickled_Pink Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 12 hours ago, The Historian said: Nope never did that. Only posted what they published online. There ya go. Copyright infringement. They're trying to recapture Atari's past every way they can. To quote a Centari "As we are returning to the old ways, and copyright infringement lawsuits was always the weapon of choice in the old Atari..." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digdugnate Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 14 hours ago, The Historian said: Well it's finally happened. Not sure why, I've only been posting their announcements and newsletters. they 'cleaned up' the posts, too, it looks like. you're not missing much since their 'official' subreddit as you've seen is a ghost town. unofficial VCS sub much livelier (well, if you count some of the subbers having a slow mental breakdown) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCAT Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 4 hours ago, digdugnate said: ...(well, if you count some of the subbers having a slow mental breakdown)... People have been waiting, they will lose it sooner or later 1 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Loguidice Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 9 hours ago, Tavi said: The Atari Box also still needs its 'Halo', 'Sonic' or 'Mario' system exclusive game if it is going to be a retail success. This latest announcement is more in my line of gaming interest; but certainly not to the point where I would be considering dropping 400$ on a console for it. Especially when it is locked behind 4.99 a month paywall and once again is something that can be accessed on pretty much any device with internet capabilities. There is no scenario where it can be a retail success because they're basically selling something that's going to perform worse than even the base models of PS4 and Xbox One that sell for much less and have well-established killer libraries and services. A killer game wouldn't sway much of anyone, because even with a killer game, there would be no other titles to follow it up with. As it is now, there's not even a SINGLE exclusive on it, killer or otherwise. And frankly, I don't see how such a thing would be of help to them anyway, so no reason to worry about the investment. As of now, and since they never did come up with a raison d'être, the people who are going to buy it or not don't really need more convincing one way or the other. Only Atari knows the answer to this, but it may very well be that they already accomplished all the business-related goals for this they cared about and its OK that the VCS has already sold the majority of what it's going to ever really sell. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+D Train Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 2 hours ago, OCAT said: People have been waiting, they will lose it sooner or later the pathos really kicks in when the developer mentions that he hates tacos. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColecoJoe Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 13 hours ago, roots.genoa said: Reminds me of something... ? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 Why can't atari do things the right way? Like sell games and consoles at the department store? That business model formed an entire industry! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 On 7/12/2020 at 9:02 PM, OCAT said: ^ Just tell them that "Fake News is Good News" as long as it gets people a talkin' about the hottest system on the block the Atari VCS. This here new contender is gonna drop the competition like a cheap sac of dirt! Or 10 pounds of camel shit in a 9 pound bag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aramis Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 2 hours ago, Keatah said: Why can't atari do things the right way? Like sell games and consoles at the department store? That business model formed an entire industry! Trying to understand Atari is like trying to smell the color 9. 4 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+frankodragon Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 Fred is probably riding in a limo somewhere. 1 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCAT Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 (edited) 13 hours ago, frankodragon said: Fred is probably riding in a limo somewhere. With Hands in his pocket guy next to him... (it was all a ruse, he was in on it the whole time...) "Do you, Do you really?, My good Chum!" Edited July 15, 2020 by OCAT 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+frankodragon Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 Not to mention this while waiting for a traffic light to change... 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaggy the Atarian Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 Chinese company UNIS has cooked up their own mini-console that works with small trampolines. They are recently known for being the manufacturer behind the arcade versions of the Atari PONG tables (there are a few different models). No price mentioned, but I wouldn't be surprised if this gave the Tacobox a run for it's money on sales, as it has 300% more exclusives than it does 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeatari1 Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 All hail Don Taco! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TACODON Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 38 minutes ago, joeatari1 said: All hail Don Taco! I don't think they caught the sarcasm in that. Odd they responded also? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+frankodragon Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 I think the Atari intern has been hitting the sauce again. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TACODON Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 50 minutes ago, frankodragon said: I think the Atari intern has been hitting the sauce again. Certainly they did. Most of the recent responses were a little odd. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leech Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 11 hours ago, frankodragon said: I think the Atari intern has been hitting the sauce again. You know, once you start hitting that Taco Sauce, you just start to see tacos everywhere! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCAT Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? I see Tacos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woulfe Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 TACOS AS FAR AS THE EYES CAN SEE ! ENDLESS TACOS ! "Air ?" perfect for the "Air" console... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+frankodragon Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 5 hours ago, Woulfe said: "Air ?" perfect for the "Air" console... "Lefty" would be a good crook salesperson for selling an air console. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+GoldLeader Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 So are "Air" and "Vapor"ware, the same type of unconsole? Can you dig it? Based on the title alone, I'll just leave this here... PS The Eternal Question: When is nutari gonna get Kicked in the Taco and give up on this VCAss Mess? This is...A hidden message!...Did U find it? Good Job! Cheers! Get yourself a ROLO out of my desk and take some "free money" out of petty cash...Tell'em GoldLeader said it was OK...It's fine no one's gonna read this I'm sure... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCAT Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 (edited) The best thing I think about Vaporware is that it is non discrimatory. It is the perfect product that everyone loves. It has all the feature and non of them at the same time. Eveyone can affoard it, except the people that paid for it before it did not exist. If the backers never backed it, it would not Not exist for the rest of us. Just like Spock said, the need of the many outweigh the needs of the few. So Tacos it is. I always wondered what would have happened if Ray had thought about Tacos when Gozer the Gozarian ask the question "Choose" Edited July 17, 2020 by OCAT 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+frankodragon Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 Here's another perfect example "Atari" should get into. Only they'll charge $300 for 4 minutes. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCAT Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 I have some information from a credible source from a friend of a friend who overheard a conversation while waiting in the drivethrough for Tacos that, there might be another slight delay, or a possible re-design of the Atari VCS to make it more streamlined. Cheasehead Fred was livid about the thickness of the VCS and wanted it thin like most smartphones today. You have heard of the Macbook Air, now look at the VCS AIR!!!! Check out the renders!!!! WE HAVE RENDERS!!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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