New Atari Console that Ataribox?

[Flojomojo]

6 hours ago, frankodragon said:

Biff responded to the Fecalbook mess on the AtacoVCS page about the specs. If this is true (which I'm pretty sure its not because there is nothing to show) there is really no reason to get one if you have all the classic games.  The phrase "Internet Connection Required" for everything else is a big turnoff in my book. I like to do my gaming  offline.

 

 

That's a direct paste from the stuff on atarivcs.com -- there's no direct link but you can see it if you click thru the FAQ at the bottom under "how much RAM," etc. It makes sense that one would need an internet connection for adding any content, since there's no physical media for this. The "classic gaming" prob refers to Atari Vault, which will be pre-installed. 

 

The low low amount of embedded storage is the weakest link from my perspective, not that it matters much since there won't be enough store content to fill that paltry amount of space. 

[digdugnate]

they're getting pretty vicious defending their un-console over there.  I'm pretty sure that Biffster has puppet facebook accounts, too.  The last post by Tom Braxer is pretty darn similar to the one Biff posted last year on the atarivcs subreddit about shutting down pirate rom sites.

 

[Flojomojo]

I agree, it's an egg account. Tom Baxer has no picture or other details and sure looks like a troll/sock puppet to me. At least Florence Jomojo had the decency to pretend to be a real person. She deleted her account after being banned from the VCS discussion. The ban appears to have been triggered by the moderator not appreciating her 😢 crying reaction at everything the official rep posted. 

[roots.genoa]

5 minutes ago, Flojomojo said:

The ban appears to have been triggered by the moderator not appreciating her 😢 crying reaction at everything the official rep posted. 

As a moderator of a Facebook page myself, I am more annoyed by angry or - far worse - laughing reactions (if it's not funny of course). But I have never banned anyone, even though I was asked to several times... It's more constructive to answer negative comments, because no one cares about or is influenced by reactions except for the moderators.

[JBerel]

Yup, definitely Biffster liking his own posts with his sock puppets. Give that weenie a Biffy!

[PlaysWithWolves]

18 hours ago, digdugnate said:

 

 

 

 

Which is easier to believe?

 

A) Slifker/Biff has only been on the subreddit "like one time to set up an account".

B) He has one of the very rare cases of multiple personality disorders and doesn't realize what the others do.

C) He's full of crap.

 

[TACODON]

I did watch some Biff videos the other day to gain some insight to this guy. I will say they are more watchable than anything John P 1979 puts out.

[Flojomojo]

4 minutes ago, TACODON said:

I will say they are more watchable than anything John P 1979 puts out.

[TACODON]

I didn't say they were much better. But yes the bar is low on that one.

[PlaysWithWolves]

Coincidentally, John P came in second place in the Biff video awards.

[Spriggy]

8 hours ago, Flojomojo said:

I agree, it's an egg account. Tom Baxer has no picture or other details and sure looks like a troll/sock puppet to me. At least Florence Jomojo had the decency to pretend to be a real person. She deleted her account after being banned from the VCS discussion. The ban appears to have been triggered by the moderator not appreciating her 😢 crying reaction at everything the official rep posted. 

 

I gave you 24hrs.  Was I right? 😏

 

4 hours ago, TACODON said:

I did watch some Biff videos the other day to gain some insight to this guy. I will say they are more watchable than anything John P 1979 puts out.

 

Your better than me TD! 

 

 

 

As for Biff.  I can only assume he lives in a house full of mirrors with all his Biff friends ..... that look like Biff ...... sound like Biff ...... and talk utter bollocks like Biff.

 

 

 

And for those who like to self medicate...

 

 

[+frankodragon]

[Flojomojo]

 

[Flojomojo]

Reasonable person with facts and figures demonstrates that the VCS is similar in power to a mid-range PC from 2012, and a fan fails to comprehend. 

 

Some tough talk on the VCS board, captured here before the social media minion wakes up and deletes it. Did the smm get to go on the junket to China?

 

The most recent post was a clip from a two-year-old Fast Company puff piece about Nolan. 

 

Fun fact: a person can read about the history of Atari without funding the "un-console." 

[Osgeld]

Flojomojo...

you obviously do not know there is only 1 model of ryzen made and since the worlds most powerful console ever is using it all things must be equal!

 

I havent used a 1000 apu so I cant comment, but I cant imagine it being anything more hefty than a netbook or cpu on a stick class computer, even the full blown low end desktop class APU like the 2300G is not even that strong for games, like old e-sports titles running 720p at lowest settings at 40FPS not strong

Edited July 27, 2019 by Osgeld

[jaybird3rd]

"Brandon Harris" fails the Turing Test.

[Flojomojo]

Atari was important, Atari was the first big hit. But this visualization of "40 years of console wars" really hammers home how they retreated into the distance as the newcomers took over and the market never looked back. On the other hand, Atari is back. Freedom. Woodgrain. Certificate of authenticity. 😴

 

 

[Spriggy]

8 hours ago, Flojomojo said:

Atari was important, Atari was the first big hit. But this visualization of "40 years of console wars" really hammers home how they retreated into the distance as the newcomers took over and the market never looked back. On the other hand, Atari is back. Freedom. Woodgrain. Certificate of authenticity. 😴

 

 

 

 

 

And ..... Taco Sunday down here, hence the obvious.

 

For those interested, here's my Tex-Mex Taco Seasoning I use.  Usually on Pork/Beef mince mix.

 

1 tbsp Chili powder.  (Of your choice.)

2 tsp ground Paprika. (I use Smoked normally.  Sometimes Hungarian Sweet)

2 tsp ground Cumin.

1 tsp Garlic powder.

1 tsp Onion powder.

1/2 tsp dried Oregano.

1 tsp ground Black Pepper.

1 pinch ground Cinnamon.

1 pinch ground Cloves.

1 tsp fine Sea Salt. 

 

2 1/2 tbsp per 1 lb of mince.  1/2 cup of beef stock.

 

 

[PlaysWithWolves]

The last line of a recent GamingOnLinux AtariVCS post reads:

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As a little joke (sorry Atari), this is how Thunderbird decided to show their email to me—ouch.

 

 

 

🤣

Now, please go to the post to show your thanks for your weekend chuckle.

[Flojomojo]

 

You mean you haven't listened to Michael Arzt's rambling talking points in this "interview" about the VCS, which was recently pumped on the FB page? Here, I extracted the audio because the web player sucks Yorgle balls. E319: Atari VCS Interview.mp3 You're Welcome/I'm Sorry

 

Here's how far I got. I even transcribed it for you. I couldn't go any further listening to this yutz. Somebody else take it from here. 

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Michael Arzt: let’s have another great conversation. Coming into e3 this year we had some simple objectives, to sort of clarify and see as best as we could to clear up some misunderstandings out there about what the Atari VCS is. The Atari VCS is … let’s first talk about what it’s not. It is not a retro box, it is not an emulator box, it is not an over-baked Raspberry Pi. It’s not any of those things. Atari has made a Flashback console for years that’s been available for years, you can buy it for $79, it’s a plug and play machine, it works with all the classic 2600 games and all that.

 

That’s not what this is about, it’s not about selling somebody a $250 or $389 retro box to play 40-year-old games. I mean of course it can play those games, and of course they’re available, because we’re Atari and that’s part of our DNA and our heritage, but it is a modern machine, with modern PC hardware that is capable of modern gameplay. It’ll play… it’ll stream 4K video at 60 frames per second, it can play modern games … we’ve got games like Borderlands 2 on display over there to play. A very capable machine that has a lot of interesting aspects to it.

 

So number one first and foremost, like I said, it’s not a retro box. What is it? Another thing it’s not, it’s not a console, right? People are going to call it a console, because that’s just how things go, but we prefer to call it what it is, which is a Video Computer System, which is a computer system that works through a video interface. So it’s optimized for using with your TV in your living room and all that. So the way the machine works, well let’s quickly back up a little bit.

 

A year ago, we were talking about the Indiegogo launch. We had a concept, we put it on Indiegogo, with really no certain expectations. We knew that people were interested in this, we just had no idea how well it would do or how it would be received, but we weren’t going to start investing in and spending the millions of dollars it would take to build a machine like this without some kind of an indicator of what to expect. So we launched it, and immediately proceeded to break Indiegogo the first day. We did 2 million dollars worth of orders within the first week, and by the time we closed it after 30 days, we had 3 million dollars, and since then, we’ve grossed close to 4 million dollars in additional sales and things through Backerkit, which is the back end for Indiegogo and all that. So absolutely there’s a demand out there, but in the process, as I’ve said, a lot of misunderstanding about what this machine is. So our objective for this e3, with all the talk of new consoles …

I just can't take any more. 

 

Special added bonus, here's the hostage picture they used of Michael Putz Arzt and friend, and a Special Limited Enhanced Edition. Did you know that Arzt means "doctor" in German?

 

 

 

 

[JBerel]

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People are going to call it a console, because that’s just how things go, but we prefer to call it what it is, which is a Video Computer System, which is a computer system that works through a video interface. So it’s optimized for using with your TV in your living room and all that.

So, let me get this straight....they've uncovered an ancient alien technology to fabricate the worlds first computerized apparatus device that works through some kind of video interface. I mean, just whoa.....

 

 

What do you think they'll call the new mystical interconnecting methodology which makes it possible for their device to interface with a visual display object to provide such an impressive result?

 

They must have also created the world's first fully autonomous human interface to incorporate thought based data input in your living room too. None of those primitive and archaic manual "keyboard" or "cursor movement" devices required obviously. 

 

With all his back peddling, he's gonna give himself shin splints. Let's first talk about what it's not, it's not this, it's not that, that's not what it's about, another thing it's not, let's back up a little bit. Good lord, somebody nominate this advertising genius for a Clio stat. (or at least a Biffy!)

 

 

Edited July 29, 2019 by JBerel

[Flojomojo]

 

 

 

 

 

"not a retro box" yet there's only one game announced for it, a retro collection. 🙄

[racerx]

If you have to expound that thoroughly on what your product isn't, you might not have a clear direction on what it is.

[+FujiSkunk]

I decided to sit the thread out until now.  I saw this thing at the store yesterday, and the VCS mess was the first thing I thought of...

 

[Flojomojo]

21 minutes ago, racerx said:

If you have to expound that thoroughly on what your product isn't, you might not have a clear direction on what it is.

Seriously. "I'd like to clear up some misconceptions ..." <proceeds to further muddy the water for 15 minutes>

 

It LOOKS like a retro box and they're SELLING it like a game console. Maybe they should just ship the big black box instead. THAT looks like a low-end PC. Throw in a $3 keyboard, bask in the freedom of the sandbox, and mission accomplished.