+frankodragon Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 The more hate, the more fuel to keep that dumpster fire burning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBerel Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 It's not hate that fuels this fire....it's stupid. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digdugnate Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 there is an 'informational' thread where we've mostly tried to behave over at The info is pretty much deprecated, so the Short Short version is supposedly the console is releasing to backers December 2019 and to the US only in March 2020. Their sales 'partners' are Wal-Mart and GameStop. The primary sources of information will be their Indiegogo page here and their homepage here. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TACODON Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 There just isn't much real news to talk about on this thing. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 On 8/4/2019 at 7:26 AM, digdugnate said: it's just puzzling to me for the last two years the name of their game has been 'obfuscation'. if anything, it seems like a psychological experiment gone horribly awry. That sounds like a terrible game. At least there's some physical media for el collectors. 4 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+TwentySixHundred Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 This thing will flop so hard coming out near the same time as the next gen consoles. Really makes you wonder their mindset and who they're targeting!? They really haven't won over us old school Atari fans and the millennials would rather put that money towards the new systems coming out. The new PS5 and Xbox look like systems to keep an eye on, who would want to cut into their budget for this nonsense. Having said that i would buy one for $50 or something but at the price they're asking for an obsolete system there is no market. Taco's tomorrow night yay ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybercylon Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 1 hour ago, TACODON said: There just isn't much real news to talk about on this thing. Even an announcement of an announcement isn't worth talking about anymore (they never were, but worth making fun of). 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaysWithWolves Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 14 hours ago, Tickled_Pink said: Has this thread beaten itself to death yet? Has Atari moved past mid-2018 yet? 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 27 minutes ago, PlaysWithWolves said: Has Atari moved past mid-2018 yet? A rhetorical question of course, but IndieGogo says "no." Maybe there's some behind-the-scenes progress being made, but you'd think they'd want to show it off, wouldn't you? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBerel Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 1 hour ago, Flojomojo said: That sounds like a terrible game. At least there's some physical media for el collectors. What? They didn't include the levels where you mime controlling a blank screen with a Windows Update of Yars Revenge added in post, or the original arcade level of crashing your parachute on re-entry? Or what about the exclusive level called "scratching your ass"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 2 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBerel Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 Indeed, if they had an actual second prototype, that is, a first prototype that looks like what they've been shilling for years and actually works, they'd be falling all over themselves to promote it and take credit. Same goes for every other milestone on their frozen project schedule. That's the best evidence that they have nothing to this day, and have no hope of delivering anything by the end of the current calendar year. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roots.genoa Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 What puzzles me is, if they didn't make any progress, what are they doing? How do they spend their time every day? Even if Fred Chesnais is a crook or the antichrist, I guess he doesn't really like the idea of paying people to do nothing, right? Do they play Centipede all day long? Do they need a whole week to figure out what to post on Facebook? 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+thanatos Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 On 8/3/2019 at 6:42 PM, Flojomojo said: That looks like a Murloc. It gave me a WoW flashback and the urge to run like hell. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaysWithWolves Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, roots.genoa said: What puzzles me is, if they didn't make any progress, what are they doing? How do they spend their time every day? Even if Fred Chesnais is a crook or the antichrist, I guess he doesn't really like the idea of paying people to do nothing, right? Do they play Centipede all day long? Do they need a whole week to figure out what to post on Facebook? Well like @Flojomojo wrote, we don't really know what's going on behind the scenes for hardware. But like @JBerel put, we kind of do. If they had a working prototype inside one of the five (?) empty console shells on the table, it'd be the only one on the table and there'd be no question it would be running the monitor's video. Why not? It'd give them something to brag about and possibly grab more sales. They might have even invited their worst skeptics, like The Register, because they could get good press. Michael Artz would have to swallow his pride to invite them, but who doesn't like a good "told-you-so"? It should be noted Atari penned in their latest post that the press had hands-on time with "key Atari VCS system features and final pre-production hardware units." We do know PowerA has been working on the controllers. Those seem to actually exist and work in some form or another. To my earlier point about the prototypes, Atari didn't just have some XBox controllers there: they had the actual ready-for-production prototypes. Atari wanted us to know they made progress. There also seems to be at least a partially-working O/S and we're told a "pixel perfect flawless" 2600 emulator. Edited August 5, 2019 by PlaysWithWolves changed pixel-perfect to flawless 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tickled_Pink Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 I made a mistake. I visited the AtariVCS site. *cough* HOW MUCH? *cough* Okay, I guess that you are still technically part of the PC master race if you get one of these but I'm pretty sure I can build a better tower for that price. And as for console ... how much is a One X these days? I'll wait till they end up on eBay for £40. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 Quote Moving on to the second station, it was time to finally try some games and play with a working prototype of the new Atari Classic Joystick. System architect Rob Wyatt is an Atari super-fan and has created a flawless Atari 2600 emulator that will be “baked into” the Atari OS and GUI with several benefits in mind. We hope that having this as a feature in the Atari VCS will help “demystify” the world of ROMs and emulators for the casual fans that may want a very authentic retro experience. It also gives more technical-minded retro-gamers a new way to get their favorite classic games onto modern big-screen TVs. ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+frankodragon Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 And there will be a stolen "Hide the Fart" game somewhere hidden within the Netflix for Mom's game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digdugnate Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 4 hours ago, thanatos said: That looks like a Murloc. It gave me a WoW flashback and the urge to run like hell. MRRRRGRLGRL! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5x7 Posted August 6, 2019 Share Posted August 6, 2019 7 hours ago, roots.genoa said: What puzzles me is, if they didn't make any progress, what are they doing? How do they spend their time every day? Even if Fred Chesnais is a crook or the antichrist, I guess he doesn't really like the idea of paying people to do nothing, right? Do they play Centipede all day long? Do they need a whole week to figure out what to post on Facebook? They sit waiting for the phone to ring with an offer to buy the company 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaggy the Atarian Posted August 6, 2019 Share Posted August 6, 2019 1 minute ago, 5x7 said: They sit waiting for the phone to ring with an offer to buy the company Nailed it ^ I've long thought that this entire thing was a ploy to find an interested buyer in the company. They've made no secret that they would really love a buyout. Probably pains Fred every time he hears about some dumb new startup that no one's ever heard of being bought out by some big tech company for millions or billions. Catching up on the thread after vacation, I see we're into August 2019 now, just a few months away from when this fantastic and revolutionary new unconsole is supposed to be shipping and all Atari's got is an interview that says nothing on cable news. On the VCS only having 10,000 units pre-ordered, that's another red flag that the head-in-sand brigade should be noticing, but I'm not surprised that they aren't. 10k is amazing in the arcade industry, but in the home console business? That's a fart in the wind standing near a tornado. Oh, and I noticed for the first time that this thread is tagged 'tacos.' ? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted August 6, 2019 Share Posted August 6, 2019 11 minutes ago, Shaggy the Atarian said: Oh, and I noticed for the first time that this thread is tagged 'tacos.' ? Wasn't me, I swear! 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+thanatos Posted August 6, 2019 Share Posted August 6, 2019 3 hours ago, digdugnate said: MRRRRGRLGRL! Totally forgot I could make it related! Circle of life. 15 year old WoW joke with tacos. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+frankodragon Posted August 6, 2019 Share Posted August 6, 2019 Who does not like tacos, with veggies, meat and cheese, will remain his life a foolish sleaze. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted August 6, 2019 Share Posted August 6, 2019 8 hours ago, 5x7 said: They sit waiting for the phone to ring with an offer to buy the company A foolish young Frenchman called Fred Had a delusion deep inside his head That his company would sell While the stock value fell With the brand name increasingly dead. He endeavored to build a machine With envy, the world would be green He hired Rob Wyatt But no one would buy it Two years later, and it still hasn't been seen. For the love of croissants with ham Michael Arzt can't escape from this jam When you're a dumb crook You can't hide it with Facebook Because everyone knows it's a scam. But what if you gave them some money? Indiegogo says, "no refunds, honey." Having to wait Is never so great You can play Centipede on something else, sonny. 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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