digdugnate Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 another Medium blog update. https://medium.com/@atarivcs/the-latest-from-the-atari-vcs-factory-its-all-in-the-details-now-6c8ed3365231 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 According to the IGG update, their China trip was October/November, so it is unclear whether the photos are new or from that trip. Same shiny cases on display, same explanation that it's not the final finish. They do appear to be making progress, and are likely in too deep to stop now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TACODON Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 I will admit shock we got another update so fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaysWithWolves Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 12 minutes ago, TACODON said: I will admit shock we got another update so fast. It's essentially part two of the previous one, but I guess it's communication. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TACODON Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 20 minutes ago, PlaysWithWolves said: It's essentially part two of the previous one, but I guess it's communication. They seemed to be indicating from that last post they would be not posting anything for awhile. Hopefully this is a sign of good things to come. I mean this door stop will still be useless but at least it seems more likely that those of us dumb enough to give them money will at least get something. Regardless of how useless it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digdugnate Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 i think the thing that gives me the most pause is why all the secrecy behind it actually *doing* something? we've seen all these units and stuff from the pictures, but what I'd ideally like to see is one plugged into a tv, power, and with a controller on, even if it's just looking at a menu or a splash screen or something. not 'for illustrative purposes', but like i said above, doing something. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBerel Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 Just remember, this is where Fraggle Mac was with his Gameband 2.0 just when he went dark for 3 months and then came back with that really hard update to write. He got to the point of having something to manufacture, realized he screwed up and couldn't dig himself out. That's assuming anything was ever real to begin with. The fascinating thing about this rig, is that virtually anyone with a pulse could have cranked it out in the time they've had. They're at their make or break point now. Can they finally get a piece of commodity hardware out the door or will they choke? Sycophants, haters and ill-informed shareholders are waiting to see. 7 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amstari Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 17 hours ago, TACODON said: I will admit shock we got another update so fast. I think they are trying to respond to the Amico update about having exclusive versions of Atari games. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TACODON Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 I think we can all agree that everything they reveal is always a knee-jerk response to outside sources. 3 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBeefy Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 On 12/10/2019 at 8:06 AM, TACODON said: They seemed to be indicating from that last post they would be not posting anything for awhile. Hopefully this is a sign of good things to come. I mean this door stop will still be useless but at least it seems more likely that those of us dumb enough to give them money will at least get something. Regardless of how useless it is. Someone may have hit the enter key accidently? Hence why this seems like part 2. On 12/10/2019 at 10:38 AM, digdugnate said: i think the thing that gives me the most pause is why all the secrecy behind it actually *doing* something? we've seen all these units and stuff from the pictures, but what I'd ideally like to see is one plugged into a tv, power, and with a controller on, even if it's just looking at a menu or a splash screen or something. not 'for illustrative purposes', but like i said above, doing something. Because it isn't impressive. It will be run of the mill footage. Other than a fancy box the footage would out it as basic. Atari probably is also waiting to see it do something... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TACODON Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 @MrBeefy As long as they keep it hidden in a Converse shoe box we will never know. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battlefish Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 On 12/10/2019 at 6:52 AM, digdugnate said: another Medium blog update. https://medium.com/@atarivcs/the-latest-from-the-atari-vcs-factory-its-all-in-the-details-now-6c8ed3365231 Quote We have several studios lined up for the VCS launch window ???????????????????????????????? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBeefy Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 5 hours ago, Battlefish said: ???????????????????????????????? My guess is ports of already existing games. So RCT and T4K. Maybe a mobile game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TACODON Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 They need to just change the name to RCT Inc. And sell off the rest to someone who cares about Atari. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digdugnate Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 here's the latest Medium post- https://medium.com/@atarivcs/guidance-for-atari-vcs-content-developers-go-760d5522370d 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agillig Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 4 hours ago, digdugnate said: here's the latest Medium post- https://medium.com/@atarivcs/guidance-for-atari-vcs-content-developers-go-760d5522370d I swear they've posted all that before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaysWithWolves Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 25 minutes ago, Agillig said: I swear they've posted all that before. I didn't check if it was exactly the same, but was an email sent out last week to people who inqiuired about developing: 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digdugnate Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 yup- it was posted as 'new' news in the 'official' subreddit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TACODON Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 I'm starting to wonder if IGG is finally putting pressure on these clowns. They seem more involved in their own product then they have before. Of course some of this is knee jerk reactions to bad news and some of it is nonsense but I still wonder. This can't look good for IGG. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TACODON Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 (edited) I guess it should be noted that Atari did send out another update. It isn't worth reading as it is just a sales pitch for other garbage they sell. Edited December 27, 2019 by TACODON Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 (edited) When it comes to the new "vcs" EVERYTHING is garbage. And no amount of Estee Lauder is gonna make pretty. Edited December 27, 2019 by Keatah 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TACODON Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 It is garbage. But I think we are a little fond of the dumpster fire it is becoming. You shouldn't look but you can't stop staring at it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 It's been a dumpster fire since day one. Everyone knows that. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TACODON Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 No doubt it is a dumpster fire but I feel once they release something it will truly ignite into a bigger fire. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+GoldLeader Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 4 hours ago, TACODON said: No doubt it is a dumpster fire but I feel once they release something it will truly ignite into a bigger fire. That's a good point. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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