jamm Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 "Atari never said they were going to deliver an actual door stop - just the idea of a door stop with an Atari logo on it. And that's all I ever wanted, so I'm thrilled with my purchase!" 3 9 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fultonbot Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 3 hours ago, Bill Loguidice said: Agreed. What Mattel or Intellivision Productions did in the past has no relevancy on what's going on with the Amico now other than leveraging past history/IP, just like what Atari entities of the past did in the past has no relevancy on what's going with the VCS now other than leveraging past history/IP. There are no other links that anyone has to worry about. Of course, if you're uninformed or trolling, then you would definitely make direct associations (and in their own ways, both current companies are actively encouraging that). Hyperscan was actually a decent idea (as was proved later with other NFC + video game successes), but was not well executed and was released at the wrong time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Loguidice Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 7 minutes ago, fultonbot said: Hyperscan was actually a decent idea (as was proved later with other NFC + video game successes), but was not well executed and was released at the wrong time. As a collectible toy I guess it was a decent idea, but as a console, it was half-baked at best. That has more relation to the original Mattel though than anything to do with Intellivision Productions or any of the post Mattel Electronics companies. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fultonbot Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 26 minutes ago, Bill Loguidice said: As a collectible toy I guess it was a decent idea, but as a console, it was half-baked at best. That has more relation to the original Mattel though than anything to do with Intellivision Productions or any of the post Mattel Electronics companies. The collectible RFID aspect only which was proven a success with Skylanders years later. In hindsight, not a bad idea, just not executed well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tavi Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 1 hour ago, Bill Loguidice said: As a collectible toy I guess it was a decent idea, but as a console, it was half-baked at best. That has more relation to the original Mattel though than anything to do with Intellivision Productions or any of the post Mattel Electronics companies. As collectibles that you can also download into various games it seems to have been a great idea. At least I know my little nephews have a shelf filled with Nintendo Amiibos. The specialized console certainly did not seem to catch on though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 3 hours ago, jamm said: "Atari never said they were going to deliver an actual door stop - just the idea of a door stop with an Atari logo on it. And that's all I ever wanted, so I'm thrilled with my purchase!" And I thought my Atari branded lunchbox was a humble request... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Loguidice Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 37 minutes ago, Tavi said: As collectibles that you can also download into various games it seems to have been a great idea. At least I know my little nephews have a shelf filled with Nintendo Amiibos. The specialized console certainly did not seem to catch on though. Yes, it was a reasonable idea, but never did catch on or become the big fad that saw brief pervasive success with Amiibos, Lego Dimensions, Skylanders, etc., before the bubble burst. There were of course other implementations of bar code scanning, CD scanning, etc., even earlier, but it never went big until the collectible toy rage. Much like with the Wii, Wii fitness stuff, plastic instrument craze, and other such things, it was great if you got in at the good part of the craze and really, really bad if you got in too late. Timing as they say, is everything, but execution and big marketing dollars don't hurt either. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TACODON Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 Folks, I give you a response to the question asked earlier. What does the Hyper Scan have to do with the Amico... 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopsus Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 (edited) Drugs ... Tammy needs to go back on the drugs ... and clearly he/she spends more time reviewing what goes on here than getting on with life. Edited September 25, 2020 by Chopsus 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racerx Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 5 hours ago, jamm said: "Atari never said they were going to deliver an actual door stop - just the idea of a door stop with an Atari logo on it. And that's all I ever wanted, so I'm thrilled with my purchase!" Look...it's a niche product. The idea of a doorstop was never intended to compete with mainstream doorstops. 1 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamm Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 8 minutes ago, racerx said: Look...it's a niche product. The idea of a doorstop was never intended to compete with mainstream doorstops. This isn't meant for hard-core doorstop users. 2 1 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TACODON Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 So will it stop triple A doors or not? I'm not big on indy doors. What about Screen Doors for my mom? 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopsus Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 Indy Doors often turn out to be simple canvas tent flaps ... kinda soft taco compared to real hard shell taco’s. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stephen Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 Oh no - this has taken so long, the poor tacos have hardened, turned stale, and are now morphed into doorstops. That new Atari console - doorstop. Man - just doesn't have the same ring to it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agillig Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopsus Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 47 minutes ago, Stephen said: Oh no - this has taken so long, the poor tacos have hardened, turned stale, and are now morphed into doorstops. That new Atari console - doorstop. Man - just doesn't have the same ring to it. It’s more of a Door Wedge really 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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AtariLeaf Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 12 hours ago, TACODON said: So will it stop triple A doors or not? I'm not big on indy doors. What about Screen Doors for my mom? What about pocket doors? Won't someone please think of the pocket doors?! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopsus Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 1 hour ago, AtariLeaf said: What about pocket doors? Won't someone please think of the pocket doors?! Do you really think the world is ready for a Pocket VCS? hang on ... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBeefy Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 Poor 800... I would have thought there would be more production talk from them at this point. If this gets another delay I wonder what the excuse will be? 1 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCAT Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 What about The Doors? ? C'mom Atari light my dumpster fire! ? 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TACODON Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 I'm sure any delay now will be either blamed on a certain public health crisis or to optimize the VCS again. I'm more towards them deciding to "upgrade" the VCS. Now that Microsoft and Sony have revealed what they got going on. This Bomb-diggity Unconsole door stop needs to beat out the Hyper Scan! 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+x=usr(1536) Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 2 hours ago, TACODON said: I'm sure any delay now will be either blamed on a certain public health crisis or to optimize the VCS again. I'm more towards them deciding to "upgrade" the VCS. Now that Microsoft and Sony have revealed what they got going on. This Bomb-diggity Unconsole door stop needs to beat out the Hyper Scan! Butbutbut... It's already using the fastest really slow processor of the Ryzen range! How on earth could you improve on that? 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TACODON Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 Does a doorstop really need a chip though? Asking for my friends on the IGG comment section. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCAT Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 Gotta blame it on something.. Blame it on the stars.. Blame it on the rain... (yeah yeah) ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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