Atariboy Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 That's not how Atari's history has unfolded. Corporately this heritage has not been carefully archived, preserved, and maintained through the years. That this game is extant today has almost certainly nothing to owe to any of Atari's heirs. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_me Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 If they had one it would have been on one of their collections or a licensed product before the collector's prototype was dumped and leaked. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+x=usr(1536) Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 7 minutes ago, mr_me said: If they had one it would have been on one of their collections or a licensed product before the collector's prototype was dumped and leaked. Maybe. It's a game with no name recognition outside of the arcade collecting and emulation communities, so the effort involved with including it vs. howevermany sales it might generate probably isn't worth it. Having said that, @Atariboy is right: Atari never did much to preserve their own history. Chances are that Atari SA didn't even know that they owned this IP until someone came to them looking to licence it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_me Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 There are 150 titles on the three volume atari flashback classics. Do they all have name recognition. Back in 1984 when Tramiel purchased all the Atari IP; i wonder what, if anything, was delivered to him related to the arcade games; any source code archives, eproms, prototypes, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutchman2000 Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 On 12/1/2020 at 10:03 PM, mr_me said: There are 150 titles on the three volume atari flashback classics. Do they all have name recognition. Back in 1984 when Tramiel purchased all the Atari IP; i wonder what, if anything, was delivered to him related to the arcade games; any source code archives, eproms, prototypes, etc. Atari Games kept all of the archives of coin-op. Atari Corporation got the archives of the consumer and home computer divisions. Atari Corp had the rights to all arcade games made before the sale date. This includes Akka Arrh. There was a battle over marble madness as it was in development before the sale date but not released until after. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_me Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 If no materials of the arcade games were delivered to Tramiel / Atari Corp, how can they preserve that history going forward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+x=usr(1536) Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 (edited) 5 hours ago, mr_me said: If no materials of the arcade games were delivered to Tramiel / Atari Corp, how can they preserve that history going forward. They don't. People like the late Curt Vendel and projects like MAME do. Atari SA has no interest in Atari's history beyond what they can licence out to anyone who will pay them to do so. Edited December 5, 2020 by x=usr(1536) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_me Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 On the contrary Atari SA has interest because as x=user(1536) said that's how they make money. It was Atari Inc and Atari Corp back in the 1980s that allowed all that source code and other materials to disappear. At the time these games either had their time and made their money or failed in the market to begin with. At that time people wanted new games not old ones. And yes thanks to Curt Vendel and others who thought differently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
negative1 Posted December 14, 2020 Author Share Posted December 14, 2020 The next game coming from Arcade 1up is another prototype: About Xari Arena Xari Arena is an original, unreleased game for the Atari 5200 that was programmed by John Seghers back when he was working for Atari. The game never saw release, and an earlier version has been available for some time in digital form. Xari Arena is one of the few unique titles for the Atari 5200 that was not released on any other platforms. Archivist Ken Van Mersbergen recently uncovered a newer version of the game, and one of the changes was the addition of Trak-Ball support This will be included on another unit they have. later -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_me Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 (edited) Is arcade1up coming out with a home console collection? Technically, all atari 5200 trakball games are analog joystick games. The atari 5200 trakball emulates an analog joystick and doesn't output true trackball signals from its connector. Edited December 15, 2020 by mr_me 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supergun Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 ...so “ARCADE” 1-up is adding a home console game to their lineup... ... ... ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
negative1 Posted December 15, 2020 Author Share Posted December 15, 2020 1 hour ago, mr_me said: Is arcade1up coming out with a home console collection? Technically, all atari 5200 trakball games are analog joystick games. The atari 5200 trakball emulates an analog joystick and doesn't output true trackball signals from its connector. Yes, they have 3 novelty giant joystick games coming out : 1 pac-man one, 1 disney one, and 1 atari one, which is a gigantic 2 foot tall atari 2600 joystick: 1 hour ago, Supergun said: ...so “ARCADE” 1-up is adding a home console game to their lineup... ... ... ok they did on one of the fighting cabinets. but they have released 2 HDMI plug and plays, 1 megaman series one, and 1 NAMCO one which is all arcade versions. later -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
negative1 Posted January 11, 2021 Author Share Posted January 11, 2021 akka arrh, coming to the stand up atari legacy tempest cabinet: https://arcade1up.com/products/atari-legacy-edition What a game list this is…a dozen classic Atari titles, packed inside! Asteroids®, Centipede®, Major Havoc®, Missile Command®, Akka Arrh, Crystal Castles®, Tempest®, Millipede®, Gravitar® , Liberator™, Asteroids Deluxe® , and Space Duel. ALL included. Switch up to any included game at will, with the easy to navigate on-screen menus. Additionally, this Atari Legacy Edition includes a Custom riser, if you need to give it some lift! later -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_me Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 It is a nice collection of games. Buttons are on the wrong side of the trackball for missile command. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
negative1 Posted January 12, 2021 Author Share Posted January 12, 2021 1 hour ago, mr_me said: It is a nice collection of games. Buttons are on the wrong side of the trackball for missile command. yes, they screwed it up in the picture. these are mockups, hopefully they will change it before release. later -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
negative1 Posted June 9, 2021 Author Share Posted June 9, 2021 On 1/12/2021 at 5:47 AM, mr_me said: It is a nice collection of games. Buttons are on the wrong side of the trackball for missile command. They mapped the buttons to the left also, but the layout is slightly skewed. Having to using the 2 player start for one of the missile bases. Reviews have been decent: later -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supergun Posted March 27, 2022 Share Posted March 27, 2022 Just wanted to mention that I was playing my Cyberball Jamma board and noticed the default name entries on the high score table. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted March 27, 2022 Share Posted March 27, 2022 Would there be any significance in the order they're listed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supergun Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 Doesn’t look like they were done in any order whatsoever. It looks like they wrote whatever games they could think of. And they were limited to 8 characters hence why some are abbreviated. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
negative1 Posted June 3, 2022 Author Share Posted June 3, 2022 some more pictures of the cabinet: https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipOif7cxDoEMRQjG0rt__0b7VprjcbyMuR3x5Wbi-EEyQ5F1gVCJy2oHNqgz5jsnTA?key=T1ZCUmZyclk2bzM0TmZzUmhsb3F4U2E4bjR1UlFR&pli=1 later -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
negative1 Posted October 6, 2022 Author Share Posted October 6, 2022 been playing it a lot more lately. using the MAME debugger, and other settings. was able to get to level 100. the levels repeat after awhile. there are some super hard level with dedicated missile launchers on them. will post screenshots, and try to post a video also too at some point. later -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
negative1 Posted December 7, 2022 Author Share Posted December 7, 2022 atari is going to release a reimaged version of it now, wow! later -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+x=usr(1536) Posted December 7, 2022 Share Posted December 7, 2022 5 hours ago, negative1 said: atari is going to release a reimaged version of it now, wow! I'll reserve my judgement until I've got my hands on it, but Jeff Minter being behind it is a hopeful sign. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
negative1 Posted December 8, 2022 Author Share Posted December 8, 2022 9 hours ago, x=usr(1536) said: I'll reserve my judgement until I've got my hands on it, but Jeff Minter being behind it is a hopeful sign. lots more information here: later -1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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