MetalliCabombination
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With sd cards as its gamedata input?
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First look at Atari's new console, "Ataribox"
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With sd cards as its gamedata input?
ScientificPizza
Banned
there better be a dragon ball fighter z port on it what are those lazy devs even doing it's not hard
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
It would be amazing to actually witness a new company enter the real big boy console race again. Haven't seen that in 15+ years.
I don't think it necessarily needs to have a disc slot to be a player... but I agree that it's unlikely some Android box would ever "hit" like the big three.
GeekyDad
Member
First, immediate red flag for me is that they're talking first (and only) about the system's form factor. I could really give a shit less that the design harks back to the original 2600. And it's my guess, that's what they're gearing everything toward: nostalgia.
Expectations set to very low.
Expectations set to very low.
Atari is a company that just recently exited chapter 11, has a few millions in revenue and a dozen of people employed.
Atari don't have the financial muscle to do anything
The only thing this looks like is a scam to get money from investors.
IdreamofHIME
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ISee
Member
Probably still faster than the 5200 rpm sata 2 drives in the original PS4. Install size would be a problem though. But as I already said, it will most likely be an android based thing and rather uninteresting because of this.
Team Andromeda
Member
Depends, their Arcade games are still great and fun and I guess them the odd good Jag game too
ISee
Member
What exavtlly are you trying to convince me of? I stated that I would be interested in another x64 based console on the market with AAA support and that the Microsoft strategy of establishing a console brand before attacking the leading pack could work out. But I also said that the Atari box will most probably just be another android box that is designed to do nothing of value. And now you try to convince me that it will be a useless scheme.
Thx for your wisdom, but...?
And we all thought the Atari logo in Blade Runner was a relic of the 80s.....
Atari will rise again.
nah it will stay a relic. if any games company is to stand the test of time it will be Nintendo but their logo doesn't look as cool in sci-fi movies.
it's surprising Atari is even around anymore, they have very little in terms of worth while ip and a lot of their stuff was licensed.
And Android box never will. There are no games simply worth playing on a TV screen. Thats why they are constantly failing. Atari if they have enough money should be making offshoots or new IPs for this thing. But they wont its just going to be a lonely dust box in a store forever and suffer the same fate as all other android "consoles"
PSFan
Member
Then don't play them? There's a lot of true classics in the 2600 library, and yes, they look very primitive graphically by today's standards. I still like playing them to this day, especially Adventure.
You probably weren't even born yet when the 2600 came out.
IrishNinja
Member
says you
yeah, every system not offered in woodgrain is a missed opportunity
see how baller that looks?
i used to want this as a steambox, now i'd just take an android based shell of a system with a sega forever subscription at this point
Dagobert Duck
Member
They looked into names like Ataristation and Atarii but Ataribox won...
It see what you did there.
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
That's the joke.
Love the design, but I just don't see how this can be successful beyond simply appealing to nostalgia.
If it comes with Combat and Yar's Revenge, and maybe some of the handful of good Jaguar games, and is reasonably priced and they don't pull a Nintendo and actually make more than 3 of them, I might get one, though half the reason I want one is that design.
If it comes with Combat and Yar's Revenge, and maybe some of the handful of good Jaguar games, and is reasonably priced and they don't pull a Nintendo and actually make more than 3 of them, I might get one, though half the reason I want one is that design.
MosquitoSmasher
Member
Current gaming content huh? Games of their own or third party games? I'm interested to see if this can find a place in this market.
SinCityAssassin
Member
If it's based on their own offerings the last few years, this thing is crashing and burning before it even launches.
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Deleted member 10571
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I am interested! The market needs more competition and I'm all for Atari getting back into the game. Please don't be an Android Port machine though.
It has Ethernet for gamedata input.
mindatlarge
Member
Definitely gonna keep an eye on this. Will be interesting to see what kind of modern support this thing gets.
That's what I was thinking. Would be too expensive though. But hey a year or two from now and the Arm version of windows will be out running on snapdragons.
D.Lo
Member
fixed.
Seraphis Cain
bad gameplay lol
Atari ISN'T around anymore. It's just Infogrames wearing Atari's skin.
Ugh yeah, I just don't know who the target audience for this thing is if it's not out here trying to be just a retro-console by having a relatively expensive hardware design and loftier goals than emulating old Atari games.
It would be good to play some of the Jag library, actually. I bet quite a lot of 90s gamers completely bypassed the Jag.
With Ethernet and multiple USB it is hard to imagine anything other than steam. That's more io than even the ShieldTV has.
Indeed they will rise again..., much like a zombie.
And like a zombie they will be shambling mess that will stumble about, stinking up the place as it's rotting cadaver sheds weird clumps of gooey flesh.
i think they mean modern as in this is their nes mini but you can connect it to the internet to purchase additional software. also wireless controllers. there's no intake or exhaust in the design so I wouldn't expect anything with much power.
so like dressing a corpse up as a zombie.
Omega Kirby
Member
Looks interesting. Cautiously optimistic
outunderthestars
Banned
This might be the worst idea I have heard all year.
This was my first thought as well. Android based console with an Atari emulator and some games preloaded.
The original Atari isn't around anymore (it died in the '80s).
The brand name still has value that is why the company which bought the rights renamed the company with that brand name.
LegitMcfalls
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If it runs kodi i may be into this. But the games though...