jackissocool
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It looks really nice, I absolutely love that design. I doubt I'll purchase it but hopefully it finds a solid successful niche.
To be fair though, infrogames also includes Hasbro and I could totally see them trying to properly join the console frayThe 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.
Ribbed for the gamer's pleasure.
Not enough info yet about this device, but it looks pretty cool. Would be great if 2600, 5200, 7800, ST, Lynx, Jaguar and arcade games are going to be released for it. Also, I wonder what the controller will look like. No number pad please
Not to you maybe. But if they are able to go for a good performance/price ratio + AAA third party support + one or two good exclusives they could build a good foundation for a new Atari console brand, just like Microsoft did with the original xbox. Nothing that would be able to challenge Sony or Microsoft now, but maybe next gen. Of course it needs to be x64 based for that to happen and that's not very likely.
No idea who the target audience is for this, no doubt its just a publicity stunt to get some media courage. At the least the Coleco Chameleon had the novelty of trying to bring games back on cartridges, if they had gone that route i'm sure they'd get more interest
Atari ISN'T around anymore. It's just Infogrames wearing Atari's skin.
They said it was going to be PC-based, not Android.So, it's going to be an Atari Androidbox, presumably with some of their """classic""" games built in, NES Mini style?
Atari games have not aged well.
Youre behind the times. Infogrames and their U.S. studios, after rebranding themselves as Atari, went bankrupt. They were then bought by a guy named Fred Chesnais, who shut down all of Infogrames and wants to create a new Atari based on its well-known IP and branding. 3 years ago he said this:Atari ISN'T around anymore. It's just Infogrames wearing Atari's skin.
Fred Chesnais said:Today, we have a company that is out of bankruptcy, and we are 10 people working under the studio-production model. We pay attention to three things: the IP, the production, and the distribution. Everything else is not our part. We go to and select third-party studios who make very good games. They are not a part of the company at the moment. And then we go into production, like a movie studio. So we select the IPs; we go one-by-one and select the best one. We pick the one we want to do. Theres no rush.
So what games does it play? They reference old games and new games but that's very vague.
The post-1984 Atari games are owned by WB Games, so unless they can swing some licensing deals, then I wouldn't expect Rush 2049 or Mace: The Dark Age, sadly.
I grew up playing Atari.
I have zero nostalgia or desire to replay Atari games.
Nintendo (NES) on the other hand...
I don't know why I want one, but I do.
Don't Atari already have a retro system out there with the Flashback series?
Ewww!
Release Tempest 2000 on it, sell millions.
while the functionality and the technical characteristics will be announced as the work progresses. The group estimates that it is able to develop an attractive product, using the reputation of the Atari brand in the hardware domain. To limit the risk, this product will initially be launched with a crowdfunding campaign.
There were whispers of TxK making an appearance on PSVR or PC VR or something, so maybe! If the emulation is up to snuff, that is. And last I checked, it wasn't :/They're under new ownership, maybe they can swing a deal with Minter.
Welp. Guess they will at least see an Android box will not work.http://www.atari-investisseurs.fr/download/21/2017/1813/cp-2017-06-22-strategie-final-cp.pdf
Important translation:
All.... hope... lost....
i still might get one just to have it with the rest of my atari collection.
x64 Ouya.http://www.atari-investisseurs.fr/download/21/2017/1813/cp-2017-06-22-strategie-final-cp.pdf
Important translation:
All.... hope... lost....
i still might get one just to have it with the rest of my atari collection.