A new piece of the Atari VCS saga over at The Register.
There's much more details in the article. Definitely give it a read.
There's much more details in the article. Definitely give it a read.
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(The Register) Game over: Atari VCS architect quits project, claims he hasn’t been paid for six months
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No that's another doomed to fail project, the Intellivision revival.
I'm amazed that there were (granted, not many) people who thought this console was going to be a thing. Should have just made it an Atari Classic Mini and left it at that.
$3,058,151 USD by 11,623 backers.
I wanted this too succeed, I really did.
I wanted this too succeed, I really did.
What?
Woah, don't question Freddie Chestnuts dude, he'll send an army of flying monkeys after you. Then he'll sue the monkeys.
That already exists as the Atari Flashback, made by ATGames. Recent versions have been pretty good, and the latest even has an SD-card slot.
Fred Chesney is the China of scam retro video game company CEOs.
I tried to warn you guys. Now HE has your money.
Was this the one that was supposed to have "better 2D than the PS5 and Scarlett," or was that Intellivision Amico?
I always merge these two in my mind. Despite them being two separate things
That was the Amico. I stopped following them on twitter and facebook after they did that promo thing with Doug fucking TenNapel.
I'm aware; I guess my admittedly unexplained point was more related to aesthetics. The Flashbacks always looked too toy-like for my tastes, whereas the showcased VCS design, while not 100% faithful, looked really nice. Seems like it was the only thing the console had going for it really.
So glad I pulled my backing like a day after I pledged after looking into everything more.
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Okay, that I did not know/see. That actually looks great!I think you'll like the design of this year's model:
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I really want TDU2 developers to come out and tell us how they fucked them up. Still bitter with Atari because that shit show
I hated how they were going to use the VCS name for this. That belongs to the original system. At least the modern Coleco and Intellivision attempts put in other names to differentiate.
Atari also sent out an update on the machine this morning:
Why is the backer kit portion of the update worded like an irritated professor asking their students to turn in an undated but required assignment.
The 2600 was my first game console, so there's a whole bunch of childhood tied up in it.
...and all I wanted from this new one was one of the retro-ish joysticks to keep in my office. Sigh.
...and all I wanted from this new one was one of the retro-ish joysticks to keep in my office. Sigh.
I mean, this isn't even the real Atari. That company died in 1984.
It's always fantastic day to play Demon Attack or Keystone Kapers or River Raid.
My man. Keystone Kapers is one of my all-time favourite 8-bit games, along with Pitfall 2.
Wow. I'll admit, a year and a half ago I was sitting with this queued up on indiegogo, just needed to hit the "confirm" button and this would have been ordered. But I stayed my hand because the release was still far off and I figured "why throw them money this early". Especially in the face of endless products that let you play old Atari games for a fraction of that price. Ultimately told myself, just let the product hit retail (if its hits retail and if its something you want, THEN make a purchase.
I mostly even then never really had expectations for it as a platform- the Atari stuff was nice, but I mostly just wanted an emu box to run other retro software.
Fast forward to now with this thing endlessly delayed, and the news getting more and more shakey as to whether it will release... Way to go me, I guess?
I mostly even then never really had expectations for it as a platform- the Atari stuff was nice, but I mostly just wanted an emu box to run other retro software.
Fast forward to now with this thing endlessly delayed, and the news getting more and more shakey as to whether it will release... Way to go me, I guess?
Yeah, I play them a lot. To me that question is like saying does anyone really want to play old Nintendo or Sega games? Not everyone's into old stuff but some of us enjoy it.