'Atari' are up to something

[Camel]

Everything is a deep dive now. 

[R0b]

Not understanding/sneering

[Not Thread Owner]

On 03/01/2021 at 18:55, Camel said:

Everything is a deep dive now. 

A 16 minute video is not a deep dive.

[Goose]

ETA Prime (who's a good youtuber for guides and such) discusses the emulation options 

 

Basically no issue with PSP, PS1, GC and Wii emulation, at 1080P. But once you get to PS2, it starts to struggle, even at native resolution. It's basically an overpriced Ryzen machine in terms of emulation.

 

 

[Not Thread Owner]

Where is Atari getting all this money from?

 

[Wiper]

Well, at least some of it has come from taking advantage of the scam forum-approved totally-ethical investment world of NFTs:

 

[Not Thread Owner]

Scams on scams on scams. Nice.

[Dudley]

I'm having trouble imagining what in antstream is worth a positive number of dollars since they went free to play but I guess they can put a lot of casino adverts into that service used by kids.

 

Plus I guess it's quite literally free real estate to "Atari".

[Anne Summers]

22 minutes ago, Dudley said:

I'm having trouble imagining what in antstream is worth a positive number of dollars since they went free to play but I guess they can put a lot of casino adverts into that service used by kids.

 

Plus I guess it's quite literally free real estate to "Atari".

How do you mean "real estate"?

I think the interest is that Atari want to have a stake in the streaming business.

 

 

[Dudley]

3 hours ago, Anne Summers said:

How do you mean "real estate"?

 

 

 

Fake Estate would be better but that doesn't work with the meme.

[robotattack]

 

 

[Anne Summers]

5 hours ago, robotattack said:

 

 

Got to be worth picking one up at that price to be honest just as a curio. It will work well as an Antstream box if you like Antstream, as it has its own version specially made for it. And it's basically a Linux box so will work well for emulators. It's a fairly well made and solid piece of kit, in no way worth what they were asking for it originally of course but at £99 it's a steal. 

Doesn't actually seem to be available at that price though. 

[robotattack]

1 hour ago, Anne Summers said:

Got to be worth picking one up at that price to be honest just as a curio. It will work well as an Antstream box if you like Antstream, as it has its own version specially made for it. And it's basically a Linux box so will work well for emulators. It's a fairly well made and solid piece of kit, in no way worth what they were asking for it originally of course but at £99 it's a steal. 

Doesn't actually seem to be available at that price though. 

 

Well no, its $99. 😛 But yeah, it's out of stock now. There didn't seem to be any mention of price on the site, but it was $99.99 (plus sales tax) when added to the basket. 

[Sureshot]

Looks interesting, if nothing else for the Jag/Lynx games:

https://www.atari.com/games/50th-celebration/

[loathsomeleopard]

"First time on a modern console" is a bit of a stretch for the Lynx, given the Evercade carts.

[Lorfarius]

These is a good look at what's on there these days:

 

 

[Oh Danny Boy]

It actually sounds like a decent kit for retro enthusiasts. The idea is playing modern retro games and modern takes on Atari arcade classics on an Atari system using the classic joystick is massively tempting. If it was half the price I’d probably try it. 

[Anne Summers]

Yeah it's the price that's the main issue. We had these at my old workplace and they were decent enough devices, cool even if you just wanted it as a retro-themed at top box. But way too pricey. 

[Anne Summers]

Looks like they are unsurprisingly taking the VCS off life support. 

 

https://liliputing.com/atari-pulls-the-plug-on-atari-vcs-console-manufacturing/

 

 

 

[Anne Summers]

And hot on the heels of the apparent failure of their retro-focused mini-console, Atari have announced ... Three new retro-focused mini consoles!

 

https://www.timeextension.com/news/2023/01/atari-and-myarcade-are-launching-a-new-home-console-this-year

 

[Rex Grossman]

1 hour ago, Anne Summers said:

And hot on the heels of the apparent failure of their retro-focused mini-console, Atari have announced ... Three new retro-focused mini consoles!

 

https://www.timeextension.com/news/2023/01/atari-and-myarcade-are-launching-a-new-home-console-this-year

 

 

The handheld looks like a poor man's Evercade.

 

[LaveDisco]

To be fair to Atari, Atari 50 is a spectacular achievement and a bench mark for caring about your back catalogue.

[Unofficial Who]

I think they've missed the boat with handhelds though. A lot of Atari 2600 fans are in their 50's and upwards now and probably prefer to play those old games on bigger screens. I know I do.

[Anne Summers]

Hasn't everyone who wants to play these games again done so by now though? They've been re-released on so many mini consoles and compilations, Atari 50, they're all free-to-play on Antstream, and that's just the legal options...

[Unofficial Who]

Well this was unexpected.

 

https://www.gameinformer.com/2023/03/16/atari-acquires-berzerk-frenzy-and-10-more-classic-arcade-properties?

 

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Atari has revealed that it has acquired 12 classic arcade properties, including Berzerk and its sequel, Frenzy. 

Strangely, though, Atari did not reveal all 12 properties that it has acquired. In the press release announcing the news, the company only lists Berzerk and Frenzy. Atari simply says it has acquired a "dozen retro arcade games" so it's likely the other 10 properties are from the same era of arcade games as Berzerk and Frenzy. 

"Atari...announced today the acquisition of a dozen retro arcade games, including the '80s classics Berzerk and Frenzy," the press release reads. "Atari will seek to expand digital and physical distribution of the classic titles, create new games based on the IPs, and explore brand and merchandising collaborations."

 

I loved both of these back in the day. The 2600 version of Berzerk was one of the first games I owned and played to death the summer I got my Atari.

 

 

And I used to love playing Frenzy on my mate's Colecovision.

 

 

Both are forgotten now, Robotron seemed to render both of these redundant. But I'd love to see Recharged versions of both of these.

[Anne Summers]

Were they Atari games originally , that they've lost the rights to, over the years? (To Time Warner or someone I'd imagine?) 

[JamesC]

Berzerk was great. I've only played the coin op and the Vectrex versions but I'd love to see a modern update.
This was one of the games MB converted to a boardgame back in the 80s. I remember wanting all of those (never got any though).

[Unofficial Who]

4 hours ago, Anne Summers said:

Were they Atari games originally , that they've lost the rights to, over the years? (To Time Warner or someone I'd imagine?) 

 

Bezerk and Frenzy were both by Stern Electronics. Atari licenced the rights for the home console rights to Beserk, Coleco did the same for Frenzy. Coleco's strategy was to buy up the home conversion rights to "B" tier arcade titles like Turbo and Donkey Kong. Believe it or not in the early 80's in the west Sega and Nintendo were seen as B tier compared to arcade powerhouses like Atari, Namco and Taito.

[Anne Summers]

6 hours ago, Unofficial Who said:

 

Bezerk and Frenzy were both by Stern Electronics. Atari licenced the rights for the home console rights to Beserk, Coleco did the same for Frenzy. Coleco's strategy was to buy up the home conversion rights to "B" tier arcade titles like Turbo and Donkey Kong. Believe it or not in the early 80's in the west Sega and Nintendo were seen as B tier compared to arcade powerhouses like Atari, Namco and Taito.

It's good that they are acknowledging their future will be in classic games rather than NFTs and hotels I guess!