Show me anything Atari (previously the Atari VCS thread)

video games
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I can't believe it. Did anyone here pre order or back this thing? Would be really interested to see what people think about it.

https://twitter.com/Matt_Siltala/status/1339746422522957826?s=19

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I really really like the idea, and was very excited when I learned about it. But between my computer and my ps4 I already have everything I need to do what it does so I don‘t feel like I’d get much use out of it.

But the idea of a hybrid gaming/computer box that's highly customizable is really cool.

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I had to check if it was still going to be sold here in New Zealand. $200 deposit on $899.99.


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Lordy! Well, it's more real than the intellivision at this point but apparently all the software is pretty broken.

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so, uh. is there any truth to this? it seems like a weird thing to lie about.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZytjjz2FME

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@“Syzygy”#p41096

lol


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The SouljaGame website was seized by Nintendo and now leads to Nintendo's website.

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https://twitter.com/atari/status/1428551350116364291

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[“Atari VCS”,“Show me anything Atari (previously the Atari VCS thread)”]

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@“hellomrkearns”#p41326 I did not know that Atari made generic 90s-era cabinets and I never would have guessed they made the Showcase.

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https://twitter.com/BEEP_akihabara/status/1487291915120697349?t=KtbK9DwCiqdwnJh9cvoG0w&s=19

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Here is a good video on Atari consoles in Japan, although I wonder where they got the Lynx sales number from.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4SU5mJMYQ0

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Jaguar GameDrive back in stock, get ‘em while they’re hot.

(You know you want one, @"exodus"#3 😆)

immediate edit: oops, I waited too long to post this…looks like they’re gone already!

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https://twitter.com/BB13834459/status/1488135335905153024?t=0MlM6uQPAy6W-xUVPEpa2g&s=19

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@“hellomrkearns”#p56344 I know the guy who made these at Atari Japan! They were given at a local press event in June 2002, when the Japanese Infogrames office rebranded itself as Atari a few months before the headquarters thought this was an excellent idea.

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https://twitter.com/FroyoTam/status/1489872068317376512

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This looks so good.

https://twitter.com/atari/status/1591075809850437632?t=JtePMii8ZGprj4teTGSfnw&s=19

https://twitter.com/itstheshadsy/status/1590954045371748352?t=-xtraUnYN6SrpA-Wxj8q8Q&s=19

https://twitter.com/infernal_monkey/status/1591003909098987521?t=UeNfFjtwCbJQvcbJzv3wNw&s=19

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I‘ve been curious if more IC people might chime in on that collection. I don’t really have a lot of love for Atari and going back to the pre-Jaguar console games is often not very fun, but this collection looks so interesting and thorough and presented in such a novel and appealing way that it's on my wishlist. It seems like it would make for a pretty fun video game history night

EDIT: decided tonight was that night. It is extremely cool so far, and already, I very much hope more collections do things similar to this format

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I legit forgot the VCS actually came out.

https://twitter.com/TheAtari_VCS/status/1605289963796545536?t=Y_u6ZtgFpU_tPHROOENkuQ&s=19

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This is amusing and bizarre. Atari is selling Major Havoc PCBs with nothing on them - no chips or anything - for $255. I estimate that‘s a profit of about $250 if they manage to sell any. But what’s the market for this!?

https://paradisearcadeshop.com/products/atari-major-havoc-reproduction-pcb