AnakiMana

If you plan on using the Atari side of the system, it's recommended to use the internal SSD as extra Atari storage because the soldered storage is only 32GB. You don't want to fill any operating system to the brim or updates will fail, etc. Atari designed the VCS for other OSes to be run via USB. I found it's plenty fast and I didn't even use an NVMe drive - I used a cheap SATA SSD, the 500GB WD Blue in 2.5" form factor + $12 drive enclosure. My plan is to set up multiple external drives for different OSes to experiment. It's also easy to connect to a computer and make clone backups if I want to.

I hadn't turned on my VCS in a few weeks, but did so today. I got this same error. What ended up working for me was this: go to the store tab, get the error, press cancel, sit on the store tab screen which isn't loading (flashing "loading" icons as store item placeholders), walking away for a time - 20 minutes? When I came back, woke the system, and tried the store again it worked. I think it just needs more time to load the store content. That initial error came up way too fast.

Sweet! Can you zoom out at all? Is this going to be made available on the VCS?

Atari staff have verified that trackball PC mice were tested on the VCS and worked great as arcade rollerballs. I was going to get a good one after learning that, and ended up getting an X-Arcade Tankstick with roller. I'm pretty much all set since I've got 2 of their modern & two classic on the way too.

I'm not happy to see people using derogatory names for Atari, like "Fauxtari". Going into the Atari VCS section and insulting the company making our product - essentially saying they're fake, an imposter, illegitimate or that they suck - isn't very welcoming. You say Atari is a sacred name. I guess that's why people who like what today's Atari is doing are treated like ignorant heathens needing to be re-educated? Look, Atari was essentially dead until the current CEO purchased it. He made a decision to resurrect it and do what he could with his investment to recover from debt. As a small business it took a while using the IP to get to a healthy financial place to start getting back into hardware. Now instead of celebrating Atari isn't dead, or the evolution and return to hardware engineering and innovation, people seem to be too biased to see all this and instead mock the company and its supporters. Atari Hotels, by the way, was not Atari's idea. It was a developer who approached Atari and is funding it. Good for everybody I would think.

Whether you like or dislike ANY of the many iterations of Atari, the Atari VCS (2020) is an "Atari System" made by today's Atari company. Therefore it should not be lumped into the "Modern Consoles" section with Xbox, Playstation and Switch. Even Flashback, made by AtGames rather than Atari, is in the "Atari Systems" section. AtGames produced these in cooperation with (the very same) today's Atari. Shouldn't today's Atari be even more eligible to be there? Thank you.

In the November 12th blog post focusing on the new classic joystick, they highlight 10 of the 150 enhanced games (between Volume 1 & 2 of the enhanced Vault). Personally I think this is going to make playing the Vault games a lot more fun than on my Steam copies. And I sure don't mind that the first volume is FREE and 2nd is super cheap! Atari VCS Vault: Fully-Optimized for the Classic Joystick The Atari VCS Vault that comes free with every Atari VCS, and the Atari VCS Vault Vol. 2 DLC have been optimized for the new Wireless Classic Joystick and the team has compiled it’s Top Ten favorite Atari Vault classics they suggest fans play first: Pong — paddle function and vibration Red Baron — acts like a plane joystick Breakout/Super Breakout — paddle function and vibration Tempest — precise rotation Warlords — precise rotation helps gameplay Centipede/Millipede — fast simplified movement works well Liberator — Enhanced aiming Lunar Lander — Combination of rotation and joystick direction blends really well Major Havoc — Rotation control adds to the fun Missile Command — Fast movement for precise aiming Also, as previously announced, the Atari VCS version of Missile Command: Recharged has also been optimized for use with the Atari Wireless Classic Joystick (or Modern Controller) and there are more optimized games coming.

I don't have my new VCS yet, but I have been on Antstream's Discord server. One of the staff at Antstream said this four days ago to an existing Antstream user inquiring about gaining access to the exclusive content: I've seen in my other searches of their Discord that they think a new Atari game will be added each month.

Rest In Peace, Curt. The Atari community will never be the same. Besides my condolences, I also wanted to share these images, which I thought were very nice.

I do remember seeing this, but what about an internal modern replacement for the original keyboard part?

With all the mods over the years, I don't remember anyone fabricating a replacement internal keyboard for the ST/STE. Is it possible? Has anyone done this yet?

It'll be interesting to see what their employee count is at the end of March when they release their annual report. Last March they had 19 employees. Then in September they created their 4 operational departments, creating their new console department. Since they changed their business structure to reflect this department, and they report directly to shareholders on it in their public reports, it's completely logical in my opinion that the new VCS is indeed a 1st party product.

Are we talking about different things? I'm talking about trusting but verifying my technicians' when they give updates on project status. If there wasn't any verification I could see it being naïveté... you must be assuming we're talking about dealings with the client themselves? My company IS small right now and that keeps everybody in our team accountable and on point. It also allows me to easily build a good relationship with my staff. We've whittled down to staff we can depend on. There's a difference between having rose colored glasses and being optimistic. My optimism isn't like everybody's - it's based on logic and facts in addition to hope. There are different personality types, and that's good - just because someone has a different perspective than yours doesn't mean they're an idiot. I choose to be positive while realistic; glass half full.

Hi Osgeld, I never believed in the watch, nor backed it or followed it. It was never a first party Atari product either. The optimism I referred to was for the 2019-2020 Atari VCS, and Atari SA who have created an entire 4th division of the company for it (1st-party product).

What, so optimists must work for Atari? Or, they're mentally lacking or scalpers or have lower standards than you. These assertions of yours are ridiculous.

Ah, ok. What makes you think Gameband's company (FMTwo) is a spinoff company of Atari SA? I'm trying to prove it but nothing I've found even indicates it. Seems like another super small company that got licensing from Atari, mismanaged horribly (unlike most of the other licensees Atari has) and got it revoked. I'm trying to figure out if people are blaming Atari simply because they hate Atari SA.

Sounds like your crew sucks. I'm co-owner of a small managed IT company. I oversee projects where my technicians are either on site, working remotely or in the shop. My crew knocks things out and moves on to the next project with no BS. I'm in touch with them and the client before and after and jump in myself sometimes. Maybe I'm lucky, maybe I'm just better at this kind of thing than you. The way you come across here, so jaded and cynical, I'm guessing why your crew disrespect you. Good luck with that!

You mean it wasn't on social media in 1975?

That PDF I linked is an 8-page report dated today (December 20, 2018) called "Results of the first half of 2018-2019" and it's an interesting read. ! Also interesting is that you can backspace that URL for the PDF and browse their FTP site, finding other cool stuff! I'll just let you explore. Edit: but here's a much bigger look into Atari, a 139 page report: https://www.atari-investisseurs.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/DDR-2018-VDEF-N-visa_EN_FINAL2.pdf There's no mention of anything related to FMTwo, Gameband, watch, Feargal (by name) but I found this (page 30):

They certainly HAVE been merely a brand custodian, but Chesnais has been wanting to do more than that for a long time. With the unexpected interest in the new VCS project, they got serious, ditched Feargal, made it into an entire company division, invested in Wyatt and I'm sure a team for him, and discuss it repeatedly in their reporting to "The Atari Group" (investors/shareholders) https://www.atari-investisseurs.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/CP-2018-12-20-Resultats-semestriels-VLAST_EN.pdf. Wyatt discusses in detail many of the technical aspects and shares about where they're at. I liked the details on progress on the Atari OS, such as this bit (more in the actual article):

I don't understand what you mean by showing no progress. Did you not read their Nov 22nd post, or their others? I don't think I have low standards. But neither am I predisposed or prejudiced against current-Atari. I'm pretty close to being neutral, which probably makes me seem like an extremist to some of you! (what is this, politics?) The Atari VCS is one of Atari's four company divisions, along side Atari Games, Atari Casino, and Atari Partners. It's not a 3rd party group of venture capitalists licensing Atari's name and game rights, like the Gameband was.

How is a progress update not an update? I ask my staff for updates on projects all the time.

Hahaha, that was my wife when we 1st started dating. Didn't want her picture taken, but it's the first one I know of of us. That was about 18 years ago! And I don't get facepalms from her, but "the look" has been practiced very regularly!

Atari SA didn't do a Kickstarter, wasn't working on the Gameband (right?) -that was FMTwo Games. And they got their Atari license revoked for, I'm assuming, good reasons. The updates are looking pretty good on the new VCS. They just confirmed the new joysticks are definitely getting the paddle action on the joystick stick. There's been two updates in less than a month's time: https://medium.com/@atarivcs

I'm also getting into the 5200 for the first time. Mine is delivered tomorrow! But mine comes with one partially working controller, so I'll need to pick up another and then refurb both myself. The podcast sounds interesting, I'll check it out!