thursday83 Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 It really leaves much to be desired when the home page hasn't been updated with some sort of news since January 31. How are we to be inspired when there is no new news? Ok, hoping for some new 7800 developments and some new announcements soon, that we can all be excited for....thanks... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucifershalo Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 (edited) When you know, that the whole Atariage "enterprise" is mainly one guy... you do as everybody else keep quiet , wait and show your respect and appreciation Edited March 23, 2009 by lucifershalo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ovalbugmann Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 (edited) Very well said Lucifer. Considering how these Atari systems are really antiques (over 25 years old) and the quite substantial time and effort that it takes to release a new Atari game and the fact that people have responsibilities and real lives outside of the videogaming world - some people just have no patience and a rude attitude. Albert IS Atariage, mister born on a Thursday in 1983 - give him a break. If you read around here you'll see he's preparing a new release right now!!, asking for doner Super-Chip carts to prepare for "Cave-In" I think, which will use the Atari Super-Chips that have an extra 128 bytes of ram for the cart. Edited March 23, 2009 by ovalbugmann Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ovalbugmann Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 (edited) I know I haven't finished completing playing all of my videogames I own, have you? Edited March 23, 2009 by ovalbugmann Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kroogur Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 First you may have missed this Pinned topic: http://www.atariage.com/forums/index.php?s...=136626&hl= I'm sure Albert would love more help looking for exciting news stories. Second there are folks myself included trying to find relevant news items but sadly when dealing with Vintage tech like this it's not always easy to find.But even that aside this is a very bustling community and there are always good things to read and enjoy when that "View new Posts" button is clicked. Third thanks for using the horrible language in the thread title. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Random Terrain Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 You want the latest news? Here you go: http://www.randomterrain.com/index.html Look to the right and you'll see the latest Atari 2600, Atari 7800, Atari 5200, Commodore 64, and VIC-20 news. Try not to overdose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snider-man Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 Wow. The initial post and thread title contained 100% of my daily recommended allowance of douchebaggery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaGtGruff Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 "Ask not what AtariAge can do for you, but what can you do for AtariAge." Michael Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DracIsBack Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 (edited) It really leaves much to be desired when the home page hasn't been updated with some sort of news since January 31. How are we to be inspired when there is no new news? Ok, hoping for some new 7800 developments and some new announcements soon, that we can all be excited for....thanks... Because he does it for love, not for money ... and has a real life. Sorry to hear you think it doesn't personally inspire you, leaves much to be desired and is "fucking lame". Feel free to start your own Atari site and keep it up to date. Personally, I'm amazed at all the effort Albert and the guys have put into making Atariage what it is. Edited March 23, 2009 by DracIsBack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Random Terrain Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 Because he does it for love, not for money ... and has a real life. That means he never plays video games, has a serious 9 to 5 job in a cubicle, and picks up chicks in bars and has sticky manly-man sex every night because that's what real people with real lives do. All other lifestyles outside of the little box that most people have been programmed to live within are pathetic and must be derided at every opportunity in the hopes that the outboxers will finally conform and climb back into their assigned boxes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snider-man Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 (edited) Personally, I'm amazed at all the effort Albert and the guys have put into making Atariage what it is. Indeed. More effort than "Mr. 40-Posts-To-His-Name" has ever contributed. But you know the old saying: "Those who can't do, teach. And those don't contribute bitch about the lack of contributions." Edited March 23, 2009 by Snider-man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickeycolumbus Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 It really leaves much to be desired when the home page hasn't been updated with some sort of news since January 31. How are we to be inspired when there is no new news? Ok, hoping for some new 7800 developments and some new announcements soon, that we can all be excited for....thanks... Calm yourself "Ask not what AtariAge can do for you, but what can you do for AtariAge." Michael Haha http://www.atariage.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=4317 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE146 Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 (edited) Well.. considering the consoles we're talking about here are and have been friggin DEAD, for DECADES..I think even a handful of news items a year is plenty to be grateful for Edited March 23, 2009 by NE146 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danwinslow Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 Because he does it for love, not for money ... and has a real life. That means he never plays video games, has a serious 9 to 5 job in a cubicle, and picks up chicks in bars and has sticky manly-man sex every night because that's what real people with real lives do. All other lifestyles outside of the little box that most people have been programmed to live within are pathetic and must be derided at every opportunity in the hopes that the outboxers will finally conform and climb back into their assigned boxes. I hereby name this thread : "The Overreaction Thread" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaGtGruff Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 It really leaves much to be desired when the home page hasn't been updated with some sort of news since January 31. How are we to be inspired when there is no new news? Ok, hoping for some new 7800 developments and some new announcements soon, that we can all be excited for....thanks... Calm yourself "Ask not what AtariAge can do for you, but what can you do for AtariAge." Michael Haha http://www.atariage.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=4317 I think I got it wrong. It should have been "... but what you can do for AtariAge." Oh, well, I was in a hurry and I didn't Google first. I should know better by now. ALWAYS GOOGLE FIRST!!!!! (Ahhhhh! To quote Tron, "I feel so much better!" now that I SHOUTED and used five exclamation marks!!!!!) Michael Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underball Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 Not everybody's thread about "I hack Fishing Derby into 'Last House on Left Game' for Atari" is worth putting on the front page. But I hop this Jr. Pac-Man for 7800 makes it's way to the front page as a confirmed legitimate prototype/lost game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Cafeman Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 Wow, you gotta have major stones to go to a site and proceed to vulgarly rip on its owner. It gets funnier every time I think of it! Al should give the OP a custom title ... "NO ATARI FOR YOU!" perhaps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noelio Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 Yup Albert made an open call for news submissions. There are a few active projects right now for the various systems. Real news should start flowing again soon. On another note, it's hard to come up with new stories that haven't been covered already since the late 70's in some form. My BIGGEST fear is that one day the internet stops working and Atariage is no longer accessible. Let's be thankful for the ridiculous amount of reading material already here in user generated content alone! PS: Albert! How about a limited edition Atariage archive DVD / BluRay set? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickeycolumbus Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 PS: Albert! How about a limited edition Atariage archive DVD / BluRay set? I would buy one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 this guy is a douchebag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Psionic Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 i agree with the OP...AA is teh suck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 There is plenty of Atari-related news out there. However, it's fairly time consuming to find news (if I'm not pointed to it by someone), research the topic, write up an appropriate paragraph or two that summarizes the news (I generally won't just copy text from another site), find an image to go along with the news item and crop/resize/adjust as necessary and upload it to the server, proof my text and links it to make sure I didn't screw anything up, post the news to the server, and finally start a new forum topic if one already doesn't exist. You'd be surprised at how long it takes to do this "right" without being sloppy about it. Some items are certainly easier to post than others, such as announcements about repeating publications. But anything unique (which is most news items) does take more time to post. I did put out a call for people to help submit news postings. Some people have offered, and this did result in a nice burst of news for a bit. Even then, I was still mostly writing all the news postings myself and everything that entails above. That came to a halt the past two months as I've been very busy. Between a move and then a family emergency I haven't had a lot of time to even consider posting news on AtariAge. I'm still working to catch up on various projects, but I do have more time now to post news agian. Anyone who wants to seriously help contribute news items (and really, there isn't a shortage of news to post), please feel free to contact me. To the topic starter, your attitude isn't very inspiring. ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickybaby Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 Another sad thing is that back in the day you used to be able to find new interesting news regularly updated in NE146's signature as well. Although thursday83, I would check out the webpage on his profile - http://www.atariage.com/forums/index.php?showuser=31, if I were you. Hope you find something more to your tastes there. Good luck with you search and you are very welcome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prodos8 Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 Albert does a great job with the homepage! Keeping it up to date isn't all that important given the subject matter, geez. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snider-man Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 Won't thursday83 be surprised when he returns to visit again and sees all of the new friends he's made? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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