Amazing how much a minority Atari 2600 fans are at Digitpress

[+Random Terrain]

. . . a bunch of inbred goat raping sister kissers.

I'm sorry, but we weren't discussing your recent family reunion, RT.

 

-snerk-

 

I suppose it was too much to wish for that this would remain civil.

[Christopher T Leach]

*sigh*

 

I suppose it was too much to wish for that this would remain civil.

Double sigh. Yeah, it's too bad neonesmaster had to use all of those F words and call Digital Press users a bunch of inbred goat raping sister kissers.

 

 

Atariage is where I try to call home. I hope my above post doesnt lead to thinking bad of me, but I tried to remain civil until I started getting pm's from the member board. I even had great standings as a trader. I traded one of the admin a collection of empty gb boxes to help with his collecting of goods....

 

again, no F words for the atariage.... I can even recall trying to be of some help with the brazil released games as I have several dozen of them.

[+batari]

This is the reason I've seldom visited Digital Press (emphasis mine):

 

Here's the place to go to talk about all things "classic". Today, classic means "before PlayStation 2". Finally a place to discuss RCA Studio II and Fairchild Channel F! Or any of those other systems by Atari, Nintendo, Sega, etc.

 

I guess it's hard for me to imagine my Dreamcast in the same category as my 2600, given one was released more than 20 years before the other.

[BuddyBuddies]

Too many kiddies over there as well which explains their poll choices IMO.

Lots of old timers who grew up with Atari (here!), Intelly, Vectrex, etc. over there too, but yeah, there are a lot of young'uns. Interesting point you bring up though - Atari Age may skew "older" since how many current teens through 30-year-olds actually grew up with Atari? For them, they may stop by here more for the retro-nostalgia, ie, shopping at Hot Topic, than anything they physically owned. So they may not even set foot here at AA due to the focus on machines they never owned or played. But DP's "every system" focus will invite those same folks who wanna discuss Xbox and NES at length.

 

Just an "age point" I never really thought much about, but it's kinda valid. "Atari" to anyone below the age of 30 (to make a point) only mean a software publisher. Heck, I bet a lot of 'em don't even recall/know about the Infogrammes era, let alone the hardware era.

hey buddy! The Atari Jaguar was supported by "Atari" till mid 1996 only 13 years ago and im not even 30 years old yet, so technically from an "age point" 20 year olds still had a chance to play "Atari" before they were a software publisher JAGUAR RULES! and is DA GREATEST ATARI!

[Snider-man]

This is the reason I've seldom visited Digital Press (emphasis mine):

 

Here's the place to go to talk about all things "classic". Today, classic means "before PlayStation 2". Finally a place to discuss RCA Studio II and Fairchild Channel F! Or any of those other systems by Atari, Nintendo, Sega, etc.

 

I guess it's hard for me to imagine my Dreamcast in the same category as my 2600, given one was released more than 20 years before the other.

Yeah, there was much debate on that. DP has two primary game forums - Classic and Modern. But where to draw the line? Rather than try to define some "Neo-Classic" era or some-such nonsense, "Modern" was decided as any game system currently on the market and supported. "Classic" is everything else. Hence the rather odd line.

 

And this thread has gotten REALLY off track.

[Crazy Climber]

And this thread has gotten REALLY off track.

Most of Homers topics end up like this

[+Random Terrain]

Yeah, there was much debate on that. DP has two primary game forums - Classic and Modern. But where to draw the line?

Oh no! It's too much for a puny human mind to handle! Let us go the altar and consult the gods:

 

"Dear wonderful, glorious, fickle, mischievous, irony loving gods, please tell us how we should handle the different consoles."

 

"We should strike you down for wasting the large brain we gave you pathetic humans. See if your shriveled up, neglected brains can manage to understand this. Instead of worrying about where you draw lines, simply create a forum for each console. Now be gone before we change our minds and turn you into a crispy snack for the wolves."

[Snider-man]

Instead of worrying about where you draw lines, simply create a forum for each console.

Wow RT, you are just filled with good advice! Look for the following subforums surfacing soon on DP!

 

Sega SG-1000 (1983)

Sega SG-1000 II (1984)

Entex Adventure Vision (1982)

Commodore MAX Machine (1982)

Vectrex (1982)

Emerson Arcadia 2001 (1982)

Atari 5200 (1982)

ColecoVision (1982)

CreatiVision (1981)

Color TV Game (1977)

APF Imagination Machine (1979)

Microvision (1979) (Handheld)

Game & Watch (1980) (Handheld)

Interton VC 4000 (1978)

Magnavox Odyssey² (1978)

Bally Astrocade (1977)

Atari 2600 / Atari Video Computer System (VCS) / Sears Video Arcade (1977)

Atari 2700 / Atari Remote Control VCS (1981, Canceled)

Atari 2800 (1983, Japan Only) / Sears Video Arcade II (1983)

Atari 2600 Jr. (1986)

Coleco Gemini (Atari 2600 hardware clone)

TV Boy (Atari 2600 hardware clone)

TV Boy 2 (Atari 2600 hardware clone)

Super TV-Boy (Atari 2600 hardware clone)

RCA Studio II (1976)

Fairchild Channel F / Video Entertainment System (VES) (1976)

Channel F System II (1979)

Coleco Telstar (1976)

Pong (1976)

Philips Odyssey (1976)

Magnavox Odyssey (1972)

Game Boy (1989) (Handheld)

Game Boy Pocket (1996) (Handheld)

Game Boy Light (1997, Japan Only) (Handheld)

Sega Game Gear (1991) (Handheld)

PV-1000 (1983)

Super Cassette Vision (1984)

Supergame VG 3000

Commodore 64GS (1990)

PC Engine (1987, Japan)

Atari 7800 (1986)

Sega Master System (1986) / SG-1000 Mark III (1985, Japan)

Sega Master System II

Sega Master System III (Brazil Only)

Sega Master System III Collection (Brazil Only)

Sega Master System Compact / Sega Master System IV (Brazil Only) (Handheld)

Coleco / PlayPal (2006) (Handheld)

Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) (1985) / Famicom (1983, Japan)

Nintendo Entertainment System 2 (1993) / AV Famicom

NES Disk System[1] (Canceled) / Famicom Disk System (1986, Japan Only)

Nintendo Entertainment System hardware clones (multiple releases everywhere on various dates)

Sega SG-1000 (1983, Japan)

SG-1000 Mark II (1984, Japan)

Sega Mega Drive (1989) / Sega Genesis (1989, North America)

Sega Mega Drive II / Sega Genesis II (North America Only)

Sega Mega Drive III (Brazil Only) / Sega Genesis 3(North America Only)

Sega CD (1992)

Sega 32X (Sega Genesis 32X or Sega Mega Drive 32X or Sega Super 32X) (1994)

Sega Channel Adapter

Atari Lynx (1989) (Handheld)

TurboGrafx-16 (1989)

TurboGrafx-CD

TurboExpress (Handheld)

SuperGrafx (1989, Japan)

Konix Multisystem (1989, unreleased)

Amstrad GX4000 (1990)

Neo-Geo (1990)

Neo-Geo CD

Neo-Geo CDZ

Commodore Amiga CDTV (1991)

Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) (1991),(1992, U.K.) / Super Famicom (1990, Japan)

SNES 2/Super Famicom Jr. (1997)

SNES-CD (Canceled)

Satellaview (1993, Japan Only)

Super Game Boy (1994, U.K.)

Super Game Boy 2

FM Towns Marty (1991, Japan Only)

Amiga CDTV (1991)

Philips CD-i (1991)

TurboDuo (1992) / PC Engine Duo (1991, Japan)

Supervision (1992)

Mega Duck/Cougar Boy (1993)

Pioneer LaserActive (1993)

Sega Nomad (1995)

Neo Geo Pocket 1998

Neo Geo Pocket Color 1998

Game Boy Color 1998

Nintendo 64 1996/'97 (U.K.)

Special Pikachu Edition Nintendo 64 1996

Nintendo 64DD 1999 (JAP)

Wide-Boy 64 Unreleased

Transfer Pak (some Game Boy compatibility, mainly with Pokémon games) 1999

PlayStation

PocketStation

Net Yaroze

PSone

Sega Saturn

Virtual Boy

Apple Pippin

PC-FX

Atari Jaguar

Atari Jaguar CD

3DO

Amiga CD32

Casio Loopy

R-Zone

Atari Jaguar II

FM Towns Marty

Game.com

Pioneer LaserActive

Playdia

ApeXtreme 02004-01January 2004

Atari Flashback 020042004

Dockable Entertainment featuring Game Boy Advance 02001-03-21March 21, 2001

Dreamcast 01998-11-27November 27, 1998

e-Reader (link port) 020032003

e-Reader (no link port) 020022002

e-Reader+ 020032003

Game Boy Advance 02001-03-21March 21, 2001

Game Boy Advance SP (original frontlit screen model) 02003-02-14February 14, 2003

Game Boy Advance SP Mark II (improved backlit screen model) 02005-09September 2005

Game Boy Micro 02005-09-13September 13, 2005

Game Boy Player 02003-03-20March 20, 2003

GP32 02001-11-23November 23, 2001

L600 02001-04April 2001

N-Gage 02003-10-07October 7, 2003

N-Gage QD 020042004

Neo Geo Pocket Color 01999-03-16March 16, 1999

Nintendo GameCube (model no. DOL-001 (digital video output) / model no. DOL-101 (no digital video output)) 02001-09-14September 14, 2001

Nintendo iQue 02003-11-17November 17, 2003

Nuon 019991999

Panasonic M2 019971997

Panasonic Q 02001-12December 2001

PlayStation 2 02000-03-04March 4, 2000

PlayStation 2 Slimline (smaller version) 02004-11November 2004

PSX (DVR) 02003-12-13December 13, 2003

Q Game Boy Player 02001-12December 2001

SwanCrystal 02002-11-16November 16, 2002

Tapwave Zodiac 02003-10October 2003

V.Smile 020072007

WonderSwan 019991999

WonderSwan Color 02000-12-30December 30, 2000

XaviXPort gaming console 020042004

Xbox 02001-11-15November 15, 2001

Atari Flashback 2 02005-07-24July 24, 2005

Evo: Phase One 02006-10-20October 20, 2006

FC Twin Video Game System 02006-11-20November 20, 2006

Game Wave Family Entertainment System 02005-10October 2005

Generation NEX 020052005

Gizmondo 02005-03-19March 19, 2005

GP2X 02005-11-10November 10, 2005

GP2X Wiz 02005-11-10February 2009

Mattel HyperScan 02006-10October 2006

N-Gage (service) 02008-04-03April 3, 2008

Nintendo DS 02004-11-21November 21, 2004

Nintendo DS Lite 02006-03-02March 2, 2006

Nintendo DSi April 5 2009

Pandora 2009

PlayStation 3 02006-11-11November 11, 2006

PlayStation Portable 02004-12-12December 12, 2004

PlayStation Portable Slim and Lite 02007-09-05September 5, 2007

PSP-3000 02007-09-05October 14, 2008

SEGA Vision 2009

Wii 02001-11-15November 19, 2006

Xbox 360 02005-11-22November 22, 2005

Xbox 360 Elite 02007-04-29April 29, 2007

Zeebo 02009-07July 2009

 

Or were you being sarcastic?

[Artlover]

Yeah, there was much debate on that. DP has two primary game forums - Classic and Modern. But where to draw the line? Rather than try to define some "Neo-Classic" era or some-such nonsense, "Modern" was decided as any game system currently on the market and supported. "Classic" is everything else. Hence the rather odd line.

Gee, isn't that about how the Classic & Modern gaming forums HERE are also set up?

[+batari]

Instead of worrying about where you draw lines, simply create a forum for each console.

Wow RT, you are just filled with good advice! Look for the following subforums surfacing soon on DP!

Well, considering that the so-called "classic" gaming forum has about 80% of all posts on DP, maybe a little categorization makes sense. I'm not going to tell them how to run DP though, if they want nearly all of their posts in a single forum, that's up to them.

[Lord Thag]

I tend to hang out here mainly. Sure, I play newer stuff, particularly the neo geo and TG-16/PCE, but atari is still my first love, the reason I collect games, and (let's face it) my most played console of all time.

 

I think of Digipress as a great resource. Lots of great info there, but the forums ... meh. There's a bit more snobbery there than here, as well as a very silly kind of elitism (I am better than you because I have more games ) that makes me not really care about hanging around there.

 

For me, it's mainly here, pcenginefx.com, and (occasionally) the Electronic Handheld Game Museum.

 

While we do have our drama here, it's pretty toned down in comparison to elsewhere. Video games are fun, I like to keep them that way.

[accousticguitar]

I would have 2 forums.

 

1. Atari

2. Everything else

[+Random Terrain]

Wow RT, you are just filled with good advice! Look for the following subforums surfacing soon on DP!

The gods chortle and give each other knowing looks.

[Snider-man]

Wow RT, you are just filled with good advice! Look for the following subforums surfacing soon on DP!

The gods chortle and give each other knowing looks.

 

And high fives. Don't forget the high fives.

 

[Sanriostar]

I don't want Sniderman to be the only one defending DP here on AA. I consider myself a faithful DP'er, and I know that it's usually SOP over there to not slag AA, (and a good idea) but I just seen to notice that about once ever 2 years or so here on these boards that something starts 15 minutes of hate at Digital Press for some arcane reason... why?

 

Good things about AA:

The prototypes forum over here is leaps and bounds more fun to read than DP's Prototypes forum

AA actively homebrews, and has great support forums for it.

 

DP:

I _like_ the emphasis on all generations; just because we have deep discussions on PS2 rarities, doesn't mean we like the 2600 any less.

One man's 'over Modding' on forums is another man's clean and tidy.

 

Can we all just Calm the Beef Min on this and drop this? Again?

[Chickybaby]

I think for the most part that moderators, and at the very least me, have tried to keep this an open discussion of similarities and differences between AA and DP and not an AA vs DP thread. There are many flavors of Ice Cream and no one has to like the same kind and can say what they don't like or do like without being rude or insulting. I like Vanilla btw because fo rme it's all about the toppings.

They are both great forums in their own right and have their merits. I also don't think SniderMan was the only one "defending" DP. I also think that you could probably find someone on both forums posting snide yet small comments against one site or the other for some reason and noone has said that it is the "right" thing to do IMO. And I do think it's wrong btw.

I don't see why we all can't just enjoy what we have, hang out and communicate with people who have similar interests, and "Game On"!

 

 

I don't want Sniderman to be the only one defending DP here on AA. I consider myself a faithful DP'er, and I know that it's usually SOP over there to not slag AA, (and a good idea) but I just seen to notice that about once ever 2 years or so here on these boards that something starts 15 minutes of hate at Digital Press for some arcane reason... why?

 

Good things about AA:

The prototypes forum over here is leaps and bounds more fun to read than DP's Prototypes forum

AA actively homebrews, and has great support forums for it.

 

DP:

I _like_ the emphasis on all generations; just because we have deep discussions on PS2 rarities, doesn't mean we like the 2600 any less.

One man's 'over Modding' on forums is another man's clean and tidy.

 

Can we all just Calm the Beef Min on this and drop this? Again?

[fiddlepaddle]

There are many flavors of Ice Cream and no one has to like the same kind and can say what they don't like or do like without being rude or insulting. I like Vanilla btw because fo rme it's all about the toppings.

I like vanilla too, lately with a few girl scout cookies.

 

DP is like getting it with raisins, M&Ms, and a few thumb-tacks mixed in.

[accousticguitar]

Strawberry, yum.

[+batari]

There are many flavors of Ice Cream and no one has to like the same kind and can say what they don't like or do like without being rude or insulting. I like Vanilla btw because fo rme it's all about the toppings.

I like vanilla too, lately with a few girl scout cookies.

 

DP is like getting it with raisins, M&Ms, and a few thumb-tacks mixed in.

At least you'll get your recommended daily allowance of iron.

Edited April 6, 2009 by batari

[Snider-man]

DP is like getting it with raisins, M&Ms, and a few thumb-tacks mixed in.

 

AA is like getting it with chocolate chips, Heath bar brickle, and a spring-loaded boxing glove hidden within.

 

And remind me - again - what the original topic of this thread was? Lack of Atari coverage at other websites? Or is this now the bi-monthly DP critique thread?

Edited April 6, 2009 by Snider-man

[homerwannabee]

DP is like getting it with raisins, M&Ms, and a few thumb-tacks mixed in.

 

AA is like getting it with chocolate chips, Heath bar brickle, and a spring-loaded boxing glove hidden within.

 

And remind me - again - what the original topic of this thread was? Lack of Atari coverage at other websites? Or is this now the bi-monthly DP critique thread?

It was one person who made some kind of nondescript analogous critique about DP, I would hardly call that a bi-monthly DP critique thread. There really isn't any DP resentment. DP is a different animal now, and most of the members are into NES and above. There hasn't been a CGE event since 2007 so the competition factor has almost faded. By the way I love going to CGE shows. Been to 3 myself. Basically it's water under the bridge. You're belief that AtariAge members have bi-monthly gripe fest's is extremely wrong. Read this whole thread again and ask yourself what the general feel of the thread is. What I see is the general feeling for DP is neutral or on the positive side.

[AtariLeaf]

I'm a member of both sites and like both. I'd love to visit the DP store one of these days but I doubt it'll happen.

[Snider-man]

Perhaps I overstated the bi-monthly, but there really does seem to be more than a few folks with issues in this thread that has contributed nothing to the initial post's direction. Honestly, a similar thread would have been shut down at DP by now if similar snideness had occurred because - well - it's not tolerated anymore in the spirit of trying to get DP's and AA's members to stop sniping at each other.

[+Cafeman]

Wow, thinking about when I discovered both DP and AA, I am feeling really weirded out that it is actually 2009. I think 2001 is when I found both those sites. I enjoyed the DP forums more back about 5+ years ago. In fact, years ago it seemed pretty much the same people were active on both DP and AA. I check out the DP forums about once a week or so, and usually I don't know most of them and can't relate to the topics in Classic and Modern gaming. I'm not a collector though so all those topics are not for me. The AA forums seem to have changed less over the 2000's than the DP forums. Do the real DP folks (the guys behind the site) even post on the DP forums anymore? I can't remember the last time I saw the pic of Snider-Man in his Hee Haw straw hat, now THAT is something I can relate to.

[+Random Terrain]

Perhaps I overstated the bi-monthly, but there really does seem to be more than a few folks with issues in this thread that has contributed nothing to the initial post's direction. Honestly, a similar thread would have been shut down at DP by now if similar snideness had occurred because - well - it's not tolerated anymore in the spirit of trying to get DP's and AA's members to stop sniping at each other.

Snider-man isn't a fan of snideness.

 

Unless I missed something, this thread seems to be pretty tame. Thank the gods Albert doesn't go around closing threads and banning people for saying they think AA is better than DP or just for posting their DP experiences. "He told the truth! Ban him!!!!!!!!" To avoid getting the extra sensitive people's panties in a bunch, it's probably a good idea for those who have less than glowing opinions about DP to put those opinions in their AA blogs. Nobody reads those anyway, so all panties will remain unbunched.