Retro Rogue Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 http://www.atariage.com/forums/topic/196392-jack-tramiel-dead/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 RIP Jack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Tyler Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 He may have delayed the Atari 7800 too little too late, but he meant well. The fact that he was a survivor of Auschwitz is really worth noting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro Rogue Posted April 10, 2012 Author Share Posted April 10, 2012 He may have delayed the Atari 7800 too little too late, but he meant well. The fact that he was a survivor of Auschwitz is really worth noting. He actually didn't delay it, Warner did by not including it in the purchase and demanding he pay off GCC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarifever Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 RIP. He's the reason my favourite system of all time released at all. I mean, sure he kind of screwed up the 7800 maybe, but he also took a company losing hundreds of millions and made it a fortune 500 again. Then, because of that, we saw five or six years of support for the 7800. That's not bad. In fact, I'd argue that taking on Atari when he did and making it into a money making enterprise again for as long as he did was a lot more than most other people would have managed. Heck, if the wrong people had gotten it, it might not have made it long enough to ever release any more hardware, ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BydoEmpire Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 He actually didn't delay it, Warner did by not including it in the purchase and demanding he pay off GCC. I thought of you when I read this article. I don't know if you ever visit Gamasutra, let alone post there, but it seems the misinformation continues:http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/168539/Computer_pioneer_Jack_Tramiel_relied_on_then_dismissed_video_games.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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