AtariORdead Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 After Nintendo parted ways, I wonder how things would have turned out if instead of going Solo, Sony turned to another videogame company such as Atari and co-developed CD tech with them instead. I realise its an hypothetical question, and time frames may have made it impossible, but I just find it interesting. Especially as the Nintendo / Philips partnership was a complete bust. Would having Sony on board have helped with R&D and development costs leaving atari with a little more funds to use elsewhere, and would Sony have brought any games to the table. Would Sony have pushed to have the Jag as a CD system from the start. Its weird because I am not that huge a fan of the jag, but I find the console, and the story around it utterly fascinating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroovyBee Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 http://atariage.com/forums/topic/176762-jimll-fix-it/ 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Dangerous Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 What if Nolan Bushnell had brokered a peace deal with Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin and the best part of the cold war (the 80's) never happened? Top Gun wouldn't exist :'('' 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutsy Doodleheimer Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willard Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 We might be seeing the 3DO M4 today 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Loguidice Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 The last realistic timing for a blockbuster partnership for Atari would have been the Nintendo deal. After that, Atari really wasn't worth partnering with because they had very little to bring to the table in terms of resources and cache. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zerosquare Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 Atari really wasn't worth partnering with because they had very little to bring to the table in terms of resources and cache.Absolutely! The GPU and the DSP have no cache memory. Zero. Absolutely zilch. Seriously, what kind of company does that?! 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynxpro Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 The last realistic timing for a blockbuster partnership for Atari would have been the Nintendo deal. After that, Atari really wasn't worth partnering with because they had very little to bring to the table in terms of resources and cache. Tell that to Midway who was gung-ho for Atari [Corp] to market their Lazer Tag competitor for them. Or Sega who approached Atari [Corp] to market the Mega Drive for them in the US. At least Sega acquired Michael Katz for their troubles after that deal fell through. Mind you, both deals were with Tramiel's Atari [Corp, or "Corpse" as one ex-Atari Inc'er likes to refer to it] and not the almighty Atari Inc back in its heyday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMaddog Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 The real reason that Sony partnered with Sega is because Sega had a CD-ROM drive coming ourt and Sony had the content that would have been on the canceled Super CD. (This is one of the subplots in Console Wars). If anyone's interested in alternative history stories about Atari, I wrote one up where Steve Jobs stayed with the company instead of founding Apple and we now have iPads with Fuji logos on the back. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockman_x_2002 Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 (edited) "If ifs and buts were candy and nuts, why we'd all have a merry Christmas!" Edited June 18, 2015 by rockman_x_2002 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynxpro Posted June 19, 2015 Share Posted June 19, 2015 The real reason that Sony partnered with Sega is because Sega had a CD-ROM drive coming ourt and Sony had the content that would have been on the canceled Super CD. (This is one of the subplots in Console Wars). If anyone's interested in alternative history stories about Atari, I wrote one up where Steve Jobs stayed with the company instead of founding Apple and we now have iPads with Fuji logos on the back. Interesting but I think Jobs ultimately couldn't work for anyone else. At some point, he would've been terminated, especially had Atari recruited Woz outright. They tolerated Jobs because they knew they were receiving essentially free labor from Woz in the process. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christos Posted June 19, 2015 Share Posted June 19, 2015 Well it's possible that Atari could have ported Tempest 2000 to the PSX.. oh wait! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynxpro Posted June 19, 2015 Share Posted June 19, 2015 Well it's possible that Atari could have ported Tempest 2000 to the PSX.. oh wait! That was Ted Hoff's doing with his goal of transitioning Atari Corp into "Atari Interactive" which would've strictly been a publisher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMaddog Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 Well it's possible that Atari could have ported Tempest 2000 to the PSX.. oh wait! That was Ted Hoff's doing with his goal of transitioning Atari Corp into "Atari Interactive" which would've strictly been a publisher. Ok, I know the deal between Atari & Sega to cross-publish games and Tempest 2000 ended up on the Saturn. So how did Interplay get the publishing rights to T2K on the Saturn & PSX while Atari Interactive did the PC verison? Did the non-Jag console versions come out after the JTS merger? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynxpro Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 Ok, I know the deal between Atari & Sega to cross-publish games and Tempest 2000 ended up on the Saturn. So how did Interplay get the publishing rights to T2K on the Saturn & PSX while Atari Interactive did the PC verison? Did the non-Jag console versions come out after the JTS merger? I think only the PC version actually came out in Atari Interactive packaging. And yes, I think you are correct that it had to do with the JTS merger. Hoff left right before that went down. And then Corp became like a 2 person operation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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