Flojomojo Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 Here's a nice list of 25 good games that run on modest hardware. https://kotaku.com/25-great-games-you-can-play-on-laptops-and-low-end-pcs-1824288109 Any of this stuff should run on AtariBox (I can't bring myself to call it "VCS"), which of course begs the question, why not just run it on something else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toiletunes Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 what's the cost for a taco truck? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 what's the cost for a taco truck? $50-$60K, if you put a little work in it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetick1 Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 $50-$60K, if you put a little work in it. Oh that's far too much money for Atari SA to spend. They would look to license an Atari based taco truck and take 20% of the revenue to put the Atari fuji logo on the truck and on the taco wrappers. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toiletunes Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 Maybe they can find one for $35k, but it would take a lot of HardWork, they'd have to really want it to happen. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 looks like Paris has an "american" style truck that might have some tacos https://www.timeout.com/paris/en/restaurants/food-trucks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+frankodragon Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 They also have to make sure they have a three-compartment sink to operate legally in the US. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 (edited) Flojomojo: Nice use of the Absolut vodka bottle a few pages earlier, given that the brand since 10 years ago is owned by French company Pernod Ricard. They bought a lot of alcoholic beverages, but admitted it was Absolut they really were interested in, and sold off some of the other brands shortly after. It is like if Infogrames would've bought a whole catalog of video game brands, kept Atari and sold the rest, except that Atari nowadays most likely doesn't hold even 11% of their market segment. Edited April 5, 2018 by carlsson 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldSchoolRetroGamer Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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+SmittyB Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 Actually, AVCS wouldn't be a bad name. It reflects the asset-collection's heritage without being confusing. Also leads to some slogan ideas: "AVCS for a new era" "AVCS for today" "A modern take on a classic concept, AVCS." "We may or may not have this box that may or may not play games, but it costs a lot of money" A Very Crap Sales-pitch 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 (edited) Well, given we already went into Star Trek territory with Shatner references, how about "It's (*) games Jim, but not as we know them"? (*) Or perhaps "They're", though I'm not sure if games can be collective singularis and thus still can use "it is". On the other hand if the Atari VCS only plays 1 game, singularis it will be. Edited April 5, 2018 by carlsson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 That's a McCoy reference, but OK. Dammit Jim, I'm a game player, not a jobs program for brand vultures! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 I've been calling this debacle the AtariboCS... Maybe a better name is Ataribotch. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 Apple was also insolvent and now the most successful company in the world. Apple also got millions from micro$oft in exchange for patents and inside technology. Who's going to give Atari millions? I'd argue that at this point that anything Atari has of value has had its worth diluted a long time ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 Who's going to give Atari millions? Speaking of millions, the Roller Coaster Tycoon crowdfunding has in the past 13 days grown from $57,988 to $58,798. That is a whopping $62.31 per day. I suppose they're going into the final two weeks of crunch now, let's see if they can average more than $100 per day in invested money during the last phase. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 I've been calling this debacle the AtariboCS... Maybe a better name is Ataribotch. Ataribollocks 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 Apple also got millions from micro$oft in exchange for patents and inside technology. Who's going to give Atari millions? I'd argue that at this point that anything Atari has of value has had its worth diluted a long time ago. Part of that deal was motivated by Microsoft's self-interest. With antitrust lawsuits breathing down their necks, it served MS well to keep a market competitor alive, so they didn't appear like a total monopoly. They also bought their way into putting MSIE on the Mac as the default browser for a while. It was less of a one-sided "rescue" than we might remember. They both have lots of patents, can't say that about Atari. $150M seemed like a lot in 1997, but it's chump change now! Just two Atari SA worth of money. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Spriggy Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 I saw this about Atari stock and well....I see lots of red. Plus, a one-star rating and 4/10. Yehhh .. but it's a Gold Star! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacman000 Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 Apple also got millions from micro$oft in exchange for patents and inside technology. Who's going to give Atari millions? I'd argue that at this point that anything Atari has of value has had its worth diluted a long time ago. Sega? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 Apple also got millions from micro$oft in exchange for patents and inside technology. Who's going to give Atari millions? I'd argue that at this point that anything Atari has of value has had its worth diluted a long time ago. Sega? Is this that sarcasm thing that's all the rage with the kids today? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 Sega? There was a big Sega/Atari settlement way back in the 1990s. I think Atari had options to port a few Sega games to the Jaguar. Of course, they lacked the resources to actually do anything with the opportunity, and that was when Atari had significantly more assets than they do today. Sega is a shadow of its old self, much smaller than when they were at their peak. Not as bad as "Atari," but not in any shape to help, either. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 Their common denominator is AtGames though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 Speaking of millions, the Roller Coaster Tycoon crowdfunding has in the past 13 days grown from $57,988 to $58,798. That is a whopping $62.31 per day. I suppose they're going into the final two weeks of crunch now, let's see if they can average more than $100 per day in invested money during the last phase. The Save Toys R Us crowdfunding is similar ... there's not much "crowd" involved, just a few individuals put up the vast majority of the funding. This scene has made me so cynical, it makes me wonder if there's an ulterior motive for this kind of "investment," like some kind of legal money laundering or tax evasion loophole. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 Their common denominator is AtGames though. Builder of toys, licenser of software, they also remade Coleco and Intellivision stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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