+jgkspsx Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 2 hours ago, Mockduck said: Seems like they are getting ready to ship, but I was of the impression the not-limited-editions would ship first, and I'm not seeing anything like that being done yet. I think it’s the other way around - limited editions get priority. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nadir Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 47 minutes ago, jgkspsx said: I think it’s the other way around - limited editions get priority. Originally it had said SE would ship December and LE 1Q 2022. Maybe that's the change they made, get the LE out first? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SabertoothRetro Posted January 28, 2022 Share Posted January 28, 2022 New blog post from Atar on their PCB for the AtariXP line. https://t.co/nRDd3znArJ 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nadir Posted January 28, 2022 Share Posted January 28, 2022 7 hours ago, SabertoothRetro said: New blog post from Atar on their PCB for the AtariXP line. https://t.co/nRDd3znArJ Hmmm, just recently got sample PCBs. I wonder if they'll make that 1Q target yet or if it's going to slip back into 2Q. Cool to see there's progress being made though. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifemadesimple Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 Not interested in picking up the carts but dang those are some nice looking boards! Excited to see how they work out once carts start shipping. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunther Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 8 minutes ago, lifemadesimple said: Not interested in picking up the carts but dang those are some nice looking boards! Excited to see how they work out once carts start shipping. ATARI has enhanced Yars' Return so it will be exclusive to ATARI XP (also detailed on the website). I'm assuming Sabotuer and Aquaventure may receive similar updates. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifemadesimple Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 45 minutes ago, Gunther said: ATARI has enhanced Yars' Return so it will be exclusive to ATARI XP (also detailed on the website). I'm assuming Sabotuer and Aquaventure may receive similar updates. Yeah, that makes sense. Just sorta a shame to go through the effort of having a team design all this kit for new carts and only using it for Atari XP offerings. I mean I understand why, of course, from a business perspective. Just a shame imho. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SabertoothRetro Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 It looks like Atari are asking for help identifying the dev for Aquaventure. Tod Frye and Gary Shannon seem to confirm they weren't materially involved. https://twitter.com/atari/status/1491141917559910403?t=KKsovsHiGAUhik-akDrDmw&s=19 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+x=usr(1536) Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 8 minutes ago, SabertoothRetro said: It looks like Atari are asking for help identifying the dev for Aquaventure. Tod Frye and Gary Shannon seem to confirm they weren't materially involved. https://twitter.com/atari/status/1491141917559910403?t=KKsovsHiGAUhik-akDrDmw&s=19 Has anyone confirmed that it was in-house and not farmed out? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mockduck Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 It is an interesting article. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 17 hours ago, x=usr(1536) said: Has anyone confirmed that it was in-house and not farmed out? In-house for sure. I just received some information that I believe clears up the mystery. I'll post something as soon as I've confirmed it. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jgkspsx Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 I have to say, the humility and openness to improvement they have been demonstrating lately seems like a really good sign. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunther Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 The search continues... https://atarixp.com/blogs/discover/the-aquaventure-mystery-deepens 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 1 hour ago, Gunther said: The search continues... https://atarixp.com/blogs/discover/the-aquaventure-mystery-deepens Hopefully they'll post my final article next week or the week after. Lots of good info in there. The whole Nick Turner thing turned out to be a bit of a wild goose chase, but it was so interesting they still wanted to publish it. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r_type2600 Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 (edited) Delete. Edited February 16, 2022 by r_type2600 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 Fun Fact: Nick Turner did NOT program Snoopy and the Red Baron as has been reported. He left Atari during the pre-programming planning stages and the programming fell to Richard Dobbis instead. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gambler172 Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 On 11/16/2021 at 7:08 PM, Albert said: Seems I am not charging nearly enough for boxed games.. ..Al Sure ? and do they have copyrights? I am not sure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Usotsuki Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 Everything has a copyright unless it has explicitly been disclaimed. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJD69 Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 (edited) On 11/19/2021 at 1:38 PM, Nall3k said: It's marketing. The whole thing seems catered to collectors who want that veil of "official" and limited. I like the limited edition packaging, just don't know if I would pay that price, but to each their own. Respectfully, it's not a "veil" to OG 2600 fans - the fact that Aquaventure and Saboteur were completely developed high quality titles and are getting their first official boxed cart release, is a big deal. Not to mention these are Ataris first cart releases in over 3 decades. Edited March 1, 2022 by SJD69 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Loguidice Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 9 hours ago, SJD69 said: Respectfully, it's not a "veil" to OG 2600 fans - the fact that Aquaventure and Saboteur were completely developed high quality titles and are getting their first official boxed cart release, is a big deal. Not to mention these are Ataris first cart releases in over 3 decades. It probably would have had more of an impact and landed with less of a relative thud if they executed better from a marketing/clarity standpoint (the initial messaging was REALLY botched) and really was unreleased games. The fact remains that all of the games have been available at various points on/as both official and unofficial products in the past. Besides executing the initial launch better, I wonder if these would have been more interesting as a single multi-cart or some other extra step to further differentiate the release? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunther Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 Yars' Returns has been enhanced for this release, so it's technically not the same game as the other releases of it. I don't know if Saboteur or Aquaventure have received any improvements as none have been announced. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mockduck Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 Man I hope these get released soon....March already and I wanted mine for Christmas. I'm fine-ish with waiting, but I hope it is soon. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunther Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 3 hours ago, Mockduck said: Man I hope these get released soon....March already and I wanted mine for Christmas. I'm fine-ish with waiting, but I hope it is soon. When's the next VCS OS update with the 2600 emulator? I reckon it'll be around then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Yurkie Posted March 6, 2022 Share Posted March 6, 2022 On 11/17/2021 at 9:09 AM, DEBRO said: Hi there, Looking at their site, it appears there was a copy-paste issue. For example, Aquaventure is credited to Howard Scott Warshaw and said it was to be released in 1983 however I believe this game was done by Tod Frye and not in any documented release schedule. Here is my take on Yar's Return (yes..."Yar's" I'll get into that later). Marty may have to add. He has documentation where I'm going off memory. Curt Vendel came up with the idea for Yar's Return Curt liked Yars' Revenge and wanted a sequel for the FB2 launch Curt worked with a firm in China that hacked Yars' Revenge into Curt's vision for Yar's Return The firm took Yars' Revenge and produced an 8K SARA chip hack in Curt's vision for Yar's Return This firm didn't truly understand the workings of the VCS and produced a game that was unplayable After the FB2 was released I voiced my disappointment to Curt Curt sent me ROM images for a number of games...Yar's Return being one of them I reverse-engineered Yar's Return because Curt said he didn't have source code I fixed the video issues for Yar's Return to where it was playable John Champeau, Bob Decrenzo, and Curt were play testers and suggested game improvements I implemented these game improvements which in my opinion made for an even better game I can't remember when this revision started showing up on the FB units I did this as a favor to Curt. I wanted his FB2 to be the best it could be. The updates were not approved by the Atari at the time The "Yar's Return" as I understand it is the "Yar's Return" was sent to legal in 2005 before anyone caught that it should have been "Yars' Return" I may have missed something things. I'm writing this kind of fast. Any chance you might share this polished rom with the community? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nadir Posted March 6, 2022 Share Posted March 6, 2022 On 3/3/2022 at 1:07 PM, Mockduck said: Man I hope these get released soon....March already and I wanted mine for Christmas. I'm fine-ish with waiting, but I hope it is soon. I know... Sure would love to have it soon, but I also want them to make sure to take the time to get it just right! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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