Atari_JaguarVCS Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 I think they have stopped the Flashback Fridays for the time being as the DosBox games they had planned to release where all war based but I feel they could have put out some other type of game unless they actually have nothing. On the release notes for the new VCS firmware update that came out a few days back it says that the Stella Emulator is built into the firmware and 2600 games are on the way so hopefully they can get Flashback Fridays up and running again with 2600 games. I’m just glad Tempest drops this week so I’ve something new to play on my VCS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeatari1 Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 55 minutes ago, SabertoothRetro said: It's puzzling why they would release 3 titles available to every VCS owner for free on the Vault. Perhaps they realized this is not a good plan and decided to wait for licensing on another game instead. I would certainly hope they would sell some of the excellent homebrews that have been created over the past couple decades. That to me would be a much better plan than selling copies of games that we already have on the system for free. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SabertoothRetro Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 These are now confirmed in the store for $0.99 ea. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari_JaguarVCS Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 Just picked them up, it’s cool to have that art work on the home screen lol. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jeremiahjt Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 Why did they change Breakout and Adventure to look like silver box releases? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColecoGamer Posted March 20, 2022 Author Share Posted March 20, 2022 Well… there’s always Tempest 4000 in three days. ? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bugcatcher88 Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 3 hours ago, jeremiahjt said: Why did they change Breakout and Adventure to look like silver box releases? According to Atariboxed.com, Adventure received a silver box release in New Zealand (maybe other countries too). I still like the original orange box more. The cover art fits the orange coloring better than the silver. Website Link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Djmicklovin Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 8 hours ago, SabertoothRetro said: puzzling why they would release 3 titles available to every VCS owner for free on the Vault I don't understand why they started with 7800 games and are going backwards. Should've started with 2600 games and worked their way up. They should've the given us the rare Jaguar version of Breakout or any of the Atari games from the PS1 era would've been great. Probably because they missed a few weeks of Flashback fridays and needed to get something out there fast to make a quick buck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Mushroom Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 (edited) On 2/27/2022 at 5:01 PM, Djmicklovin said: I'm surprised a bigger entity hasn't purchased the Atari name by now. It is too expensive. Atari SA is valued at 71 million euro. It was a lot cheaper when Frederic Chesnais bought it, but of course, the reason why it was cheap then was that it was unsuccessful, and therefore seemed unattractive. It is a little strange that Warner didn´t pick them up, though. Maybe they just want to forget that brand. I don´t think a big gaming company is going to buy them until Atari has a much lower price to earnings ratio. Maybe when the blockchain fad fades. Edited March 20, 2022 by Lord Mushroom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Mushroom Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 On 3/7/2022 at 10:58 PM, bugcatcher88 said: I wonder what they have left from Ocean Software. I know they sold some Ocean IP to Piko Interactive several years ago. I'm assuming they still have the copyrights to the licensed Ocean games such as Robocop and Jurassic Park, but I doubt those will ever get re-released by Atari (too expensive for them to license, I suppose). Here is a list containing some non-Atari games (including Ocean) owned by Atari (according to Wikipedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_SA#Game_franchises_owned_by_Atari,_SA And here is a list of Atari IP currently owned by Atari: https://drive.google.com/file/d/11oWssnYQrtPlUI-VtQ9YyqlXoZ42YSyn/view 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Djmicklovin Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 8 hours ago, Lord Mushroom said: Here is a list containing some non-Atari games (including Ocean) owned by Atari (according to Wikipedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_SA#Game_franchises_owned_by_Atari,_SA And here is a list of Atari IP currently owned by Atari: https://drive.google.com/file/d/11oWssnYQrtPlUI-VtQ9YyqlXoZ42YSyn/view I'm really looking forward to seeing some of the old Ocean software revived. Some of the Ocean games on SNES had awesome soundtracks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mockduck Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 So, I went to update my list today and can not find Adventure for the 2600 in the VCS Store, just Breakout and Gravitar. Did it get pulled or something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari_JaguarVCS Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 Adventure 2600 is now up on the store. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+swlovinist Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 I know that I have been a critic of the Atari VCS. I still though try to support the console, and buy frequent games. I am however, baffled by the releases of the 2600 games. I love the fact that 2600 are coming, but why release games(and try to charge for them) that are already FREE for VCS users? This makes no sense. Release games that are not already available. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari_JaguarVCS Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 I’m pretty much just buying them at this point to support Atari and because i like having them on the dashboard. I would love Atari to put out some 2600 games that aren’t already free in the vault and hopefully that happens soon. I will say I’d rather buy a bunch of these 2600 games even if I already own them over purchasing those recent DosBox games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bugcatcher88 Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 23 hours ago, Atari_JaguarVCS said: Adventure 2600 is now up on the store. Do you know how to toggle the A/B difficulty switches for these 2600 releases? Having them set to 'A' for Adventure makes the game harder but I don't know how to do that on these VCS releases. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari_JaguarVCS Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 1 hour ago, bugcatcher88 said: Do you know how to toggle the A/B difficulty switches for these 2600 releases? Having them set to 'A' for Adventure makes the game harder but I don't know how to do that on these VCS releases. That I haven’t worked out yet myself, I’ll need to have a check I actually forgot about difficulty switches on the 2600! Interesting… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bugcatcher88 Posted March 27, 2022 Share Posted March 27, 2022 18 hours ago, Atari_JaguarVCS said: That I haven’t worked out yet myself, I’ll need to have a check I actually forgot about difficulty switches on the 2600! Interesting… So I found out that the A/B switches (and other functions) can be manipulated on a keyboard. I went to this page and looked at the keyboard controls. I wish they could've mapped them to other buttons on the modern controller. It's much more convenient for me to play Adventure in the Vault instead. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari_JaguarVCS Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 Saboteur, Aquaventure, Yars’ Return have just dropped on the VCS store. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tripled79 Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 Yeah, in case you haven't heard of Atari Vault 2... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari_JaguarVCS Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 5 minutes ago, tripled79 said: Yeah, in case you haven't heard of Atari Vault 2... It’s all about that game art work though on the dashboard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunther Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 As far as I'm aware, Yars' Returns has received a new title screen, graphical enhancements, and has been completely de-bugged. I don't know about the other two-games', but I'd wager they too have received similar treatment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bugcatcher88 Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 (edited) 10 hours ago, Gunther said: As far as I'm aware, Yars' Returns has received a new title screen, graphical enhancements, and has been completely de-bugged. I don't know about the other two-games', but I'd wager they too have received similar treatment. I read this article a while ago and it made me curious about this new version of Yars' Return. I'll look into downloading the game from the VCS store. Edited August 27, 2022 by bugcatcher88 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari_JaguarVCS Posted December 1, 2023 Share Posted December 1, 2023 (edited) Looks like we got Circus Atari 2600 today for free! It didn't show up the way new releases normally do in the store however so you will need to search for it, thought id give everyone a heads up! The game is available in Vault 1 if i recall but this version has spinner support for the Classic joystick which I'm pretty sure the other version in the vault didn't. Edited December 1, 2023 by Atari_JaguarVCS 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mockduck Posted December 1, 2023 Share Posted December 1, 2023 I have a theory on this one, which is that Circus was a VCS exclusive to Atari 50th when it launched, and I bet it gets released next Tuesday to the masses in the update. So, I bet they (Atari?) put Circus 2600 in the VCS Store as a result. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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