justclaws Posted November 7, 2022 Share Posted November 7, 2022 Atari tweeted an interesting set of photos from a public demo of Atari50. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justclaws Posted November 7, 2022 Share Posted November 7, 2022 A very interesting interview with Digital Eclipse, re: Atari 50, here, starting 33 minutes in. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComputerSpaceFan Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 We don't have a price yet do we? I'm scratching my head as to how much Atari thinks they can charge for this. Would they go as high as fifty bucks for the fiftieth anniversary? While I think that's a reasonable price tag I don't know if the market would agree given how many triple A massive games are also in that price range. And part of me thinks it would be awesome if a collector's edition Classic Controller would be released in the same vain as the Atari VCS Classic Controller for this but compatible on Playstation, XBox and Switch. A man can dream. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atariboy Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 We've known that it's priced at $40 for months now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComputerSpaceFan Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 Just now, Atariboy said: We've known that it's priced at $40 for months now. Whew! I never saw that but I'm relieved. Thanks man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidD Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 7 hours ago, ComputerSpaceFan said: Whew! I never saw that but I'm relieved. Thanks man! See, I think it's overpriced, but, again, that's me. I'm probably going to hold off for a solid $20 sale... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbrodack Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 14 hours ago, DavidD said: See, I think it's overpriced, but, again, that's me. I'm probably going to hold off for a solid $20 sale... Why do you think it's overpriced? I could understand for your personal preference and I often wait for a sale too but I feel like it's a good price for what they are offering. Atari Flashback Classics was the same price if I recall correctly and that had little supplemental material and only thing of note was that it had 5200 games. This collection has 6 newly developed games and new emulators developed for jaguar and likely some other systems that haven't been emulated much. And some more rare games. This also has extensive supplemental material. So while I can't fault you wanting to wait for a sale I think it's a solid value. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mockduck Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 Sadly, the 50th Anniversary Collection has been delayed on the VCS ONLY. No new release date listed. Atari is hosting a Q&A in the VCS Discord at Noon Eastern. Sounds like an issue with the Linux (VCS) version specifically, but I don't have anything secret to share other than that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari_JaguarVCS Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 (edited) That’s very disappointing. I was mainly looking forward to playing this on the Atari VCS, guess I’ll make do with the Switch version until the issue is resolved. Edited November 10, 2022 by Atari_JaguarVCS 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tripled79 Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 Boourns 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astro Rabby Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 23 hours ago, DavidD said: See, I think it's overpriced, but, again, that's me. I'm probably going to hold off for a solid $20 sale... Personally I find the price quite fair is only because of those Jaguar and Lynx games that are no longer stranded. Not to mention the high price a team like Digital Eclipse deserves. They've never let me down before! Hype to play Cybermorph and Tempest 2000. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidD Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 15 hours ago, jbrodack said: Why do you think it's overpriced? I could understand for your personal preference and I often wait for a sale too but I feel like it's a good price for what they are offering. Atari Flashback Classics was the same price if I recall correctly and that had little supplemental material and only thing of note was that it had 5200 games. This collection has 6 newly developed games and new emulators developed for jaguar and likely some other systems that haven't been emulated much. And some more rare games. This also has extensive supplemental material. So while I can't fault you wanting to wait for a sale I think it's a solid value. It's a much better deal than Flashback Classics (as far as new/unusual material goes), but given the large amount of "low interest" 2600 crossover between this and Flashback Classics, $40 seems too much. $20 always seemed right for Flashback Classics, and $30 seems more reasonable to me for this compilation. I mean, I'd take a small discounts for already owning AFC and thus already owning a portion of the titles in this collection... 6 hours ago, Astro Rabby said: Personally I find the price quite fair is only because of those Jaguar and Lynx games that are no longer stranded. Not to mention the high price a team like Digital Eclipse deserves. They've never let me down before! Hype to play Cybermorph and Tempest 2000. Hey, I like the content, just find a price a tad much. For $20-$30 I'd be snagging it in five minutes... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadiATIon Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 12 hours ago, SabertoothRetro said: I was able to listen in to a live chat on the Official VCS Discord with Atari's marketing head, David Lowery to discuss the delay on the VCS. Apparently some last minute bugs have delayed the release. Digital Eclipse are working on a resolution. [...] I think the main problem is the ability for the ATARIVCS store to absorb more than 8GB (9GB or 12 I could read) of download per purchase... It is by far the heaviest game in need of disk space. But the second problem is also related to this. When we know that of the 32GB of the eMMC there is only a little more than half of available for games, such a game will simply occupy the remaining half ... It will be necessary to train people who only have the original space to make room on their e-mmc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadiATIon Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 (edited) 7 minutes ago, DavidD said: It's a much better deal than Flashback Classics (as far as new/unusual material goes), but given the large amount of "low interest" 2600 crossover between this and Flashback Classics, $40 seems too much. $20 always seemed right for Flashback Classics, and $30 seems more reasonable to me for this compilation. I mean, I'd take a small discounts for already owning AFC and thus already owning a portion of the titles in this collection... Hey, I like the content, just find a price a tad much. For $20-$30 I'd be snagging it in five minutes... Atari will give VCS users a $10 discount on the title the first 24 hours that it's available in the VCS store, then the price should approach 30 USD ! Do not miss this shooting window ! Edited November 11, 2022 by RadiATIon 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidD Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 2 minutes ago, RadiATIon said: Atari will give VCS users a $10 discount on the title the first 24 hours that it's available in the VCS store, sthen the price should approach 30 USD ! Do not miss this shooting window ! Ah, but I plan to pick it up on a different system. If they applied that deal to OTHER storefronts... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justclaws Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 The Digital Eclipse guys (Atari 50 developers) are streaming for Extra Life charity. Day#1 The SIX new games included with Atari 50 have a distinct thread here. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzip Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 6 hours ago, RadiATIon said: I think the main problem is the ability for the ATARIVCS store to absorb more than 8GB (9GB or 12 I could read) of download per purchase... It is by far the heaviest game in need of disk space. But the second problem is also related to this. When we know that of the 32GB of the eMMC there is only a little more than half of available for games, such a game will simply occupy the remaining half ... It will be necessary to train people who only have the original space to make room on their e-mmc. Does Atari 50 contain everything in Atari Vault 1 + 2? I would delete those to free up space if necessary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Intellivision Master Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari Nut Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 I'm still debating if I should get this for the PS4 instead of the VCS. I feel the PS4 is more stable. I already had to replace the VCS once and then re-image that replacement once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mockduck Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 44 minutes ago, zzip said: Does Atari 50 contain everything in Atari Vault 1 + 2? I would delete those to free up space if necessary No, it has quite a few games not in the Vaults but quite a few are in the Vault that are not in 50th. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flyindrew Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 45 minutes ago, zzip said: Does Atari 50 contain everything in Atari Vault 1 + 2? I would delete those to free up space if necessary It depends on personal preference. I got my copy of Atari 50 this morning on XBox Series S, but I also own an Atari VCS along with Vault 1 and 2. Vault 1 has a slightly more comprehensive collection of 2600 titles and Vault 2 has many many more 5200 titles. If it were me, unless there is a game or games on Vault 1 you absolutely loved, Id delete vault 1 but absolutely keep vault 2. But again its personal preference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+swlovinist Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 53 minutes ago, Intellivision Master said: Thanks for posting my video. Going to try to video everything in this game for 100%. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tripled79 Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 On 11/9/2022 at 6:46 PM, DavidD said: See, I think it's overpriced, but, again, that's me. I'm probably going to hold off for a solid $20 sale... I'd have to respectfully disagree with you. Tempest 2000 alone is easily worth $20 for the hours of gameplay you can get out of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidD Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 4 hours ago, tripled79 said: I'd have to respectfully disagree with you. Tempest 2000 alone is easily worth $20 for the hours of gameplay you can get out of it. Let's split the difference and go for $30, then! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leech Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 On 11/10/2022 at 9:40 AM, Mockduck said: Sadly, the 50th Anniversary Collection has been delayed on the VCS ONLY. No new release date listed. Atari is hosting a Q&A in the VCS Discord at Noon Eastern. Sounds like an issue with the Linux (VCS) version specifically, but I don't have anything secret to share other than that. Damn, so I bought this on Steam for my brother and myself, thinking it would be like other releases and have a native Linux build, and was also planning on picking it up for the VCS, but so far I can't get my controller to work on Linux through Steam for this, and so was going to try it on the VCS, but it was delayed. So I guess the question is, are they planning on releasing a native Linux version (Steam Deck would rock)? Another question... OpenGL vs Vulkan seems a rather strange choice... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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