‘YARS RISING’ COMIC BOOK PROMOTES VIDEO GAME 42 Years After Previous Atari Game and Comic

[PowerDubs]

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/57510/yars-rising-comic-book-promotes-video-game

[doctorclu]

On 8/5/2024 at 8:39 AM, PowerDubs said:

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/57510/yars-rising-comic-book-promotes-video-game

I like the anime concept I've seen so far.

[Shaggy the Atarian]

While I'm still not 100% sold on this new Yars game, I really like that they are doing this. I'll check it out once available.

 

On a similar note that hasn't gotten much attention, the Asteroids Recharged Arcade machine has a comic accompanying it too. These were available for free at CAX. I've spoken a bit with the artist, who is fantastic. 

 

Myself and a real comic book writer are working on the comic for the next game - Alan-1 will release comics for all of the arcade machines they do. It's going to be great!

 

 

 

 

[+jeremiahjt]

2 hours ago, Shaggy the Atarian said:

Myself and a real comic book writer are working on the comic for the next game - Alan-1 will release comics for all of the arcade machines they do. It's going to be great!

If it is Yars Recharged, we could get two Yars comics.

[PowerDubs]

If it’s Yars Recharged- it’s going in my garage.

[Shaggy the Atarian]

There will be a Yars Recharged arcade machine, but it's still a little ways off. They are talking about a completely different cabinet design so it will take some time to develop - but every Recharged game will be getting the treatment at some point. That will include a comic book, and the stories will all be tied together in some way  

[Lord Mushroom]

20 minutes ago, Shaggy the Atarian said:

every Recharged game will be getting the treatment at some point. 

I am sure that is the plan, but I bet the plans for some of them would be cancelled if the first ones do poorly.

[Shaggy the Atarian]

26 minutes ago, Lord Mushroom said:

I am sure that is the plan, but I bet the plans for some of them would be cancelled if the first ones do poorly.

Not by what I've seen discussed. They have a three year license to launch all of the Recharged games as arcade titles, but given how their factory is setup, they can do a "print on demand" kind of thing, so if one doesn't sell well, it won't be a huge setback like it normally would with a typical factory product. 

 

The next game is probably going to be among those that won't be a huge seller, but then the game in the Spring will be a much better known title (I know what they are but no decision has been made on what's next after that)

[Lord Mushroom]

12 hours ago, Shaggy the Atarian said:

Not by what I've seen discussed. They have a three year license to launch all of the Recharged games as arcade titles, but given how their factory is setup, they can do a "print on demand" kind of thing, so if one doesn't sell well, it won't be a huge setback like it normally would with a typical factory product. 

So all cabinets are to be more or less the same, just different prints and controls?

 

Edit:

I just saw that you wrote Yar´s Revenge Recharged would be different, but what about the rest?

Edited August 21 by Lord Mushroom

[Shaggy the Atarian]

1 hour ago, Lord Mushroom said:

So all cabinets are to be more or less the same, just different prints and controls?

 

Edit:

I just saw that you wrote Yar´s Revenge Recharged would be different, but what about the rest?

It's still early to say, but I've heard them mention a few ideas, including a very different design for Missile Command. The next game will re-use the same cabinet as Asteroids though. I think since that cabinet has been vetted a bunch, they want to get the most out of it (presently in the arcade biz, it's far more common to design a new cabinet each time you release a new game but that is more expensive to do)

[Lord Mushroom]

Perhaps plan A is to have different cabinets with improved Recharged games, but if business is not good, they will use existing cabinet designs with less improved games for the remaining games.

[Lord Mushroom]

On 8/21/2024 at 12:39 AM, Shaggy the Atarian said:

There will be a Yars Recharged arcade machine, but it's still a little ways off. They are talking about a completely different cabinet design so it will take some time to develop 

I think they should turn the screen 90 degrees anti-clockwise, and let the players use a yoke. @Jimmy Wicker

 

If I wake up one day and find out they are using light guns for Missile Command Recharged, and yokes for Yar´s Recharged, I would like some royalties.