Yo-Yo

It hurt them more than we talk about too. They ceded that whole market to Mattel and Coleco. Atari paid millions for the rights to games like Pac-Man and allowed the handheld/tabletop rights to go to Coleco. When it came time to negotiate Donkey Kong, Nintendo decided to go with Coleco instead because they had the ability to put Donkey Kong on a handheld and manufacture Donkey Kong toys. Nintendo has always been a toy company at heart and correctly saw that Atari wasn't, but should have been.

I wonder why Atari never capitalized on the handheld market. They certainly had the technical know-how to have at least attempted, but after Touch Me, they never made another beyond prototypes.

It was that kind of night...all on the 2600:
Astroblast
Breakout
Circus Atari

Another great trade from RickR!
 

Just look at that killer gun controller!

Hell of a nice gift. That's gracious of you Stormy!

I feel I owe these guys a bit of an apology even though they bring criticism on themselves. I've been pretty ruff on them this week. Withdrawing from Indigogo is the honorable thing to do. Maybe they're naive but they're probably good guys chasing their dreams. I stand by what I said but I don't want to be like everyone else on the other forum sites that tears down other people's dreams and stirs up negativity.

Hell of a nice gift. That's gracious of you Stormy!

That's fantastic. HSW definitely did not deserve the scorn he received over the years.
 
  

I monitor our social media trends quite closely, and ever since Atari: Game Over came to the public mind on Netflix and Showtime I have seen a measurable change in how people generally approach the ET / Howard Scott Warshaw story.
 
This story was posted to our Facebook page the same it was posted here. Since then, our post has been shared dozens of times and has been seen by nearly 10,000 people on our Facebook page alone. More importantly, most of the ET comments, which usually trend aggressively negative, this time have been overwhelmingly positive - particularly in support of Howard and the notion that ET as the worst game ever made is preposterous.
 
You can see the post here: https://www.facebook.com/cx7800/posts/968124696564348
 
The turnaround in public opinion is astounding. There's been a noticeable shift away from unfounded hatred and cynicism, and towards a more reasonable understanding of the story, what happened, and that while not great it certainly wasn't the worst game of all time. It's wonderful to see Howard finally get the recognition he deserves, I think after 35 years that's a wonderful development in Atari's history.

Hell of a nice gift. That's gracious of you Stormy!

Yay! I'm glad you got it.
 
I'm REALLY sorry I don't have any controllers to go with it. 
 
I'm glad someone can get some use out of it. Enjoy!

Thanks MBergeron for a beautiful copy of MLB Baseball!  It's complete, its purty, and its Canarctican!  

I know! I'm really excited to play NES games now!

That's a nice gift!!       

This came in the mail today, a gift from StormSurge.
 
Thanks, man!
 
Now I just need a controller, and soon I'll be saving the Princess from another castle!

I feel I owe these guys a bit of an apology even though they bring criticism on themselves. I've been pretty ruff on them this week. Withdrawing from Indigogo is the honorable thing to do. Maybe they're naive but they're probably good guys chasing their dreams. I stand by what I said but I don't want to be like everyone else on the other forum sites that tears down other people's dreams and stirs up negativity.

I feel I owe these guys a bit of an apology even though they bring criticism on themselves. I've been pretty ruff on them this week. Withdrawing from Indigogo is the honorable thing to do. Maybe they're naive but they're probably good guys chasing their dreams. I stand by what I said but I don't want to be like everyone else on the other forum sites that tears down other people's dreams and stirs up negativity.

Interesting idea but piss poor execution. It started simple at a decent estimated launch price then they wanted to add more and more. eventually the increase in console price, a unrealistic funding goal and mostly lack of communication between Mike and the rest of the team. Add to all of that no prototype, vague information at best and instead of providing any solid details or info to those who raised any valid concerns or critiques Mike chose to simply categorize everyone as haters, trolls and people who for some unknown reason were simply not on board with his Retro Gaming Dream. No, they did it to themselves, smoke and mirrors and promises and asking backers to "keep the faith" is asking too much these days imho. Personally I would love to see a new modern console that plays retro games on cartridges BUT the idea of playing INDIE and RETRO LIKE games that would require cartridges that cost a premium over buying the same titles that are downloadable, at lower cost from STEAM or on other current consoles was not sitting well for me. YES the feel of cartridges, the labels, manuals, packaging and the feeling that the game is something tangible is very nice especially for the market they are catering to but in order to expect people to pay a premium for that they would need to offer something more like original and exclusive games as well offering the main console at a realistic price point for what it is. I think MIKE simply got a little too hungry and things evolved into far more than what it simply should have been, keep it simple, keep it competitively priced and offer something I cannot get elsewhere especially if you are going to demand a higher cost to have the games on cart. 

I feel I owe these guys a bit of an apology even though they bring criticism on themselves. I've been pretty ruff on them this week. Withdrawing from Indigogo is the honorable thing to do. Maybe they're naive but they're probably good guys chasing their dreams. I stand by what I said but I don't want to be like everyone else on the other forum sites that tears down other people's dreams and stirs up negativity.

I feel I owe these guys a bit of an apology even though they bring criticism on themselves. I've been pretty ruff on them this week. Withdrawing from Indigogo is the honorable thing to do. Maybe they're naive but they're probably good guys chasing their dreams. I stand by what I said but I don't want to be like everyone else on the other forum sites that tears down other people's dreams and stirs up negativity.

So pretty much THEY ARE DOING WHAT PEOPLE HAVE ?BEEN SUGGESTING FOR WEEKS NOW ! I almost can't believe they actually realize people are not just "haters" or haven't stopped "Believing in the dream" lol. 

I think that's called a Dreamcast

Atari:
2600 6 switch
vader 
Jr.
Coleco Gemini
5200 4 plug
7800
 
Colecovision
 
Intellivision
Intellivision II
 
Fairchild Channel F
 
Magnavox Odyssey 2
 
Vectrex
 
Sega Master
Sega Genesis
 
Nes
SNes
N64 
Gameboy Advance
Wii
 
X box
 
Playstation 1 and 2
 
Retron3
Retroduo portable
 
Ti-99
 
Timex Sinclair
 
Commodore 64 (Lots of them)
Commodore 128 (lots of these baby's too)
 
That is all I can think of now.  My largest cart collection is 2600 and I have around 250 plus a harmony cart.

Still rebuilding my collection after my move into a smaller place:
 
 
ATARI
Atari 2600 (4 Switch)
Atari 2600 (New In Box Jr.)
Atari 5200 (4 Port)
Atari 7800
Atari Lynx (Mk.II)
Atari Jaguar
Atari Jaguar CD

NINTENDO
Nintendo NES
Super Nintendo
Nintendo 64
Nintendo 64 DD
Game Boy Advance SP NES Edition
 
SEGA
Sega Master System
Sega Genesis
Sega Game Gear
Sega Dreamcast
 
SONY
PlayStation 4
 
MICROSOFT
Xbox One

CLASSIC GAMING GENERAL
Retron 5
Odyssey 2
 
ARCADE
Ms. Pac-Man / Galaga Namco Class of '81

Atari
2600 Jr
7800
Jaguar
Lynx
 
Nintendo
NES
SNES
N64
GameCubb
Wii
GBA SP
3DS
 
Sega
Genesis
CD
32X
Powerbase Converter
Saturn
Dreamcast
Game Gear
 
Misc
ps2
psp
xbox (just got)
game.com
3do
Intellivision
 
 
Most games: Atari 2600: About 185