MaximumRD

This is good to hear @Sabertooth. Feel free to pin this as a topic in Club VCS if you'd like. This land of hyped false narratives is exactly why I don't dive too deeply into this stuff outside of trusted sources who we know through Atari I/O or similar.

Atari's recent financial reports indicated the cancelation of existing manufacturing contracts for the VCS hardware. The same reports also talk about a pivot in strategies and additional hardware through licensing to grow the VCS ecosystem. Some outlets reported on the first part without reporting on the second.
Atari issued a clarification that only Game Spot seemed interested in reporting. Their statement underscored their commitment to supporting the platform. Obviously, that doesn't jive with the narrative Pat & Ian (and other YT folks) want to spin. It's easier to keep at the whole "zombie Atari" thing.
Atari have something like 13 games in the pipeline for VCS in 2023. There are at least that many indie games slated coming to the platform this year. So 25-30 new games expected this year. We'll see what happens beyond that.
Bottom line: the VCS isn't done yet. Folks that want it to succeed should support it.

You know I realized I do remember the last time I created an animated web graphic - it was about 7 years ago when I created the animated emojis for this site. Like the one with E.T. moving his neck, etc. Technically I think those were saved as .png as opposed to .gif but man-oh-mannnn did I used to animate .gifs back when we first got started. I'd dial up, log the hell on line, start surfing the net and create animated .gifs which would get posted on Atari7800.com and AtariAge. Also Atari Joe's GeoCities page and Angelfire.com

Same, typically I can find a suitable one easily enough 🤷🏼‍♂️

Same, typically I can find a suitable one easily enough 🤷🏼‍♂️

That face you make when you try to play Atari ET without reading the manual.

 

Happy new year.  I appreciate you and your posts very much!  Keep on truckin'. 
 

From what I have read that DOES seem to be the general use for it or the most suggested, makes sense. I was surprised how well it integrated though and definitely prefer it over stand alone emulators like LDplayer which tend to be chock full of adds etc. as well have origins in China so trustworthiness is dubious at best. Seeing the Reface app automatically pickup my webcam was the clincher for me. Now I am using a hack or patched version which allows Google Playstore just to be clear but I am using an ANDROID account I created originally just of emulation purposes anyway. I am no developer but I just cannot help but test and tinker with such things. 

That's pretty neat.  I imagine the real purpose is to use this to test out android app development.  I may have to give this a try on an old laptop. 
 

Peace to all.

I like it fine so far for the couple hours I've tinkered. Interestingly there are "paid" options, obviously I am not using that. Paid gives you things like more customization options and themes etc. As is though there is enough to set it to look like typical Linux or more Windows or more Mac like depending what one is use to so that is nice. Placement of start, menus, app display to mimic those other Operating systems. Normal Linux storefront to download more software for free from the Linux repositories. 
I will likely keep it on for some time, cannot say I like as much or better than PopOS! (that would be surprising) but I tend to keep it on for a while and use over time, it's like a third machine after my main PC and desktop so I don't spend much time with it in the grand scheme of things.
Here you can see a quick video with a nice visual tour of what to expect in the latest core edition (what I have installed)
 
Now this one is slightly older but longer and descriptive, I watch this guy for Linux content. Worth the watch imho. 
 
 

I like it fine so far for the couple hours I've tinkered. Interestingly there are "paid" options, obviously I am not using that. Paid gives you things like more customization options and themes etc. As is though there is enough to set it to look like typical Linux or more Windows or more Mac like depending what one is use to so that is nice. Placement of start, menus, app display to mimic those other Operating systems. Normal Linux storefront to download more software for free from the Linux repositories. 
I will likely keep it on for some time, cannot say I like as much or better than PopOS! (that would be surprising) but I tend to keep it on for a while and use over time, it's like a third machine after my main PC and desktop so I don't spend much time with it in the grand scheme of things.
Here you can see a quick video with a nice visual tour of what to expect in the latest core edition (what I have installed)
 
Now this one is slightly older but longer and descriptive, I watch this guy for Linux content. Worth the watch imho. 
 
 

I like it fine so far for the couple hours I've tinkered. Interestingly there are "paid" options, obviously I am not using that. Paid gives you things like more customization options and themes etc. As is though there is enough to set it to look like typical Linux or more Windows or more Mac like depending what one is use to so that is nice. Placement of start, menus, app display to mimic those other Operating systems. Normal Linux storefront to download more software for free from the Linux repositories. 
I will likely keep it on for some time, cannot say I like as much or better than PopOS! (that would be surprising) but I tend to keep it on for a while and use over time, it's like a third machine after my main PC and desktop so I don't spend much time with it in the grand scheme of things.
Here you can see a quick video with a nice visual tour of what to expect in the latest core edition (what I have installed)
 
Now this one is slightly older but longer and descriptive, I watch this guy for Linux content. Worth the watch imho. 
 
 

Samantha Stephens?  Oh please. 

Heh, Sam is much cuter 🥰 :

plus......
She was on The Twilight Zone:

 
She played her own mischievous sister SABRINA:

 
Did I mention she was cuter? :

 
And if you cannot tell already I am a Elizabeth Montgomery fan, early crush. MERRY CHRISTMAS 😝

 
 
 

Heh, Sam is much cuter 🥰 :

plus......
She was on The Twilight Zone:

 
She played her own mischievous sister SABRINA:

 
Did I mention she was cuter? :

 
And if you cannot tell already I am a Elizabeth Montgomery fan, early crush. MERRY CHRISTMAS 😝

 
 
 

Yeah. She ain't an @ss.    

That’s a very thoughtful take, @RickR.
I mean it just in general - in a multitude of ways. Open architecture. Open source. Open internet. Open hearts. Open minds. It’s more difficult to keep things contained than set them free. Life finds a way.

That isn't bad for AI. Cool! :)

Bottom looks kinda like Walter Day 😎

You look great @MaximumRD!

Wow!  Winter time has arrived for you. 
 

Yay! A collective sigh of relief form us all for sure! Thanks for checking in Giana ! I feel better and am so glad you responded. Take care, no rush otherwise just glad you two are ok. 😎😌

Yay! A collective sigh of relief form us all for sure! Thanks for checking in Giana ! I feel better and am so glad you responded. Take care, no rush otherwise just glad you two are ok. 😎😌