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  7. foxbat

    in Atari 2600

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    I agree with you on that for sure. These are where the cracks start to show in Atari and the whole industry as it was back then. So much vaporware was announced, touted in catalogs, magazines and at trade shows. How many cool things have we seen with Atari that never came out? Atari 2700 RC VCS, Atari Cosmos, Atari Mindlink, Atari 7800 Keyboard Computer, probably close to 100 games across all the systems, all announced and never released. That was bad show. It disappointed a lot of people and tarnished Atari's reputation.

     

    You'd hardly see this today. Nintendo, Microsoft, Sony, they're all tight-lipped about what's coming out until it's time to announce something. Tech giants like Apple and Google are notoriously secretive. I'd bet you this tight-lipped tech culture we're in today is to some degree a result of Atari contributing to the collapse of an entire industry because of their slack practices.

     

    Companies can still make the same mistake.  I'm thinking about Blizzard specifically and their project "Titan". 

  10. Show Off Your Successful Trades!

    in Trading Post

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    It has been a blast.  It's like a neighborhood trade thing going on here, and everyone seems to be really concerned about making sure their trades find a good home.

     

    I've been surprised how helpful an Atari forum has been with building my Intellivision collection!

    Glad you're happy with Atlantis!  I don't have pics, but thank you for the Atari carts and INTV manuals and overlays. :)

    I'll make sure to take pics of future trades and put them here.

  15. Can anybody tell me who/what this really is? www.atarigames.co.uk

    in Atari History Discussion

    Posted

    This is a weird website. It looks like a corporate website for "Atari's" European office but it makes no sense to me. They don't have any games, they are using different branding, it doesn't look for feel like the "Atari" that's around today. They talk a lot about building apps for putting you to sleep I'm not even kidding. I get the feeling this is some other crappy little company that licensed the Atari name to use to peddle their wares. Anybody know any better?

     

    Their website: http://www.atarigzmes.co.uk

    I don't get a valid URL with that link.   Gone already?

  19. Games for Trade

    in Trading Post

    Posted · Edited by Rowsdower70

    I will have a lot of INTV dupes to add just as soon as I can figure out what I needed out of a new lot.   For now lets just say I'm a happy camper to find He-Man and Zaxxon in the same 26 game lot that I paid a VERY good price for! 

    INTV dupes for trade (loose carts):

     

    Astrosmash

    Armor Battle

    Bomb Squad

    Advanced Dungeons&Dragons

    Tron Deadly Discs

    Mission-X

    Atlantis

    Space Armada

     

    As always I look for INTV, some Atari, and Sega Genesis primarily, but talk to me!!

     

    Got a few extra Atari 2600 games to add to the list:
    Pac-Man
    Summer Games

    Gunslinger

     

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