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Atari Announces an Official Portable 2600 System
Bill Kendrick writes: "Infogrames (the folks who now own Atari) have just struck a deal with another company to produce a 10-in-1 video game system based on the Atari 2600. It'll be joystick-shaped, plug into a TV set, cost only $20, and include games like Combat, Asteroids, Missile Command, and my favorite, Adventure! It won't replace my Atari 2600 Jr and 60 cartridges, but it's a step in the right direction!"
Now if only I could get games for my lynx :)
I know I'm going to hell, I'm just trying to get good seats.
I mean, imagine having a joystick-like thing in your pocket, walking to a friends house down the street?
Think nothing is impossible? Try slamming a revolving door.
Is that an ATARI in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?
I know I'm going to hell, I'm just trying to get good seats.
Sony reacted to the new product as expected. Effective Friday, the price on all PS2's will be dropped to $19.95....
I can just see hordes of children being really unhappy when their grannies buy them one of these instead of the PS/2CubeBox game they wanted...
I thought Infogrames were going to be producing new games as Atari, not just raiding the back catalogue to put out shite games nobody wants - just like other recent incarnations.
It's well past the time Atari was allowed to die, I think.
"Information wants to be paid"
Will it run Linux?
Sony reacted to the new product as expected. Effective Friday, the price on all PS2's will be dropped to $19.95....
In other related news, Microsoft has bought 17 US senators and 112 US representatives and have managed to get a law passed that requires each family with a kid under 18 to purchase an X-Box system every 3 years to continue the support of American companies vs the "evil" dumping practices of the Japanese gaming giants!
Let the ST vs Amiga flamewars commence! :)
But, then again, Midway needs profitability at this point... putting out old titles seems like wonderful ideas, I just so rarely see it actually result in profits.
But it's so simple:
Phase 1: Release old video game
Phase 2: ?
Phase 3: Profit!
Hey kids, there's only 5 days left 'til Yak Shaving Day!
There are enough trademarks in that story to gag the most jaded lawyer!
CDE open sourced! https://sourceforge.net/projects/cdesktopenv/
- As a Lynx owner myself, I can reccomend The GOAT (Games Of All Types) Store [goatstore.com].
The only way I'd touch a link to "Goatstore" on Slashdot would be with lynx from the command line...-- @rjamestaylor on Ello