To all those on twitter that continue to ask ...

[Stephen]

I do wonder what the thinking from Atari was, to me and considering the game is or was ready to go it's a no brainer! Something in there mad minds went the other way I just can't imagine what. The only possible thinking would be they plan a resurgence in a year or two and they will release it then.

They are a bunch of wanker pricks of the highest magnitude and don't deserve to be within one thousand meters of the Atari name and IP? Scam company, litigious, can shove the VCS up their collective asses and fuck off the rest of the way for faking screenshots of T4K running on the VCS after suing Jeff and co.

[Markie]

I do wonder what the thinking from Atari was, to me and considering the game is or was ready to go it's a no brainer! Something in there mad minds went the other way I just can't imagine what. The only possible thinking would be they plan a resurgence in a year or two and they will release it then.

They are a bunch of wanker pricks of the highest magnitude and don't deserve to be within one thousand meters of the Atari name and IP? Scam company, litigious, can shove the VCS up their collective asses and fuck off the rest of the way for faking screenshots of T4K running on the VCS after suing Jeff and co.

[Misfit]

I do wonder what the thinking from Atari was, to me and considering the game is or was ready to go it's a no brainer! Something in there mad minds went the other way I just can't imagine what. The only possible thinking would be they plan a resurgence in a year or two and they will release it then.

They are a bunch of wanker pricks of the highest magnitude and don't deserve to be within one thousand meters of the Atari name and IP? Scam company, litigious, can shove the VCS up their collective asses and fuck off the rest of the way for faking screenshots of T4K running on the VCS after suing Jeff and co.

Whilst it's hard to disagree with your sentiments, the VCS is just a PC, you can find plenty of videos of people installing Win 10 and running PC games on it. So there is no reason T4K won't run on it.

[gilesgoat]

Yeah the only problem is on the top of that you have to buy a Win10 license .. and then you have "A 400 pounds laptop running Win10" or such.

Which .. "ok" .. if it's that what you want .. I am guessing "it's a nice box" ...

[edit] - ok it's the same HW for everyone .. but .. "wasn't the concept of a console that YOU DO NOT have to deal with Windows .. upgrades .. licenses .. etc. " ?

[Misfit]

Yeah the only problem is on the top of that you have to buy a Win10 license .. and then you have "A 400 pounds laptop running Win10" or such.

Well, it's not a laptop and if they start selling it without controllers again (which was around $280) it's a reasonably priced mini PC. Although it's hardly a gaming rig so you'd have to love the form factor to really want it.

It's generally a bit pointless. Which we knew it was going to be, but surprisingly it does exist!

You could put Linux on it, or you can buy Windows Pro licenses for £20:

https://theunitysoft.com/product-catego ... t-windows/

[gilesgoat]

Yeah the only problem is on the top of that you have to buy a Win10 license .. and then you have "A 400 pounds laptop running Win10" or such.

Well, it's not a laptop and if they start selling it without controllers again (which was around $280) it's a reasonably priced mini PC. Although it's hardly a gaming rig so you'd have to love the form factor to really want it.

It's generally a bit pointless. Which we knew it was going to be, but surprisingly it does exist!

You could put Linux on it, or you can buy Windows Pro licenses for £20:

https://theunitysoft.com/product-catego ... t-windows/

Well .. if it has "reasonable power" $280 for a nice case and a PC that potentially can be made into a MAME cab it's not too bad.

Remains to be seen how much powerful it really is to reasonably run a MAME.

About those Windows licenses "I am really shocked",last time I tried via "official channels" the prices were more around those 100 .. 150 pounds each rather than 20 ..

Are they legit ?

[Misfit]

Are they legit ?

Well, they've been around a long time and I've used them many times for work (Windows and more often Office licences) with no issues with the keys.

They aren't hiding and they are a registered UK company, so feel pretty sound to me.

[fog]

Who or what is Atari now? Did someone just buy the name and charges others to use it to give their projects some kudos (like Virgin) or is it a small company with a bunch of clueless execs that produce hardware and software themselves?

[Harlequin]

Who or what is Atari now? Did someone just buy the name and charges others to use it to give their projects some kudos (like Virgin) or is it a small company with a bunch of clueless execs that produce hardware and software themselves?

It is both, although the hardware is only recent and I do not think it has made its own software (despite publishing branded games) since Atari Inc. was called Infogrames. It would appear that it is now also getting into the branded hotel business.

[Stephen]

Chesnais and company are basically stagnant IP holders who go around and sue everyone that can, they don't pay their hardware or software developers, and they take lots of money of Kickstarter and don't deliver most of what they promise (Gameband anyone?)

[fog]

Thanks both. Basically, as I feared, avoid anything with Atari slapped on it...including hotels!!!???.

[Harlequin]

https://atarihotels.com.

Chesnais and company are basically stagnant IP holders who go around and sue everyone that can, they don't pay their hardware or software developers, and they take lots of money of Kickstarter and don't deliver most of what they promise (Gameband anyone?)

TBF, I think Yak and gilesgoat did get the money they were promised for T4K.