New Atari console!?

[Misfit]

Crikey. Is this still a thing?

[Firefox]

Wow, I'd assumed this one had quietly fizzled out!

[skab]

It's been nearly a year. Does anybody still care?

[guythp]

Having been an owner of a 7800, an ST, an STE, a Falcon and (still) a Jagwar, I can honestly say I don't.

[Deckard]

So so underwhlemed-

https://www.slashgear.com/atari-vcs-cla ... -22577684/

[Flojomojo]

Their latest boast is that they're stopping their crowdfunding and going straight to retail pre-order ... delivery expected in March 2020. No games "confirmed" (everything is subject to change with these asshats) except Atari Vault and Tempest 4000.

[Little stoned kiwi]

I'm curious again. It could be the openness of a PC on a fixed hardware platform I've been waiting for.
It might not though. It might have no edge over their larger competitors.

[Deckard]

E3 2019 has given us some more concrete info on this new console, but again, it's all rather confusing. While other 'classic' systems are sold for relatively low amounts of cash, Atari is expecting punters to cough up as much as $389.99 for this new system.
Here's the pricing structure for the Atari VCS:
Atari VCS 800 “All In”: $389 (includes joystick and controller)
Atari VCS 800: $279.99 (8GB RAM)
Atari VCS 400: $249.99 (4GB RAM)
Atari Classic Joystick: $49.99
Atari Modern Controller: $59.99
While the machine has more powerful guts than any micro-console you could mention – it's packing an AMD Ryzen processor with Radeon Graphics Technology and is capable of 4K HDR video streaming – the only confirmed games so far are 100 crusty old Atari classic from the '70s and '80s.
Granted, there's a “Sandbox Mode" which allows you to effectively turn the unit into a traditional PC by installing your own operating system from an external drive, but is that really the kind of thing console players are going to want to mess around with when they've spent almost $400 on a new games console?
The other kicker is that the Atari VCS, while available for pre-order now, won't ship until March 2020 – and that's assuming it can hit that date, too.

Umm I’m out..typical modern day Atari shitshow

[ThetaReactor]

I'm pleasantly surprised they stepped up to a Ryzen APU, which makes it into a very capable SFF PC, and it's priced on par with similar stuff like the little Udoo Bolt. Well, it is now. We'll see if it's looking outdated next year.

I still expect Atari's shambling corpse to fuck it up entirely, but the hardware isn't bad.

[Deckard]

Rumble...rumble...

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2019 ... 20-release

If there was one thing I'd want people to always know, it's that 'no news is good news' where the Atari VCS is concerned!"

FFS -Could it be any other way though ?

[everklear]

Yeesh. I'm glad I didn't back it.

After the whole thing fails miserably, I'll see if I can pick one up on the cheap. I have a weakness for this sort of thing, but my purchase limit is more like $100 than $250.

If it doesn't fail miserably, which I think is highly unlikely, I'll give it another look after it's been out a year or two.

[Deckard]

That could be the Atari slogan - miser defecit (fails miserably)

[Deckard]

Oh dear....

[Deckard]

Some new Atari hardware ? Looks odd…

[Deckard]

So a new portable with a trackball ? Wtf ! Anything to say boys ?