Becksworth
Aging Hipster Dragon Dad
Having no personal attachment to Atari this still looks surprisingly good. Weirdly excited for Jaguar games now.
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Gaming is Old: Atari 50
- Thread starter Becksworth
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Having no personal attachment to Atari this still looks surprisingly good. Weirdly excited for Jaguar games now.
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It looks great, definitely Digital Eclipse’s most ambitious endeavor ever. Situating it as a kind of playable documentary sounds fun, though I can’t imagine with 90 games that too many of them will see a deep dive.
Parish’s videos have made me really interested in the 7200 so I’m curious to see what ends up on here from that.
Parish’s videos have made me really interested in the 7200 so I’m curious to see what ends up on here from that.
ArugulaZ
Fearful asymmetry
I'm impressed there will be Atari Jaguar games. The Atari Jaguar is hella hard to emulate! Most machines can't do it! And it hasn't been a high priority for people who make emulators. The Jaguar emulation scene is so pathetic even the Saturn points and laughs at it.
Even thought I already have Atari Flashback for the Switch, I might actually buy this anyway just for the Jaguar games. It doesn't even matter that they're not very good! This will be the first time they'll be in a classic game collection! I'll actually have legal access to them, and they'll actually run properly!
Even thought I already have Atari Flashback for the Switch, I might actually buy this anyway just for the Jaguar games. It doesn't even matter that they're not very good! This will be the first time they'll be in a classic game collection! I'll actually have legal access to them, and they'll actually run properly!
ArugulaZ
Fearful asymmetry
By the way? Atari Lynx is supposed to be on this collection, too. I cannot fathom how that would look on a 1080p display. The Lynx has a 160x102 pixel display... that's 16,320 pixels. A 1080p display (not even the highest resolution you can find for a home television set) tips the scales at 2,073,600 pixels. You can fit 127 Lynx screens on a modern television set. Stretch it out to the entire height and width of the television and those pixels will be the size of quarters.
Well hell, looks like I'm buying this one. I'm even happy about getting new versions of Yars' Revenge and Combat (even though there's a shit ton of clones for the tank game out there at this point). The tanks leave behind little tread tracks now! 
Why, yes, I would like to play 127 Lynxes on my modern television set simultaneously. I'll feel like I'm in the Matrix (specifically the second one, with that old guy who couldn't stop watching Keanu movies)!
Becksworth
Aging Hipster Dragon Dad
So based on the Steam page description this will also include Atari arcade titles. Not surprising but a lot of articles about the collections missed that bit.
I have Atari Flashback on Switch and liked that, but I'll probably double dip here. Having Lynx, Jaguar, and even more arcade games is cool. I wonder if we will get some prototype stuff.
The documentary/game format sounds really intriguing and I'm looking forward to seeing how that's integrated. Especially with these older games, I think having some supporting context and materials to explain WHY it was important and a hit goes a long way.
The documentary/game format sounds really intriguing and I'm looking forward to seeing how that's integrated. Especially with these older games, I think having some supporting context and materials to explain WHY it was important and a hit goes a long way.
I had baby sitters with Ataris. My gaming nostalgia starts with the Nintendo. I don't have any pressing desire to play old Atari games.
Interesting to note Atari collection does not include paper boy, road blasters or gauntlet. Those are the Atari games I have some nostalgia for. IIRC, Atari home system and Atari arcade are not the same company.
Interesting to note Atari collection does not include paper boy, road blasters or gauntlet. Those are the Atari games I have some nostalgia for. IIRC, Atari home system and Atari arcade are not the same company.
ArugulaZ
Fearful asymmetry
Yeah, the stuff after 1984 is owned by Atari Games, which was folded into Midway and later became Warner Games. I think Marble Madness and Gauntlet are the dividing line... those two titles and whatever came after is owned by Warner, alongside the work of Williams and Bally-Midway.
I wouldn't mind if Warner took another crack at a classic game collection. Midway Arcade Origins is okay, but I had big problems with it when it was first released. I remember unlocking an achievement for Wizard of Wor, one of my favorite arcade oldies, and having the game downshift into first gear immediately afterward. Resetting cleared that up and with the achievement earned, it never happened again, but when it first happened it kind of freaked me out.
I wouldn't mind if Warner took another crack at a classic game collection. Midway Arcade Origins is okay, but I had big problems with it when it was first released. I remember unlocking an achievement for Wizard of Wor, one of my favorite arcade oldies, and having the game downshift into first gear immediately afterward. Resetting cleared that up and with the achievement earned, it never happened again, but when it first happened it kind of freaked me out.
I'm interested from a historical perspective.
Can I skip the Ernest Cline interviews?