Atari VCS Architect Resigns

[Icky]

Not looking so good at Atari

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/10/0 ... ect_quits/

[exxos]

I just read that myself.. 6 months of not being paid... What did Atari do with that $3 million ? And will people get their money back.. I doubt it.

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We could have cloned & developed a new ST chipset and case for that amount..

[exxos]

Just saw this...





So...

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[PhilC]

I've backed the indigogo campaign so am obviously waiting to see what happens but it not looking like itll be much more than a basic linus PC that I'll be getting at this rate. Still, if that's the case, I would probably put MAME and a few other emulators on it and make it my own retro console.

Just have to wait and see.

[exxos]

I've backed the indigogo campaign so am obviously waiting to see what happens but it not looking like itll be much more than a basic linus PC that I'll be getting at this rate. Still, if that's the case, I would probably put MAME and a few other emulators on it and make it my own retro console.

Just have to wait and see.

I think a few people on here brought into it.

Just saw this..

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I think the whole thing has just been managed extremely badly right from the start. Do you remember the actual total they wanted, I thought it was $50,000 or something like that?

It does just seem like a linux pc build.. But with a expensive CPU ? It probably would have just been easier for them to contact a motherboard manufacturer and asked them to rework a mini ITX board to the form factor they want or something... As to the costs in that I don't know, but with the amount of funding they had, I'm sure they could have come up with a solution rather than just reinventing the PC motherboard again

[PhilC]

Yeah the amount was in the 20 - 50k range I think.

Not sure itll ever be a real Atari VCS at this rate.

[troed]

I've never expected anything else than a somewhat speedy set top Linux box. I'll be really happy if that's what I get.

Rather a nice looking box with an Atari logo than a box with another logo to run my Kodi and RetroArch.

[exxos]

Look at our cool case.. for the 500th time..

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[Icky]

It’s not looking good for Atari. Failure to turn up at court in the case of the architect that did not get paid.

https://www.theregister.com/2020/06/03/ ... _judgment/

[exxos]

It’s not looking good for Atari. Failure to turn up at court in the case of the architect that did not get paid.

https://www.theregister.com/2020/06/03/ ... _judgment/

They were trying to open up a Atari branded hotels as well, I think they are trying to do too much and have no funds for anything. I can just see them ending up in liquidation at this rate, or just simply sued that much they go bankrupt.