Atari files for bankruptcy

[nikimcbee]

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-205_162-57564976/atari-u.s-files-for-ch-11-bankruptcy/

End of an era.
http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/tim/2012/11/19/50-ToyHallofFame-atari-2600-game-system_620x350.jpg

[Cybermat47]

Wow. Really? The people who made the first proper flight sim for console are bankrupt?

I have lost my faith in humanity :dead:

[mookiemookie]

End of an era.

Nah. They're filing Chapter 11, which allows them to reorganize the business while they continue to run it. Chapter 7 is when they sell off everything and shut the whole thing down.

[Herr-Berbunch]

I heard it was a protective move, to move away from French ownship by Atari SA, formally Infogrammes SA.

I think Atari will live on, I don't know why, but I do.

[Sailor Steve]

I still have my old Atari ST500 computer. Its successor, the 1030TT, was better than any IBM clone at the time. They could have dominated the market, but for bad business practices. To this day I wish they had succeeded.

[TLAM Strike]

Then I guess it's a good thing that Atari sold Star Trek Online to Perfect World. :o

[Red October1984]

Wow. Really? The people who made the first proper flight sim for console are bankrupt?

I have lost my faith in humanity :dead:

Take your left hand and firmly smack yourself for saying such a thing. There is no such thing as a proper flight sim for console! :stare:

Now they did give us ArmA, IIRC. They published it I think... That was a very good game.

[Cybermat47]

Take your left hand and firmly smack yourself for saying such a thing. There is no such thing as a proper flight sim for console! :stare:

Tell that to the many casual players who played multiplayer on simulator mode.
They didn't bother to put their flaps in the right position. And they were way too high to drop torpedoes. At the end of the day, only one person had gotten a single kill. And he was an expert.

I love Gaijin and Atari :|\\

[Red October1984]

Tell that to the many casual players who played multiplayer on simulator mode.
They didn't bother to put their flaps in the right position. And they were way too high to drop torpedoes. At the end of the day, only one person had gotten a single kill. And he was an expert.

Which "Sim" are you referring to? :06:

I can do the same exact thing in Battlestations: Midway on my xbox and that is not a proper simulation. Darn, flew too fast and broke a torpedo. Guess, I'll have to launch another 30 Avengers....Heck, subs run submerged at like 30 knots. In Battlestations: Pacific, the planes can "Boost" and the planes can reload their payloads while in the air. It's ridiculous! But hell, it's mad fun.

Dang. I want to go play some Battlestations. I really do love the Battlestations games. The storyline to Midway was crappy from a realistic POV, but enjoyable otherwise. Too bad Eidos went in the toilet. We might've seen Battlestations: Atlantic! That would've been great.


Flight Sims on console aren't as realistic as Computer Flight Sims. On a console, you jump almost instantly into the action. In IL-2 on the computer, you may fly for hours until you get some action (thats if you don't use time compression). I have yet to see a "Proper Simulation" on a console.

[Cybermat47]

^^

I was referring to Birds of Steel, and to a lesser extent, it's predecessor, IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey.

And Birds of Steel was made by Konami, not Atari :/\\!!

EDIT: And even if they aren't realistic, they sure are fun!

[danlisa]

:wah:

Spent the best parts of my childhood on my 2600. Still have it in a loft, somewhere.

[Penguin]

:hmmm: Did they produce anything innovative, hard- or softwarewise in the past 2 decades?
In the past years Atari stood only for cheap and buggy casual games. Another proof that just buying a brand name means crap, if the brand owners don't follow the name's legacy.

[joea]

Ahhh memories of Space Invaders and long hours before the console. Tanks as well. Would play against my Dad and sis. :cool:

[Red October1984]

I was referring to Birds of Steel, and to a lesser extent, it's predecessor, IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey.

And Birds of Steel was made by Konami :/\\!!

I haven't played Birds of Steel yet...but yes. Those console "simulations" can be fun....I've spent a long time with Battlestations Midway...I still haven't bought BS Pacific yet. I've played the IL-2 Birds of Prey demo and that was okay....Birds of Steel might be good when the price drops. :hmmm:

[mookiemookie]

:hmmm: Did they produce anything innovative, hard- or softwarewise in the past 2 decades?
In the past years Atari stood only for cheap and buggy casual games. Another proof that just buying a brand name means crap, if the brand owners don't follow the name's legacy.

I'm not sure how innovative it was, but Neverwinter Nights was a great game.

[sidslotm]

Dam, I love my Atari ST's, still got three and spares down in my shed all with a great big box of games and software. Amazing how quick things change now, the Atari had a midi in/out that was sooo cool at that time..

[Herr-Berbunch]

Dam, I love my Atari ST's, still got three and spares down in my shed all with a great big box of games and software. Amazing how quick things change now, the Atari had a midi in/out that was sooo cool at that time..

I was an Amiga guy myself. :D

[sidslotm]

I was an Amiga guy myself. :D

that's fine it's not held against ya, :har:

[Sailor Steve]

that's fine it's not held against ya, :har:
I don't know about that. I used to play Wizball on my ST, and recently got a remake for the PC. It was much harder than I remember, and then I found out that apparently the original Amiga version was indeed harder and the Atari version was watered down.

Now I hate all Amiga guys, just because they think they're better than me.

They are, but what's that got to do with anything? :O:

[Jimbuna]

I was an Amiga guy myself. :D

Me too....even bought the extra memory chip that slotted into the underside of the casing taking it to a whopping 1 MB :)

[Sailor Steve]

Me too....even bought the extra memory chip that slotted into the underside of the casing taking it to a whopping 1 MB :)
My Atari didn't have that. I could, however, buy a 20 MB hard drive. They also made a 50 MB hard drive, but I was told they crashed a lot. I found a box full of floppies to be cheap and reliable. :sunny:

[magic452]

I got one of those 20 meg hard drives for my 1040ST, bigger than a shoe box and weighed 10 pounds or more. When I got it I though "I'll never fill this thing up in a thousand years" Could be that I was wrong? :o

Still got all that stuff. Ran my business on it so had to keep it for taxes.
Still have the Silent Service disc for it.

Magic

[Herr-Berbunch]

Me too....even bought the extra memory chip that slotted into the underside of the casing taking it to a whopping 1 MB :)

I had the Meg upgrade too. Loved my Amiga, had my first 'proper' flight sim on it - Airbus A320.

[Jimbuna]

I had the Meg upgrade too. Loved my Amiga, had my first 'proper' flight sim on it - Airbus A320.

I was heavily into Harpoon.