Atari files for bankruptcy

Penguin · 01-24-13, 05:15 AM

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.

mookiemookie · 01-24-13, 07:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Penguin

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.

01-27-13, 11:51 AM

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 · 01-27-13, 11:56 AM

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Originally Posted by 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..

I was an Amiga guy myself.

01-27-13, 02:48 PM

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I was an Amiga guy myself.

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

Sailor Steve · 01-27-13, 05:15 PM

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

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?

Jimbuna · 01-27-13, 05:37 PM

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I was an Amiga guy myself.

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 · 01-27-13, 07:07 PM

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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.

magic452 · 01-28-13, 02:32 AM

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?

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 · 01-28-13, 03:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

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 · 01-28-13, 04:47 PM

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

I was heavily into Harpoon.

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01-24-13, 05:15 AM	#1
Penguin Ocean Warrior Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Rheinische Republik Posts: 3,322 Downloads: 92 Uploads: 0	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.

01-27-13, 11:51 AM	#3
sidslotm Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	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..