Atari is working on its first console in more than 20 years

lexluthermiester · Sep 30, 2020

Vayra86 said:
Oh wow, Piano glossy plastic?

I think it looks good, but I like the OG woodgrain look.

sepheronx said:
I played it. I took one apart many moons ago.

So did I. My mom freaked out until I actually fixed it. She never doubted me again after that.

sepheronx said:
I never cared for it. Only Atari I liked was 7800. Then again, wasn't into gaming till NES.

It wasn't my fav either, but it was my first game system. Let's be fair, there were a ton a solid classic games for it. "Adventure" was my fav.

sepheronx · Sep 30, 2020

lol, adventure was classic but whats always hilarious is how all the titles were just your generic. I of course played Indiana Jones on it. No, never played ET as I didn't know anyone who had a copy. Mostly played Combat which I think was called Tank Wars on Collecovision.

WhiteNoise · Nov 6, 2020

I'd still like to own one of these. I don't like the price but with a little luck, someone else will pay retail and then sell it to me at a discount because they never use it. :rockout:

lexluthermiester · Dec 25, 2020

sepheronx said:
I of course played Indiana Jones on it.

I never finished that game, could never figure it out.

sepheronx said:
No, never played ET as I didn't know anyone who had a copy.

My mom bought one... Then she went right back to PacMan and Frogger.

sepheronx · Dec 25, 2020

lexluthermiester said:
I never finished that game, could never figure it out.

My mom bought one... Then she went right back to PacMan and Frogger.

I never finished majority of the games on the system. I was far too young and It was my sisters system. I actually didn't play much video games when I was very young. When I got a bit older and systems like the SNES were released, I started to play video games more.

Rei · Dec 25, 2020

lexluthermiester said:
I never finished that game, could never figure it out.

My mom bought one... Then she went right back to PacMan and Frogger.

sepheronx said:
I never finished majority of the games on the system. I was far too young and It was my sisters system. I actually didn't play much video games when I was very young. When I got a bit older and systems like the SNES were released, I started to play video games more.

LOL!

I love how it took you guys nearly 3 months to reply to this thread.

I haven't checked yet but this console should already be out to the mass market by now, right?

lexluthermiester · Dec 25, 2020

sepheronx said:
I never finished majority of the games on the system.

Most games for Atari's early systems do not have a finish, or end. They just loop around on themselves.

Rei said:
LOL! I love how it took you guys nearly 3 months to reply to this thread.

You know how it goes, out of sight, out of mind..

Rei said:
I haven't checked yet but this console should already be out to the mass market by now, right?

You'd think. The RONA has delayed or forced the cancellation of a lot of things. I hope the VCS is only delayed.

lexluthermiester · Jan 26, 2021

Here's a teardown, tweaks & upgrades ETA Prime did on the VCS. I think this little machine is very cool!

Steve also did a teardown and had some "interesting" thoughts.

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Cooling	Stock Intel Cooler
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Storage	1x 512GB Mmoment PCIe 3 NVME 1x 2TB Corsair S70
Display(s)	LG 32" 1440p
Case	Phanteks Evolve itx
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	750W Cooler Master sfx
Software	Windows 11

Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
Motherboard	AsRock X670E Phantom Gaming Lightning
Cooling	Be Quiet! Dark Rock 4
Memory	G.SKILL Trident Z5 Neo DDR5-6000 32GB (2 x 16GB)
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX
Storage	Samsung 980 PRO Series 1TB, Samsung 980 PRO Series 1TB, Crucial P3 NVMe M.2 2TB
Display(s)	LG OLED55G2PUA
Case	Lian Li O11 Dynamic XL ROG Certified
Audio Device(s)	Digital out to high end dac and amps.
Power Supply	EVGA GQ 1000W
Mouse	Logitech G600
Keyboard	Logitech G413 Carbon
VR HMD	Oculus Rift CV1, Oculus Rift S, Quest 2, Quest 3
Software	Windows 10 Pro

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Processor	12400f
Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX B660-I
Cooling	Stock Intel Cooler
Memory	2x16GB DDR5 5600 Corsair
Video Card(s)	Dell RTX 3080
Storage	1x 512GB Mmoment PCIe 3 NVME 1x 2TB Corsair S70
Display(s)	LG 32" 1440p
Case	Phanteks Evolve itx
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	750W Cooler Master sfx
Software	Windows 11

System Name	1 Desktop/2 Laptops/1 Netbook
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Motherboard	EpoX ATX motherboard/Samsung/Toshiba/Lenovo
Cooling	Stock
Memory	4 GB/4 GB/2 GB/2 GB
Video Card(s)	Asus GeForce GTX 780 Ti/Intel HD Graphics/GeForce 4MX/Intel GMA
Storage	6+ TB Total
Display(s)	HP Pavilion 14 Inch 1024x768@60Hz 4:3 Aspect Ratio CRT Monitor
Case	None
Audio Device(s)	Various
Power Supply	Seasonic 500 Watt & VenomRX 500 Watt
Mouse	Wayes Iron Man Wireless Mouse
Keyboard	Rexus VR2 Wireless Keyboard
Software	Win10 & WinXP SP3
Benchmark Scores	It sucks...