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http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2017-06-19-atari-back-in-the-hardware-business-with-mysterious-new-ataribox
>Atari is returning to console manufacture with a new contraption called Ataribox.
A teaser trailer for the Ataribox was released last week. It shows zoomed-in shots of what looks like wood panelling and a grooved plastic or metallic surface. In other words, like the Atari Video Computer System from the '70s and '80s.
https://youtu.be/5WNsmCpdhhY
>"We're back in the hardware business," Atari CEO Fred Chesnais told Gamesbeat.
Chesnais, the one and only, wouldn't say what what the Ataribox was but did say it was based on PC technology.
Perhaps the Ataribox will follow in the footsteps of the enormously popular Nintendo Classic Mini NES - a miniature, £50, emulated trip down memory lane.
Maybe if we are lucky enough Atari will take another jab at destroying the gaming industry so normies can leave and it can get the revival it deserves
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>>61432776
it'll run steam os variant and be shit
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Let me guess, it allows me to play all the old easily-emulated atari games for a lean price of $149.99 (not including games).
Can someone kill hipsters already
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Inb4 its just an Android set top box with an ARM SoC or a repackaged Skull Canyon box.
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>>61432814
>Can someone kill hipsters already
why? just come up with some idiotic nostalgia piece of shit idea and milk the fuckers.
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>>61432776
Unless it comes with some kickass exclusive games it'll die.
nostalgiapandering
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>>61432834
>Android set top box
If the Ataribox is the Ouya 2.0 I'm going to kill myself
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>>61432806
>steam os
Your probably right.
>>61432930
I find it ridiculous that people keep on trying to release new consoles. Playstation, xbox and nintendo practically own the market. I've someone doesn't come up with something more revolutionary they'll just die like the rest. Probably the only good them about them is pump and dump like ethereum and pokemon go. Can make some mega bank on the hype up and the sell everything within a month or two
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>>61432776
>>61432814
IIRC they had contact info for devs that were interested, so not just le retro meme
I think it will 100% have the old games available, but I don't think that's all it will have
They've shown no partnership or contact with Valve, so I highly doubt its SteamOS, but I wouldn't be surprised if they had their own Linux or BSD based OS on it
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>>61432776
JESUS CHRIST /V/ GET OFF THIS BOARD THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH TECHNOLOGY TAKE YOUR SHITTY GAYMING MACHINES BACK.
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>>61432776
woooooooooooooooooooow
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>>61433247
>being a mad kiddo because you can't afford an ataribox
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>>61433247
>gaming isn't technology cause i don't like it.
it is by technology's very definition technology, it may not be for an application you agree with or even think important. but stop being a whiny bitch cause you disagree with something on the internet.
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>>61432776
HOLY SHIT ANON
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>Ouya 2.0
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jive turkeys...
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The concept rendering looks good in terms of aesthetics. A sort of retro modern look. Sleek but classic.
I just don't see where this fits in the market. It might be that they're not expecting much themselves
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>>61432776
Can it play Nintendo?
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>>61435936
I think I would have preferred if they based the design on their ST computers instead.
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>arm soc box
No, thanks.
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>>61432776
why is it made out of wood. i know its retro but wtf
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>>61438395
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=atari+2600
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>>61432776
anyone want to buy my Jaguar and cybermorph cart NIB
never used
$200 b/o
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>>61438395
You should leave this board. Now.
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If it's a computer I'm ok with it..
But if it's just a console, burn the fuck down that shit
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>>61432776
LGR is gonna have a field day with this one.
>>61433247
>Implying it has nothing to do with technology.
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>>61432776
SCREENCAP THIS
It's going to be Mario maker for old Atari games.
>Create games
>share with friends
>compete with online high scores!
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>>61432776
this stuff looks dangerously like Atari 2600
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>>61442332
That's the point
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>>61433061
>Probably the only good them about them is pump and dump like ethereum and pokemon go. Can make some mega bank on the hype up and the sell everything within a month or two
oh shit he knows
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>>61433743
Repackaging is not technology.
>>61442403
SHUT IT DOWN
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>>61436084
Like, put a keyboard in there? That could make the console remotely useful!
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>>61442228
Now that I think about it, it looks like one of those fake new consoles (like the Xbox 720 and PlayStation 9).
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This is it?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gfzt103J8u0
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>>61432814
this desu senpai
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>>61433061
The only required "revolutionary" aspect to automatically win 100% of the market forever is:
- Free online
- Put the game in and just start playing
Y'know, like consoles ought to do to not be crippled overpriced PCs.
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>>61440015
no u
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>>61432776
I had a 2600. Fun games if a bit small.
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>>61448655
>discussing new hardware
Completely /g/ related
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