Heh . . . AtariAge.com . . . PWNED!!!!
Gotta love the ironic justice . . .
AtariAge, the same people who shoved Hozer out of business, who whine like little tiny babies whenever the much more professional folks at Digit Press release something first, or perhaps hold off to actually sell some games to support their convention, who allow forum posts that advocate genocide (while banning anyone who even brings up the aforementioned kerfluffles with Hozer/DP) are getting a taste of their own medicine, courtesy of the new and improved French-owned Atari . . . 1
Basically, they have to stop selling any games that are hacks/reproductions/completely new concoctions with great resemblance to stuff Atari owns the copyright to. . . And presumably they'll eventually have to stop making packaging that's a cheap copy of the originals, also. . .
And I love it.
For one, it's not like the ROMs aren't out there, they were out there before this bunch of pisswads took over the whole hobby for themselves. And they will continue to be . . .
As for homebrew development, Ebivision, Pleasant Valley, Hozer, and others existed before them, and other people have cart manufacturing capabilities. And it's not affecting truly original titles that aren't just clones of existing games.
And this seems to be leading to having the actual games be playable with new hardware that's better suited to them than a PC could be. Emulators don't have the same feel, if only because the controllers aren't the same. And they will be affordable, widely available, and not dependent on the whims of obsessed lunatics.
GO NEW ATARI!!! Seriously, this seals the deal on whether or not I'm going to buy UT2K4, I sure am . . . Two copies, in fact, I'll give one to my cousin, because he's fun to frag. :)
And I'm buying the Flashback console for sure, too. I've never gotten to play Solaris on the real thing, and the controls are hideous on emu.
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Still very few calls and no picture . . . B-to-the-L-to-the-E-to-the-double C-to the-H!
Think I'm gonna try an Australian accent . . .
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(OK, so this makes it clear that I've given up on giving up one of the three things), but shit, video games don't cause lung cancer or insanity . . .
Erleichda, that is all.
AtariAge, the same people who shoved Hozer out of business, who whine like little tiny babies whenever the much more professional folks at Digit Press release something first, or perhaps hold off to actually sell some games to support their convention, who allow forum posts that advocate genocide (while banning anyone who even brings up the aforementioned kerfluffles with Hozer/DP) are getting a taste of their own medicine, courtesy of the new and improved French-owned Atari . . . 1
Basically, they have to stop selling any games that are hacks/reproductions/completely new concoctions with great resemblance to stuff Atari owns the copyright to. . . And presumably they'll eventually have to stop making packaging that's a cheap copy of the originals, also. . .
And I love it.
For one, it's not like the ROMs aren't out there, they were out there before this bunch of pisswads took over the whole hobby for themselves. And they will continue to be . . .
As for homebrew development, Ebivision, Pleasant Valley, Hozer, and others existed before them, and other people have cart manufacturing capabilities. And it's not affecting truly original titles that aren't just clones of existing games.
And this seems to be leading to having the actual games be playable with new hardware that's better suited to them than a PC could be. Emulators don't have the same feel, if only because the controllers aren't the same. And they will be affordable, widely available, and not dependent on the whims of obsessed lunatics.
GO NEW ATARI!!! Seriously, this seals the deal on whether or not I'm going to buy UT2K4, I sure am . . . Two copies, in fact, I'll give one to my cousin, because he's fun to frag. :)
And I'm buying the Flashback console for sure, too. I've never gotten to play Solaris on the real thing, and the controls are hideous on emu.
---
Still very few calls and no picture . . . B-to-the-L-to-the-E-to-the-double C-to the-H!
Think I'm gonna try an Australian accent . . .
---
(OK, so this makes it clear that I've given up on giving up one of the three things), but shit, video games don't cause lung cancer or insanity . . .
Erleichda, that is all.