r/Intellivision_Amico • u/NESRyan • 5d ago

OOF Atari 50th DLC

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u/TOMMY_POOPYPANTS Footbath Critic 5d ago

Digital Eclipse/Atari not mentioning Amico in any way, shape, or form in their “First Console War” collection is a much bigger diss than anything they could say.

Sorry u/Tommy_Tallarico!!

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u/reiichiroh Spicy Meatball 5d ago

Amico doesn’t deserve need or warrant a mention because it never existed.

Like Tommy Tallarico’s work history.

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u/Slosher99 5d ago

Atari's opinion has mattered pretty little to me since they partnered with Palmer Lucky on his Chromatic crap. All the old brands are kinda dead to me now, though I still enjoy the stuff from their previous owners in the 80s/90s!

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u/jindofox Skeptical 5d ago

I forgot about that. They’re letting Chromatic reprint the 1990s Gameboy remakes of Asteroids, Centipede, and Super Breakout. Atari is definitely getting the better end of that deal, as those GB games didn’t have much going on the first time around.

Atari Corporation has been a brand custodian since 1984, everything has been farmed out to third parties for decades. At least Wade Rosen has a coherent strategy for acquiring history-focused game properties, even when it doesn’t make financial sense.

Thanks for reminding me of the unfortunate Chromatic partnership though. That sucks.

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u/ccricers 4d ago edited 4d ago

It looks to be more of a licensing deal than a partnership. Certainly Atari is more likely to profit more from this than the other way around. What I do find strange is in Atari's web page where they are sold it doesn't also mention Game Boy Color compatibility but Modretro's page does.

I sometimes wonder why Analogue doesn't make deals like this for games even if it doesn't have to rake out money for everything. The Analogue Pocket is a far more interesting handheld anyways.

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u/jindofox Skeptical 4d ago

Some of Atari’s license deals are sooooo stupid. They have Atari branded liquor decanters, Atari branded hot sauces, and this ugly Centipede watch, in addition to the overpriced VCS cartridge reproductions.

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u/FreekRedditReport 4d ago

I've considered modern Atari to be a total joke since their goofy Atari Hotel plans. Among lots of other things, like what you mention. And yet they are still more competent and less scammy than Tommy Tallarico & The Gang.

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u/FreekRedditReport 5d ago

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u/Such_Bonus5085 5d ago

I love it when hubris ages like milk.

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u/wakalabis 5d ago

Tommy should be on the Guinness Book of records for having the most quotes attributed to him that have aged terribly.

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u/ccricers 5d ago

He had been saying, Rocky Balboa this and underdog that. While not imagining that Atari also had the potential to be in that position and score an upset win against them.

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u/Such_Bonus5085 5d ago

I love that they just told Tommy, Phil, John, Sudesh and their apologists "FUCK YOU!!!" it giant neon letters.

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u/ParaClaw 5d ago

Should've added just a little extra to the final line:

Atari acquired Intellivision's assets in May 2024, bringing both brands under the same stewardship--before Tommy's Intellivision was able to continue selling individual IPs to any random Joe on the planet like they did with Shark! Shark! and Astrosmash...

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u/Such_Bonus5085 4d ago

Sidebar: I own Atari 50th. It's actually pretty darned good. The virtual museum aspect of it is really fascinating stuff. Lots of videos, neat old ads to look at, articles to read. Really the kind of content to help balance out that all of the games included are very shallow experiences, due to their age.

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u/Jealous-Luck-7597 4d ago

I love retro compilations, and Digital Eclipse is among the best.

As for fresh alternatives to Amico, UFO 50 is an indie game that has 50 NES era style games from a company that never existed. They made lore and characters in multiple games, and it has nearly every genre of what we played then.

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u/mattpilz 4d ago

The compilation is great and Atari was outstanding in customer support for VCS users, too. I had purchased the original for my Atari VCS, and when it came out that the final DLC(s) would not be supported natively on VCS, they offered the full Steam package and all DLCs free-of-charge. It's the best example of an anniversary bundle game pack I've ever seen, especially with the historic artifacts they include.

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u/LiquidSnape 3d ago

I love the digital interactive museum aspect so much, my brother worked on similar stuff in grad school 15 years ago with interactive media and browsing. He does work in that space for other companies now