IIRC when Tramiel bought Atari their vision was all about the 16/32 bit computers but did quite a few things to bring in cash based on the existing Atari designs - and chips. That’s the Atari 65 and 130XE too just being rehashes of older 8 bit Bushnell computers.
I’m all Tramiel-Atari era myself so never even reflected on the 8 bit re-releases though so I might be misremembering something.
I was big into gaming and computers back then and this is the first time I’ve heard of this.
On paper, it sounds great… A 5200 with more memory and no shitty joysticks?
Compatible with the Atari 400/800 software?
Shit, I would have bought one just for Star Raiders. Of course this was also 2 years after the Amiga and Atari ST battles as well. Why would anyone want an 8 bit experience in that era?
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wtf is this post
At least half of it sounds chatgpt.
“Its not;it is” pattern being repeated all over is one of its signatures.
I was gonna say it reads it reads like one of those obnoxious LinkedIn posts
Post is post. It is made of post. Wtf is this question?
Question is question. It’s made of question. Wtf is this comment?
Comment is comment. It’s made of comment. Wtf is this insinuation?
This post is shit. And shit is shit. Wtf is this shit?
Jesus, how old are you?
That RAM upgrade must have been significant back then for game developers to store game state.
Right? Quadrupling the RAM isn’t a minor upgrade. I’m not sure what OP is ranting about.
They seem used to current gigabyte memory values without knowing historically RAM was Kb and, in the 70s, it wasn’t cheap.
IIRC when Tramiel bought Atari their vision was all about the 16/32 bit computers but did quite a few things to bring in cash based on the existing Atari designs - and chips. That’s the Atari 65 and 130XE too just being rehashes of older 8 bit Bushnell computers.
I’m all Tramiel-Atari era myself so never even reflected on the 8 bit re-releases though so I might be misremembering something.
Actually, RAM was the most limiting factor back then. Everyone wanted more, so Atari delivered
I love the shitpost energy you brought to this community.
Did ChatGPT write this post?
Ok
69 yo. And the sleep issue is more prostate related than Atari business model.
Wrong community?
Internet points aren’t real but nice try at juicing yours upward
I was big into gaming and computers back then and this is the first time I’ve heard of this.
On paper, it sounds great… A 5200 with more memory and no shitty joysticks?
Compatible with the Atari 400/800 software?
Shit, I would have bought one just for Star Raiders. Of course this was also 2 years after the Amiga and Atari ST battles as well. Why would anyone want an 8 bit experience in that era?
You speak as though Atari is known for making sound business decisions…
Users: Doesn’t matter, had Xegs.