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posted by Fnord666 on Monday December 04 2017, @01:55AM   Printer-friendly
from the muscle-memory-forgets-also dept.

The New York Times has an article about Atari's Flashback video game console:

This month, I bought a retro Atari gaming console for $39.99 at a Bed Bath & Beyond in suburban New Jersey. It was a few feet from a set of Calphalon pots and pans and a display of oven mitts 11 rows deep. So that tells you something about the intended audience.

[...] Somehow, Atari never dies. The console, known as the Flashback, was one of the best-selling items in early November at Dollar General, one of the nation's largest chains. Considering that Atari is down to a mere 18 employees, perhaps no company is squeezing more nostalgia out of an old product this holiday shopping season.


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  • (Score: 2, Interesting) by Tyrsal on Monday December 04 2017, @02:07AM (2 children)

    by Tyrsal (5456) on Monday December 04 2017, @02:07AM (#604881)

    The really confusing part of this is that I thought this story was about the 'atari box' or whatever console that has been in the news recently.. It wouldn't have surprised me if this was what that ended up being, as it seems like so much vaporware from a company that's just a name at this point.

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  • (Score: 2) by takyon on Monday December 04 2017, @02:17AM

    by takyon (881) <reversethis-{gro ... s} {ta} {noykat}> on Monday December 04 2017, @02:17AM (#604883) Journal

    https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=17/09/27/0243212 [soylentnews.org]

    Release in spring 2018.

    No crowdfund so it's not a complete scam in the making.

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  • (Score: 2) by mhajicek on Monday December 04 2017, @05:14AM

    by mhajicek (51) on Monday December 04 2017, @05:14AM (#604918)

    Saw two versions of Atari at Sam's club a couple weeks ago. One plugs into a TV, the other has a built in display. Got the latter for my son who's turning five, figure the games are about the right level for him.

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