[HN Gopher] The Atari Years (2014)
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       The Atari Years (2014)
        
       Author : nickt
       Score  : 26 points
       Date   : 2022-06-05 12:52 UTC (1 days ago)
        
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       | voberoi wrote:
       | The author was laid off in 1984 -- presumably around the time
       | this email was written: https://atariemailarchive.org/thread/on-
       | atari-s-future-38.
       | 
       | [Shameless plug: I made Atari Email Archive and it's fun to
       | peruse if you are interested in primary source material from this
       | era. The emails all come from Jed Margolin (jmargolin.com), with
       | his permission.]
        
         | LanceJones wrote:
         | Fascinating threads in there... like discussions about the
         | Challenger explosion and whether or not the tragedy was
         | actually a tragedy (or a spark for a new Atari game).
        
           | TedDoesntTalk wrote:
           | > CIGGIES AND GAMES ARE SORT OF THE SAME... LITTLE SQUARE
           | BOXES THAT TEENIES GET HOOKED ON.
           | 
           | So even then we suspected the addictive aspect of video
           | games?
        
           | TedDoesntTalk wrote:
           | > challenger explosion
           | 
           | https://atariemailarchive.org/thread/on-the-challenger-
           | shutt...
           | 
           | Can we get these archived at archive.org? What a treasure
           | trove.
        
       | jhallenworld wrote:
       | >Apple's big advantage in the early days was its color display,
       | but this advantage was shattered with the appearance of the Atari
       | computers, whose graphics far outshone that of the Apple.
       | 
       | I have a recent direct comparison between the two, Prince of
       | Persia. The Atari port is recent:
       | 
       | Apple: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZDAPp61aak
       | 
       | Atari: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aD2Z5FqZi7I
        
       | donthellbanme wrote:
        
       | SoftTalker wrote:
       | I remember the home computer price wars of 1983. The TI-99/4a
       | that I had paid hundreds of dollars for in 1982 was selling for
       | $59 by late 1983.
        
         | LanceJones wrote:
         | I was 15 and joined a local TI-99er club in my hometown because
         | so many people were buying them for $149 (CAD).
        
         | jhallenworld wrote:
         | I remember at that time that the discounted Atari 800 was
         | something like $400, then only a year and half later the
         | discounted Atari 800 XL was $99. I was very happy to be able to
         | afford these computers at the time, I didn't understand that
         | this was the death knell.
         | 
         | I was annoyed at having to use a C64 for one of my first for
         | pay projects, when the 800 XL was so much better as a
         | development machine (yes the sound and graphics were better on
         | the C64, but slow disk and lack of good OS ruined it for
         | everything else). But they correctly deduced that the C64 would
         | have more longevity so they chose it.
        
       | empressplay wrote:
       | Great article but should be titled 'The Warner Atari Years' --
       | Atari Corporation went on for another 12 years under Jack Tramiel
        
         | billygoat wrote:
         | I think these are the author's Atari Years, as he was laid off
         | in 1984 :-)
        
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