Atari buys the rights to over 100 retro games

[TCD]

Originally Posted by Galahad/FLT

Its why the announcement that they've acquired a load of Infogrammes titles is pretty laughable....... they already owned them, as they ARE Infogrammes lol

Just found this on social media which explains the 'news':
"FYI they're buying up what they sold back in 2013, regaining their assets."
So... you buy back what you sold 10 years ago and make a big fuss about it. Seems legit.

[desiv]

Originally Posted by TCD

I liked 'Atari' better when they didn't try that hard to go back to their 'glory days' :

Says someone on an Amiga forum...

[TCD]

Originally Posted by desiv

Says someone on an Amiga forum...

Hey, I bought an Atari Jaguar... wait, what was my point again?

[Seiya]

maybe they want porting news games on ATari ST. It will be a good news.

[tommywiz]

Didnt realize Atari was still around

[Gzegzolka]

Name Arari is still in use, but those are different people and different company.

[gimbal]

Originally Posted by Gzegzolka

Name Arari is still in use, but those are different people and different company.

After three decades that will be true for most companies, even if they didn't crash and reboot somewhere along the line. Blizzard today is also not the Blizzard that made Warcraft 2 and Diablo. Raven Software today is not the Raven Software that made Black Crypt. Etc. etc.

[TCD]

Originally Posted by gimbal

After three decades that will be true for most companies, even if they didn't crash and reboot somewhere along the line. Blizzard today is also not the Blizzard that made Warcraft 2 and Diablo. Raven Software today is not the Raven Software that made Black Crypt. Etc. etc.

Next you'll tell me that Activision isn't the rebell company that escaped Time Warner to create a better environment for game developers anymore.

[gimbal]

Nooooooooo, that's still true. Everyone gets a job in the Call of Duty salt mines.

[TCD]

Yay, salt mines for everyone!

[Photon]

Atari Games innovated a lot in the beginning, basically an explosion of great games in less than a decade. The titles mentioned don't ring a bell. Atari 8-bit was also innovative, but the big titles were made by Activision - I hear. It was before my time, and I haven't played them. But I haven't played other big titles either, and they at least have the name to make a sequel get attention (for the 40+ crowd). E.g. Metroid, Sonic, Wonderboy, etc.

Acquisitions rarely solve problems, but if they make new good games, everybody wins and nothing else matters.

Releasing sequels is sometimes an admission of lack of new ideas - or at least the confidence to try them. There are exceptions, and if you succeed it's evident that you get a bunch of loyal people who are all about the um heritage, and volunteer to make Wikis, fan fiction, cosplays, events, etc.

[gimbal]

Originally Posted by Photon

Releasing sequels is sometimes an admission of lack of new ideas

back in the day maybe, today it is giving what gamers want to have. Originality is a sin.

[Megalomaniac]

Originally Posted by gimbal

back in the day maybe, today it is giving what gamers want to have. Originality is a sin.

People were happy with good sequels in the Amiga era. Monkey Island 2, Lemmings 2, SWOS, Pinball Fantasies, Speedball 2, Eye of the Beholder 2 etc all sold pretty well, Nintendo did sequels of almost all their top NES games for the SNES, Sonic 2sday was a big hype, and the annual EA Sports updates started in that era too. Indeed, plenty of hit sequels in the 8-bit and even VCS eras (Super Breakout, Ms Pacman, Stargate).