{"id":167055,"date":"2019-10-10T01:42:32","date_gmt":"2019-10-09T17:42:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/featured\/-1806837\/"},"modified":"2019-10-10T01:42:32","modified_gmt":"2019-10-09T17:42:32","slug":"atari-vcs-console-looks-even-sketchier-as-lead-architect-quits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/2019\/10\/10\/atari-vcs-console-looks-even-sketchier-as-lead-architect-quits\/","title":{"rendered":"Atari VCS Console Looks Even Sketchier As Lead Architect Quits"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Atari-VCS-Family-650x366.jpg?resize=640%2C360&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<p>Modern-day Atari does a great job of taking advantage of the confusion inherent to the idea of \u201cmodern-day Atari.\u201d They certainly want you to remember <em>Pong<\/em> and the 2600 and all those other warm and fuzzy feelings from the birth video games. But whatever the company is now, following all sorts of acquisitions and bankruptcies, is very different than what is used to be.<\/p>\n<p>My entire recent history of covering Atari has been plagued by confusion. I did an interview about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/games\/atari-explains-what-rollercoaster-tycoon-on-blockchain-even-means-1766975\/\"  rel=\"noopener\"><em>Roller Coaster Tycoon<\/em> on blockchain<\/a>\u00a0and still can\u2019t tell you what that means. I think my expression while wearing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/shop\/geek-pick-of-the-day-have-you-worn-the-atari-speakerhat-today-1737202\/\"  rel=\"noopener\">Atari Speakerhat<\/a>\u00a0says it all.<\/p>\n<p>But when it comes to absolutely baffling Atari hardware, forget musical clothes, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/games\/atari-reveals-hardware-plans-with-the-atari-vcs-at-gdc-1734655\/\"  rel=\"noopener\">Atari VCS<\/a>\u00a0takes the cake. Two years ago Atari announced its \u201creturn\u201d to the home console space by revealing this new piece of tech. Instead of limiting itself to retro Atari games like mini consoles from Nintendo and Sega, the Atari VCS would be a full-fledged modern games device. It was a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/games\/linux-powered-ataribox-is-basically-a-steam-machine-1717479\/\"  rel=\"noopener\">Steam Machine<\/a>, right down to running Linux to power contemporary PC games.<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex-video widescreen embed\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HJFmgdFrGQM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>It always sounded too good, too weird, and too vague to be true. A year and a half ago, I sat down with Atari at GDC to see the box in person. But seeing was just about all I did. I looked at a pretty box, a nice melding of <a href=\"http:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/index.php\" title=\"\u672c\u7db1\u9801\u63d0\u4f9b\u4e00\u500b\u65b9\u4fbf\u7684\u5e73\u53f0, \u70ba\u5927\u5bb6\u914d\u5c0d\u96fb\u8166\u88dc\u7fd2,IT freelance, \u79c1\u4eba\u8001\u5e2b , PHP\u88dc\u7fd2, HTML\u88dc\u7fd2, CSS\u88dc\u7fd2, JavaScript\u88dc\u7fd2, XML, Java\u88dc\u7fd2,Server\u88dc\u7fd2, MySQL\u88dc\u7fd2, \u4e2d\u5b78\u96fb\u8166\u79d1\u79c1\u4eba\u88dc\u7fd2, \u5728\u8077\u4eba\u58eb\u96fb\u8166\u63d0\u5347\u88dc\u7fd2,\u5c08\u696d\u8003\u8a66\u96fb\u8166 \u88dc\u7fd2,\u96fb\u8166\u5716\u50cf\u8a2d\u8a08\u96fb\u8166\u88dc\u7fd2, gra\">class<\/a>ic Atari wood-paneling and modern design sensibilities. But it didn\u2019t plug into anything. It didn\u2019t play any games. And I don\u2019t even remember the controller working. It didn\u2019t seem like a real thing, which was I mostly stopped reporting on it despite getting plenty of \u201cupdate\u201d emails.<\/p>\n<p>However, the recent update is something consumers should know about. Rob Wyatt, lead architect of the VCS and co-creator of the first Xbox, has quit Atari altogether. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.co.uk\/2019\/10\/08\/atari_architect_quits\/\"  rel=\"noopener\">The Register<\/a>, Wyatt and his design team at Tin Giant haven\u2019t been paid in six months. While <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/news\/meet-holly-queen-of-katmai-national-park-and-preserves-fat-bear-week-1806821\/\"  rel=\"noopener\">Atari<\/a>\u00a0insisted to paying crowdfunding backers that the console is still on track for a March 2020 release, Wyatt is skeptical. And considering Atari is hyping up stuff like printings of AMD Ryzen circuit boards and exterior casings, stuff that frankly should be nailed down by now, we\u2019re skeptical, too.<\/p>\n<p>Still, maybe we\u2019re wrong. Atari acknowledged Wyatt\u2019s departure but told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamasutra.com\/view\/news\/351846\/Atari_VCS_architect_Rob_Wyatt_leaves_project_calls_out_Atari_for_missed_pay.php\"  rel=\"noopener\">Gamasutra<\/a> the project is the result of multiple people and teams. They\u2019re also promising hands on events later this fall. But we\u2019ll just have to wait and see. For more on next-gen consoles that do exist, check out the latest on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/games\/playstation-5-vs-xbox-project-scarlett-everything-we-know-about-next-gen-consoles-1792542\/\"  rel=\"noopener\">Xbox Scarlett vs. PlayStation 5<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Atari-VCS-Family-650x366.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\"><\/figure>\n<p>Modern-day Atari does a great job of taking advantage of the confusion inherent to the idea of &ldquo;modern-day Atari.&rdquo; They certainly want you to remember Pong and the 2600 and all those other [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/games\/atari-vcs-console-looks-even-sketchier-as-lead-architect-quits-1806837\/\">Atari VCS Console Looks Even Sketchier As Lead Architect Quits<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/\">Geek.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/2019\/10\/10\/atari-vcs-console-looks-even-sketchier-as-lead-architect-quits\/\">\u95b1\u8b80\u5168\u6587 <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"slim_seo":[],"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[2054,2,2047,3102,2077,16,7],"tags":[398,402,397,414,413,410,409,407,478,481,482,480,479,408,406,399,400,394,10,401,396,403,412,411,395,405,404,477],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7prtj-Hsr","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167055"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167055"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167055\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":167056,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167055\/revisions\/167056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}