{"id":71756,"date":"2019-10-11T03:08:49","date_gmt":"2019-10-11T10:08:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/2019\/10\/atari-disputes-reports-that-its-retro-inspired-console-is-doomed\/"},"modified":"2019-10-11T03:08:49","modified_gmt":"2019-10-11T10:08:49","slug":"atari-disputes-reports-that-its-retro-inspired-console-is-doomed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/2019\/10\/atari-disputes-reports-that-its-retro-inspired-console-is-doomed\/","title":{"rendered":"Atari disputes reports that its retro-inspired console is doomed"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Atari has offered a glimpse at the development of its troubled console.<\/em> | Image: Atari<\/small><\/p>\n

Atari put out a lengthy development update<\/a> for the Atari VCS console earlier this week, on the same day that The Register<\/em> reported<\/a> that the project is experiencing significant difficulties. One source with knowledge of the project reportedly described it as a \u201cshit show,\u201d and the console is reportedly shaping up to be more of a Linux PC than a dedicated games console.<\/p>\n

Atari\u2019s post sought to assure backers that the project is proceeding as planned. Amidst numerous photographs of the console\u2019s circuit boards and chassis, the company claimed that the molds for the plastic housing of the console are \u201clargely complete,\u201d that its controllers and joysticks are \u201cjust about ready for mass production,\u201d and that it expects to host hands-on preview…<\/p>\n

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Atari has offered a glimpse at the development of its troubled console. | Image: Atari Atari put out a lengthy development update for the Atari VCS console earlier this week, on the same day that The Register reported that the project is experiencing significant difficulties. One source with knowledge of the project reportedly described it… Read the full article…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":71757,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_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","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[174,377],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-games-media","category-gaming"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t