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Socoder -> Off Topic -> Bye again, Atari! |
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| Mon, 21 Jan 2013, 18:33 | |
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dna |
Atari is filing for bankruptcy?
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| Mon, 21 Jan 2013, 18:33 | |
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dna |
I never knew the company was a French owned company as well. Thought it was American.
-=-=- DNA |
| Mon, 21 Jan 2013, 18:38 | |
steve_ancell
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I always thought it was American too until I read this (Linkage), although I originally thought it was Japanese when I was a kid.
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| Mon, 21 Jan 2013, 18:41 | |
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steve_ancell
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It was originally American though. (Linkage)
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| Mon, 21 Jan 2013, 19:30 | |
9572AD
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It was a US company...well, actually it was TWO US companies. The arcade division went under and currently rests with Time Warner. The home electronics division went under and was bought by Infogrames, who then called themselves Atari instead, and who is now apparently going under.
-=-=- All the raw, animal magnetism of a rutabaga. 
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| Mon, 21 Jan 2013, 20:54 | |
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dna |
This Infogames, is it related to Infocom, the game maker that created the popular Zork series? -=-=- DNA |
| Tue, 22 Jan 2013, 00:01 | |
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9572AD
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Not in any way. Their first release that I saw was Alone in the Dark. ...Infocom was purchased by Activision, who eventually let the trademark lapse. Now some German guy owns the name Infocom. -=-=- All the raw, animal magnetism of a rutabaga.
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| Wed, 23 Jan 2013, 10:07 | |
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dna |
Hope he does something with the titles that he owns. The whole concept of text only games is not really out of date. That format would be good for schools possibly getting children, and others, to read more. -=-=- DNA |
| Wed, 23 Jan 2013, 14:01 | |
Afr0
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Yes. It is out of date, unless it's Dwarf Fortress. Heck, some day soon I'm sure they'll come around to 3D as well! -=-=- Afr0 Games Project Dollhouse on Github - Please fork!
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| Wed, 23 Jan 2013, 14:28 | |
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dna |
I did not mean that the Zork Series was not out of date, I meant that the style of a text only game was not out of date with regard to being a reading experience. -=-=- DNA |
| Wed, 23 Jan 2013, 20:13 | |
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9572AD
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(The German guy just owns the name Infocom, Activision still owns all the Infocom IP)
-=-=- All the raw, animal magnetism of a rutabaga.
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