Hasbro buys ATARI

From: J. Maynard Gelinas <jmg_at_iac.net>
Date: Thu Mar 19 16:59:43 1998

        This is old news. The ATARI newsgroups have been full of this
for the last couple of weeks, so I'm sure most folks here know about
it. However, Hasbro recently came out with an announcement stating
that they are going to re-release old games such as Centipede just
like they rereleased an updated 'Frogger.'

        A core ATARI constituancy still exists who would like Hasbro
to update the ST hardware line. With clone European makers _still_
manufacturing ST compatible machines, and Gateway 2000's purchase of
the Amiga line, one might think this could be a profitable move for
Hasbro. Looks like they don't see it that way howver.

        What a shame. Both *BSD and Linux run on this hardware line
and I _really_ want a decent alternative to PC hardware available
which is also designed with <*cough*> games in mind (hey, I may be an
adult but I still like videogames!) Maybe a letter writing campaign
to Hasbro could help change their mind? Anyone else here fond of the
old ATARI computer line and share my enthusiasm?

J. Maynard Gelinas
Received on Thu Mar 19 1998 - 16:59:43 GMT

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