TDIRunner | 2,740 Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 12 hours ago, DarkTone said: I thought atariage was packaged with NintendoAge. Obviously different sites but I assumed the owner took both. NintendoAge, SegaAge, and PlayStatinonAge were all packaged and sold together, but AtariAge was always it's own separate thing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesRobot | 5,800 Events Team · Posted September 9, 2023 Share Posted September 9, 2023 7 hours ago, Splain said: BETTER than n64??? At least two times better. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki | 4,934 Posted September 9, 2023 Share Posted September 9, 2023 Ugh I hope that doesn't go south, AA was the more kind, mature, and more understanding of the age sites. Their ban on politics and social justice bs was a huge bonus as it kept fights and division away, plus the staff didn't troll the members either. Quite shocking news I didn't even see it pop up on the page there. 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twiztor | 851 Posted September 11, 2023 Share Posted September 11, 2023 damn, got serious flashback vibes from reading that AA thread. Hope it goes better for them than it did for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-type | 2,482 Posted September 11, 2023 Share Posted September 11, 2023 Well the fact Albert is sticking around helps. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPX | 1,369 Posted September 11, 2023 Share Posted September 11, 2023 I think it’s part of the evolution of gaming, collecting and people. Members with a passion from the origins of any forum get older, wiser (?maybe), have kids, pay hefty mortgages etc. New members come along, forum passion gets more and more diluted over time => sellout. Would be interesting to know the average age of the AA members, seeing that Atari has been around for about 40 years! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captmorgandrinker | 1,649 Administrator · Posted September 11, 2023 Share Posted September 11, 2023 3 hours ago, twiztor said: damn, got serious flashback vibes from reading that AA thread. Hope it goes better for them than it did for us. If it helps, Albert already upgraded the AA backbone, so there's not any reason for that to go away with new ownership. NA was being held together with the digital equivalent of a stick of gum there at the end. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link | 2,712 Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 1 hour ago, GPX said: Would be interesting to know the average age of the AA members, seeing that Atari has been around for about 40 years! *51 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki | 4,934 Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 Albert has been pretty open about it on discord and on the page. Last I looked the majority of posters on there range from the 40-60s age group and that was fairly recently keeping an eye on when people say things if not outright say as much. Albert was his own thing running AA it was his job and what came of it did. As a worker for Atari now, he has a steady paycheck, same controls, setup and terms that AA had still exist, but now he has that title and all those added responsibilities about it. He seems pretty happy, except when the nitwits 2 nights ago at invision boards fouled up the script renewal on there which took the page down for some people (me too) using a chromium core for their browser. He was pissed and was pretty going on about it until it got fixed. He was afraid people would think it was Nintendoage/Dain pulling the rug out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackVega | 583 Posted September 14, 2023 Share Posted September 14, 2023 On 9/8/2023 at 3:46 PM, JamesRobot said: It's like a Nintendo 64 but better. On what sort a fucking planet is Atari 2600 supposed to be better than N64?? 1 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koifish | 556 Posted September 14, 2023 Share Posted September 14, 2023 2 hours ago, BlackVega said: On what sort a fucking planet is Atari 2600 supposed to be better than N64?? on the planet of the apes angry nintendo nerds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesRobot | 5,800 Events Team · Posted September 14, 2023 Share Posted September 14, 2023 4 hours ago, BlackVega said: On what sort a fucking planet is Atari 2600 supposed to be better than N64?? 2600÷64=40.625 Fact: The Atari is more than 40 times better than N64. 1 4 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackVega | 583 Posted September 15, 2023 Share Posted September 15, 2023 3 hours ago, JamesRobot said: 2600÷64=40.625 Fact: The Atari is more than 40 times better than N64. You clearly think like a ROBOT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki | 4,934 Posted September 15, 2023 Share Posted September 15, 2023 Or like this crazy lady. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbd39 | 2,022 Posted September 16, 2023 Share Posted September 16, 2023 The main reason I was still visiting Atari Age was for the NES high score club and now that's gone. I rarely read Atari Age anymore. But there's still a ton of history and info on the site and I hope it doesn't all eventually get trashed like Nintendo Age. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferris Bueller | 495 Posted September 18, 2023 Share Posted September 18, 2023 On 9/16/2023 at 1:33 PM, mbd39 said: The main reason I was still visiting Atari Age was for the NES high score club and now that's gone. What was this and why is it gone? Did it just go away like the roms? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbd39 | 2,022 Posted September 18, 2023 Share Posted September 18, 2023 (edited) 33 minutes ago, Ferris Bueller said: What was this and why is it gone? Did it just go away like the roms? It was NES competition similar to the weekly contests on here but much more informal. It's technically still there, but the guy who was running it stopped doing it due to lack of interest. Edited September 18, 2023 by mbd39 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wongojack | 215 Posted September 18, 2023 Share Posted September 18, 2023 I participated occasionally. The guy running it was very organized about the scores and keeping track of all the records. I imagine it comes back eventually as high score clubs often take a hiatus over there and then come back slightly reinvented. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki | 4,934 Posted September 19, 2023 Share Posted September 19, 2023 Nothing says anyone here couldn't take over trying to push it back into use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulpa | 3,501 Posted September 19, 2023 Share Posted September 19, 2023 1 hour ago, Tanooki said: Nothing says anyone here couldn't take over trying to push it back into use. In my experience that type of thing takes a very driven individual to keep the ship going. Not saying there isn't someone who could do that, but it's a pretty thankless job at times. Reminds me of when one dude came on here saying, "Why doesn't someone recreate the NES database that NA had?" We responded, "Sure, if you want to get it going." "Oh, I meant someone else do all the work." 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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