I know Atari as a console maker fell the way of the Jaguar, but some people have fondness for the company (see my Avatar symbol).  So, I figured I would do a shoutout.  Who here likes Atari?  And, to prevent this from having 20 other threads for each company, if not Atari, do you happen to like another company that now has a retro console.

Figured might as well discuss the attachment factor.

For me, the Atari 8bit computer was innovative.  I was a fanboy of it, watching it lose to Commodore, and my dreams go down.  I also thought the Jaguar MAYBE had a shot, and the Lynx was awesome.  The Atari 400 was my first computer I owned.  I remember creating games written in Basic that were clones of arcade games I played.  I then ended up with an Atari 800XE, before I did cave in and get a Commodore 64 and then an Atari XE.  I also got the NES, and then went multiconsole ever since (well money dependent).  I tend to too much side with the underdog, or had.

So, what is your story?  Any company around you still like, or have fond memories, from Intellivision (INTV guy come on out), to NeoGeo, to Sega, to Commodore... well, any others I miss (like 3DO or Magnavox).

*recalls the classic singing logo

ahem

SEEEGAAAA (music note)

come and play Atari today!

I thought it was, "Have you played Atari today?"

Did they also release that as a slogan?

^ on TV I think

I believe it is "Have you played Atari today?"

If anyone can find "Come and play Atari today?" please post it.  We need to "Do the Math!" here

Isn't Nintendo retro? <_<  >_>

and I did like the Jaguar, it just didn't last long enough for me to get many games for it.  ah well.

I would say they are the only company left that is making consoles still AND would be considered retro.  The point of this thread is to look into other companies, besides the one out there now (each of them, short of Apple) have threads on them.

I was an Atari kid. But what we call "Atari" now is just a nameplate with no connection to the old Atari. The cynic in me says the only reason they exist is so they can keep selling T-shirts, etc. They certainly aren't doing well moving SW. I miss the old Atari, they had some very Ninty like qualities.

SEGA!!!! WE NEED YOU BACK!!!!