Curt Vendel Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 When I glanced over this announcement first thing this morning, i thought "Oh, okay this is a nice outreach...." Well, seems the gang at Gamasutra read all of the fine print, I'll let you read for yourselves, but essentially this is the WORST developer bait & switch deal ever.... the developers get royally (and royalty) screwed, loose their rights to their work, even if they don't win and Atari is the only one that walks away the winner in all of this.... Read on: http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/BrianRobbins/20120228/163180/Why_Ataris_Pong_Indie_Developer_Challenge_is_bad_for_developers.php Curt 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiddlepaddle Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Ah yes, more attorney-generated muck designed to gum up the world... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+wood_jl Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 **ANY** time I see the current Franco-entity - who is currently masquerading (and I am serious when using that term) as "Atari," I know it is - in all likelihood - slimy BULLSHIT. It's their specialty. They've had FEW products worth even mentioning. The FIRST worth mentioning (IMO) is the Flashback 2. The LAST worth mentioning is Flashback 2+. END. There are but TWO remaining questions: (1) How many people (ha ha, guffaw) actually take this entity seriously, anymore? :lolblue: :lolblue: (2) How long until they croak, and the Atari intellectual properties go to someone who isn't so "limp and clueless?" Buying **anything** currently branded as "Atari" only prolongs the misery. DIE, already! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisbid Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 im not going to argue that the terms arent unfair, and that modern atari isnt a bad company. im not going to argue that this contest isnt bs. all of this is given. but modern atari indeed holds the ip for pong, and they can do whatever they see fit with the ip. its not as if programmers are singing away original IPs to atari to enter this contest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkhan Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 I was excited about this, having just wrote a Pong game for the PC Engine. Then, I saw the fine print, read Gamasutra's article, and then was like oh wait, it's Apple only? lolnothanks My idea is sweet, and Atari can't have it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reaperman Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 (edited) All submission contests are a bit of a ripoff for the contestants, but this one really does take the cake. I was excited about this, having just wrote a Pong game for the PC Engine. Shhh. You have to say it's a tennis game or or Atari will send nasty letters or make you 'disappear.' This is my least favorite of the Atari name revivals. Maybe if they fail hard enough we can pool our pocket change, buy them, and give Atari a proper burial. Edited February 29, 2012 by Reaperman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkhan Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 I should submit one called Dong. guess what the paddles are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisbid Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 just call it air hockey... ping pong isnt a good reference for the game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carmel_andrews Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 I await with interest to see if ATARI will actually release something original (i.e not relating to the IP's it owned under tramiel, warners, bushnell etc) Their again, perhaps Atari are only interested in making money out of it's prehistoric IP's, after all how many iterations of it's classic IP's have been released since the big A became a software only entity (which was under hasbro if i recall correctly) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rybags Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 With luck, practically nobody will bother entering and the whole operation will be a loss for Atari. Doing another Pong... what a waste of time anyway, except maybe as a "Hello World" type exercise when learning a new language or platform. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HammR25 Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 This sounds like a standard music recording contract. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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