Wonke umuntu, ngisho omncane kunabo bonke, uzolazi igama lika Atari, inkampani yasenganekwaneni owayephila iminyaka yegolide emhlabeni wemidlalo yevidiyo. Yaba enye yezinkampani ezinkulu kakhulu ezizimele zokukhiqiza umdlalo wevidiyo e-US, eyaphayona imidlalo yevidiyo ye-arcade. Umbuso weqiniso wokuzijabulisa kwedijithali owenziwe ngempumelelo enkulu nezingqophamlando zomlando sonke esizaziyo, njenge-Atari 2600 console, ama-microcomputer ayi-8-bit njenge-Atari 800XL, elandelwa uchungechunge lwama-16-bit njenge-Atari ST, ebelisebenzisa i-Motorola 68k ama-chips, noma i-Atari Portfolio (i-PDA yokuqala iyahambisana ne-PC XT), njll.
Futhi emhlabeni wesoftware sithola amagama aziwayo aphume kule femu, njengegeyimu yevidiyo iPong, i-Asteroids, iPac-man, iDefender, noma ezinye zesimanje ezifana ne-Unreal Tournament, Dragon Ball, Driver, njll. Yebo, abathandi bale nkampani basenhlanhleni, ngoba Ikhonsoli ye-Atari ibuyile, yi-Ataribox zazo esivele sazi idatha eningi ngazo. Kuze kube muva nje bekukhona amahemuhemu noma izindaba ezithile ngaye, kepha ulwazi oluncane belwaziwa kuze kube manje. Manje, ngenxa yemithombo ethile efana ne-VentureBeat, kuye kwembulwa izimfihlo eziningi zalokho lesi sikhungo sokuzijabulisa sesimanje esizoba ...
Engxoxweni yesikhulumi esishiwoyo, umakhi wekhonsoli u-Feargal MacConuladh useqhubekele phambili imininingwane eminingi, futhi lena inamanzi amaningi. Impela uyazibuza ukuthi kungani lezi zindaba zisenkingeni ngeLinux nesoftware yamahhala, impendulo ilula, izosebenzisa i-Linux njengohlelo olusebenzayo enesixhumi esibonakalayo esenziwe kabusha ukujwayela ama-TV. Yebo, omunye umshini we-Steam! Kepha ngithemba ukuthi le iphumelele kakhulu kuneyeValve. Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-hardware nayo izobe isezingeni eliphakeme, nge Iziphuphu ze-AMD (I-CPU ne-GPU yangokwezifiso) nentengo ezoba phakathi kwama-dollar angama-200 kuya kwangu-300 emakethe. Ngicabanga ukuthi uma ifika e-Europe izothengisa phakathi kuka- € 200 kuya ku- € 300 njengoba kuvame ukwenziwa embonini, kuguqulwe ama- $ kuya ku- € (into ehlukumeza abathengi base-Europe kodwa imboni ithi iyisinxephezelo sokuthumela kuleli zwekazi elidala. ..).
U-Atari ufuna ukuqoqa imali eyanele yoxhaso, aqale umkhankaso we ukuqhamuka kwabantu ngephrojekthi yakho e-Indiegogo. Kuzoqala lokhu kuwa futhi ezinyangeni ezimbalwa sizoba nekhonsoli emakethe, ngoba kubonakala sengathi izophuma entwasahlobo yonyaka ozayo. Ngaphezu kwalokho, umqondo awukona nje ukuqhudelana nePS4, Xbox One, Wii, noma iSteam Machine, kepha ukuthola kabusha ukulangazelela futhi ukwazi ukusebenzisa imidlalo yakudala yenkampani ekuyo. Ngalokhu bazokwethula ikhathalogi entsha yemidlalo yakudala yabathengi, yize bengafuni ukulinganiselwa kulokho, kepha futhi nokuthi iyakwazi ukuhambisa imidlalo yevidiyo yesimanje efana neMinecraft noma iTerraria, phakathi kwabanye. Ngakho-ke, kuzoba ukuxubana phakathi kwesimanje nesivuno.
Kubukeka kuthakazelisa, ngethemba lokuthi kuzochuma ngoba kungaba yinguquko enkulu embonini yevidiyo yevidiyo (njengoba kwakungu-Atari 2600 ngaleso sikhathi) kanye nomhlaba weLinux. Vele, bangayithengisa ishibhile (ngokwesibonelo, € 190/200, kungaba kuhle).