TODAY IN 1985: Warner Communications paid $17.5 million to settle the last in a series of shareholder lawsuits alleging that Warner's Atari, Inc., subsidiary withheld information about its financial losses prior to the collapse of the North American home video game market in 1982-83.
Meanwhile, Atari Corporation, which Jack Tramiel created after acquiring the home computer and home video game assets from Warner, announced it would skip the upcoming summer Consumer Electronics Show in Chicago. There were rumors that Atari was having problems getting its promised 520ST--dubbed "the Jackintosh" by the press--ready for market.
Tramiel later changed his mind and Atari did book space at CES. Not only did Atari show off the 520ST it also displayed a prototype of a proposed $500 CD-ROM drive developed in conjunction with Gary Kildall's Activenture, Inc. (The Atari folks can correct me, but I don't think that CD-ROM ever shipped.)
Just like the mythical (joking) Jaguar VR, the 𝕍𝕚𝕣𝕥𝕦𝕒𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕪 powered Dynovisor is perfect for playing Missile Command 3D on the /|\ Jag ;-) #Atari#AtariJaguar#retrogaming#vr
After a while of having my eye on it, I finally got to add a copy of the 1977 Atari 2600 game Indy 500 to my collection, with a couple of working Driving Controllers.
With a nice variety of 1-2 player modes, and a smooth controller design, this is one of my favourite titles on this platform, and I'm glad I have it with the proper controllers.