Infogrames changes name to Atari??????
Todd
to Atari? It makes sense. Atari has more brand recognition than Infogrames.
Atari is even kinda hip these days. I've seen a bunch of people running around
with Atari T-shirts lately. I've even seen a DJ spinning records and his
no-slip felt pad that he puts under the records had a big Atari logo on it. He
gave me an extra one that he had and I use it as a mouse pad for my ST :-).
Atari Teenage Riot(hardcore techno) and The Ataris(punk band) are both semi
successfull and that helps make the word "Atari" seem more hip and cool. The
Atari Fuji is a WAY better logo than that hideous armadillo or possum looking
thing that Infogrames uses.
Todd
(Thinks that The Ataris should do the new Atari jingle :-)
William Kendrick
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> Atari has more brand recognition than Infogrames.
And what the hell kind of name is "infogrames?" What are "grames?"
If it were "info_games_" it might be more reasonable...
Oh those silly french :)
-bill!
Sean Connery
William Kendrick <n...@bolt.sonic.net> wrote:
>Todd <jave...@aol.com> wrote:
><snip>
>> Atari has more brand recognition than Infogrames.
>
>And what the hell kind of name is "infogrames?" What are "grames?"
>If it were "info_games_" it might be more reasonable...
That's an easy one. According to babelfish.altavista.com, the English
translation of "infogrames" is "infogrames".
That said. It would be an interesting development! An American company,
with a Japanese name, resurrected by Europeons. Atari certainly has
gerater name recognition stateside, not sure about Europe?
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Gregory D. George
> That said. It would be an interesting development! An American company,
> with a Japanese name, resurrected by Europeons. Atari certainly has
> gerater name recognition stateside, not sure about Europe?
Mmmm... I'm pretty sure that Go is a Chineese game. So, the name Atari would
be Chineese, right?
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would
> be Chineese, right?
And it has the Japanese Fuji symbol, which makes it even better.
Andrew Seed
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Gregory D. George
> Isn't Infogrames a French company !!!
>
Oui!!
Barry
America? There were some ST computers that didn't make it stateside
(like the ST laptops, the STacy and STBook). As long as a certain
family stays FAR FAR away from this incarnation of Atari. Hey, I
wouldn't have a problem with Nolan Bushnell coming back as an
executive (provided he can, since he's the CEO of uwink.com).
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andre...@ntlworld.com (Andrew Seed) wrote:
Indeed and a mighty fine games company as well in its day. Seems to have
moved to development of late.
Fingers crossed.
TheGamePeddler
>name
>to Atari? It makes sense. Atari has more brand recognition than Infogrames.
Only problem is that Atari is most easily associated with obsolete games with
horrible graphics. Thats not exactly a positive image for a major manufacturer
of new game titles.
>Atari is even kinda hip these days. I've seen a bunch of people running
>around
>with Atari T-shirts lately. I've even seen a DJ spinning records and his
>no-slip felt pad that he puts under the records had a big Atari logo on it.
The problem there being that its a meaningless fad, instead of a
counter-culture of substance. The images have nothing to do with Atari, but
more some wannabe-retro trend in underground music/culture.
>Atari Teenage Riot(hardcore techno) and The Ataris(punk band) are both semi
>successful.
then of course you have to contend with a bunch of 14 year old idiots who will
think infogrames ripped the name from the bands. Much like how tons of kids
think Blue Monday is an Orgy song.
>Atari Fuji is a WAY better logo than that hideous armadillo or possum looking
>thing that Infogrames uses.
Agreed, but once again, what image does it portray? Atari doesnt mean cutting
edge, and thats a big problem when it comes to releasing new games. I think it
would be a mistake for Inforgrames to change their name to Atari.
visit the ColecoVision Collectors at:
http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/colecovisioncollectors
John
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Oh, the horror. It also scuttles my plan to open a radio station
called BLU-FM which plays nothing but versions of blue monday.
Edward S. Baiz Jr.
>Only problem is that Atari is most easily associated with obsolete games with
>horrible graphics. Thats not exactly a positive image for a major manufacturer
>of new game titles.
I am sorry, but that statement is wrong. No game is obsolete if it has
gameplay. Gameplay is the most important aspect of any game. Almost all
of the games Atari released had a very amount of this. Just because the
graphics and sound are not upto date doses not mean you should put it
on the shelf and forget it. Many times my kids had walked away from the
N64 to come over to play an Atari 8-bit game.
Edward S. Baiz Jr.
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TheGamePeddler
>gameplay. Gameplay is the most important aspect of any game. Almost all
>of the games Atari released had a very amount of this. Just because the
>graphics and sound are not upto date doses not mean you should put it
>on the shelf and forget it. Many times my kids had walked away from the
>N64 to come over to play an Atari 8-bit game.
i'm not talking about your personal opinion of it, I'm referring to general
sentiment of the public, since that is much more important in business than
what one guy thinks.
Laurent Favard (NT)
>
> Andrew Seed wrote:
>
> > Isn't Infogrames a French company !!!
> >
>
> Oui!!
Yes, Infogrames is French, a based in "Toulouse" if i remember.
(South of France ).
But i don't what it means Infogrames. Perhaps Info came from
"Informatique"
french world which is like "Computer sicence" in your language.
And "Grames", perhaps from "Programmes"...With only one "m".
In fact in French, when you listen this word, it's a little like
you listen "Computer science"....You sure that the compagny is
in computer business...
Here in heard only that Infogrames USA will change to Atari, but
not the entire compagny...Perhaps more later !
Laurent Favard (NT)
> Yes, Infogrames is French, a based in "Toulouse" if i remember.
> (South of France ).
>
> But i don't what it means Infogrames. Perhaps Info came from
> "Informatique"
> french world which is like "Computer sicence" in your language.
> And "Grames", perhaps from "Programmes"...With only one "m".
>
> In fact in French, when you listen this word, it's a little like
> you listen "Computer science"....You sure that the compagny is
> in computer business...
>
> Here in heard only that Infogrames USA will change to Atari, but
> not the entire compagny...Perhaps more later !
Sorry, not "Toulouse" but "Lyon" the second biggest town just after
Paris...
Laurent