Atari boss, 'iPhone leading charge in handheld innovation'
Wed, 09/24/2008 - 5:06am — Jonny Evans
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As everyone knows, Apple CEO Steve Jobs spent a little time working at/with Atari after leaving college, working with Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak to design games for the company.
Jobs got Wozniak to design a circuit board for the game, Breakout, infamously giving his friend less than half of what Atari paid for the result....
Flash forward to today and Atari has introduced the ancestor to that game, SuperBreakout, as a title available through the iPhone App Store - that and Missile Command, and is promising to make more titles available to the iPhone/iPod touch platform in the "near future"..
Atari says the games are "true evolutions of the original hits, with completely revamped visuals taking advantage of the hi spec screen, and innovative gameplay mechanics making full use of the unique MultiTouch interface and features of iPhone and iPod touch for immersive arcade action".
It gets better - Atari management (like everybody else involved in iPhone game development) seem blown-away by the features of the device.
Atari president Phil Harrison says Apple's devices are: "Leading the global charge in innovative handheld technology and changing the way we consume and interact with media. This is the first step in bringing Atari's wonderful heritage of games right up to date for the iPhone generation."
It's not all good, though, Atari has been forcing the removal of unauthorised Breakout clones from the App Store. Meanwhile Apple's treatment of iPhone developers is today's topic-du-jour...
Finally, here's an old (1982) Atari Super Breakout ad we found lying around:
I'm amazed with all the competition that Atari is still around. I recall as a child having an Atari console system with a big joystick and one button controllers playing games such as Pong. Now they are developing games for the iPhone.
As for the developer comment of Apple being to restrictive with their App Store policies I've found there are a lot of apps in the App Store that are complete crap as they either serve no real function to improve usability of the iPhone or are blatant rip-offs of already patented game/software titles. Though I do not like Apple stopping Nullrive listing NetShare app due to pressure from AT&T in the USA even though carriers in other countries such as Rogers in Canada are allowing tethering. So instead of restricting apps for certain carriers they decide to block access to every customer. The latter issue of which will cause more customers to opt to jailbreak their iPhones so as to have apps that improve usability of the smartphone but are not allowed by Apple due to fear of a carrier's pressure tactics.
As everyone knows, Apple CEO Steve Jobs spent a little time working at/with Atari after leaving college, working with Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak to design games for the company.
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How about MYST for the iPhone!!!
Wired's look back at 1993's MYST:
http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2008/09/dayintech_0924
yawn
i hate these "revamped" games. i'd get excited about LAME, but there's no way the corporate whores at apple would ever allow that.
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I'm amazed with all the competition that Atari is still around. I recall as a child having an Atari console system with a big joystick and one button controllers playing games such as Pong. Now they are developing games for the iPhone.
As for the developer comment of Apple being to restrictive with their App Store policies I've found there are a lot of apps in the App Store that are complete crap as they either serve no real function to improve usability of the iPhone or are blatant rip-offs of already patented game/software titles. Though I do not like Apple stopping Nullrive listing NetShare app due to pressure from AT&T in the USA even though carriers in other countries such as Rogers in Canada are allowing tethering. So instead of restricting apps for certain carriers they decide to block access to every customer. The latter issue of which will cause more customers to opt to jailbreak their iPhones so as to have apps that improve usability of the smartphone but are not allowed by Apple due to fear of a carrier's pressure tactics.
Thanks for very interesting
Thanks for very interesting article. btw. I really enjoyed reading all of your posts. It’s interesting to read ideas, and observations from someone else’s point of view… makes you think more. So please keep up the great work. Greetings.
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