Atari Declares Bankruptcy (#TheSkinny – Week of Jan. 21st)

Now that GameSkinny is “officially” live, we’re kicking off a weekly news recap featuring the buzz directly from our gaming audience.

Up first – Atari Files for Bankruptcy

As reported by Chelsea Stark at Mashable (among others, GameSkinny of course), “Atari Files For Bankruptcy, Company Hopes to Remain Intact.” We wanted to hear straight from you and launched the conversation through #AtariSkinny.

Lots of the media took one look at the news and declared “they’ve been on the way out forever.” But let’s be honest, even though most people under 30 have more exposure to Atari through clever t-shirts and lore from their elder gaming brethern than from actually logging controller time, most of us felt a pang of bitter sweetness at the announcement.

Your Reactions: From Bitter to Sweet

Here are your greatest memories and reactions.

@gameskinny Best #Atari console memory: flying a bunch of pixels under a blocky monochrome dog. #AtariSkinny

— Mat/Seismic Stan (@Freebooted) January 22, 2013

@gameskinny Tempest 2000 on Jaguar! Also, that friggin’ huge controller that came with the system #64-bits #AtariSkinny #dothemath

— Luis Salguero (@lasalguero) January 22, 2013

@gcacho (Gieson Cacho)

@gameskinny Desert Falcon on the original 2600. And of course the Atari Classics iPad app now. #AtariSkinny

— Christopher Penn (@cspenn) January 22, 2013

Best #Atari moment? Phil Hartman’s Hockey ad bit.ly/w4uOg7 or @cinemassacre‘s Custer’s Revenge review #AtariSkinny #AVGN

— Michael D Fearon (@MDFearon) January 22, 2013

Why Atari ruled? Brought me Pitfall and the ability to swing from vines over crocs. Not the shoes but just as menacing#AtariSkinny

— Scott Baldwin (@scbaldwin) January 22, 2013

@Shamel15 (Sean Hamel)

Stay tuned early next week for the next trending topic or news bit at @GameSkinny. Have a suggestion, throw it out there too.  At the end of the day we’ll be looking to you for the real skinny.