Atari, Arise from Your Grave!

Jay T. Millar sent us this little bit of news: I know this is game console related, but seeing the article about the Sega/MS deal and being an ex-Atarian (400/800, 520ST, TT, Falcon) I figured I'd put my .02 in. In any case, former Atari employees responsible for the design and programming of the ill-fated Jaguar 64-bit game console have started a new console company called VMLabs. Among these is Jeff Minter of Tempest 2000, Atari, and Commodore fame. They have new custom hardware designed, and a development kit based off a heavily modified gcc at the ready. They displayed the current development unit (Project X) at CES behind closed doors, with a more informative rollout supposed to happen at the E3 show later this year. Regardless, this new company is the only real remnant of the once grand Atari Corporation, whose passing in '96 went almost completely unnoticed by the entire computer and gaming industry. Sad.