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From: slight@bev.net (Steven L Cox)
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Subject: Re: Atari Has been Sold (100% Facts)
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1998 23:46:04 GMT
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On 11 Mar 1998 21:32:12 GMT, kws@Radix.Net (Keith Scroggins) wrote:
>Now, the question is, will Hasbro Interactive do anything worthwhile with 
>Atari.  I did notice that the computers were specifically listed as being 
>part of the deal.  It makes me curious that they specifically mentioned 
>the computers (8-bit, ST, Falcon, and TOS), so does that mean there is 
>some plan to use this for something?  I mean, $5 million for Atari is a 
>good chunk of money.  I wonder who we can get to tell more of this deal.  
>Sure enough $5 mil is not worth it for Atari's management......  

5 million is chump change for Hasbro, especially after just having
purchased Tiger Electronics last month (Feb 9th) for 335 million.
Which leads me to....

>Maybe Hasbro has a game system in the works and wants to use the Atari 
>label.......

My conspiratorial mind is highly curious if there might end up being
some form of game.com / Atari collaboration now.  Perhaps use the Lynx
technology to give the Com a much-needed shot in the arm?

>I'm sure in the coming months rumors will start to appear everywhere!

Why wait months when we can start now?  :)

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Steven L Cox (slight@bev.net)

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