New 2005 Jack Tramiel Interview [Archive]

Atari Charles

02-18-2005, 01:11 AM

2005 Jack Tramiel Interview I did. Read the whole thing.

http://www.ataritimes.com/

http://www.ataritimes.com/features/interviews/jtramiel_mock.html

SoulBlazer

02-18-2005, 03:21 AM

Damn, you had me all excited that he had FINALLY, after all these YEARS, agreed to do a interview with someone. :P

I wish that he did do one -- it would be interesting to see the bastard try to explain some of the decisions he did. Maybe he knows he can't and that's why he's staying quiet. ;)

Graham Mitchell

02-18-2005, 08:28 AM

I must be mistaken; all this time I thought Jack Tramiel was dead! I figured that was why his sons took over.

SoulBlazer

02-18-2005, 04:31 PM

Last I heard Jack is in retirement and living in his mansion somewhere in California. I know that Stephen Kent tried to interview him for his history of video games book a few years ago and he was one of the only people who refused to be interviewed. (the other was the former Nintendo President, the guy who steped down a few years ago. No big shock there either. :roll: )

Atari Charles

02-18-2005, 09:48 PM

The website is down right now, but should be back up by Monday. If you haven't checked out the mock interview, you should:

2005 Jack Tramiel

http://www.ataritimes.com/

http://www.ataritimes.com/features/interviews/jtramiel_mock.html

Gregory DG

02-18-2005, 09:58 PM

Guess it's down for some, but not others. I blame my webhost, even though I usually blame Microsoft. Or maybe I'll just blame the global DNS system. :2gunfire:

Daniel Thomas

02-18-2005, 10:42 PM

No fair! You got my hopes up. I'd like to hear some of his stories, and I'm sure he'd be good for a few. The man did survive the Holocaust, after all.

vincewy

02-19-2005, 12:05 AM

Last I heard Jack is in retirement and living in his mansion somewhere in California. I know that Stephen Kent tried to interview him for his history of video games book a few years ago and he was one of the only people who refused to be interviewed. (the other was the former Nintendo President, the guy who steped down a few years ago. No big shock there either. :roll: )

This is the reason why Atari died, you see, all Jack cared about wasn't gaming, but money and politics ONLY! Remember the Jag and see all the non-gaming junk accessories and lame commercials they made, you wonder if all that money, time, and resources could've being used on game developments, the system would've lasted a lot longer, considering it was the time before Sony launched PSX, Atari had their chances.