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Indie developer says Atari VCS sales helped cover family expenses

Original: And if anyone is curious, I actually made quite a few sales on the Atari VCS. I don't know if either game really "broke

A game developer says their titles sold in decent numbers on the Atari VCS, the niche microconsole relaunched in recent years. They admit it is hard to know whether either game broke even, since they never tallied the thousands of hours spent on development, but say the occasional payments from sales helped with family expenses now and then.

Why now: Developers and enthusiasts are revisiting whether the discontinued Atari VCS was viable for indie studios.

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• And if anyone is curious, I actually made quite a few sales on the Atari VCS. I don't know if either game really "broke even" because I didn't tally the thousands of hours I spent working on them, but the little paycheques here and there helped with family expenses once in a… · cuirass_entertainment

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