Even Atari’s reanimated corpse enters NFT flu

Let me start right off the bat with the caveat that it is do not an april fool’s joke. Atari, or rather the corporate entity that now runs the shell the besieged video game business, jumped on the non-fungible hype train shameless cash on this arcade nostalgia.

NFTs, “Limited Edition” digital collectibles based on the company’s large number of retro video game titles, are sold in a series of auctions as part of the Atari capsule collection. This week, the has the first batch—110 tokens representative 3d models of the Atari 2600 game cartridge for Centipede-collectively sold roughly $ 110.00 of cryptocurrency Ether, according to Ars Technica.

Atari says fthe auctions will be include renderings of scenes from several of his securities, 3D collectibles based on Pong, and “The first quarter was inserted into the first arcade Pong game at Andy Capp’s Bar in 1972, based on the actual physical quarter owned by Al Alcorn. (He just watches like an ordinary old quarter, but unfortunately it is still away from the dumbest thing people have turned to NFT so far). The company also plans to auction off a 3D model of a Centipede Arcade cabinet digitally signed by game co-creator Dona Bailey which will come with a real life, restored Centipede arcade cabinet.

In case you haven’t followed this NFT mania, everyone token is a Seemingly one-of-a-kind digital item that the blockchain keeps track of who owns the file. Fans disbursed between $ 180.78 to over $ 18, 000 for these Centipede NFT, which is especially confusing when you consider that you can get a job physical copy to eBay now For about $ 5. It just shows that we haven’t reached peak NFT saturation yet – you may own a fart, you can own a tweet, and now you can own a 3D model of a outdated piece from the 80s technology is hundreds of times more expensive than the real deal.