Atari have announced the Atari 2600+ will release in the USA in November for $129.99. International availability will be announced soon.
The console is a recreation of the original Atari 2600 but at 80% of the size of the original and will be compatible with all 2600 and 7800 cartridges.
The console also includes a new wired joystick designed to look and feel just like the original.
For connecting to modern TV the 2600+ sports a HDMI port with widescreen support.
The console will come with a 10-in-one cartridge containing
Adventure
Combat
Dodge ‘Em
Haunted House
Maze Craze
Missile Command
RealSports
Volleyball, Surround
Video Pinball
Yars’ Revenge
Powering the console is a Rockchip 3128 SOC with 256MB DDR3 RAM and 256MB eMMC storage.
The console is available to order now for deliver within the US here.
The console also includes a new wired joystick designed to look and feel just like the original.
This isn’t the selling point they think it is. I mean I get people will pay lots of money for nostalgia, but joysticks back then used the Atari stick as a baseline that they were above.
People usually sat a lot closer to their TVs back then too. Having a wired controller wasn’t a big deal (wireless options not being available aside).
Even if I wanted this, the wired controllers are a deal breaker for me.
This is really dope. I used to be super addicted to Yars Revenge.
But that price point is a bit steep imo. I guess maybe not when you consider it comes with that cartridge.
Meanwhile, you can probably already buy a “retro console” with all those games plus others for other systems on Amazon for half the price. The price point is targeted at the people who order things from SkyMall.
This is neat, but do people even have those cartridges anymore? I wonder if this is them knowingly releasing a device they intend to be used for piracy.
Can you even pirate 2600 cartridges? There’s no mention of USB ports for access to onboard storage. Just a serial port for the controller.
There’s at least one flash cart option that takes SD cards as the storage medium.
The ROMs are out there and I’m willing to be there is a cartridge that accepts an SD card.
