Atari

If you have nostalgia for the Atari era, Amazon has a couple of nice deals on the My Arcade Atari Game Station Pro. This plug-and-play console launched last October for $100. Right now, you can get the Game Station Pro for as low as $50. The mini-console comes with two wireless joysticks and includes over 200 Atari games, including officially licensed classics like Asteroids, Centipede, Millipede, Breakout, Missile Command, and plenty more. The Atari Game Station Pro released on October 17 at a…

Atari has announced that qomp2, the follow-up to the 2021 Pong continuation, will be released on February 20 on PC and console. qomp was a game that dared to ask dangerous questions like, “What would happen if the Pong ball escaped from the confines of the court and went on an adventure?” I’m not sure how you extrapolate further on that, but Atari and Graphite Lab are going to try. They promise “An enigmatic story of doubt, fear, and self-acceptance, told wordlessly through simple effects and gameplay.” Sounds…

Atari is getting ready to release another classic retro console. Just a few months after the launch of the fantastic Atari 2600+, the company is once again teaming with Plaion to release the Atari 400 Mini. Available exclusively at Amazon, the Atari 400 Mini has a March 28 release date and a £99.99 price tag. You can pre-order the Atari 400 Mini from Amazon ahead of its March launch. Just click the link below to order from Amazon.According to Atari, the 400 Mini emulates all Atari 8-bit systems, from the 400 through to…

Atari has announced the next in the line of Retro Games’ mini PC consoles, the Atari 400 Mini, based on the classic Atari home computer. It will be available starting March 28. For younger readers, before IBM and Microsoft devastated the proprietary home computer market with the introduction of DOS, computers were often their own platform. There was the Commodore line, the Sinclairs, the Apples, and, of course, Atari. The Atari 400 and 800 were first introduced in 1979 and gave birth to the Atari 8-bit line.…

The mini-console trend that started with the tiny NES Classic has largely slowed down, but there are still some cute game-filled gadgets coming. Case in point: the 400 Mini from Plaion and Retro Games Ltd. It’s exactly what it sounds like — a shrunken-down version of the Atari 400 — and like its contemporaries, it comes with a bunch of games preinstalled.The device itself is about half the size of the 1979 original, and it comes bundled with an updated version of the CX40 Atari joystick, which supports USB so that you can…

Atari and Mega Cat Studios have released Food Fight: Culinary Combat, a multi-player reimagining of the somewhat bizarre 1983 arcade game, into Early Access. The catch is that, right now, it’s exclusively available on the Atari VCS. As a note of disclosure, I did a stint with Mega Cat Studios writing for their blog and for a still unannounced (and maybe canceled?) game. They weren’t working on Food Fight at the time, as far as I know. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJ-B2DyJJmU By the looks of things, Food Fight:…

Digital Eclipse The primary purpose of video game remasters and re-releases is to preserve and modernize a classic experience, but there are a lot of ways to accomplish that. A lot of studios simply port or emulate an old game on modern platforms and call it a day. Any additional perks, like behind-the-scenes featurettes, is tossed in as bonus content. For Chris Kohler, the Editorial Director at Digital Eclipse Editorial, that’s a philosophy his team wants to avoid. “The core user experience is us wanting to tell the…

Earlier this year, Atari reported that they were teaming with Playmaji to create Atari modules for the Polymega console, but a recent half-year financial report shows that their investment in the company goes beyond that. According to the document, Atari owns a non-controlling stake of 53% of the company. The year has seen quite a few acquisitions by Atari. While it started out by buying back catalogs of game properties, they later announced the acquisition of Nightdive Studios and Digital Eclipse, two of the top…

Atari 2600 console and controller (Image: ATARI) This article contains affiliate links, we will receive a commission on any sales we generate from it. Learn more If you have any interest in collecting retro consoles and old-school games, then you're going to love the Atari 2600+What we loveAuthentic look and feelConnects to modern TV setsPlays original 2600 and 7800 cartidgesComes with 10 games including Missile CommandWhat we don'tOnly comes with one controllerThere are cheaper ways to play old Atari gamesCould do with…

The video game hardware scene is so busy these days that it’s hard to keep track of. During November, for instance, we saw the launch of the Legion Go, Steam Deck OLED, PlayStation Portal, Atari 2600+, and a new PlayStation 5 model. It’s a whole lot to keep track of, as hardware makers find themselves in a race to innovate. A lot of those fast and furious changes are coming from the portable market, as Steam Deck competitors and cloud devices pile up. That gave us a lot to choose from when picking the most…