Discussion Atari 2600+ Reveal Trailer

[Deleted member 887]

This is my nostalgia console, and I've owned a cheap multi-console version of it, but this is gorgeous. I had originally thought the console port was just for plastic bits and bobs for display... but this isn't an All-in-One console, this is a fully functional 2600* that plays original carts, the new carts that Atari has published for fun, and supports HDMI output.


*via emulation, I'm afraid, but still!

 

[bixente]

Looks amazing.

 

[GPKs3]

Interesting. How much do old carts generally go for nowadays?

 

[Soul Skater]

7800 compatibility is the real news here.

 

[Brock Reiher]

I'm in

 

[tender]

I have about 10 to 12 games on cart from when I was a kid and no way to hook up either my 2600 or 7800 so this may just rule.

 

[Discokuningas]

My first touch in gaming. C64 and NES was next.

 

[Krvavi Abadas]

i'm surprised this wasn't simply created as a USB accessory for the VCS (the budget pc thing they did a few years ago) in the vein of something like the Retrode.

version 2 of those particularly cheap "Flashback" consoles notably supported cartridges all the way back in 2005, though it required taking the console apart and soldering the cartridge slot in yourself.

 

[lemonfresh]

Atari is back

 

[Dekuman]

Somewhere, Tommy Tallarico is crying.

 

[Deleted member 887]

Interesting. How much do old carts generally go for nowadays?

Depends heavily on the game. But generally, Atari printed too many carts, rather than not enough, so even the pretty rare ones sell for 50 or less