56
Atari Announces Modernized 2600 Console (Releasing Nov 17th) (www.gameinformer.com)
submitted 1 year ago by geosoco@kbin.social to c/games@sh.itjust.works
21 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Before the 1983 video game crash and Nintendo’s subsequent takeover of the industry with the NES, the Atari 2600 reigned supreme. The popular console was pretty much the poster child for ‘late 70s/early ‘80s gaming, boasting a vast library of titles that have since inspired a multitude of games for decades to come. Over 30 years after the 2600 was discontinued, it’s making a contemporary comeback.

Atari and Plaion have announced the 2600+, a modernized recreation of the four-switch model introduced in 1980. In addition to sharing the same woodgrain aesthetics and metal switches, it also includes modern features such as HDMI output, USB port, and support for multiple screen resolutions. The console comes with a new CX40+ joystick faithful to the original and supports two players.

...

The Atari 2600+ launches on November 17 for $129.99. You can pre-order it now on Atari’s website. CX40 joysticks will also be sold separately for $24.99. Atari and Plaion also plan to launch the CX-30 Paddle Controller bundle that includes the paddle and a 4-in-1 game cartridge for $39.99.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] hydrashok@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

Ordered and already excited. I still have a giant box of 2600 games and controllers and according to their site, it will all be compatible.

Ready for the nostalgia overload when I fire up Pitfall.

[-] Schaedelbach@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago

Be also ready for the realization of how barebones those games are. Played a couple of 2600 games with a friend and there is just a tiny amount of genuine fun to be had. And I am definitely not hating on simple old games! But most of the games we tried boiled down to "follow ball" with terrible controls. His collection might just have been bad, though.

[-] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Game quality is what crashed the home video game industry between Atari's decline and Nintendo's rise. Not that all of the games were bad, there were just so many bad games out there that buying games became a gamble that disappointed more often than not.

Nintendo improved on this by requiring games meet certain standards before they'd let someone release them for their system.

Edit: fixed typo

[-] Nioxic@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

I havnt heard of any one mentioning any old atari games worth playing...

I mean, only one i have personally played is space invaders.. which was.. not shit.

[-] thecrotch@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

River raid. And if you include 7800, the best version of joust.

load more comments (1 replies)
this post was submitted on 22 Aug 2023
56 points (95.2% liked)

Games

16758 readers
739 users here now

Video game news oriented community. No NanoUFO is not a bot :)

Posts.

  1. News oriented content (general reviews, previews or retrospectives allowed).
  2. Broad discussion posts (preferably not only about a specific game).
  3. No humor/memes etc..
  4. No affiliate links
  5. No advertising.
  6. No clickbait, editorialized, sensational titles. State the game in question in the title. No all caps.
  7. No self promotion.
  8. No duplicate posts, newer post will be deleted unless there is more discussion in one of the posts.
  9. No politics.

Comments.

  1. No personal attacks.
  2. Obey instance rules.
  3. No low effort comments(one or two words, emoji etc..)
  4. Please use spoiler tags for spoilers.

My goal is just to have a community where people can go and see what new game news is out for the day and comment on it.

Other communities:

Beehaw.org gaming

Lemmy.ml gaming

lemmy.ca pcgaming

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
nanoUFO@sh.itjust.works