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And, rather than replacing the Atari 2600, the company presented it as a higher-end upgrade. Yeah, there's a reason Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo don't do this sort of thing today. The fact that Atari ...
I’m old enough to remember the Atari 2600’s heyday, and one thing that’s been a bit sad for me in more recent decades is seeing many people be either ignorant or dismissive of Atari’s ...
The Atari 5200 had a different cartridge design than the 2600 and the 7800, which means that games for the 1982 to 1984 system are incompatible with the new 2600+.
After reliving some old-school rivalries with last year's Intellivision-themed DLC, Atari 50 is welcoming another ...
This new take on the classic wood panel-clad system features an HDMI-out port, making it simple to connect to modern TVs at various resolutions, several USB-C ports and a 10-in-one game cartridge. The ...
As it did with many popular arcade titles, Atari had planned ports of Xevious for both the Atari 2600 and 5200. Both were cancelled in 1984.
The 2600+ accepts cartridges from both the 2600 and the more powerful 7800, and the controller ports are the old DB-9 style, so you can plug in original pads. I tried it, and it works, but there ...