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It's a 2600+ in a 7800 shell. The games look good. Bounty Bob - an enhanced 7800 port of the 5200 game, made for this launch. Crystal Quest, Bezerk, and Frenzy have all been pre-ordered, along with a wireless CX78+. Caverns Of Mars for the 2600 is also a new game by John Champeau.
That's the problem with this "BYOC/BYOP" they used to include power supplies because it was verified to work with a device and it had a certain level of clean power such and so forth, now anybody can get any power plug from anything that might not be delivering the appropriate power for the device, cables and chargers that are meant to charge phones are not always the best to power other devices, we've experienced this with the raspberry pi, people were using charging cables and supplies for phones which did not give consistent power to the pi and it was underclocking or burning them out
Yup. The Turbografx 16 mini will burn out if it isn't given the correct amperage, as many people found out. I had issues with a Raspberry Pi showing a lightning bolt icon in the corner due to low amps, too. This is an easily avoidable problem if the manufacturer would just include the correct power brick for it.
Picking up one of each of the controllers and few of 7800 games. Never played anything 7800 before the plus but I’ve been enjoying those games far more than the 2600 games
Oh thats right!! They should, I bet they probably will at some point.. they probably had this planned before that deal happened, so I am willing to bet we will see it happen eventually.. like why not.. they own it.. gotta do something with it.
What Atari is doing is what the former Intellivision group should have done instead of pulling the will over everyone’s eyes about a modern console. haha
If they rerelease Choplifter, that alone will be a reason to buy this system. I'm tempted to buy this if I can, the Atari 7800 was the system that got me into gaming. It was the first system I played until I moved on to Nintendo and Sega with the 16-bit generation.
i guess basically if thats the one u grew up with u have the choice. also if it has the function pause button on the console. not sure how that functions between the two for these newer consoles
I didn't get into the 2600+ because I already have the 4 switch woody from the 80's, and I'm not too big onto getting somethign that looks like something I already have. There were features I liked, especially the 7800 compatibility, but I couldn't justify getting it, especially as I eas getting into the Retro Games minis and the Evercade. But this 7800+ with a design like I've never had... I can see myself being convinced to get one!!
It seems too similar to the 2600+ that it makes little difference to me which one to purchase if at all, so hopefully we'll learn more as we get closer to its physical release.
Mini Jaguar would be cool but getting the license for the best games on the platform would be kinda hard, not to mention that the demand isn't that high.
I wanted this as a kid, but my family back then was on the poor side. I didn’t even get an NES until the near of the NES lifecycle and SNES was about to be release. I had to save my allowances first a few years, AND I had to convince my sibling to use their savings and join up to buy the NES. We did the same thing for SNES.
I just love the art on the boxes for Atari games. It invokes so much nostalgia for me. I had a 2600 when I was very young. Because the graphics where so basic, I'd use what I saw on the box to help me imagine what I saw playing out in the game. If that makes any sense.
Psyched. Know it isn’t compatible with playing 5200 games but assuming they’re making a 5200+ too. Just glad they’re listening to original OG Atari fans as well.
@@lisaroberts8556 Can you give an example? -- I know that the 7800 had less ram, but a better graphics chip. So I'd thought it was a mixed bag. But I suppose, the 5200 was also basically a consolized 400/Atari 8-bit computer (with analog joysticks), so, developers might have just had more experience making better visuals with the 5200 hardware than the 7800...?
I don't know if I need another one of these as I have the 2600+, but this one comes with a packed in game...I miss those days. " take my money" because I am all in!
I would guess Amazon dropped the ball on the preorders, they do that often, they have been known to cary exclusives and take excessive preorders then cancel them on you when it starts shipping.
Just for reference the “Pro System” was related to the 7800 as some of the early cartridges had those words placed on the label. I’ll pre-order on Atari since you got your 2600+ quicker than Amazon which is crazy!
Since 2600+ already can play 7800 games it's more or less an old stuff in a new case. Mostly collectors item in my opinion. Or for those who missed the 2600+. But I like the fact they releasig more games and accessories and those will be compatible with old stuff too.
I'm a little torn about the 7800+. Great new release of my favorite 80's system, but why they didn't announced this system before consumers brought the 2600+ (which also plays both 2600 & 7800 as well). I've already have the A/V modded original, plus 2 FPGA systems that can play 7800 so I might skipped out on this.
Wow Atari finally thinks of releasing a better Atari console then the 2600 fir once but I am not interested in buying any Atari consoles that’s weaker then Nintendo the only Atari I’m interested in is the Atari VCS that’s when they decided to make it have physical games not just digital
Comes with a game and wireless controller both of which I want. The console itself is a 2600+ in a 7800 body, The wireless controller even works on the 2600+ according to the web site. IThe 2600+ was always more of a 7800 and even had better 7800 compatibility compared to 2600. I feel like if I buy it I get the game and controller $70. So I am out 60-70 more dollars for another 2600+ in a 7800.
The 7800+ is your firmware update. 🙃 It doesn't seem that Atari is very interested in getting a less arcane method of installing the experimental firmware onto the 2600+. It's been a ... long time.
What happen to Atari VCS hardly getting support. They release 7600 offline console with physical cartridges however the games are limited unless you have them from decades. When you go to get a physical copy on there website always sold out
Hmmm. The new 2.4G wireless gamepad and joystick that will work on original consoles as well as the Atari+ seems nice. It has a USB cable so you can use it with PC as well. Maybe that will be the ultimate way of playing Atari 50. Maybe it's even possible to make them work on Switch, Playstation and Xbox.
Had a thought for the next weekly news video. Maybe just a bit about the Nintendo museum? I thought the Zapper and Superscope reproductions were interesting as well as the large playable controllers they have there.
A word to the wise. I would avoid buying anything directly from Atari. The products are good, but the shipping from them, not so much. Back on November(28th) of last year, I ordered a limited edition XP cartridge of Fatal Run. It said 3 to 4 months for shipping and that's understandable. When the 7800+ was announced, I went to the Atari website, and was looking at my previous orders. I noticed that this cartridge was not shipped/delivered, just confirmed. I contacted customer support, and received a reply that this would be shipping withing the next 45 days. That will make it 10+ months. I never received any updates from them about this. I actually forgot about this. If I hadn't contacted them, I still wouldn't have known. I realize that mistakes are made, and that no one is perfect but WTF. Like I said the products are good, but not the shipping. If I do Preorder this bundle, it will be from your Amazon link. Ron, I would also like to say you and your channel are excellent, and a real asset to the retro gaming community here on You Tube. Thanks, Scott.
I'd be interested in a true "mini" system, along the same size as all the other minis. But this is more of a "junior" or genesis 3. Don't really see a need but hey, it's something.
Atari Creep was furious about this because he figured it was just the 2600+ in a new box. But you pointed out that it uses a different emulator so maybe it will work better? I recently got an old 7800ProSystem with about two dozen game cartridges but the joysticks don't work. And Amazon (and Atari) are sold out of the new CX78+ Gamepad controllers Atari recently released. I got excited when I saw Atari's announcement. I have no nostalgia for the old Atari VCS and I think this one looks nicer. But I was never interested in wireless controllers when Atari first introduced their wireless joystick in the '80s. I need wired (DB-9) controllers for my 7800ProSystem. I was hoping Atari learned from the 2600+ and that the 7800+ would work better. Maybe the different emulator will make a difference. Caverns of Mars was written by a high school student a year after he got his Atari 800 and was released to the Atari Program Exchange (APX), but it sold so well that Atari released it as a regular game and even as a game cartridge for the Atari 400/800. Now someone has ported it to the 2600. Cool!
Man, I don't know. I never even opened my 2600+. The Retron 77 has save states and that automatically made it superior to the 2600+ in my book. I would never have completed many games without it...I ain't got the time or patience like I did in my single digits, early double digits. But the Retron 77 doesn't play 7800 games. I wish the 7800+ had save states....
So major selling point seems to be wireless controllers and newer emulation software, I was planning on getting the 2600+ but I thought they were going to release new firmware for the emulator on it, have they not and just gone straight to only including the update here? Idk I guess we'll have to wait and see. So many people including myself wished console makers would work with those making emulators on pc, wild to see atari did it before the other big boys haha.
They have released "experimental" firmware which fixes some of the issues ... you'll need to look on the Atari Age forums to find it and the installation procedure isn't the most straightforward. Still no Star Raiders keypad support, though.
In 2024, anything 8-bit should probably use FPGA technology. Otherwise, it feels like a cost-cutting measure that adds to electronic waste. This device doesn’t even support flashcarts, so you end up having to buy even more plastic and silicon carts.
Would have loved to see what a 16bit Atari woulda been like. I think they were far too early to the 8bit show and it was too late for them to make something to compete with Nintendo.
ehhh, does anybody like this stuff? I remember some hype around the Atari Gamestation Pro and the 2600+ and it felt like within a week the TH-camrs were ready to move on and the Gamestation Pro in particular dropped in price (by half or more) within a month.
I didn’t grow up with the Atari but I’ve been playing the 2600+ every couple weeks. Don’t regret the decision to buy it. Definitely enjoying playing the 7800 games over the 2600 games
I have to question the wisdom of a retro console version of a console whose installed base verged on non-existent. I was a big Atari 8-bit enthusiast but I can't muster any excitement for this. A Crystal Castles sequel that appears to be a generic side scrolling platformer gets a "Why did he bother?" response from me. It completely loses what was special about the arcade game when it appeared. The 7800 was the Kaboom cereal of consoles. It might have made more of a splash if it hadn't been delayed for several years. By the time it trickled into retail, 16-bit computers like the Atari ST and Commodore Amiga were where high end gaming was happening.
Nintendo offered Atari a chance to produce the NES in the states & they declined. They said video games are over. NES became a big hit! In a panic Atari who had the 7800 in the back burner, but canceled it, quickly rushed the 7800 to market to compete with the NES. 7800 It flopped! My point is that the 7800 is not worthy of this plus system. The games feel rushed. They're bad. The fact the ad calls it "iconic" is insulting. The Atari 5200 should be getting an Atari 5200+ release before the 7800. It has better quality games and great arcade ports. Atari could also re-release the crappy controllers, but now have them work well. A chance to redeem the Atari 5200. I'm not happy how Atari keeps neglecting the Atari 5200. No, the Atari 400 mini is not worthy tribute of the 5200. I don't care if the hardware is the same. I grew up with the 5200. I'm nostalgic for it.
So here's the million dollar question: does it have the same compatibility flaws as teh 2600+? That system could also play 2600 and 7800 games. So if you bought that, I don't see the point in this except to look pretty on a shelf, UNLESS this one plays the games that the 2600+ didin't.
@@DaveMoorland-zv3tn Does it? That's good to hear. Some of the incompatible games for the first one just made me shake my head. The modern indie games are one thing, but they had some notable, licensed games made at the height of its popularity that should have run at release.
Shhhhhhh! ... If you tell them they are addicted to shopping and wasting their money like addicts chasing a compulsion to recapture the past - you'll only get chastised. Best to let them think there is nothing wrong with them, and that these companies are just trying to give them better options! Trust me: very few of these guys want to hear (or believe) they have a spending problem, and all of this is the same products repackaged over and over again in slightly different ways and designed to feed their shopping addiction and weakness to nostalgia. You point that these companies are intentionally preying on their addiction, and manipulating them to constantly buy new product thru a drip feed to keep the dopamine hits coming... well your just being an a**hole whose hating on the way they want to play d*mnd it! You'll probably even get the tried and true: _"Listen: I don't care if you don't like it!",_ _"It's not for you!"_ and _"If I like it who cares?!"_ Knee-jerk response to your buzzkill remark. No one wants to hear your common sense - because if they think a product they basically don't need (or already have) is "cool"... then that automatically devalues factual statements. It's all just fun and games here man! They "love" these companies products - they're doing good stuff for retro gaming! Now. Just get excited, buy product and then get excited again and buy the same product in a different skin. If you enjoyed it, then buy more but different again! To h*ll with your party pooping! Buying stuff makes me feel good, and nothing wrong with chasing the past! lol. 🤦♂️
Im not an Atari fan. Cool i guess. Just wondering who is asking for this stuff in 2024. I come across more atari consoles then any other at garage sales etc.
Wireless any controls duck.wires always the best.I never can find any Wireless with no lag or Wireless dead spots.Even all the popular counsels Wireless sucks,like xbox,playstation all sucks with Wireless. I got rid of all my Wireless systems.😅
Uuum I would like to see a super up grade of these old ass systems hahaha hahaha like an give us some real arcade quality and to hell with the old style controller more like a high quality nes 1 unhuh it's cool though I hope the new games are a bit better and not the same old same old how about a good space invaders and a new donkey Kong that has several levels with different levels hahaha aw forgot only Atari games
All of these mini consoles are ewaste or sitting on a shelf collecting dust. Along with marvel and star wars action figures. Consumerism needs to be reeled in with these geek products that appeal to impulse buying behavior.
Yep. I see the point of the carts (original hardware) and controllers (play emulators on modern hardware), but the 'console' itself? It's not even FPGA, FFS.
I had a 2600 prior.. but yeah I didn't have a 7800... Everyone I knew had a NES lol thats true to my experience.. but I do love this kind of stuff.. I never really played 7800 stuff, but became aware of a lot of these games later so I think it is kind of cool seeing new and re-releases for what I feel is a reasonable price.
@@Madlittlepixel As evidence of "nobody had a 7800", look at how many people - INCLUDING ATARI / PLAION THEMSELVES, let alone pretty much every "retro" TH-camr that they sent sample devices out to - didn't notice that the left and right controller buttons were reversed for Atari 7800 games on the Atari 2600+'s release firmware.
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It's a 2600+ in a 7800 shell.
The games look good.
Bounty Bob - an enhanced 7800 port of the 5200 game, made for this launch.
Crystal Quest, Bezerk, and Frenzy have all been pre-ordered, along with a wireless CX78+.
Caverns Of Mars for the 2600 is also a new game by John Champeau.
That's the problem with this "BYOC/BYOP" they used to include power supplies because it was verified to work with a device and it had a certain level of clean power such and so forth, now anybody can get any power plug from anything that might not be delivering the appropriate power for the device, cables and chargers that are meant to charge phones are not always the best to power other devices, we've experienced this with the raspberry pi, people were using charging cables and supplies for phones which did not give consistent power to the pi and it was underclocking or burning them out
Yup. The Turbografx 16 mini will burn out if it isn't given the correct amperage, as many people found out. I had issues with a Raspberry Pi showing a lightning bolt icon in the corner due to low amps, too. This is an easily avoidable problem if the manufacturer would just include the correct power brick for it.
Picking up one of each of the controllers and few of 7800 games. Never played anything 7800 before the plus but I’ve been enjoying those games far more than the 2600 games
Don't they own intellivision now. I would buy a new intellivision console.
Oh thats right!! They should, I bet they probably will at some point.. they probably had this planned before that deal happened, so I am willing to bet we will see it happen eventually.. like why not.. they own it.. gotta do something with it.
One of the new cartridges has Intellivision games on it
Although I would love it if they would make an adapter to play actual 7800 cartridges too
What Atari is doing is what the former Intellivision group should have done instead of pulling the will over everyone’s eyes about a modern console. haha
@@chackokhan just noticed that lol, i actually preordered that cart without noticing it said they were intellivision games 😯
@@chackokhan Aren't those the M-Network games (Atari 2600 ports of Intellivision games)?
If they rerelease Choplifter, that alone will be a reason to buy this system. I'm tempted to buy this if I can, the Atari 7800 was the system that got me into gaming. It was the first system I played until I moved on to Nintendo and Sega with the 16-bit generation.
This seems like a weird release to me since the 2600+ already plays 7800 games.
i guess basically if thats the one u grew up with u have the choice. also if it has the function pause button on the console. not sure how that functions between the two for these newer consoles
I didn't get into the 2600+ because I already have the 4 switch woody from the 80's, and I'm not too big onto getting somethign that looks like something I already have. There were features I liked, especially the 7800 compatibility, but I couldn't justify getting it, especially as I eas getting into the Retro Games minis and the Evercade. But this 7800+ with a design like I've never had... I can see myself being convinced to get one!!
It seems too similar to the 2600+ that it makes little difference to me which one to purchase if at all, so hopefully we'll learn more as we get closer to its physical release.
I was on the fence until you said “+ fun” 😂 now it’s got to come home to papa 😂
I would love this for Jaguar and Lynx. A "mini" Jaguar would be 🔥
Jaguar+ would be amazing
I want to play Cybermorph 2, never had the chance to get that game back then.
Mini Jaguar would be cool but getting the license for the best games on the platform would be kinda hard, not to mention that the demand isn't that high.
@@marcelosoares7148 If they allow SD Card, it won't be a problem to get those license games.
That could be a way for them acknowledge that the Jaguar existed.
Atari needs to change the jaguar controller
I wanted this as a kid, but my family back then was on the poor side. I didn’t even get an NES until the near of the NES lifecycle and SNES was about to be release. I had to save my allowances first a few years, AND I had to convince my sibling to use their savings and join up to buy the NES. We did the same thing for SNES.
I just love the art on the boxes for Atari games. It invokes so much nostalgia for me. I had a 2600 when I was very young. Because the graphics where so basic, I'd use what I saw on the box to help me imagine what I saw playing out in the game. If that makes any sense.
I think the backwards compatibility with original carts is genius.
Psyched. Know it isn’t compatible with playing 5200 games but assuming they’re making a 5200+ too. Just glad they’re listening to original OG Atari fans as well.
Atari’s kickin butt and taking names.👍
Whoever owns Atari these days is doing some pretty cool things. I didn't get the 2600+, might get this. Nice to see new cartridge releases too!
Oh Hell Yea! My OG 7800 has a Mini-ME!
I NEED THIS!
That Emulator has been Around Forever, Was the Only 7800 Emulator fora very long time
Man no love for the 5200 I guess.
Bounty Bob Strikes Back (one of the games for the 7800+) at least afaict is a port of a 5200 game.
I hear those old 52’s had better graphics than the older 78’s, That were more popular for some reason?
@@lisaroberts8556 Can you give an example? -- I know that the 7800 had less ram, but a better graphics chip.
So I'd thought it was a mixed bag.
But I suppose, the 5200 was also basically a consolized 400/Atari 8-bit computer (with analog joysticks), so, developers might have just had more experience making better visuals with the 5200 hardware than the 7800...?
Was kinda hoping to see Rikki & Vikki there
The Real Sports collection ? im not sure why i even want that but hell ya i think its awesome as hell.
That Bentley beat game has been available on Atari age for a while. It's a good platformer and does a good job showing off what the 7800 is capable of
I don't know if I need another one of these as I have the 2600+, but this one comes with a packed in game...I miss those days. " take my money" because I am all in!
Yeah not sure why I would need this since the 2600+ plays 7800 games
You don't. This is basically a 2600+ with updated firmware and a wireless controller, which I think they'll sell you separately for the 2600+.
I wonder if the system will have a built in wireless receiver or will you have to use a plug in receiver?
I would guess Amazon dropped the ball on the preorders, they do that often, they have been known to cary exclusives and take excessive preorders then cancel them on you when it starts shipping.
Just for reference the “Pro System” was related to the 7800 as some of the early cartridges had those words placed on the label.
I’ll pre-order on Atari since you got your 2600+ quicker than Amazon which is crazy!
Atari recently bought Intellivision recently, I wonder if they will remake that too.
Where’s the 5200 love? Rerelease that thing with updated (fixed) joysticks that auto-center.
I would love to see this done for the 5200 and Jaguar.
Compare the box art of Crystal Castles to Banjo-Kazooie and you'll see where the Rare artist's inspiration came from!
Lol I love how it comes with a game I got from atariage as a home breww already
Since 2600+ already can play 7800 games it's more or less an old stuff in a new case. Mostly collectors item in my opinion. Or for those who missed the 2600+. But I like the fact they releasig more games and accessories and those will be compatible with old stuff too.
This is great and i will definitely get one but I really want an intellivision plus
Crystal Quest is on the VCS also as are all those games except the 2600 version of caverns of Mars.
I'm a little torn about the 7800+. Great new release of my favorite 80's system, but why they didn't announced this system before consumers brought the 2600+ (which also plays both 2600 & 7800 as well). I've already have the A/V modded original, plus 2 FPGA systems that can play 7800 so I might skipped out on this.
Wow Atari finally thinks of releasing a better Atari console then the 2600 fir once but I am not interested in buying any Atari consoles that’s weaker then Nintendo the only Atari I’m interested in is the Atari VCS that’s when they decided to make it have physical games not just digital
The 2600+ plays 7800 game also... so... why? -- It's just the same thing in a different case?
Comes with a game and wireless controller both of which I want. The console itself is a 2600+ in a 7800 body, The wireless controller even works on the 2600+ according to the web site. IThe 2600+ was always more of a 7800 and even had better 7800 compatibility compared to 2600.
I feel like if I buy it I get the game and controller $70. So I am out 60-70 more dollars for another 2600+ in a 7800.
I’m still waiting for a firmware update for the 2600+ that’s not a beta.
The 7800+ is your firmware update. 🙃
It doesn't seem that Atari is very interested in getting a less arcane method of installing the experimental firmware onto the 2600+. It's been a ... long time.
I wanna know how the wireless is handled. Hope it's not rf like those at games flashbacks.
What happen to Atari VCS hardly getting support. They release 7600 offline console with physical cartridges however the games are limited unless you have them from decades. When you go to get a physical copy on there website always sold out
I cant preorder from Germany 😢
Hmmm. The new 2.4G wireless gamepad and joystick that will work on original consoles as well as the Atari+ seems nice. It has a USB cable so you can use it with PC as well. Maybe that will be the ultimate way of playing Atari 50. Maybe it's even possible to make them work on Switch, Playstation and Xbox.
Are these (including 2600+) software emulation or is it actual hardware? I have a restored 6 switch 2600, but i didnt know how compatibility compared
Atari : like our favorite 80s icon always said, "greed is good"
Shut up and take my Futurama reference!
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A word to the wise. I would avoid buying anything directly from Atari. The products are good, but the shipping from them, not so much. Back on November(28th) of last year, I ordered a limited edition XP cartridge of Fatal Run. It said 3 to 4 months for shipping and that's understandable. When the 7800+ was announced, I went to the Atari website, and was looking at my previous orders. I noticed that this cartridge was not shipped/delivered, just confirmed. I contacted customer support, and received a reply that this would be shipping withing the next 45 days. That will make it 10+ months. I never received any updates from them about this. I actually forgot about this. If I hadn't contacted them, I still wouldn't have known. I realize that mistakes are made, and that no one is perfect but WTF. Like I said the products are good, but not the shipping. If I do Preorder this bundle, it will be from your Amazon link. Ron, I would also like to say you and your channel are excellent, and a real asset to the retro gaming community here on You Tube. Thanks, Scott.
I'd be interested in a true "mini" system, along the same size as all the other minis. But this is more of a "junior" or genesis 3. Don't really see a need but hey, it's something.
Atari Creep was furious about this because he figured it was just the 2600+ in a new box.
But you pointed out that it uses a different emulator so maybe it will work better?
I recently got an old 7800ProSystem with about two dozen game cartridges but the joysticks don't work.
And Amazon (and Atari) are sold out of the new CX78+ Gamepad controllers Atari recently released.
I got excited when I saw Atari's announcement. I have no nostalgia for the old Atari VCS and I think this one looks nicer.
But I was never interested in wireless controllers when Atari first introduced their wireless joystick in the '80s.
I need wired (DB-9) controllers for my 7800ProSystem.
I was hoping Atari learned from the 2600+ and that the 7800+ would work better.
Maybe the different emulator will make a difference.
Caverns of Mars was written by a high school student a year after he got his Atari 800 and was released to the Atari Program Exchange (APX), but it sold so well that Atari released it as a regular game and even as a game cartridge for the Atari 400/800. Now someone has ported it to the 2600. Cool!
Atari Creep also thinks that the Amico is great.
It’s the same thing as the Atari 2600 I will stick with my real one but I did grab that wireless controller 😮😮
Well we’re definitely going to need a 5200+.
Man, I don't know. I never even opened my 2600+. The Retron 77 has save states and that automatically made it superior to the 2600+ in my book. I would never have completed many games without it...I ain't got the time or patience like I did in my single digits, early double digits. But the Retron 77 doesn't play 7800 games. I wish the 7800+ had save states....
I'm definitely getting this!
So major selling point seems to be wireless controllers and newer emulation software, I was planning on getting the 2600+ but I thought they were going to release new firmware for the emulator on it, have they not and just gone straight to only including the update here? Idk I guess we'll have to wait and see.
So many people including myself wished console makers would work with those making emulators on pc, wild to see atari did it before the other big boys haha.
They have released "experimental" firmware which fixes some of the issues ... you'll need to look on the Atari Age forums to find it and the installation procedure isn't the most straightforward.
Still no Star Raiders keypad support, though.
In 2024, anything 8-bit should probably use FPGA technology. Otherwise, it feels like a cost-cutting measure that adds to electronic waste. This device doesn’t even support flashcarts, so you end up having to buy even more plastic and silicon carts.
Title of this video should read "WOW! Atari Just Announced A RESKINNED 2600+ Console & TONS Of NEW Cartridges!"
How is this different from the 2600+ that plays 7800 games,other than the newer shell? Not sure If I want to drop $130 bucks to play some Atari games.
Would have loved to see what a 16bit Atari woulda been like. I think they were far too early to the 8bit show and it was too late for them to make something to compete with Nintendo.
Not going to lie, pretty excited for this one!
I had a 5200. Memories…
ehhh, does anybody like this stuff? I remember some hype around the Atari Gamestation Pro and the 2600+ and it felt like within a week the TH-camrs were ready to move on and the Gamestation Pro in particular dropped in price (by half or more) within a month.
I didn’t grow up with the Atari but I’ve been playing the 2600+ every couple weeks. Don’t regret the decision to buy it. Definitely enjoying playing the 7800 games over the 2600 games
60 USD for a re- release of a 2600 game is just ridicolus
$30 per cartridge? Isn’t that what they cost in the 1980s?
I have to question the wisdom of a retro console version of a console whose installed base verged on non-existent. I was a big Atari 8-bit enthusiast but I can't muster any excitement for this. A Crystal Castles sequel that appears to be a generic side scrolling platformer gets a "Why did he bother?" response from me. It completely loses what was special about the arcade game when it appeared.
The 7800 was the Kaboom cereal of consoles. It might have made more of a splash if it hadn't been delayed for several years. By the time it trickled into retail, 16-bit computers like the Atari ST and Commodore Amiga were where high end gaming was happening.
Doesn't the 2600+ play 7800 games?
i used to play pitfall 2
Nintendo offered Atari a chance to produce the NES in the states & they declined. They said video games are over. NES became a big hit! In a panic Atari who had the 7800 in the back burner, but canceled it, quickly rushed the 7800 to market to compete with the NES. 7800 It flopped! My point is that the 7800 is not worthy of this plus system. The games feel rushed. They're bad. The fact the ad calls it "iconic" is insulting. The Atari 5200 should be getting an Atari 5200+ release before the 7800. It has better quality games and great arcade ports. Atari could also re-release the crappy controllers, but now have them work well. A chance to redeem the Atari 5200. I'm not happy how Atari keeps neglecting the Atari 5200. No, the Atari 400 mini is not worthy tribute of the 5200. I don't care if the hardware is the same. I grew up with the 5200. I'm nostalgic for it.
They are staying true to form. No videos of games. You
Must make decisions on buying their games based upon the front cover and a still picture 😂
Yeah lol, they did post a short video on Twitter I saw earlier, it had some quick clips of the Crystal Quest game... looks pretty cool.
Av out?
It’s allready 2024
So here's the million dollar question: does it have the same compatibility flaws as teh 2600+? That system could also play 2600 and 7800 games. So if you bought that, I don't see the point in this except to look pretty on a shelf, UNLESS this one plays the games that the 2600+ didin't.
Sounds like it’s literally the same device in a different shell, so I would assume so.
The 2600+ last update makes it nearly 100% compatible with 2600 and 7800 games, retail or indie.
@@DaveMoorland-zv3tn Does it? That's good to hear. Some of the incompatible games for the first one just made me shake my head. The modern indie games are one thing, but they had some notable, licensed games made at the height of its popularity that should have run at release.
Companies KNOW old man comunnity nostalgia knows no boundaries. This is not about "game preservation" anymore, maybe never was.
Shhhhhhh! ... If you tell them they are addicted to shopping and wasting their money like addicts chasing a compulsion to recapture the past - you'll only get chastised. Best to let them think there is nothing wrong with them, and that these companies are just trying to give them better options!
Trust me: very few of these guys want to hear (or believe) they have a spending problem, and all of this is the same products repackaged over and over again in slightly different ways and designed to feed their shopping addiction and weakness to nostalgia.
You point that these companies are intentionally preying on their addiction, and manipulating them to constantly buy new product thru a drip feed to keep the dopamine hits coming... well your just being an a**hole whose hating on the way they want to play d*mnd it!
You'll probably even get the tried and true: _"Listen: I don't care if you don't like it!",_ _"It's not for you!"_ and _"If I like it who cares?!"_ Knee-jerk response to your buzzkill remark.
No one wants to hear your common sense - because if they think a product they basically don't need (or already have) is "cool"... then that automatically devalues factual statements. It's all just fun and games here man! They "love" these companies products - they're doing good stuff for retro gaming!
Now. Just get excited, buy product and then get excited again and buy the same product in a different skin. If you enjoyed it, then buy more but different again! To h*ll with your party pooping! Buying stuff makes me feel good, and nothing wrong with chasing the past! lol. 🤦♂️
Wasn't there suppose to be a cartridge adapter coming for my VCShizz..
Maybe?
So, it's just a 2600+ with a wireless controller and a 7800 inspired case?
YES
Seems like another Atari cash in - cant the 2600+ play 7800 games already? 🤷♂️
Emulators are and have been out. So pointless.
Another one? Good lord
Can they just have one that plays 5200 games already 🙄
Coming next😂
Dude just emulate, 5200 literally runs on a toaster
Atari continuing to squeeze it's small nostalgia base of fans with constant remakes...
Atari is certainly milking them dusty old wrinkly retro udders.... reskin after reskin - ill pass
Im not an Atari fan. Cool i guess. Just wondering who is asking for this stuff in 2024. I come across more atari consoles then any other at garage sales etc.
Ill pass on this
Atari, stop. We all have one of ur crappy remake systems in a drawer. We don’t care anymore.
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Wireless any controls duck.wires always the best.I never can find any Wireless with no lag or Wireless dead spots.Even all the popular counsels Wireless sucks,like xbox,playstation all sucks with Wireless. I got rid of all my Wireless systems.😅
Uuum I would like to see a super up grade of these old ass systems hahaha hahaha like an give us some real arcade quality and to hell with the old style controller more like a high quality nes 1 unhuh it's cool though I hope the new games are a bit better and not the same old same old how about a good space invaders and a new donkey Kong that has several levels with different levels hahaha aw forgot only Atari games
All of these mini consoles are ewaste or sitting on a shelf collecting dust. Along with marvel and star wars action figures. Consumerism needs to be reeled in with these geek products that appeal to impulse buying behavior.
Yeah. I get by just playing these old games on a device I already own. It's all emulation now anyway.
Yep. I see the point of the carts (original hardware) and controllers (play emulators on modern hardware), but the 'console' itself? It's not even FPGA, FFS.
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Atari 7800 is trash…all Atari games hurt the eyes
nobody had a 7800 in 1986 we all played nintendo nes. lol a few had sega but that was after
I had a 2600 prior.. but yeah I didn't have a 7800... Everyone I knew had a NES lol thats true to my experience.. but I do love this kind of stuff.. I never really played 7800 stuff, but became aware of a lot of these games later so I think it is kind of cool seeing new and re-releases for what I feel is a reasonable price.
@@Madlittlepixel As evidence of "nobody had a 7800", look at how many people - INCLUDING ATARI / PLAION THEMSELVES, let alone pretty much every "retro" TH-camr that they sent sample devices out to - didn't notice that the left and right controller buttons were reversed for Atari 7800 games on the Atari 2600+'s release firmware.