Already very close entry to the Atari 2600+ market It finally marks the arrival of a replica of the legendary 2600, the console launched by Atari in 1977, which was one of the biggest milestones for the company, which was experiencing its best days at the time. Not many people in the know remember this, but the console paradigm inaugurated with the 2600 gave rise to a new set of developers dedicated to delivering console games, initially called the Atari VCS (Video Computer System).

Atari as a brand celebrated its half century of life, the five decades in which it changed hands saw great successes but also notable failures (some that we may consider unfair, e.g. Lynx and Jaguar, others fully deserved, e.g. ET, precisely for the Atari 2600), successes and failures indelibly linked to its image, but which have only a slight effect on the appreciation of the same, what do the biggest nostalgics do (what we do), who are usually also world champions in gray hair.

Aware of the popularity and effect of “I went to EGB” as nostalgia as a servicethe current owners of the brand are well aware the commercial potential of reviving some of its best-known productswhich in 2021 led to the launch of the Atari VCS, a project that however suffered many delays and incremental increases over the originally planned price, resulting in a rather poor commercial performance, resulting in it barely lasting one year. market.

However, this was not taken as an indicator of a lack of interest in the classics, and therefore the arrival of Wade Rosen to the company as CEO, also in 2021, resulted in an effort to restore this historic legacy, a plan that is close to reaching a very important milestone with arrival of the Atari 2600+ in Novembera replica (smaller in size, yes) than the classic 2600 and which will contain cartridges with the following games that have been remastered to fit the widescreen format of today’s screens among other things (it has an HDMI connection, in case you were wondering):

• Adventure
• Combat
• Dodge ‘Em
• Haunted House
• Maze Craze
• Missile Command
• Realsports volleyball
• Surround
• Pinball video
• Yars’ Revenge

Plus the console It will be compatible with the original 2600 and 7800 cartridges and to complete the retro experience also includes the Atari CX40+, a look and size identical replica of the Atari CX40joystick that accompanied the 2600 (and many other systems because it was cross-platform, in some cases because they shared the same connector and in others because adapters were sold) for most of its market life (initially sold with the CX10).

Atari 2600 and Atari CXX40. Image: joho345

Although there are still no concrete plans in this regard, it is expected that if the sales volume makes this Atari 2600+ a success, the company will release new games for this platform. Although there seem to be no current plans in this regard, Rosen does not rule out the possibility of creating a laptop which allows you to recreate classic games anytime, anywhere.

Unlike other releases in this regard, Atari has ensured availability outside the United States. In our case, for its marketing in Spain, the Atari 2600+ is already offered for reservation on Game. The package includes a console, Atari CX40+ and a cartridge with 10 games and its price is 119.99 euros.