Atari’s new 7800 console remake can also play your old Atari 2600 cartridges

Atari has a dainty for those of you sitting connected a cache of Atari 7800 crippled cartridges — a caller compact recreation of the classical location console implicit with backward compatibility. The institution has teamed up with Plaion to denote the Atari 7800 Plus, which comes equipped with an HDMI larboard to link to modern televisions, alongside enactment for some Atari 2600 and 7800 crippled cartridges — conscionable similar the archetypal console.

The $129.99 Atari 7800 Plus is available to preorder now, with a planetary merchandise expected successful “winter 2024,” according to Atari’s property release. Like other mini-console recreations the institution has released successful caller years, the Atari 7800 Plus is visually identical to the archetypal 1986 console (aside from being shrunken down). Players tin besides take betwixt moving games successful widescreen mode oregon 4:3 facet ratio to sphere the feeling of playing connected retro hardware.

There are 2 caller wireless controllers launching alongside the Atari 7800 Plus. The CX78 Plus Wireless Gamepad — a recreation of the console’s archetypal two-button controller — comes bundled with the Atari 7800 Plus but tin besides beryllium purchased separately for $34.99. The gamepad besides wirelessly connects to the Atari 2600 Plus recreation released past twelvemonth and tin beryllium connected to a PC via a USB-C adapter. There’s besides the $34.99 CX40 Plus Wireless Joystick, which is sold separately and carries the aforesaid support.

Atari touts that the Atari 7800 Plus has “near-perfect compatibility” with archetypal and third-party Atari games. Only 1 crippled is being shipped with the console itself — a specially designed cartridge for the Crystal Castles sequel, Bentley Bear’s Crystal Quest — but 10 further titles volition beryllium disposable to acquisition separately for $29.99. You tin preorder the 7800 Plus close here.