I Bet You Don't Want This... Atari's NEW Console The 2600 PLUS!

The Atari 2600+ just released! My first impressions...

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[Madlittlepixel]

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[skree_fpv]

My first ever memory of playing video games is my mother and I sitting on the floor in front of the TV playing Combat! on the 2600. I was probably four or five years old and the year would've been 1982. I played that Atari until 1985 when for Christmas I got the NES Deluxe Set that came with R.O.B, Gyromite and Duckhunt. With the Atari games, I remember looking at the box art for certain games and would use that image to help me imagine the game world I was seeing on screen.

[chrisbampton]

I ordered one of these systems and it is awesome, I have a few 2600 games and now I can play them, I can now collect for the 2600 and 7800

[darkridearts]

I have grown to love a few of these games since discovering them on the Evercade and then the Atari 50 collection. I’m hyped for this, even though it was well before my time.

[redleader]

Atari had some great features for the day. Atari used beam racing which locked to the CRT clock, which is why movement is always so smooth and jitter free on CRT displays. It's also 60fps which PlayStation didn't even have until fairly recently (and still frame buffered so jitter exits). It also had hardware collision registers and modern systems rely on hit boxes. It could do single line resolution for all pixels and could do single clock pixels by dividing the screen into large playfield pixels and high (single clock) resolution sprites. Because it didn't have to frame-buffer all pixel elements could be changed independently per line (I've seen up to any of 8 colors per line from a large palette of 128 colors in a demo), for a total of 128 actual displayable colors on any screen with only 128 bytes of ram. That's crazy for 1977. The color gradients can look almost Amiga-like. Some recent homebrews like Freight Zone and the ChampGames stuff have made some good use of the hardware, but I expect to see great things from the hardware in the future if it's used as it was intended and within its limits.

[zg-it]

I have about 100 Atari cartridges, this thing does seem pretty appealing to someone like me

[Sinn]

I started gaming back in 1986 with the Nes and Master System. The Atari 2600 is before my time and really doesn't resonate with me like it does others. We (fiancee and I) do have a heavy sixer in our retro collection but we never use it. It's still pretty neat...

[gamingtherapy]

I think it looks neat . I wouldn't mind getting this actually. I suppose if you have a vast library of old carts, it's a no brainer

[randomgamer-stie]

I mean if it plays original 2600 game carts & 7800 game carts AND uses original controllers, it's a great way to play vs using the old consoles with aging capacitors. The only downside I see, for me, is HDMI only. I prefer CRTs for retro gaming. Coulda easily added composite out.

[lioneldelorme]

My wife bought me this, but I'm not allowed to open until Christmas. That's ok though as I have a bunch of other games to play in the meantime. My first console was the 2600 Jr. I played it until the power switch wore out on it. This despite having a Game Boy for a few of those years. Wish I still had the console as it's an easy fix now, but I was 16 and saw no value in keeping it at the time. Since then I got a 7800 and modded it a few years ago to output S-Video. Looks great, but having this 2600+ will simplify the connection.

[GameFreak]

The 2600 was my very first console (I believe I received it in 81). As far as video games, THIS was it. Obviously the NES buried the 2600 on its release. However, Atari was an important piece of gaming history. It had no blueprint to go off of. So naturally, it made mistakes. Gaming was also different back then. With the lack of good graphics, it required an imagination while playing. People who weren’t born yet when the 2600 was released, wouldn’t understand. And no, I’m definitely not bashing those who weren’t born yet. It is just a generational difference is all. I still play my original 2600 and did purchase the Gamestation, but will most likely pass on this. Though I do still respect the Atari for being the pioneers of gaming, I definitely can’t sit and play the games as long today as I can with more modern games. 👍

[subcon]

If they wanted to compete with Evercade they should've released an updated Atari Lynx ;)

[videostash]

i really dislike when they expect you to get your own usb power cube and cord. Just give me an AC power cord.

[HB-mjjz]

i started in 1986 with a Atari 2600jr. so for a while a played a lot of Atari games. The atari has a soft spot. Mostly play SNES, Megadrive, NES, Master System etc since i have the best memories about those games but Atari will always be my first console i owned and played. I bought it for the collection.

[Wolfwood]

I didnt grow up when atari was king, i was born in 91 and we had a NES, the next newer console was an N64 then a playstation.

However, I STILL play Adventure at least once a year.

[Mattfromthepast]

As someone who grew up with the 7800 I am kind of mad at them for finally putting out a system that plays 7800 carts but then only putting one button on the joystick. 7800 games use two buttons, how does Atari not know this?!

[gpocketgamer]

Atari was way before my time and I have to say I want this! I have the both Atari collections on the Switch and I enjoy them alot.

[dreamwarriord]

I think for me it will work well. I got back into Atari about 2 years ago. I bought a Retron 77, then I bought a OG 2600, then I bought a OG 7800. I have 122( 2600 carts), I have 12 (7800 carts). I'm always looking for a better experience for old school tech, I think this may fit the bill. I wish it was fpga but this should work. My 2600 + is in the mail, looking forward to it.

[dmo]

This brings me back way back. NES came after this and i still remember getting that nes. I think it was 88 or 89. With our bright ass color shirts

[zg-it]

There are Atari games that are more complex than most people realize. Like Riddle of the Sphinx. That game actually needs the Atari console to play properly. Developers supplemented the One controller button by using the switches on the system.