Atari Announces an Official Portable 2600 System 279
Bill Kendrick writes: "Infogrames (the folks who now own Atari) have just struck a deal with another company to produce a 10-in-1 video game system based on the Atari 2600. It'll be joystick-shaped, plug into a TV set, cost only $20, and include games like Combat, Asteroids, Missile Command, and my favorite, Adventure! It won't replace my Atari 2600 Jr and 60 cartridges, but it's a step in the right direction!"
Atari 2600 schematics and details (Score:3, Interesting)
One thing missing... (Score:3, Interesting)
That said, it's still cool.
I name one. (Score:2, Interesting)
More (screenshots etc) here:
http://www.atariage.com/software_page.html
Re:Replayability? (Score:4, Interesting)
Agreed. Now if only Nintendo would release an NES controller with the original Donkey Kong and other Game and Watch remakes built in.
Or, a similar system to this Atari deal, but with Commodore 64 titles built in. Oh to play Raid Over Moscow or the original ChopLifter 2 (I know, I can get an emulator to do it all, but it's just not the same... it feels hollow)
What, again? (Score:3, Interesting)
Why can't I have one with _ALL_ the commercially released games? Connected to some compactflash card or whatever? Think about how much space your old atari carts are taking up. And those 5 million E.T. carts in the landfill.
Same goes for NES, SNES, SMS, Genesis, and PCE and I'm set for life.
Sorry, it's late/early and I'm rambling.
What would really be cool.. (Score:2, Interesting)
A C64 Version would be cool (Score:2, Interesting)
A C64 version would be cool though, it'd actually be an improvement over the original as we wouldn't have to wait for the loading time (unless we want to lisiten to the often groovy loading music (Ocean) or pretend we're being interrogated by watching a Mutant Camels loader.
Please, please don't brain wash me MR. Torturer...
I remember seeing an NES one. (Score:2, Interesting)
Difference: 100 some odd more games.
It is also ~$60 or something like that.
I saw it on QVC a few months ago, and it may have been on HSN. I wonder how easy it would be to turn one into a portable. (since its in seeming wide availability, and is small...)
Oh, back on topic, Pic of the "portable" atari: http://www.qvc.com/img/E/41/E29241.jpg