In this photo taken on August 12, 2017, a visitor poses with a T-shirt depicting an Atari 2600 video game console from the early 1980s, during the Retro.HK gaming expo in Hong Kong.

That's because, while it is 80% smaller than the original, the forthcoming Atari 2600+ is no locked device running pre-installed, emulated games. It plays the exact same cartridges I coveted as a kid.

The Atari 2600+ takes its design cues from the early-1980s revision of the original console, ... The Atari 2600+ is not to be confused with the Atari VCS, an AMD Ryzen-powered ...

Better yet, it can actually play old Atari 2600 game cartridges as well as later games released on the 7800, but you won’t have to jump through any hoops to get the console to support a modern TV.

T he Atari 2600 may not be the very first video game home console, but it was certainly the first one to cut through to mainstream entertainment in a way gaming had never done before. Its easy to ...

The Atari 2600 was an extremely popular yet very simple game console back in the 1970s. They sold, apparently, over 30 million of them, and, of course, these things broke. We’d get calls from… ...

Atari is relaunching its most well-known console as the Atari 2600 Plus, an 80 percent scale, HDMI-outputting version of the Atari 2600 on November 17th for $129.99, with support for 2600 and 7800 ...

The Atari 2600+ runs on USB power and connects to your screen via HDMI, with support for multiple resolutions. It is 20% smaller than the original Atari 2600.

Gamers who want more from the Atari 2600+ can grab additional games and peripherals can also grab a 4-in-1 Game Cartridge with Breakout and Video Olympics and two paddle controllers for $39.99, a ...

One of the biggest Atari 2600+ selling points is the fact it trades the original’s crusty old RF connector for an invaluable HDMI port. Yes, I know, that’s hardly a novelty given we’ve been ...

The Atari 2600+ pays homage to the original Atari 2600, which delighted children of the disco era starting in 1977, although this remake is based on the four-switch model from 1980. It plays both ...