Atari’s new 7800 console remake can also play your old Atari 2600 cartridges
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Atari has a treat for those of you sitting on a cache of Atari 7800 game cartridges — a new compact recreation of the classic home console complete with backward compatibility. The company has teamed up with Plaion to announce the Atari 7800 Plus, which comes equipped with an HDMI port to connect to modern televisions, alongside support for both Atari 2600 and 7800 game cartridges — just like the original console.
The $129.99 Atari 7800 Plus is available to preorder now, with a global release expected in “winter 2024,” according to Atari’s press release. Like other mini-console recreations the company has released in recent years, the Atari 7800 Plus is visually identical to the original 1986 console (aside from being shrunken down)….
