The fake wood grain and suitably springy front switches are sure to activate the nostalgia centers deep in the brains of gamers of a certain age.
There’s even a charming, working switch for flipping from Color to Black and White display, an option that hasn’t been relevant to most living room entertainment centers since the Carter administration (at the latest).
The Atari logo on the front now also lights up when the system powers on, a nice small touch that doesn’t distract from the classic styling.
One word of warning, though: for most living room setups, you’ll probably want to invest in some HDMI and USB power cords that are much longer than the basic 1.5 m lengths included in the Atari 2600+ box.
The 1.5 m cable on the included joystick won’t let you stray very far from the base unit, anyway, especially when you account for the fact that the system’s controller parts are authentically (but annoyingly) located on the back panel.
One more word of warning, though; the base system doesn’t come with a second controller, even though a whole lot of Atari games are pretty explicitly designed to be better with two simultaneous players.
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The fake wood grain and suitably springy front switches are sure to activate the nostalgia centers deep in the brains of gamers of a certain age.
There’s even a charming, working switch for flipping from Color to Black and White display, an option that hasn’t been relevant to most living room entertainment centers since the Carter administration (at the latest).
The Atari logo on the front now also lights up when the system powers on, a nice small touch that doesn’t distract from the classic styling.
One word of warning, though: for most living room setups, you’ll probably want to invest in some HDMI and USB power cords that are much longer than the basic 1.5 m lengths included in the Atari 2600+ box.
The 1.5 m cable on the included joystick won’t let you stray very far from the base unit, anyway, especially when you account for the fact that the system’s controller parts are authentically (but annoyingly) located on the back panel.
One more word of warning, though; the base system doesn’t come with a second controller, even though a whole lot of Atari games are pretty explicitly designed to be better with two simultaneous players.
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