Atari VCS Hardware Specs Revealed

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 06/01/2018 07:16 AM | source: | 17 comment(s)

The Atari VCS is now available for preorder over at Indigogo and it is going to come with over 100 classic Atari games preloaded. It will also have streaming capability and a Linux OS that you can customize the way you want. The system will run on 4GB of DDR4 with 32GB eMMC for storage. The processor is a Bristol Ridge A10 with a Radeon R7 GPU. It has an hdmi 2.0 port with hdcp 2.2 support, four USB 3.0 ports and gigabit ethernet. Wireless connections via Bluetooth 5.0 and WiFi on 2.4 or 5 GHz. Pre-orders of the Atari VCS can now be placed, with options ranging from $ 199 for only the console without controllers to $339 for a collective edition with both controllers. Atari expects the consoles to be delivered in July 2019

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cryohellinc
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#5552271 Posted on: 06/01/2018 07:45 AM

I like it. However, won't pre-order it.
The release should be in Q1 2019, reviews will follow. But it looks promising and style is very unique to anything we have on the market right now.

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#5552317 Posted on: 06/01/2018 12:09 PM

For only $199 I personally think it’s a very nice device. Having normal desktop hardware, makes the possibilities endless as to how you can customize the software to your liking. This will be a great little device for a htpc.

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#5552332 Posted on: 06/01/2018 01:32 PM

Kind of disappointing to see it not use Vega or Zen at least, but for the price point it's not a bad deal. More or less though I don't think we will see any major games on it...Maybe some of the indie teams that target Switch and mobile gaming. Now the fun thing with this, is depending on what EFI chip is being used the bootloader could be unlocked to install any OS on it...

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#5552362 Posted on: 06/01/2018 03:44 PM

And i thought the Nintendo mini's were priced insane, i mean the Atari vault that will no doubt be on this thing will cost you £7 on steam right now, and i am all for nostalgia but damn those prices.

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#5552421 Posted on: 06/01/2018 05:53 PM

It's cool but i can play nearly all those old games through Mameui64 for FREE. The old style controller is cool also but not really needed if you have a PS3/4 or XB360/One pad.

If i was rich i'd prolly get one just for the shitsandgiggles but i'm not so Mame it is then.

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