As much as I have a fondness for the woodgrain, Atari 2600 games for the most part fall just below what I would consider terribly engaging. There’s a few exceptions, but I’m not sure my nostalgia extends this far.
I’ve a bunch of 2600s on my Miyoo - never play them.
I won’t begrudge someone from getting hardware if this is how they swing, but I never was into the 2600…ColecoVision was my first 8-bit. Man’s gotta have standards, you know.
Fuck them for not even bothering to include two controllers in this purchase price. Those things are basic as can be; we’re not talking dual-shock here. They had better be very cheap to buy.
Also, what’s the point of including Combat if you’ve no ability to play against somebody?
Lawl my local game shop has like 40 copies of Combat for 1USD each
I preordered this. it’s just a 7800 emulation box but the fact it accepts original cartridges and is authentic to the 2600 is cool. I think the price is fair, They’re trying to make a profit and they will most likely reprint a large portion of the library to make more money, The idea of Atari re-releasing some rare 7800 games is pretty exciting and I hope they do it. Not a big fan of modern Atari but this is a good move and I hope they will give their computers the same treatment.
The other thing is that, in theory, there is a nice precedent being set here, and if other companies can follow suit, it’s a great step towards preserving video game history
Every company but Nintendo, I do not trust Nintendo. I can imagine them going after people who make flashcarts like krizz and charging AAA prices for games like chrono trigger and earthbound just to cash in on the insane prices you see on eBay.
Haha, you’re not wrong. Still, if they ever produced proper editions that could run original carts, I’d rather have that at a premium than not at all. Again, just for the preservation factor
So it only comes with one controller, it isn’t actual hardware, it comes with ten games (pretty sure all the Atari Flash back games had more), and I’m pretty sure even people nostalgic for Atari games will admit they’re too basic and archaic to bother with these days.
Eh.
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