Atari is making a new Video Game Console for the first time in over 20 Years

in #gaming7 years ago (edited)

Atari is Making a New Retro-Style Home Console

Atari was once the most dominant force in the gaming industry. Thanks to  the video game crash of 1983, Atari was reduced to being a shell of its  former self. Nearly 20 years after the release of the ill-fated Atari  Jaguar, gaming’s first giant is poised for a comeback.

Atari CEO Fred Chesnais  said in an interview with GamesBeat last week, and it is teasing a new  product. 

Details are extremely scarce—Chesnais says only that "We're back in  the hardware business"—but he hinted that the new machine will be based  on PC hardware. 

A YouTube video posted earlier this month to a teaser website  suggests that the new product will be called the AtariBox, and have wood  paneling akin to the original Atari Video Computer System. But it  leaves fans guessing as to the rest of the details, with little more  than an offer to subscribe for email updates.

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Looks like it could be sweet.

Big news! I love the wood paneling, just like I remember. Spent many years playing that thing. I really do hope they can re-create that same feel. It seems like they are well on their way!

LOL this should be good, the Big Upset in the console wars^^ Wonder if it will happen this year? Thanks for the info!