Atari Official 2600+ Console & Joystick - HDMI Output - Includes 10 Games

For once, one of these 'retro console remakes' put out on the market for old Atari games doesn't disappoint. Why? Because it's not just a selection of pre-installed games. You're picking the games by playing your own cartridges.GOOD- Will play virtually every cartridge for the Atari 2600 and 7800, with some exceptions. Those exceptions are usually rare titles. There's a compatibility list on Atari's website.- Compatible with all 1st and 3rd party controllers made for the original 2600 and 7800 consoles.- Atari did make new cartridges (and re-release a few old ones) for this console and its 7800+ counterpart.- Makes it so much easier to play these old games on modern TV sets. Modifying the original hardware or finding adapters can get difficult and/or expensive.BAD- The firmware will need to be updated on occasion. The process is a bit convoluted, but not impossible for a layman to discern.- The included replica of the original CX-40 joystick has the same problem that the original had for me: It was NOT made with left-handed players in mind. Good thing I have plenty of other controllers that are, including WICO joysticks and the CX-78 gamepads that Atari made for their Atari+ platform.OVERALLThe only difference that players will notice between the 2600+ and the 7800+ is the case design and buttons/switches on them. I did read in an Atari Age forum thread that the 7800+ chipset was supposed to be slightly more efficient, but even that thread pointed out that this meant nothing to end users. So, which one you pick will depend on your own preferences. I bought this one first and got the 7800+ later because it was on sale. The 7800+ stays attached to the main TV in my game room. The 2600+ is going on a retro-gaming TV cart, along with a few other classic consoles. Should be great for parties...

Fantastic!!! 😍 It is like reliving my childhood, but even better!! With the 2600+, you can play 99% of your original Atari 2600 and 7800 cartridges. There are brand new cartridges being made by Atari(homebrew and even some 7800 retro ones) and this will play those. I have a 7800+ and was able to hook up the wireless joystick from that to the 2600+ and it works fantastic! They do provide you with an old fashioned wired joystick on case you want to truly have an OG experience. The other awesome part is that they constantly keep firmware updated. The size is smaller than the original, but still has a quality feel to it and even the Atari logo lights up! I am just getting started with a new "old" collection so I look forward to picking up some games from my youth and being able to play them. Have you played Atari today ?

Love this Atari! It's about 2/3 the size of the original, but that's great in my opinion. Compatible with original joystick and games and it gives you a widescreen view, which is awesome! Tons of fun playing with my buddies from back in the day!

What the Atari company did here was genius and could inspire others to breath life into game libraries a lot of people already have but can not play due to hardware limitations after 40+ years. I was disappointed initially, the original ship date was November 16th but it got delayed a week which stinks because my birthday is the 17th and I was ready to play this all night before a day off work to celebrate. Oh well - it arrived today a week later. I am not disappointed at all, the packaging was great and the system was presented when opening the box in a way that showcases its early video game technology beauty - the simplicity of the Atari 2600 design is one of the things that makes it so iconic, there's a reason they have one of the originals like the one I have sitting next to my new Atari 2600+ in the Smithsonian. There was no USB brick plug included - no issue - this is a modern system to play 40+ year old games - I plugged the USB into my HD TV and the HDMI in and away I went. This console brings life to an aged game collection. As many people buying this may know - the console does not actually play the game off the cartridge - it reads it for what title it is and emulates it and works for the majority of Atari titles. This is fantastic because while most of my carts still worked ok the coloring and lighting in some titles was often flawed which is to be expected from games that are pushing 5 decades old. That all changes with the Atari 2600+ - the carts go in without any effort the game loads up from onboard emulation machine within seconds and all I can say is WOW! The colors, the sounds, the textures within the games, they all look incredible in full HD. Some people are purists, and I will never stop using my original hardware - but to see this done by Atari to a truly landmark system brings a tear to my eyes. I wish more companies would give their old games this treatment - because the reality is the console isn't the focal point here - it's making a massive library of games playable again with modern hardware. I can not recommend this product enough to anyone that likes Atari games, and hats off to the new owners of the Atari brand name for putting something like this on the market, a bold choice I would love to see more players in the video game market follow in this direction. Old games are abundant and cheap and the hardware options out there are not getting younger - I can only hope we see this trend take off.

I notice my original Gemini and Atari is having issues connecting to a modern tv due to the way analog is processed on these newer tv sets, and this actually allows me to play my original Atari games on a modern television. Also the graphics don't have a fuzziness to them due to it not being RF but HDMI. However there are setbacks as some games aren't compatible, Kaboom is compatible but wouldn't play at first so i took a q-tip and rubbed alcohol on it and ran it across the contacts of the cartridge and cleaned it. The original Atari and Gemini had a long cord that plugged in the back of the tv set and the plug outlet, this allowed you to have the console close to you from afar off so you can toggle the switches on it, this unit don't but have regular sized cords.

Lo e the old games and it works with my old atari games too. I wish it had another control