New Atari 2600+ console plays your vintage 2600 and 7800 games with HDMI

[Werewolf]

There's a new souped-up Atari 2600 system that plays my old 2600 and 7800 cartridges on modern TVs with HDMI plus new games on cartridge!? I am so there.

[LardLad]

I will definitely pick one up. The console itself looks great - I may need to lay some orange shag carpet in the gaming room to give it the appropriate vibe.

[Megotastrophe]

I have the flashback that came out around the time of the mini nes. Got both set up and occasionally go asteroid hunting.

[tay666]

This is very interesting.

[Nostalgiabuff]

cool. I have 2 or 3 of the flashback ones they had released. also have the intelevision one, sega genesis, nintendo NES and SNES. the are a lot of fun

[B-Lister]

I have a vintage Atari VCS (No, it isn't a 2600, it is an early model 6 switch, so that makes it a VCS. They didn't rename it the 2600 until the 5200 came out in 1982).

[monitor_ep]

Depending on how much this will cost I am thinking about getting one. I have those Atari game control versions and my nephew loved playing them. I would play Atlantis and he would laugh and giggle so much when the space ships would fly fast and blow up Atlantis.

Update:
Gamestop has the preorder for $130 with cartridge that has 10 games:
Adventure
Combat
Dodge 'Em
Haunted House
Maze Craze
Missile Command
Realsports
Volleyball
Surround
Video Pinball
Yars' Revenge

Since this has Yars' Revenge I am in!!!!

I still have the Record of YR that I used to listen to when I would play the game (yeah I'm a nerd/geek).

[Werewolf]

I have a 2600 Jr and 7800 and neither look great on my LED TV. The 7800 looks especially bad. My 7800 also has a really tight cartridge port and made a worrying crunch when I inserted the games. So, I've not used it in quite a while. I'm really looking forward to playing all those games again.

[B-Lister]

Yeah, my VCS looks awful on a Flatscreen. I was trying to play Breakout and the static flicker was just too much.

[tay666]

This is so tempting.

[Werewolf]

Just got one this week. It's very nice and high quality. Works great. Solid feeling construction. Really does look like a vintage Atari console. Smaller than the original four switcher but not too small. Maybe a hair larger than the Atari Jr. You do need 7800 controllers to play 7800 games that require two buttons. Like Pole Position and Dark Chambers. They will be releasing a 7800 game pad.