Atari and Plaion recently announced the Atari 2600+, a new version of the classic console that is capable of running all 2600 and 7800 games via crisp HDMI.
Twitter user Selena the Retro-Princess has been lucky enough to get some hands-on time with the console, and took a photo of the rear of the machine, showing off some of its features.
Perhaps the most important feature is the USB-C port, which apparently will be used to deliver firmware updates to the machine. This, of course, also opens the door for hackers – and it's highly likely that at some point, they'll be able to crack the 2600+ and permit users to upload their own ROMs to the console.
The Atari 2600+ launches this November and will cost $129.99/€119.99/£99.99.
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Kind of hoping Microsoft is willing to play ball with Atari to allow classic Activision games to be re-released. The 2600 without Activision is like an NES without Capcom.
Man I absolutely can't wait till they crack this thing wide open, it's like my #1 first priority and every discussion about the 2600+ should involve it in some way.
I'll go wild and spend $200 and my entire evening installing CFW, load up the entire set and... emulate ROMs with Stella on a low-end chipset like I can right now a million other ways for free.
Glad we've seen the back now and that answers my question about out of the box compatibility with CRT TVs!
I'll save some money and just get the replacement paddles and maybe a joystick
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