@GlamReaper @GlamReaper the original 1st generation playstation games were cutting edge in every way and so much fun. I think later sequels lost that cutting edge feeling.

Huge Amiga fan, but I have to admit Zool 2 shines the best on the Jag. The QOL is going to be a way to use button 2 to jump. Some people just cant get the hang of using up to jump but I warn you if you want to be a true Zool 2 master it plays best using the controller to jump. There has been a patched version of Zool 2 that uses button 2 jump since Jaguar emulators became a thing. I cut my teeth playing games on Atari 8-bit and Amiga so I am used to the control scheme. Too bad they couldn't release this other platforms too with a built in emulator. It's a great game and would reach a larger audience.

The c64 original is awesome but I never could get into the Amiga/ST remake which didn't capture the same feeling. I'm only now learning of this Windows remake but if it brings the c64 game's sensibility into the modern era I'm all for it.

@metaphysician don't worry no one is releasing a Jaguar mini..

@picandocodigo well it didn't live up to the hype and these type of announcements I'm learning always seem to be disappointing (the C= Callback flip phone was another one). They are very good games but I would imagine most people that collect 2600 carts already have them by now. That said I was foolishly hoping for a new console since "biggest announcement we've ever made" is kind of misleading. I was more excited for Bubsy 4d to be honest. That said if you don't have these games they are some of the best released during the systems lifetime. I would love to see Atari do something with the Activision games like they did with the recharged series for their arcade classics. I can imagine a recharged version of Hero or River Raid being really fun. I don't see Barnstorming but that would be a fun one to redo in 3d too.

Earthion is one of my fav goto Genesis/Megadrive games. A great shooter up there with all the classic shooters on MD but this article says nothing about the joystick all I know is there is AI in the trailer.... Is it USB or Atari/Sega 9pin? How much is it going to cost? Anyway I am not complaining because I like this site, but I think a separate site that is about AI and it's use/abuse etc might be a good idea, so this way there is an outlet for people that want to crusade against AI and it doesn't play such a major role on the retro gaming site. Just a thought... don't get all worked up.

love these ports but I hope someone makes an Android version because I have the most fun with them on my handheld and n64 looks great on the RG Cube.

@JackGYarwood My problem is with the joystick itself. It's a great product and I would buy one in a heartbeat but it's not usb compatible. They should of made it USB compatible and added some extra buttons or at least a way to use the second button as a second button. They missed the boat on this. Now if the intention is to make s quick buck from their fan base then it worked. I will say one thing, it;s better than a $400 flip phone.

@Kushan At least the ultimate and joystick are two very good products my only problem is they should have redesigned it so it works with USB and has multiple buttons two features that would reach a wider audience. Even modern homebrew games often support two buttons again I say they need someone who knows games so they truly know who they are trying to reach because as it is now it seems like every product is put the logo on it and sell it not C= your looking for.

so this can only play the Evercade cartridges or can you manually load up software for it too? I can't seem to find any info regarding if it's possible to load up your own library or not.

this is a great joystick, it was my joystick of choice for my Atari 130xe and Amiga 500 back in the day. I really think they missed an opportunity by not making it USB compatible. Yes, it should be 9-pin compatible but not everyone does their retro gaming on a device that has 9pin "atari" style ports and having USB compatibility would of meant anyone who uses almost anything could use it accept they didn't think to put a fire button #2 that is recognized as such and even more extra buttons would of been wise because not only do some 8/16-bit computer games use button 2 but think of consoles from NES up to Saturn require more than just one button. Sure you couId buy a 9pin to USB interface but now it costs as much or more than a real quality arcade style fighter/shooter joystick device and still only has one button. I feel like it's the same thing we had in the 80s brought back to life with a C= logo without any thought to how it would be used by actual gamers in 2026. A low effort design that is just trying to make a quick profit off nostalgia. I'm not saying it's a fail but it is a missed opportunity in some ways. One of the reasons why Atari is doing so well right now is because they have people that actually play games working in the company.

never heard of this until today, that system looks perfect for me since I love shmups and i love that tate oriented screen/controller combo. a little too pricey for me though. I will stick to my pc and RG CUBE to get my arcade fix.

@SpaceMoguls I would imagine most of these games would work on the og system too so they will reach the wider audience but if for example they have extra features if played on a C64 ultimate or maybe a different version that has enhanced gameplay they can get the sticker. I don't see how It can hurt the homebrew scene. I hope they have a digital version of the sticker for people that release freeware games because a lot of great homebrews are free and they should have some way of honoring that too.

@Thad no that's totally different. I like the comments, I'm interested in the topics and what everyone has to say so it doesn't bother me if someone has a different opinion than I do. I'm just saying if the idea of AI cores bother you and then you don't use them and if enough people don't use them there will be no reason to make AI cores or at least a good motivation to create more authentic cores.

In the past people designing cores often used emulators as a guide to help them get the core perfect, but I understand why if you are using FPGA you wouldn't want to use a core that was just an emulator 100% translated by AI into a core but what I don't get is why if it bothers you then just don't use it. I personally would rather use MAME than use an AI core translated from MAME. No one is forcing you to use it and since most FPGA users will still want a more accurate core it's not like someone won't make one eventually. The only purpose of the ai translated core is convenience so you can play all your favorite games on one device now. There is no way to stop AI or these AI cores but I think if everyone that has a problem with them doesn't use them there will be less demand to make them.

At first I thought Generation Amiga was written by a kid in high school. The annoying "why this matters" in every review etc.. reminded me of someone just learning how to write essays. After a few visits it dawned on me that the site was totally AI. the worst part is when I see other sites regurgitating that AI slop. I think AI has a place in the world but there is no doubt that sites like Generation Amiga need to be boycotted.

I think AI speaks for itself. when AI is used to create things the results unless its used as a helper tool or for prototyping are second rate. I do video work and one of my customers decided they were gonna set up cameras everywhere and invest in AI to do the same video work I did for them every week. The results are generic and of less quality. of course it is, but it's "good enough" and in the long run they save money but they lost a professional videographers skills which made the video enjoyable to watch. At first people complained "what happened?" but now they have accepted the way it is and lost more than half their viewers, but guess what? Gamers will never accept "good enough" Even the best AI created original games if you can call anything done completely with gen AI original are at best a fascinating experiment but do not hold a candle to games created by humans. You can't stop AI because its here to stay but at the end of the day it will never replace talent.

wow i still dont know who these people are. it outsold the commodore ultimate??!! I dont know anyone that would want this but i guess Im completely out of touch with the less features is a feature flip phone people. im american and old enough to have been an amiga user but im in college with mostly young people so you think i would be somewhat aware. is this a trend among rich people? im not rich and neither is anyone i know so im thinking that has to be it.

It's hard for me to have confidence in a company that would release something like this.

@Johnny_Arthur I really liked Battle Tanx and have it on my handheld for nostalgia. I was an Amiga (500) and Atari (130xe) user when 3do came out and thought the 3do could be the potential next generation Amiga/Atari style system and since it didn't rely on one company it couldn't be snuffed out like Atari and Commodore, but even though I had high hopes and everything sounded good on paper (Next Generation magazine) the 3do players were too expensive and then came the Playstation and N64. It's hard for me to believe someone could resurrect the 3do and bring out a modern console when the much more popular Amiga still remains dormant (as far as an official new Amiga) more than 30 years after Commodore's demise unless you count a flip phone which I don't.

@Thad Like you say not even the current Atari would release a Jaguar mini for obvious reasons and the 3d0 has even less to offer as far as nostalgia. The 3Do didnt have anything original that wasn't eventually available and more popular on the Playstation., so Gex was somewhat popular but more people played it on Sony's console. To be fair for a moment in time the 3do version of Wolfenstein 3d was considered the best. Loading it up in an emulator I can see why, but it hardly warrants a mini console. There is no market for this and reviving the brand to release a modern 3do that can compete with the likes of Steam, Nintendo and Sony is the longest longshot of them all. Don't get me wrong we all need to dream and I wish him luck with his.

so will this be able to run PS2 and Gamecube?

Who is this for? You can buy a flip phone for literally $0 in the US sure it doesn't look as cool but it accomplishes the same thing and if it's for kids then why on earth are you giving them a $500 flip phone with some retro styling? If it's for senior citizens like traditional flip phones are marketed at they don't care about any of the extra features because they buy flip phones for their simplicity and low price(!) so who is this for? The loyal Commodore faithful who will buy anything to support their favorite brand that they grew up with. $100 or $150 I could see but $500 is insane and at that price it doesn't seem much different from the Italian Commodore selling rebranded cheap products with the commodore name.

@slider1983 opinions, to me it's like a million times better. it's a shame it only made it to two relatively obscure systems. It's loads better than the original but I mean if you like the original zool2 is alot faster so I can see where you might prefer the original. The thing is no one got a chance to play it because like what a few thousand people bought the Amiga cd32 and Atari Jaguar only game. By the time it came out 2d was going out of style anyway, but it is a fun play now especially the jaguar version which has better sound and nowadays you don't have to deal with that crazy controller. Bigpemu is a great Jag emulator if you want to give it another try I guarantee it improves on the original.

The real gem is not Zool on Megadrive or anything else it's Zool 2 on the Amiga and Atari Jaguar that game is the best Zool game and maybe the best and fastest platformer from that era.

As a long time Atari fan (my first computer was an Atari 400) I have to say the modern Atari is the best Atari since their hey day. When I was a kid Atari was a magical company that meant fun in the arcades and at home. They had their moments and to be fair they were competing with giants when the Tramiels took over but it was generally a down hill slide from then on... I don't think they really got their act together properly until just a few years ago, now they know who their fans are and what they want. I generally prefer Shmups, fps and rpg but I picked up Bubsy 4d just last weekend and I am having tons of fun with it.. I just hope they release a new 800xl with a working keyboard, but that might just be my dream.

why would Atari want to move there? TAXES TAXES TAXES

@harcalion that would be awesome, the rm 800xl has been vaporware for way too long

@harcalion I hope so too... I would be happy if they release anything full size with working keyboard, even it was emulation you could switch it up for a tang nano 20k fpga and with the atari 800 core. I love the way the 800xl looks and 8-bit Atari was my first and you never forget your first. The amount of amazing quality games that has come out in the last 10 years for the 8-bit Atari means they could load it up with classics and homebrews. I hope its not just another mini.

I prefer the Genesis to the SNES, but in the case of Zool the SNES is the better version. That said the Genesis version is closer to the Amiga original.

if only they would make a Atari 800xl version I would be entering my debit card as we speak!!

@bobrocks95 I had to laugh at Stockholm Syndrome'd from owning an Amiga! So true, although there were awesome games that ran on my Amiga 500 like Lionheart, Alien Breed, Chaos Engine etc.. I totally remember convincing myself that Zool and Super Frog were just as good as Mario and Sonic lol

We all know the real reason. Why aren't they making installing any kind of homebrew patch void the warranty when that would solve the issue? The real reason is they know eventually there will be patches and updates coming that will enchance the c64u in ways that they won't be able to monetize, like for example the ability to simulate other platforms , but in the end it doesn't really matter every console that exists is jailbroken but you need to find a vulnerability first which will likely happen with the c64u eventually anyway.

@Kenoddis Considering they are advertising it as not emulation or FPGA replica I think maybe the guys who worked on the mister core understand the original consoles architecture better than anyone that doesn't mean they are using their core in this

@Atariboy came here to say exactly this. The flashback 2 was everything in the 2600 on one chip. I know the 3do is much more complicated but they are implying they reverse engineered the original chips and then made new ones but if its official couldn;t they just take the original chip and streamline them down to something smaller and more affordable. I guess what I;m saying is if you can do that with a c64 (in the case of the c64 stick) why not the 3do?

I picked up the Steam version which is really just a custom emulator playing a rom, but I play my shmups on my Powkiddy rgb20sx which has a great 4"x4" screen. I understand why people that collect og hardware and games would want the cartridge but I feel like if I paid for the Steam game why should I have to go threw hoops to get the rom (uncompress/decrypt...)?? I don't get the reasoning, because people that want the cart are gonna wait and if you are worried about losing sales to the people writing the rom to a flash cart then why wait all this time? As I can see from the comments bootleg cart versions are already making the rounds... anyway none of this takes anything away from the fact this game is awesome and one of if not the best shmups for the Genesis/Megadrive.

this is a hair trigger response to seeing "ai" and dismissing it out of hand. they are not using AI to indirectly steal another persons code or artwork or music by using other peoples work to create generic slop. This is just a way to speed up the tedious conversion of code from one platform to another which is the type of thing AI does well.

The blue one with the outline of Sonic is awesome and I'm sure somone with a lot more money to burn than me will buy it.

very very short, dialog is good and does seem very Alienish, sound fx will make a huge difference as far as building tension. Point and Click games aren't easy to pull off on consoles but this one has promise.

I play the Atari recharged games on my laptop and they are fun! If it can run those games and it has a paddle controller please Atari bring on Tempest 2000 and tempest 4000... those games are a no brainer!!!

Defectors sounds like it might be fun. One of my guilty pleasures is playing bezerk (or Krazy shootout on the 8bit atari, Frenzy on MAME etc). Those simple shooters ramp up the speed and put you in the zone.

this is what i don't understand. if you truly want to preserve this stuff then rip it and upload the roms to the usual places... problem solved. Am I missing something? If Sega sent this to be destroyed and it got out into the public, then they have every right to want that back.

I'd buy that paddle/spinner controller pad if it works with Windows/Linux and use it for Tempest 2000 and the other paddle/spinner games. If they sell it seperately i predict it will sell out in a week. I already have a retro linux handheld these things are low priced Linux based mini pc's. If you buy the right one, you can get a well built handheld with every game from atari up to psp/dreamcast/ps1/n64 era and spend about 60 bucks including shipping (plus the time it takes to put the roms on the sd cards..). Thats like getting 100,000 games for less than what it costs to fill your gas tank up. i dont think Atari's handheld is for people like me but more for the casual gamer or a great Christmas present for you dad, grandad etc.. who loves Atari. After all these years and changing hands Atari is finally giving people what they want.

I love the 2d Sonic games. I remember playing this game back in day, but this new PC version looks awesome. I wonder if they will get takedown notices from Sega for something like this I can't tell you how many recompilations and indie pc games are ruined by lackluster controller support in Windows. Meanwhile every emulator has perfect support for any type of USB or Bluetooth controller you throw at it.

I wish they would make an A1200 case with a cool upgraded fpga Amiga inside. I think despite there being more former c64 owners overall there is a bigger demand for a modernized Amiga. At least there are people that want one. I wonder if something like that is in the pipelilne.