The Atari 2600 may not be the very first video game home console, but it was certainly the first one to cut through to mainstream entertainment in a way gaming had never done before.

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It comes with 10 games on a cartridge, but additional games and controllers are also up for preorder. Even cooler: it’s backwards compatible with original Atari 2600 and 7800 games.

It's time to dust off your old Atari cartridges as the company again tries to tap into gaming nostalgia with an updated version of its iconic Atari 2600, which will ship with a 10-in-1 cartridge ...

In this photo taken on August 12, 2017, a visitor poses with a T-shirt depicting an Atari 2600 video game console from the early 1980s, during the Retro.HK gaming expo in Hong Kong.

That's because, while it is 80% smaller than the original, the forthcoming Atari 2600+ is no locked device running pre-installed, emulated games. It plays the exact same cartridges I coveted as a kid.

To learn more, we spoke with Senior Sales and Marketing Director David Lowey. Lowey talks about the evolution of the Atari 2600+ in comparison with the Atari VCS, which was released back in 2021.

You can pre-order an Atari 2600 My Play Watch now, for $79.99, with shipping due from June 10. The watch is similar to a Kickstarter project from the same My Play Watch watch-making team, from ...

The Atari 2600+ runs on USB power and connects to your screen via HDMI, with support for multiple resolutions. It is 20% smaller than the original Atari 2600. The full list of games can be seen below.