make lots of new good games.
real games, not some pong or space invaders reboot garbage.
and get a restraining order against whoever thought this was a good idea:
That’s funny, my imaginary Atari revival involves bringing back the Jaguar. Hah!
Realistically, there isn’t much the current Atari owners could do that the last two owners (Hasbro and Infogrames, respectively) hadn’t already done before. The new Atari 50 compilation is excellent, and does show an awareness of other Atari platforms beyond the 2600.
If I ran the circus, I’d promote that back catalog much more, especially the 8-bit and ST computers. Much depends on what assets Atari still owns, as many IPs were sold off after the last bankruptcy.
One thing I would do: join forces with Atari Age and release digital versions of all the homebrew games on all the Atari consoles. Really, the greatest 2600 videogames of all time are the indie titles on the Atari Age store.
Another thing I would definitely do: Atari Lynx Mini. This would be a compact handheld, the same size as a smartphone but retaining the original 3.5” screen size. Include as many of the original Lynx games in the hardware, as well as indie & homebrew titles. Either use a modern variation on real hardware or emulation, but only use the latter if coders could successfully run Roadblasters & Shadow o/t Beast.
Put it all together and sell for $99. Maybe include an art book and maybe the official 1995 cheat codes book.