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Atari VCS goes up for pre-order for $249 and up
he Atari VCS is a brand new video game console with a retro-style design and support for both new and classic video games. It’s expected to ship in December to backers of last year’s Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign, but if you weren’t a backer you’ll be able to pre-order one starting today.
The system goes up for pre-order for $249 and up at Walmart, GameStop and the Atari VCS website starting today, and new customers should get their systems starting in March, 2020.
The hood, the Atari VCS is basically a compact computer with an AMD Ryzen Embedded R1000 processor and support for 4K60 video output. It runs a custom Linux-based operating system called Atari OS and ships with more than 100 classic games pre-installed, but it’ll also support new titles.
Users will also be able to run other apps — there’s an “Atari Sandbox Mode” that “unlocks an open and expandable multimedia PC enabling complete freedom and versatility,” whatever that means.
There are three prices/configurations available:
- Atari VCS 400 with 4GB of RAM for $249
- Atari VCS 800 with 8GB of RAM for $279
- Atari VCS 800 + joystick and gamepad for $379
Source: Lilputing