Industry veteran Atari have announced that pre-sales of the Atari VCS (formerly known as Ataribox) will start on 30th May exclusively on Indiegogo with a planned shipping date of spring 2019. This sale will include the time-limited Atari VCS Collector’s Edition which features the special retro inspired wooden front just like its great great grandfather and namesake back in the late 70’s. Prices for the Atari VCS will start at $199.
The limited Collector’s Edition won’t be the only one available and in addition there will be the sleek black Atari VCS Onyx and other packages that will include the Classic Joystick and Modern Controller.
The Atari VCS will include access to 100 classic games such as Asteroids, Centipede, Breakout, Missile Command, Gravitar and Yars’ Revenge but there will be a full range of modern titles that are yet to be announced.
“We continue moving forward on the Atari VCS project and are excited to see this pre-sale kickoff and to share more updates with our fans as we look toward the first shipments,” notes Michael Arzt, Atari COO of Connected Devices. “We are building outstanding teams and forging alliances that will make this product great and truly worthy of the Atari VCS name. Expert hardware partners are helping make this project possible and we couldn’t be more pleased with their contributions.”
On the tech side of things the Atari VCS will offer support for 4K resolution, HDR and 60FPS content, dual-band WiFi and Bluetooth 5.0 and a custom processor from AMD. If it sounds good to you then it will be worth a look on 30th May.
