New Atari VCS retro game streamer lurks in marketing-spiel crowdfunding campaign

Atari has been teasing a reimagined VCS console for some time now, and the company is so bankrupt that it has had to turn to Indiegogo to crowdfund the whole project. People clearly like the idea as its already raised around $2.5 million in three days.

For $229 with the classic controller among various other packages, it promises the Atari Vault with 100 classics, plus download and streaming services for a range of games. Inside is an AMD/Radeon chip running on Linux. All its studio partners are indies, so don't expect any major announcements, but Jeff Minter's Tempest 4000 is always welcome on any platform.

At 14.5" x 5.3" x 1.6" its just about a microconsole, and the company is banging on about its design as retro-futuristic, because its got a piece of wood in the front. That makes me think the marketing men are all over this and there's no sign of a gaming brain in the process, or anyone with a true idea of Atari's history

Still, we'll see as further wraps come off. If there's Atari 400/800, Jaguar and Lynx emulation, it might come across in a better light, but for now it reads like the worst marketing fluff over any serious attempt to give the company back some credibility.