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1. Ars Technica (arstechnica@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Nov-2023 22:43:16 JST Ars Technica

   Review: New Atari 2600+ doesn’t justify its plus sign

   $130 nostalgia box is useful for seeing your old cartridges in HD, and that's about it.

   https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/11/review-new-atari-2600-doesnt-justify-its-plus-sign/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

   • Kaj Kandler (kajkandler@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 23-Nov-2023 01:10:33 JST Kaj Kandler

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     @arstechnica This brings back so much memories.
     My first computer was an Atari 800 (not the more popular XL).

     I spend a lot of money on this thing. But it became the starting point of a career.

   • Chancerubbage (chancerubbage@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 23-Nov-2023 02:06:18 JST Chancerubbage

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     @arstechnica I thought this had a rather large slew of the most popular cards burned into interior rom.

   • Lothus Marque (lothus@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 23-Nov-2023 04:23:24 JST Lothus Marque

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     @arstechnica Honestly the neatest thing is probably that the cartridges they made for it work on the original as well. It's neat, but 2600 games don't hold up nearly as well as stuff from just a generation or so later, so this feels hopelessly over-engineered. (Hell, the Atari Flashback 2 was a 2600-on-a-chip sold for rather less)