Has anyone here bought from Atari Age? I bought a trio of homebrew Atari 2600 cartridges from them like 3 weeks ago and have gotten no shipping notice, I emailed their customer service twice and got no response, and I tweeted at their account and also got no response.

i want to buy an Atari plus console around Christmas season and since I plan on mostly playing 7800 games, I’ll need a two button controller.

for some reason, the Atari.com website lists cx78+ wired as working with 2600, 2600+, and 7800, excluding 7800+. that doesn’t seem right, can anyone confirm this? I would prefer a wired controller, and I’ve seen a lot of people saying their cx78+ wireless stopped pairing randomly.

on the other hand, it lists the cx40+ wired as only working on 2600/+. So, does the 7800/+ have different plugs or something and that’s why it can’t take these wired controllers? That doesn’t seem to make sense since you still have to plug in the dongles for wireless. Can anyone confirm any of this? If both plus consoles play each other’s games, why wouldn’t all the controllers also be compatible? Jeez.

Edit it seems like the best option for using Genesis controllers is the Seagull 78 from Edladdin, which works on original 7800. One Atariage post says “it’s been reported” (WTF? No source) that it’ll work on 7800 plus… can anyone confirm this?

Late to the party here. A lot of people have talked about the new 2600+ and 7800+ being emulation based systems. What does this exactly mean?

Is it that the systems:

1. Have an entire library of 2600/7800 games in them and the cartridges basically select the game?

or

1. The system loads everything from the cartridge into memory and then plays the game.

Edit: I have an original 2600 JR. I was looking into new joysticks and paddles and the Atari website had a bundle with a console that seemed more economical so I figured I would ask.

I have the Atari (read title) and a perfectly matching old television and it's supposed to work but it doesn't. I really need some help with this! Anyone willing to help me? (Not through reddit, will be very hard haha). I would appreciate it hugely!

Well, that was the surprise announcement of the day! I am absolutely fascinated and looking forward to knowing more. Does anyone know if the cartridge slot will be compatible with 2670 800 games, or was the 800 XL a specific size cartridge? I seem to recall that its cartridges were related to the 5200? Also, does anyone know if this thing will actually have a prompt so people can code in basic?

Did some digging and couldn't find an answer -

Both of my CX-78+ controllers have an issue with going the direction I want them to go. specifically, when I push a straight direction, as in up, down, left, or right, they tend to want to go diagonally. is this a problem anyone else has had, or is this just a me thing? Both of my controllers do it, but one seems worse than the other.

I was thinking about Atari the other day. Dors anyone remember he game jetpack?

Disclosure: I wrote this article for Game Cookies.

Atari has brought together studios including Nightdive, Digital Eclipse and Thunderful. I looked at the financing behind that expansion, using its annual report and the August and September transaction announcements.

A few findings:

- FY2025/26 revenue reached €56.0 million, but the consolidated group, including Thunderful, reported a €4.8 million net loss.

- September’s announced debt-to-share conversion puts IRATA, CEO Wade Rosen’s holding company, at 48.82% of share capital in the company’s post-transaction table. Converting debt reduces a repayment obligation; it is different from bringing in new cash.

- The annual report says independent board representation fell from 50% to 25% after a director became chief operating officer.

The article separates those disclosures from claims the reporting could not substantiate. Debt relief can support the studios, while new shares reduce an unchanged investor’s ownership percentage. The open question is what the expansion delivers and how future financing and oversight are explained.

Full article: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/atari-rebuilding-its-shareholders-deserve-answers-leonardo-miralrio-lhv4c

What would you want to see from Atari to judge whether its rebuilding is becoming a sustainable business?

Recalibrated the joysticks, cleaned the contacts, replaces the rubber carbon contacts on the 5200 controller with newer gold plated contacts
The Trak-ball controller has a new cueball inside, new bearings, new optical discs, and a new contact pad for the Start/Pause/Reset. Been playing quite a few games, and these controllers work great! I liked the look of the original cueball, so I kept it along with the original parts I replaced. Controllers now work like new. :)

I had pre-ordered the Nintendo Switch 2 version of the Disney Afternoon Collection which should have been shipped out a long time ago but then I had to reach out to customer service which took weeks for them to respond, but when they finally shipped the game out, I received the regular Switch version instead. Buyer beware.

Hey everyone, just a little thought experiment here. What if the Atari Panther dropped in 1991 as a 16-bit console to go up against the SNES, Genesis & TG16?

He is moving and downsizing at 82. He said I should sell them. There is another Atari system that looks like it's in the box that has never been opened. Is this worth anything? I remember playing these little 8 bit games with friends and they were fun.

It's been a few months since I updated my GSG firmware to what was then the latest version. Unfortunately, I don't recall the number of that firmware update. So can anyone explain how to determine what number I'm currently on?

And once that's determined, what is the latest current version of the Community Firmware? I'm trying to determine how up-to-date (or behind) I am.

Thanks!

I've gotten my Gamestation Go to play Colecovision Roms BUT ....... If I connect the GSG to my TV via HDMI, not only do the Colecovision games not work --- but there isn't even a "Colecovision" menu anywhere. ie - The Colecovision games aren't listed anywhere. (FWIW - I'm using the latest (I think) Community firmware.)

So has anyone gotten Colecovision games to run on the GSG when it's connected to a TV via HDMI? If so, what's the trick?

Thanks!

The possibilities! Can you imagine!

Riveting

I prefer the clicky keys (like the Klixon on a TI calculator). High-quality hit-detection.

Look at that happy plant

Some light reading