Atari VCS consoles finally 'on the way' after significant delays

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To a higher degree three years subsequently it was first revealed, the initial batch of finalized Atari VCS consoles are finally willing to ship. At this moment, thousands of Atari VCS units are on the way from a manufacturing facility in China to the United States, where they bequeath then be sorted and sent out to Indiegogo backers, any of which preordered the console as far stake as English hawthorn 2018.

This is an encouraging maturation in what has been a somewhat discouraging road for backers and onlookers. I fall into the latter category, having cut my console teeth on the original Atari 2600 in the 1980s, before being drawn into the world of PCs by way of the Commodore 64. From there, the rest is history.

There were times the Atari VCS project (originally called Ataribox) looked similar it would equal history as well. The console was plagued by several delays, and key events ilk the console's architect, Plume James Wyatt, quitting the project amid claims he had not been postpaid did non instill confidence that this day would ever come.

That is really exactly the tip of the controversial iceberg. A timeline of concerned events pertaining to the regenerate retro console can make up found on the Atari VCS subreddit. It includes the sentence Atari referred to reporters at The Cross-file as "irresponsible trolls" for the way an interview at GDC was portrayed in an article.

It's each weewe under the bridge deck in River Raid at this full stop, because Atari VCS consoles are finally going unfashionable, thereby shifting the focus to how it performs and whether or not it is worth ramification over $250 or more for one (conditional the model and bundled accessories). Having taken so long to come through to market, though, the Atari VCS risks organism overshadowed by next-gen consoles from Sony and Microsoft. In particular, it seems a tough sell following to the Xbox Series S, which costs $300.

In whatever event, backers leave shortly get their custody happening the Ryzen-powered Atari VCS. The initial shipment also includes the limited variant Atari VCS 800 Collector's Variation model, of which on that point are 6,000 numbered and authenticated units.

Also for the first clock, Atari shared a bunch of assembly line photos happening Medium that depict the Collector's Edition pose. There is too a photo of pallets stacked with thousands of Atari VCS consoles "ready and waiting to be trucked to the port."

Paul has been playing PC games and raking his knuckles happening hardware since the Commodore 64. He does not have any tattoos, only thinks it would be cool to get extraordinary that reads LOAD"*",8,1. In his inactive time, he rides motorcycles and wrestles alligators (only one of those is sincere).