Atari VCS is a retro console that has been talked about for many months, but very little is really known until now the only thing confirmed was that its design is inspired by the Atari 2600 and works with a Linux-based operating system.
Atari VCS advance orders have arrived at IndieGoGo, starting at $199.99 for advance purchase and $299.99 for the wood collector’s edition. This new console will be released in the spring of 2019 along with more than 100 Atari Classics games and several new titles including Tempest 4000. Thanks to its Linux operating system, it will support most PC-compatible control methods, including gamepads, keyboard/mouse and joysticks. Atari has created a classic style joystick and a modern gamepad for its VCS system.
With the arrival of the console at IndieGoGo, we know that it will work with an AMD Bristol Ridge processor, a silicon that uses Excavator cores, offering much less performance than the current AMD Zen architecture, although this should have helped to achieve a tighter end price. This processor will come with 4GB of DDR4 memory and 32GB of built-in eMMC storage and will be compatible with external storage solutions and SD cards.
Atari VCS includes an HDMI 2.0 video output compatible with 4K resolution and 60 FPS, also supports HDCP 2.2, 2.4 / 5GHz WiFi, Bluetooth 4.0 and an Ethernet network port. So far, Atari VCS has raised more than $1.7 million in IndieGoGo from more than 6,000 sponsors, breaking the $100,000 funding target.