By Leif Johnson
Few pieces of tech encapsulate the modern hunger for nostalgia quite like the diminutive retro gaming boxes that have been announced or released over the past couple of years. Take, for instance, the NES Classic Mini, the SNES Classic Mini and the C64 Mini.
This Thursday, December 14, according to a curiously information-phobic announcement, you’ll also be able to pre-order another nostalgia-fueled retro box for your increasingly crowded collection. This time around it’s the Ataribox, based on 1977’s Atari 2600 that was the definitive home console in the years before the landmark Nintendo Entertainment System.
And, well, that’s about all the new information we know. We’ve known about the Ataribox for months now, but we still don’t know what games will come with it. (Asteroids and Centipede seem like safe bets.)
We also have no specifics on how the Ataribox price, although earlier reports from Atari pegged it in the eye-widening range of $250 (around £187 / AU$332) to $300 (around £225 / AU$398). That’s enough to make the SNES Classic Mini’s retail price of $80/£80/AU$120 feel like a steal by comparison.
The announcement also claims that the device’s “earliest supporters” — which basically appears to mean people …read more
Source:: techradar.com – Gaming
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