Atari announces Save Mary, some other 2600 recreation from the golden era

Atari desires to make sure gamers have as a minimum a few possible motives to purchase its modern remake of the 2600, so it is freeing "new" video games in cartridge layout for the platform. The first – Mr. Run and Jump – was introduced in advance this year as the first reputable Atari cart for the reason that 1990 and now we've were given a 2d to sit up for.

Save Mary changed into developed throughout Atari's heyday but in no way surely got a physical launch because of the online game crash of 1983. In Save Mary, game enthusiasts are tasked with the use of a crane to build a platform that Mary can use to escape a flooding canyon. You'll want finesse at the controls, but, as an aggressive swing or a careless block drop could send Mary to an early grave.

Save Mary is presently in pre-manufacturing but that isn't stopping Atari from accepting pre-orders. Interested parties can reserve a duplicate of the game for $59.Ninety nine over on Atari's website. As a restrained edition release, your purchase will consist of "premium packaging and extras which are certain to satisfaction collectors and fanatics."

Some aren't any doubt going to cringe at Atari's decision to charge $60 for a 2600 recreation, but not all of us. As of writing, the sport is listed as bought out.

Interested in unfashionable gaming however do not have an original 2600? Fret not, as the legacy gaming business enterprise lately introduced a remake of its 2600 console. The new 2600 is powered with the aid of a Rockchip 3128 SoC with 256 MB of DDR3 RAM and 256 MB of eMMC constant internal garage. Atari also delivered an HDMI output for current televisions. Best yet, the console can play both Atari 2600 and 7800 sport cartridges, and Atari even enlarged the cartridge socket to reduce sticking.

The Atari 2600 is available to pre-order now for $129.Ninety nine and is scheduled to deliver in December, barring any further delays (it become supposed to arrive on November 17 however the pre-order web page now indicates a December 2023 launch window). Save Mary has a ship window of 3-four months from now, we're told.