The Atari VCS saga will come to an end next year when its software store closes

Following a decennary agelong saga of delays, name changes, and Atari having to guarantee backers of a crowdfunding campaign that its retro console wasn't doomed, the Atari VCS level is being retired aboriginal adjacent year. On February 1st, 2027, the Atari VCS bundle store is shutting down, according to an announcement posted to the Atari Club Discord and shared by Tom's Hardware.

With a plan loosely inspired by the archetypal Atari 2600 - minus a cartridge slot - the VCS was a Linux-based, AMD-powered mini PC that could emulate a ample postulation of pre-loaded classical Atari games, but its functionality could beryllium expanded done an online bundle sto …

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