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[yurinka]

Looks kinda pretty. Not sure about that thumbstick though.

No dual analog? Yikes.

Number dial pad? Will this be a phone as well?

Why is there numeric keys on the right? Is this made for accountants? The orange backlit buttons look nice.

Atari is a company that made arcade games and consoles in the '70s and '80s (plus Lynx and Jaguar in the '90s), which didn't use thumbsticks/dual analogs. It has a trackball, dial and numpad, which stuff some of them did use. I think they did the right thing, since I assume the device will focus on emulated these old games and maybe new versions of them.

Who is this for?

I assume fans of the Atari games.

 

[Chuck Berry]

So does this mean I can play Trevor McFur on the go?

 

[Kdad]

There was also a Seasame Street numeric keypad and keyboard Controllers; which was used by games like "Basic Programming". The thing about the Star Raiders keypad; Star Raiders was the only game to use it. There was also a Star Raiders 2 in the development that would have used it as well, but that was cancelled.

Oh dont recall ever seeing those (I'm not into retro, I just lived through the atari age up to Atari 520 ST) Thanks for the info.

 

[Frwrd]

They could've went with "GameStationX" but not even Atari wants to have anything to do with MS/Xbox

 

[Joe Cool]

 

[DownLikeBCPowder]

And here I was thinking somehow we were in April already.

 

[yogaflame]

The legend is back. Atari is also memorable to me, first played the game James bond 007 in Atari.

 

[consoul]

As soon as I saw the words "MyArcade" I was out.

 

[Alexios]

Just another novelty toy item, Idk what would make anyone think Atari's actually gunning to become a real first party console company, especially since they're just giving their licence to yet another company that is known for selling crap like this already.

 

[cyberheater]

New firmware announced.

 

[Superbean]

I love mine, glad they are updating it

 

[ReBurn]

I recently picked up one of these on a deal and I updated it to the Atari Age custom firmware 1.2 that adds a lot of emulation capabilities for other systems. The number pad is very useful for Intellivision and ColecoVision emulation and for many Atari 5200 games that use it but weren't in the preloaded games. It even adds trackball and paddle support for Mame games that benefit from it. It's not an emulation powerhouse as it struggles with PS1 games, but 8-bit, 16-bit and retro arcade stuff runs really well.

It's currently my handheld Intellivision Nightstalker machine.

 

[Tobimacoss]

This looks pretty good for the price.

 

[coffinbirth]

I recently picked up one of these on a deal and I updated it to the Atari Age custom firmware 1.2 that adds a lot of emulation capabilities for other systems. The number pad is very useful for Intellivision and ColecoVision emulation and for many Atari 5200 games that use it but weren't in the preloaded games. It even adds trackball and paddle support for Mame games that benefit from it. It's not an emulation powerhouse as it struggles with PS1 games, but 8-bit, 16-bit and retro arcade stuff runs really well.

It's currently my handheld Intellivision Nightstalker machine.

Does it have wifi? Nightstalker just got RetroAchievements, and that would be a cool way to play it.

 

[ReBurn]

Does it have wifi? Nightstalker just got RetroAchievements, and that would be a cool way to play it.

The console connects to wifi, yes.

 

[coffinbirth]

Upon looking around for deals for this thing, I just stumbled across this, and apparently it wasn't mentioned anywhere in this thread, so I thought I'd drop it in here.

Now I'm curious if the configs (for the custom fw) work for both. I assume they are using RetroArch, so now I am tempted to just get this to add to my RetroArch pc setup. I've got all the console specific 8bitdo retro pads, so this would be a cool addition.

Anyone have one of these?

Gamestation Gamepad

Make your Gamestation Go even more versatile with the Gamestation Gamepad wireless controller. Includes all the same controls – paddle, trak-ball, d-pad, bumpers, numeric keypad, and classic gamepad buttons (A,B,X,Y) – so you can play games with the controls they were designed for. Perfect for...

atari.com

The console connects to wifi, yes.

This is great news.
Did the custom fw have the controls already mapped, or did you have to set up each system manually? Specifically asking about the spinner and trackball controls where applicable, really.

 

[ReBurn]

Did the custom fw have the controls already mapped, or did you have to set up each system manually? Specifically asking about the spinner and trackball controls where applicable, really.

I haven't needed to do anything manually so far. The handful of games I played just worked. Some of the default mame mappings are weird, but they kind of redeemed themselves with mapping quick save, quick load and screenshot in mame to lighted keys on the numpad.

 

[Mozza]

Nintendo in shambles!

Nintendo thinking here is another niche gaming handheld..

 

[Havoc2049]

I recently picked up one of these on a deal and I updated it to the Atari Age custom firmware 1.2 that adds a lot of emulation capabilities for other systems. The number pad is very useful for Intellivision and ColecoVision emulation and for many Atari 5200 games that use it but weren't in the preloaded games. It even adds trackball and paddle support for Mame games that benefit from it. It's not an emulation powerhouse as it struggles with PS1 games, but 8-bit, 16-bit and retro arcade stuff runs really well.

It's currently my handheld Intellivision Nightstalker machine.

Does it have Atari 5200 Trak-Ball and Colecovision Roller Controller support? Slither on the Colecovision was great fun back in the day.

 

[ReBurn]

Does it have Atari 5200 Trak-Ball and Colecovision Roller Controller support? Slither on the Colecovision was great fun back in the day.

The trackball doesn't seem to work on side loaded Slither on ColecoVision or Centipede on 5200 in my configuration, but I didn't put much effort into it. I'm not sure if they can be configured. Not even the 5200 Centipede or Missile Command that comes in the preloaded 200 games on the core system seems to support the trackball. Disappointed.

 

[S0ULZB0URNE]

Want the Capcom/Namco non portable version shown at CES 2026.

 

[ReBurn]

Want the Capcom/Namco non portable version shown at CES 2026.

Give me Final Fight in my pocket, please.

 

[S0ULZB0URNE]

Give me Final Fight in my pocket, please.

It's listed

Not sure why these are taking so long though.

MY ARCADE® announces GAMESTATION RETRO including Bandai Namco® and CAPCOM Games

My Arcade unveils Gamestation Retro at CES 2025! Featuring over 100 iconic games, handhelds, consoles, and arcade cabinets. Visit Booth #15146 for a first look

myarcade.com

 

[Days like these...]

Couldn't watch it. Why the hell are they using power tool music in the year of our lord 2026?