Atari has today
officially launched its crowdfunding campaign via the Indiegogo website and has
already raised over US$ 2 million thanks to over 7750 backers. The Atari VCS games
console is available to preorder with pledges starting from US$ 199 plus shipping,
offering a 33 percent saving off the recommended retail price which will take
effect once the crowdfunding campaign comes to an end.
100+ classic games will be available to
play out of the box, with others available to purchase and download, check out
the video below for a taste. Specifications of the Atari VCS take the form of a
Bristol Ridge A10 CPU supported by a Radeon R7 GPU combined with 4GB of DDR4
RAM and 32GB of eMMC storage.
The Atari games console also provides the
possibility of expanding your storage even further using external hard drives
or SD cards. Atari has used a customised Linux operating system based on
Ubuntu, which has been used to create an Atari restyled interface. Atari also
promises mouse and keyboard support straight from the box. For more details,
full specifications and a list of all available pledges jump over to the
official Atari VCS games console Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign page.
