In a nutshell: Atari is teaming up with retro gaming firm My Arcade on some of the peculiar handheld recreation programs in current reminiscence. The Gamestation Go, teased in an X put up forward of CES, is all about management. The hand held – which seems to be a revised model of the Gamestation Moveable teased round this time a yr in the past – incorporates a conventional D-pad on the left facet flanked by a trackball beneath and a paddle / spinner knob above.
On the alternative facet, you have acquired customary A B X Y buttons organized within the acquainted structure with a quantity pad beneath. Bodily buttons labeled begin, choose, settings, and credit score are additionally current on the entrance of the gadget. R1 R2 and L1 L2 shoulder buttons are positioned alongside the highest fringe of the hand-held, the place we are able to additionally see a microSD card slot, an influence change, a house button, a quantity rocker, an HDMI-out port, a USB-C energy connector, and a 3.5mm headphone jack.
Many of the controls look like backlit or outlined with gentle, and a pair of USB-C ports on the rear seems to assist wired controllers. All it appears to be lacking is the crank management from the Playdate. Cooling vents and a kickstand may also be discovered on the reverse.
An icon, reimagined. 🕹️ @MyArcadeRetro#Atari #GamestationGo #CES2025 pic.twitter.com/AvqTLuegR2
– Atari (@atari) January 2, 2025
Atari’s teaser is accompanied by the tagline, “An icon, reimagined.” Extra particulars, akin to bundled video games and pricing, stay a thriller for now. With so many baked in management varieties, the gadget might doubtlessly assist a variety of platforms – as long as the inner {hardware} and emulation is up for the duty.
Final yr’s Gamestation Moveable was to launch by the tip of 2024 for $149, so it’s most likely secure to imagine the Go variant will are available in round that very same mark.
CES is simply days away, so we’ll doubtless get all the lacking particulars then. The annual commerce present formally kicks off in Las Vegas on January 7 and runs by means of the tenth.
