In a nutshell: Atari is teaming up with retro gaming firm My Arcade on probably the most peculiar handheld sport techniques in current reminiscence. The Gamestation Go, teased in an X submit forward of CES, is all about management. The hand held – which seems to be a revised model of the Gamestation Transportable 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’ve got received customary A B X Y buttons organized within the acquainted format with a quantity pad beneath. Bodily buttons labeled begin, choose, settings, and credit score are additionally current on the entrance of the machine. 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 seem like backlit or outlined with gentle, and a pair of USB-C ports on the rear appears to help wired controllers. All it appears to be lacking is the crank management from the Playdate. Cooling vents and a kickstand can 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, comparable to bundled video games and pricing, stay a thriller for now. With so many baked in management varieties, the machine may probably help a variety of platforms – as long as the inner {hardware} and emulation is up for the duty.
Final yr’s Gamestation Transportable was to launch by the tip of 2024 for $149, so it’s in all probability secure to imagine the Go variant will are available in round that very same mark.
CES is simply days away, so we’ll possible get the entire lacking particulars then. The annual commerce present formally kicks off in Las Vegas on January 7 and runs via the tenth.