In a nutshell: Atari is teaming up with retro gaming firm My Arcade on one of the crucial peculiar handheld recreation methods in latest 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 Transportable teased round this time a 12 months in the past – includes a conventional D-pad on the left aspect flanked by a trackball beneath and a paddle / spinner knob above.
On the alternative aspect, you have bought normal 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 system. 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 swap, a house button, a quantity rocker, an HDMI-out port, a USB-C energy connector, and a 3.5mm headphone jack.
A lot of the controls look like backlit or outlined with mild, and a pair of USB-C ports on the rear seems 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, reminiscent of bundled video games and pricing, stay a thriller for now. With so many baked in management varieties, the system might probably help a spread of platforms – as long as the interior {hardware} and emulation is up for the duty.
Final 12 months’s Gamestation Transportable 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 possible get the entire lacking particulars then. The annual commerce present formally kicks off in Las Vegas on January 7 and runs by means of the tenth.
