Here's Where You Can Pre-Order The Atari 400 Mini

Kind of a dud of a choice or me, tbh. The market is flooded with Atari nostalgia at the moment and anybody who has Atari nostalgia already has 4 or 5 plug and play emulators in their closets

I was really hoping for a Spectrum Mini tbh, but was expecting a A500 Maxi though.

GASP!!!
My first computer, my dad brought this home when I was 6 years old with Star Raiders, and that was me hooked!

@boatie Though to be fair, more mini devices have been the 2600, and I don't think ever the computer hardware.
And of the many Flashbacks, I have heard only one used actual clone 2600 hardware. The rest were made using what was certainly cheaper and more easily available hardware, Famiclones (thus the available games where whatever they could be bothered to write NES ports of).

I have heard playing 5200 games might be trouble without a proper (recreated) controller. Given the supposed difficulty of finding working original controllers.

Eh, is this really worth it vs the Atari 50 project? Without comparing the games list, this seems like a less attractive product. I never had one, and don't know what kind of computer-type things you could do with the hardware. Otherwise this is just a game emulator that probably overlaps with the Atari 50 list. Nostalgia I guess.

Although, I played a TON of the original Star Raiders game, but never the 2nd game. That might be interesting. Although I can get it from other authorized packages out there.

Hmm, I think I'd almost prefer the C16/Plus 4, or a Spectrum, or an Atari ST. Was this computer popular in the UK, in my memory it was all C64, Amstrad CPC 464 and the Spectrum we discussed in the playgrounds, though was the 80s by then. I confess I'm unfamiliar with this machine, so no nostalgia.

Totally worth it, in my opinion… if i didn’t have an 800xl on my desk right now (I set it up again last month), I’d totally spring for this. The modding community for these guys is fairly active, but then I imagine anyone in that community already has original hardware.

Still though, it’s a bit of a hassle to get one working, between the very heavy power supplies, video cables, let alone if you want to plug a floppy drive. A simple plug and play solution is fantastic if you don’t want to deal with the hassle.

Sweet!! Been waiting for this.

I own an A500 Mini, but here I must draw the line. I'm happy with Atari 50th The Anniversary Celebration with dozens of games coming from systems so old I can barely enjoy them, but that's history, doesn't take much space and it's way cheaper. But that's me.

So this device is at the same price point as the Atari 2600+ but doesn't play actual carts? That's disappointing, IMO