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Atari Crashes The 2025 Handheld Gaming Party

www.forbes.com Atari Crashes The 2025 Handheld Gaming Party With Gamestation Go

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Does this have anything to do with linux gaming? Looks more like a proprietary game console than a portable linux PC.
- Well, I'll bet you a nickel it runs on some kind of minimal Linux environment and uses open source emulators in violation of the GPL and/or whatever other licenses they have. So there'll be that, I'm sure. But I see your point.
  
  I'd also guess that it runs linux. But likely in a very closed, proprietary way.
  
  Maybe this device can be jailbroken and used for other purposes ... but apart from the interesting controller, I'd rather pick a device that can run the OS of my choice without much hassle.
Is this from that same Atari with the shady cryptocurrency and overpriced console?
- And multiple failed consoles since they took it over.
  
  And failed casino. Another cash grab for sure.
Here are a couple of clear screenshots from the video.

Features:

Paddle
D-pad
Trackball
Keypad
Face buttons
Shoulder buttons
Full-sized HDMI out?
Headphone jack

It's pretty cool that it has all the inputs required to play every Atari home console game and even many arcade games. Having a paddle for games like Tempest is awesome. The trackball, however, was never designed for thumb use. In games like Crystal Castles or Marble Madness, you have to go nuts on it with your hands to be any good. Maybe it lets you dial up the sensitivity.
"Atari"
- To be fair, the original Atari sold out in 1976, before the VCS even launched. They were always a shell of their former selves.
Lynx 3 confirmed.
Me: "Huh....neat.....anyway"
https://xcancel.com/atari/status/1874833151580618839

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