2024-01-12 00:00:00
Modern reproductions of old computers and consoles are usually very successful, but it’s not really Apple’s style to veer into nostalgia. And so for those who are disappointed not to have an Apple II “Mini” or even a Macintosh (even) more compact than the original, a modern version of one of the contemporaries of the Apple II has just been announced : the Atari 400.
Named “ The400 Mini », the computer takes the design of the Atari 400 from 1979. On the other hand, it is not limited to this variant which was only equipped with 4 KB of RAM, but emulates the entire 8-bit series: Atari 800 , the XL range (600XL, 800XL and 1200XL), the XE range (65XE and 130XE) and even the Atari 5200. The latter is a console derived from the 8-bit range computers, with some small differences. The machine obviously probably integrates a card equipped with an ARM system-on-chip with an emulator, but the details are not known.
Even the very 80s beige is there.
The new console has an HDMI output (720p compatible at 50 Hz or 60 Hz, values from PAL and NTSC), USB ports for connecting accessories, the possibility of saving your games and – as is often the case in machines modern — to go back easily. The list of twenty-five games included is not yet fully known, but we will find Berzerk, Boulder Dash, Capture the Flag, Lee, Millipede, Miner 2049er, Missile Command, M.U.L.E, Star Raiders II et Yoomp!. In addition to the integrated games, it will also be possible to load ROMs if – of course – you have the original media and the means to make a copy.
The keyboard is first dummy
The basic version will be offered pour 120 $ (99 £) with a release on March 28, 2024. The box contains the console itself (which is powered by USB), an HDMI cable but no charger. For the interface, you will have a modern USB copy of the joystick Atari CX40, named here THECXSTICK. Retro Games also offers other optional joysticks (from other computers and consoles from the 80s) and indicates that it is possible to connect controllers, joysticks or keyboards via USB, if they go through the HID protocol.
The famous joystick.
And if you’re really nostalgic for the Apple II, we remind you that a fan built the equivalent of an Apple II “Mini” with period components.
The Apple IIe “Mini”, the Mega IIe, works
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