In a nutshell: Atari is teaming up with retro gaming firm My Arcade on some of the peculiar handheld recreation programs in current reminiscence. The Gamestation Go, teased in an X publish forward of CES, is all about management. The hand-held – which seems to be a revised model of the Gamestation Moveable teased round this time a yr in the past – encompasses a conventional D-pad on the left facet flanked by a trackball under and a paddle / spinner knob above.
On the alternative facet, you have obtained normal A B X Y buttons organized within the acquainted format with a quantity pad under. 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 will 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 look like backlit or outlined with gentle, and a pair of USB-C ports on the rear seems to assist wired controllers. All it appears to be lacking is the crank management from the Playdate. Cooling vents and a kickstand may also 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 sorts, the system may probably assist a variety of platforms – as long as the interior {hardware} and emulation is up for the duty.
Final yr’s Gamestation Moveable was to launch by the top of 2024 for $149, so it’s most likely protected to imagine the Go variant will are available round that very same mark.
CES is simply days away, so we’ll doubtless get the entire lacking particulars then. The annual commerce present formally kicks off in Las Vegas on January 7 and runs via the tenth.
