How Atari s new CEO is looking to Recharge the brand
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How Atari s new CEO is looking to Recharge the brand
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The one saving grace for the Atari VCS here is that it’s functionally a mini-PC. You can upgrade some of the memory modules and if you want to install Linux on the box, you’re free to do so. It’s still running relatively ancient hardware: it’s a dual-core R1606G AMD APU from 2019, built off the 14nm architecture and process behind the original Ryzen CPUs.
So while the official trailer advertises the ability to play modern games, don’t expect to do so particularly well. It can run games like
Skyrim at 60 FPS … if you’re happy tanking all the settings to low and running at 720p. A test run by ETA Prime on YouTube found