CES 2025 – Here is the Atari Gamestation Go, a portable console like no other
Atari Gamestation Go. ©Atari
In a few days, CES 2025 will be inaugurated, the traditional big tech show at the start of the year in Las Vegas. The opportunity for many manufacturers to reveal what their future will hold. Just before the official launch of the event, manufacturers are increasing their pre-announcements and teasing. This January 3, it is the turn of the venerable Atari and My Arcade to open the veil on their collaboration around a portable console called Atari Gamestation Go.
Atari Gamestation Go: atypical controls
No question yet of knowing the internal characteristics, the exact functionalities, its price or its marketing date. However, a video has been published, which already tells us a lot about the look of the machine and its controls between tradition and modernity.
As for the essential classics, we find a D-Pad, a (single) analog stick, four thumb buttons, which follow the organization of an Xbox controller, and four shoulder buttons (L1, L2, R1 and R2). Start, Select and Settings buttons are present on the front, as well as a Credit button. Even more surprising, the Atari Gamestation Go also offers a trackball at the bottom left and a numeric keypad at the bottom right. It remains to be seen which games will support these unusual controls.
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Everything is backlit, while a rumor indicates that only the keys used by a game light up. Finally, on the upper edge we will find an HDMI output, a microSD slot, a jack socket, two USB-C sockets for connecting controllers, as well as a Home button.
See you in a few days to discover the exact ambitions of this game console, in particular if it will be content to run old Atari titles or will try to go further.
