We played games on the Atari 2600+ — the highly anticipated refresh of the Atari Video Computer System (VCS), Atari’s legendary console from 1977 — and here’s what we thought.

Atari is relaunching its most well-known console as the Atari 2600 Plus, an 80 percent scale, HDMI-outputting version of the Atari 2600 on November 17th for $129.99, with support for 2600 and 7800 ...

The Atari logo on the front now also lights up when the system powers on, ... you have to bring your own Atari 2600 cartridges or rely on the 10-in-1 cart that comes packaged with the system ...

The Atari 2600+ pays homage to the original Atari 2600, which delighted children of the disco era starting in 1977, ... The Atari logo also lights up when powered on. Atari / Plaion.

The Atari 2600+ will also have an HDMI output, widescreen support, and a larger socket to reduce cartridge sticking. As a nice touch, the Atari logo lights up when the console is powered on.

(Image credit: Atari) Other shiny new Atari 2600+ features included a widescreen mode (just in case you can’t stand 4:3 letterboxing) and a glowing front logo, but one of the most useful changes ...

Coming in at $129.99, the Atari 2600+ is admittedly pricey for a retro console. However, it’s worth killing the idea right now that it’s a mere ‘plug and play’ system.

We played games on the Atari 2600+ — the highly anticipated refresh of the Atari Video Computer System (VCS), Atari’s legendary console from 1977 — and here’s what we thought.