{"id":19417,"date":"2022-07-19T19:18:50","date_gmt":"2022-07-19T19:18:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/lego-atari-2600-set-announced-for-august-release-priced-at-239-99\/"},"modified":"2022-07-19T19:18:50","modified_gmt":"2022-07-19T19:18:50","slug":"lego-atari-2600-set-announced-for-august-release-priced-at-239-99","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/lego-atari-2600-set-announced-for-august-release-priced-at-239-99\/","title":{"rendered":"Lego Atari 2600 set announced for August release, priced at $239.99"},"content":{"rendered":"
Lego and Atari are celebrating the gaming company’s 50th anniversary with a new set based on the iconic Atari 2600 (aka Atari VCS) console that launched in 1977. But the Lego Atari 2600 is more than just a brick-based recreation of the console and its one-button joystick; Lego went the extra mile here, stuffing in a secret compartment jam-packed with ’80s nostalgia and tapping into the imagination that the blocky 8-bit graphics of the 2600 required of its players.<\/p>\n
While the Lego Atari 2600 set accurately recreates the four-switch model of the system released in 1980, and iconic game cartridges like adventure<\/em>, asteroids<\/em>and centipede<\/em>, it also contains a fantastic interior Lego diorama. Sliding open the top panel of the Lego Atari 2600 reveals an ’80s-throwback gaming scene, with a Lego minifigure playing asteroids<\/em> on an even tinier Atari console. The rest of the room is decorated with a boom box, a VHS cassette, a CRT television, a wall-mounted telephone, and other retro artifacts.<\/p>\n Here’s a closer look:<\/p>\n