The Atari 800 was my first personal computer. I got it when I was in my early 20's and absolutely loved the games, as well as being able to program in BASIC. When I heard about the Atari 400 Mini, I knew I had to try it.
Pros:
- Works incredibly well out of the box and the full PDF manual is available online.
- The controller is great IF YOU HOLD IT THE WAY IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE HELD! (see picture). Maybe you need to have used one back in the day. Anyone who only knows modern controllers might be a bit lost. Also, it feels just like the original Atari joystick did as far as movement. Another case of "you had to be there". I had no issues with hitting buttons accidentally and the additional buttons made navigating very easy.
- It's VERY simple to run more games. I've already loaded over 600 games on a USB drive (37mb's! they did so much with so little back then) and ran most of my favs with no issues other than working out some key mappings. (A USB keyboard, maybe wireless, is probably a good addition and plugs right in.) Oh, and pressing the Menu and Home buttons toggles a virtual keyboard on the unused side of the screen (easy to do since these are all standard def games) with all the original Atari keys.
- The games look beautiful on HDTV's. I'm running my Mini through an Elgato card into a 4K TV and they look even better than I remember them looking.
Cons:
- The game library it comes with is a bit weak. If I couldn't have loaded lots more games, I probably wouldn't have been as happy with it.
So, if you remember the "good old days" (you know, when we didn't just jump on the web when we sat down to a computer) and have a source for more games (*hint* Newsgroups *hint*), this is a must buy.
(I plan to get a second one as a backup if it goes on sale at some point.)
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Absolutely love this! Best Atari emulator I ever used. =)
Loved the emulator, and you can put your own roms on it! Supports disk images (ATR's) so the sky is the limit. I even put a USB keyboard on it and started programming my old Atari Basic again! For nostalgic feelings, I absolutely love this. Controllers bring back such memories. I even bought 2 so I can have competitions with my kids. It's not next gen - no way - but just a blast from the past. Quality is much more than I expected, and I wish the keys on the unit actually worked, but they do not - just for show. But the selection and runtime are better than most emulators I have used. A+ if you love Atari 8 Bit.
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Reviewed in the United States on April 14, 2024
The Atari 800 was my first personal computer. I got it when I was in my early 20's and absolutely loved the games, as well as being able to program in BASIC. When I heard about the Atari 400 Mini, I knew I had to try it.
Pros:
- Works incredibly well out of the box and the full PDF manual is available online.
- The controller is great IF YOU HOLD IT THE WAY IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE HELD! (see picture). Maybe you need to have used one back in the day. Anyone who only knows modern controllers might be a bit lost. Also, it feels just like the original Atari joystick did as far as movement. Another case of "you had to be there". I had no issues with hitting buttons accidentally and the additional buttons made navigating very easy.
- It's VERY simple to run more games. I've already loaded over 600 games on a USB drive (37mb's! they did so much with so little back then) and ran most of my favs with no issues other than working out some key mappings. (A USB keyboard, maybe wireless, is probably a good addition and plugs right in.) Oh, and pressing the Menu and Home buttons toggles a virtual keyboard on the unused side of the screen (easy to do since these are all standard def games) with all the original Atari keys.
- The games look beautiful on HDTV's. I'm running my Mini through an Elgato card into a 4K TV and they look even better than I remember them looking.
Cons:
- The game library it comes with is a bit weak. If I couldn't have loaded lots more games, I probably wouldn't have been as happy with it.
So, if you remember the "good old days" (you know, when we didn't just jump on the web when we sat down to a computer) and have a source for more games (*hint* Newsgroups *hint*), this is a must buy.
(I plan to get a second one as a backup if it goes on sale at some point.)
Pros:
- Works incredibly well out of the box and the full PDF manual is available online.
- The controller is great IF YOU HOLD IT THE WAY IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE HELD! (see picture). Maybe you need to have used one back in the day. Anyone who only knows modern controllers might be a bit lost. Also, it feels just like the original Atari joystick did as far as movement. Another case of "you had to be there". I had no issues with hitting buttons accidentally and the additional buttons made navigating very easy.
- It's VERY simple to run more games. I've already loaded over 600 games on a USB drive (37mb's! they did so much with so little back then) and ran most of my favs with no issues other than working out some key mappings. (A USB keyboard, maybe wireless, is probably a good addition and plugs right in.) Oh, and pressing the Menu and Home buttons toggles a virtual keyboard on the unused side of the screen (easy to do since these are all standard def games) with all the original Atari keys.
- The games look beautiful on HDTV's. I'm running my Mini through an Elgato card into a 4K TV and they look even better than I remember them looking.
Cons:
- The game library it comes with is a bit weak. If I couldn't have loaded lots more games, I probably wouldn't have been as happy with it.
So, if you remember the "good old days" (you know, when we didn't just jump on the web when we sat down to a computer) and have a source for more games (*hint* Newsgroups *hint*), this is a must buy.
(I plan to get a second one as a backup if it goes on sale at some point.)
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Reviewed in the United States on July 1, 2024
Absolutely love this! Best Atari emulator I ever used. =)
Reviewed in the United States on July 1, 2024
Loved the emulator, and you can put your own roms on it! Supports disk images (ATR's) so the sky is the limit. I even put a USB keyboard on it and started programming my old Atari Basic again! For nostalgic feelings, I absolutely love this. Controllers bring back such memories. I even bought 2 so I can have competitions with my kids. It's not next gen - no way - but just a blast from the past. Quality is much more than I expected, and I wish the keys on the unit actually worked, but they do not - just for show. But the selection and runtime are better than most emulators I have used. A+ if you love Atari 8 Bit.
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Barclay McInnes
Great little unit, plays old 8-bit Atari computer games well!
Reviewed in Canada on May 7, 2024Adam Thornton
An Amazing Emulator You Need to Get Used To
Reviewed in Canada on April 1, 2024
XV250
A very good machine, held back by a flawed controller.
Reviewed in Canada on April 3, 2024
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Reviewed in Canada on April 3, 2024
There's been a lot of negative comments about the CX-stick. I find the stick itself is decent for control. I've seen some folks complaining of false diagonal inputs, and I haven't seen anything like that. I find the stick reasonably responsive, as is the fire button. I've also read complaints of people frequently hitting the four 'ring' buttons during game play - and that I do agree with. In a couple of games (Ms. Pacman, Dig Dug) I was in the middle of a game that was going well, and I accidentally pressed against the Left ring button with the base of my thumb. This corresponds to the Option key, and ends those games immediately, taking you back to the Select/Options screen. Maddening.
Whenever I try a game I haven't played previously, my first step is to remove the Option key mapping from the left Ring button. Luckily the 400 saves this mapping for each individual game file, but what a pain.
I find this flaw puzzling, because I stumbled into this within 30 minutes of playing. How was this not noticed early in the development stage? It feels to me like the team was so eager to do something 'clever' like putting functionality into the orange ring, that they didn't actually test it with a lot of games. I've tried putting the CX-stick into another USB port, and then trying a couple of different gamepads in port 1. That works out for some games, yet, others it did not.
I really think the designers should have just left the ring as a solid decoration like the original CX-40, and put some buttons on the front edge, similar to the Menu/Home buttons. Now that I think about it, a possible software fix would be to have the Mini only recognize the Ring buttons if they pressed in pair with one of the other buttons such as the shoulder or Menu button. Overall, I think I'll get my money's worth out of the 400 Mini, but the controller is somewhat flawed, and this could have easily been fixed early on.
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Mike Moore
Nice. Its a machine I wanted as a kid but cost way too much
Reviewed in Canada on May 8, 2024