Atari and Retro Video games Ltd have introduced {that a} recreation of the Atari 800XL is coming subsequent yr.
The businesses beforehand collaborated on The 400 Mini, a miniature recreation of the Atari 400 residence pc, which was launched in 2024.
Followers hoped a full-sized model with a working keyboard would observe, and now one has been introduced, however primarily based on a unique mannequin.
The 800XL, as it can merely be identified, goals to be an genuine reproduction of the unique Atari 800XL residence pc which was launched again in 1983.
The pc gives HDMI output for contemporary shows and contains a full-sized mechanical keyboard, a working cartridge slot and the Atari BASIC programming language inbuilt.
It comes with 25 video games built-in – together with Asteroids, Berzerk, Boulder Sprint, Centipede and Crystal Castles – but in addition has assist for USB loading, permitting gamers to entry their very own video games.
Though the pc is designed to copy the appear and feel of an Atari 800XL, it can assist video games for the Atari 400, 800, XL and XE computer systems, in addition to the Atari 5200 console.
Pre-orders for The 800XL can be found now at a worth of £199.99, and transport will begin in April 2027.
That is solely the most recent in a sequence of residence pc recreations which were launched by Retro Video games through the years.
The UK-based firm specialises in mini and full-sized replicas of traditional methods, and has a historical past of releasing mini variations first, adopted by full-sized variations with working keyboards.
The corporate has beforehand launched full-sized, genuine variations of the Commodore 64 (and VIC 20) and the ZX Spectrum, and shall be releasing a full-sized reproduction of the Amiga 1200 in December.
