Atari Company Atari and Playmaji, Inc., the Company Behind the Polymega Game Console, Will Collaborate on Innovative Retro Hardware and Software Initiatives

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NEW YORK, July 05, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Atari® — one of the world's most iconic consumer brands and interactive entertainment producers — today announced a strategic collaboration with Playmaji, Inc., the Los Angeles-based company behind the modular multi-system game console Polymega®. The Polymega game console lets players enjoy original game cartridges and CDs for classic game consoles on HDTVs.

The partnership includes strategic initiatives that will provide support for Atari games on Polymega hardware and software and integration between Polymega and the Atari VCS.

The Atari VCS will add support for the Polymega App and the Polymega Remix add-on. This will effectively provide all of the functionality of a Polymega console to Atari VCS owners.

In addition, a new cartridge module will be developed that will add Atari 2600 and Atari 7800 compatibility to the Polymega console. The addition of this cartridge module will make Atari’s 2600 and 7800 games more accessible to retro enthusiasts and expand the market for Atari’s line of collectible game cartridges.

Atari-owned games will also be sold in the Polymega storefront, giving Atari enthusiasts an additional way to access timeless Atari content and an additional platform on which the company can commercialize its extensive back catalog of video games.

“Polymega’s innovative approach to retro hardware is perfectly aligned with Atari’s goals in retro gaming,” said Wade Rosen, Chairman and CEO of Atari. “This partnership greatly expands the capabilities of the Atari VCS while also making the Polymega platform itself more compelling. I know fans will be excited to see Atari games added to Polymega’s growing ecosystem.”

“This partnership is a vote of confidence in Polymega; it expands our audience and adds compatibility support for one of the most important brands in retro gaming,” said Bryan Bernal, Chief Executive Officer of Playmaji. “This is an important step in the growth of our platform, and we look forward to working with Atari in the important space of retro innovation.”

In concert with the partnership, Atari has also completed a minority investment into Playmaji.

“I look forward to working with the team at Polymega as they evolve their modular gaming console. Polymega’s approach fills an important need in the market, providing a hardware solution that allows players to legally access classic retro content while respecting game companies’ intellectual property,” added Rosen.

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This is huge news for Atari fans because it says alot of things about what is up with Atari now. Wade Rosen is a genius and has been doing a bunch of stuff for Atari lately that if you have been watching, is freaking awesome. From acquiring Nightdive to even Atari buying Mobygames he is laying an infrastructure. Buying up that old IP (Stern, MNetwork, etc) that old Atari sold off and padding it up with some extras that will come up in the future.

This Polymega deal is linking to the Atari VCS and the Niche market and targetting 2600 and 7800 games now but will quickly include 5200 games and Jaguar when they finally get smart and licesnse BigPEmu into the Atari VCS. Maybe they add Atari 8 Bit as well as Lynx and the Atari ST seems to be forgotten by new Atari. Old Atari has not forgotten it though. If they ever go for ST Games and all the other Atari platforms that will really satisfy the Atari die hards.

Even AtariAge is feeling it as Atari becomes aware of the IP issues with that site and AtariAge is removing all the games it does not have IP for. I really hope new Atari can come to some kind of deal with Albert the head of AtariAge that is cool so they can fold in the old Atari people completely. The Atari VCS is the perfect platform to showcase Reboot and CyranoJ stuff plus all the other genius Atari content creators on that site!

Also hope to see Carl at Songbird do something with new Atari as well. If they were smart they would reach out to him. He is a major publisher of Atari Games as well.

Atari is about to blow up and this site is going to cover that!

Go Atari!
 
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