Atari taps into your love for retro gaming with its new smartwatch

After launching a cool Asteroids-inspired wristwatch earlier this 12 months, Atari is again with one other fascinating look ahead to retro gaming fans. The brand new Atari 2600 My Play Watch is fairly barebones when it comes to well being and health monitoring options. Nevertheless, what units it aside from different smartwatches in the marketplace is its capacity to play traditional Atari video games.

You’ll be able to take pleasure in 4 video games on its 2.02-inch TFT touchscreen show, together with Centipede, Missle Command, Pong, and Tremendous Breakout, and customise it with retro Atari 2600 graphics and sound results. The watch includes a customized crown and a aspect mounted button that mimic the buttons from old-fashioned Atari controllers and so they may even be used to play the built-in video games for those who’re not keen on the touchscreen.

The watch lacks Bluetooth and Wi-Fi helps, so you’ll be able to’t join it to your telephone to sync notifications or your health information. Whereas some could consider this as a shortcoming, we suspect these really fascinated with gaming on the smartwatch will recognize not being disturbed by pesky notifications.

The Atari 2600 My Play Watch is out there for pre-order on Atari’s web site. You’ll be able to guide one for $79.99 and count on to obtain it someday after June 10. The watch will ship with three swappable bands that includes paintings from traditional Atari video games and a magnetic charging cable. Atari will seemingly supply the look ahead to a restricted time, so you must hurry and place your order earlier than it goes out of inventory.