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CTOnews.com September 8 news, according to foreign media gamesindustry.biz reported that Atari recently confirmed to the media that the company has acquired the community and news site AtariAge, which focuses on Atari games. The site will continue to be managed and operated by the site's founder Albert Yarusso and his team of volunteer moderators, and Albert Yarusso will also play the role of an internal "Atari historian" in the company.

According to ▲ source gamesindustry.bizCTOnews.com, AtariAge magazine was first launched in 1998 as Atari 2600 Nexus, and changed its name to AtariAge in 2001 and later built the relevant website, which is now basically an Atari historical archive.

According to the ▲ source AtariAge website, the site contains detailed files of all Atari hardware and software information, scanned copies of Atari-centric magazines and books, as well as a series of cracked Atari 2600 ROMS and PAL-NTSC game files.

Wade Rosen, chief executive of Atari, said: "for 25 years, the AtariAge community has documented Atari games, and the large and enthusiastic community of non-vintage games, collectors and homebrew developers provides an important forum."

"by integrating AtariAge into the Atari family, we can ensure that this important resource has the support needed to continue its mission in the coming years." This suggests that Atari may reproduce more old works based on these documents in the future.

Prior to this, Atari launched a duplicate version of the 2600+ game console, which is fully compatible and costs $129.99 (CTOnews.com Note: currently about 953 yuan). It can play hundreds of old Atari 2600 and Atari 7800 games, including "E.T" and "Adventure". In addition, Atari will provide 10 game cassettes for Atari 2600 + buyers, including "Berzerk Enhanced Edition" and "Mr. Run and Jump".

▲ Touyuan Atari official website

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