The Atari VCS team knows how important the marriage between games and hardware is. The original Atari 2600 console literally launched the in-home video gaming revolution that still powers the home entertainment industry today. We also know that we have spent a lot of time focusing on the new Atari VCS hardware and peripherals in our updates, in the press and at events; but we’ve never lost sight of the reasons why we were building them: games!

Today, we are taking the wraps off a huge new partnership with Antstream Arcade, a leading provider of on-demand retro-gaming content. This partnership means that when the Atari VCS lands in people’s hands and homes in late 2019/early 2020, there will be plenty of classic Atari games to play, plus thousands of other fully-licensed favorites from the heyday of classic console, desktop, and arcade gaming. Our partnership with Antstream is designed to give Atari VCS owners the most games and the most comprehensive version of Antstream Arcade available when it launches. The service is in addition to the 100+ games already included in the free copy of Atari Vault that comes with every VCS.

When Atari VCS users log in or subscribe to the Antstream service using their Atari VCS, it will immediately unlock an exclusive and enhanced version of the Antstream app engineered specifically for the Atari VCS. The Atari VCS Edition of the app will house the largest collection of Atari games available anywhere and ready for immediate play. This enhanced collection will be exclusive to the Atari VCS at launch and will not be available on other Antstream platforms without an Atari VCS account.