This week we debate whether it's 1983 all over again with a flood of new retrogaming consoles being announced. One of them is a mysterious bit of hardware by Atari the holdings company that owns the rights to the Atari trademarks. Is this the return of an icon or a future vaporware joke?

This Week in Gaming History

July 21, 1989 - Ys III: Wanderers from Ys is first released for NEC PC-8801 and PC-9801

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Keith Robinson of Intellivision Fame Has Passed Away

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Nomad USB mod

PS4 Games for the RetroGamer

Virtually Retro

Neutopia II (Wii U Virtual Console)

Alien Crush (Wii U Virtual Console)

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Sengoku (Nintendo Switch eShop)

Vidar (Steam)

News

Atari’s new console sounds like a bad idea

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Caveat Gamer

Hilarious '90s Apple sneakers start at $15,000 at auction

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XBOX Steel Battalion Controller Game Bundle NEW UNCIRCULATED in Sealed # Carton

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Forsaken Castle

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Games of The Week

Normy's Beach Babe-O-Rama (Sega Genesis)

Metal Marines (SNES)