Lego Atari 2600: 2,500 pieces, 240 euros and available soon

Lego is also bringing out the right birthday present for Atari’s 50th birthday. With the Atari 2600, which was officially launched in 1982, Lego honors one of Atari’s first game consoles. The Lego Atari 2600 looks similar to the original console.

This is in the Lego Atari 2600

Already on August 1st, 2022 it starts in the Lego shop and one can assume that the asking 240 euros for the good 2,500 parts will hardly stop a fan from striking quickly. The package includes the black console with a wooden panel look, which is 8 cm high, 33 cm wide and 22 cm deep. The joystick called CX40 is also included: According to Lego, the “Atari joystick is made of building blocks and feels like the original”. There are also three retro cartridges, namely the Atari classics Asteroids, Adventure and Centipede. The modules fit into the console slot, just like the original, but can also be accommodated in a module holder.

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The three games can also be built as mini-scenes: you can see a spaceship shooting at asteroids, a castle and a centipede with mushrooms. As a gag, the Atari 2600 console can be slid open and behind it there is a small diorama from the 1980s: the hidden picture shows a child playing Asteroids in a typical children’s room of the time with a classic TV set, Ghetto blaster, posters, retro phone and roller skates. The “playable” scene from Pitfall! that was part of the April leak has not been confirmed.

“The Atari 2600 was one of the most memorable gifts I received as a kid,” said Lego designer Chris McVeigh in a press statement. “So bringing two icons – Atari and Lego – together in this amazing set has been an incredible experience. We hope building this classic console will take you back to those halcyon days, when a handful of pixels meant a world of adventure.”