Atari Isn’t French Anymore?! + More Retro News!

This week on Bit By Bit, Atari makes a surprising corporate move, Evercade celebrates six years of cartridge-based retro gaming with new releases and the upcoming Nexus handheld, and RollerCoaster Tycoon Classic rolls onto more platforms.

We’re also digging into Lenovo’s controversial retro handheld getting pulled from AliExpress, AYANEO calling its latest Game Boy-inspired device the “world’s first AI gaming handheld,” a long-lost Head Over Heels sequel finally arriving after 37 years, Donkey Kong 64 coming back through Nintendo Switch Online, and System Shock 2 getting its 25th Anniversary Remaster on Nintendo Switch 2.

Eight stories. One big retro roundup. Let’s get to it! ?

#Atari #RetroGaming #Evercade #NintendoSwitch2 #BitByBit

– LINKS
Atari Corporate Move – tinyurl.com/3hksj2xx
Evercade Nexus Pre Order – tinyurl.com/32bnr4x3
RollerCoaster Tycoon on Switch 2 – tinyurl.com/rsrt3kkp
Lenovo Pulls G02 – tinyurl.com/wt5v5hee
AYANEO KONKR Pocket Block – tinyurl.com/mvmk5zd4
Lost Retro Sequel – tinyurl.com/3kzt4hds
Donkey Kong 64 on NSO – tinyurl.com/29kyrmtk
System Shock 2 Console Release – tinyurl.com/mv42ke6m

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– CHAPTERS
0:30 – Atari Corporate Move
3:35 – Evercade Nexus Pre Order
5:35 – RollerCoaster Tycoon on Switch 2
6:40 – Lenovo Pulls G02
9:58 – AYANEO KONKR Pocket Block
11:27 – Lost Retro Sequel
13:23 – Donkey Kong 64 on NSO
14:37 – System Shock 2 Console Release

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