The Atari 8-bit is back with The 400 Mini - 16 out of the 25 included games revealed!

I had an Atari 400 at release. I used to love the text adventures, which were popular at the time, and eventually bought the Basic programming language cartridge so I could write my own. That got me into coding and assembly, via the intimidating 6502 assembly language cartridge. I eventually took computer science at university and became a programmer. That would have never happened without my 400 😊

Love the product, and the review, however the Atari 400 was not marketed as a games machine, that is a modern misremembering. The initial split was the Atari 800 was for business applications and the Atari 400 was for home use. And the advertisements of the time, highlighted that it was easy to use, brought the computer age home, had good graphics and sound, and the general message of the marketing is that it was a full fledged computer - my familiarity is with the US market.

Happy you mentioned USB. This feature was so ahead of anything else out there for many years.

That Capture the Flag looks amazing! And I didn't know that Bruce Lee originated on Atari 8-bit, nor Miner 2049er! That Electra-glide looks pretty. Ooooh! Seven Cities of Gold is a VERY Snorkers game. Huzzah!

Elecktra Glide is one of my favourite 8-bit games. Once you get the hang of it, it’s superb.

Thank you for putting in the effort for this - really enjoyed it. The 400 is much more iconic than the mass-produced XL or XE series. I believe there is an 800XL in the pipeline from another company. I'm looking forward to playing the 8-bit versions of Space Harrier and Time Pilot, not to mention Atari Blast! and Last Squadron.

Great video. I wasn’t aware of the 400 mini release so thanks for the heads up. Might have to add it to my collection of original Atari kit.

I didn't own an Atari 400, but I used them at school, which had a selection of them along with some Apple II's. I'll always remember the 400's non-key keyboard. In retrospect, I should have asked for an Atari computer instead of an Atari 5200, since they were largely the same but the computers had a much larger game library.

My top dream is ATARI 130 XE, but this is very good and nice too. 🙂

Thanks, great job! I was 10 in 1983 when we got our first video game system, the Atari 400. I was under the impression the 800 could have two cartridges under its door, versus the 400 having one. It was told to me you would put the BASIC cart in one side, and an app cart in the other. My favorite game was Star Raiders, followed by Miner 2049er. My mother loved Pac-Man and Picnic Paranoia. The stock joystick lasted about a month. A year or so later, when it was obsolete, I bought all sorts of controllers, games, and whatnot myself. I never could find or afford the upgrades that would take the system from a console base to an actual computer. Always wanted to, though. I'd never dreamt they would make a mini of this system! Nobody I knew ever had one, although many had the 2600, which explained the mini of that system. Thanks for letting me know about it! Glad I found this video!

I still have my old Ataris (2600 & 800), such great systems :) Loved 7 Cities of Gold and MULE, hoping to see some SSI & EPYX games - like Six Gun Shootout or Temple of Apshai. Really hope to see Star Raiders make it as well.

Thanks for the crash course in the system. When I was little, my sister had an Atari 800XL but the games we had for it were purchased by my mum when she just asked "what was popular?" at the shop. So we had Ms.Pac-Man, Donkey Kong, Joust, Megamania. I've only been able to play Star Raider and Miner 2049er now due to the Atari 50. This seems like an interesting collection, but I don't really see myself wanting to buy any of these mini consoles. I kind of predict some of these may be added to Atari 50 towards December, as I'm guessing they decided to give a free update to that system to get people talking about that game again around Christmas time. Who knows! I always assumed a lot of these would require a keyboard. Shows what I know. I know the keys on it don't work, but Atari Computer Mini console without Star Raiders I like a NES mini without Super Mario Bros.

This is a great overview of the bits we know about THE400's game selection!

Sorry for my late response Pete! Many thanks for this video. I had no idea they were planning on making an Atari 400 mini. I still have an Atari 400 and it will be great to have a mini version of it! I have now pre-ordered one from Amazon. If the new 800XL happens as well, what a great time to be alive!

The Atari 400 was my first computer growing up. I've preordered the mini and second joystick. Can't wait. Roll on April 😊

i am totally for those 8 bit minis. would like the coco mini, the apple II mini, the trs 80 mini, the TI99 mini, and a mini PET, maybe even a Coleco Adam mini with built in daisy wheel printer

My first PC/Game system was an Atari 800. My favorite game was Alley Cat, by Bill Williams. Also really have fond memories of playing Pathfinder, Salmon Run, Dog Daze, Duck’s Ahoy, Minor 2049er, and a bunch more. If there’s ever an Atari 800 mini, I’ll probably have to get one 😄

We had the Atari 800. Loved playing the Sierra word adventure games, PacMan, Load Runner, Castle Wolfenstein, Ultima and others. My friends came over to use the word processor program to write essays for college applications because no one also had a computer at home. Loading games with cassette tapes and floppies which took for ever. The game cartridges were much preferred. Good times!

I bought both the 400 and 5200. The 5200 had analog sticks. Awesome for gameplay, but they weren't sturdy enough. Later I also bought the 800xl and 130xe. I loved Atari computers.

In the world of computers this is so cute. The original one was so robust, me and my brother put it through its paces, especially when it was deopped a few times. Good old Bounty Bob, pole.position and Lian raider. My brothers favourite was Qix. Thanks for the review...