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Best retro games consoles to buy right now
Search for a retro console and you will find dozens of no-name boxes promising 9,000 or 21,000 built-in games. Those games are not licensed and most are filler, so we have left every one of them out. These are the consoles that play officially licensed games.
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Best overall
1. Evercade Nexus and Banjo-Kazooie Double Pack
A handheld with two analogue sticks that plays licensed game cartridges. You buy collections instead of downloading a hard drive of questionable files, and this pack comes with one.
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Best for the living room
2. Atari 2600 Plus
Looks and feels like the original four-switch Atari, plugs into a modern TV, and plays original 2600 and 7800 cartridges with a widescreen mode. For someone who had one the first time.
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Best for Atari collectors
3. Atari 7800 Plus
The 7800 remade, with Bentley Bear's Crystal Quest in the box. Buy the 2600 Plus first unless they specifically loved the 7800.
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Best add-on
4. Evercade The Doom Collection
An officially licensed cartridge with DOOM, DOOM II and six mission packs. It is a game collection for an Evercade, not a console.
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How we rank
Ordered by how well each sells in its Amazon UK category, what the listing confirms it can do, and price. We have not handled these products. Prices and stock are checked daily.
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