Atari VCS Backer Units are On the Way!

The Atari team has been putting the finishing touches on the long-awaited first batch of Atari VCS video computer systems and sending them to the United States where they will be sorted and shipped to eager Indiegogo backers very soon.

This shipment includes the one-time-only, Indiegogo-exclusive Atari VCS 800 Collector’s Edition model. Inspired by and designed as an homage to the original Atari 2600, there will only be 6,000 numbered and authenticated versions of this model.

Presented here for the first time, are assembly line photos of the actual Atari VCS 800 Collector’s Edition units, and other scenes from the factory earlier this month, including pallets of Atari VCS units prepped and ready to ship to the US for distribution.

We hope you enjoy the photos!

— The Atari VCS Team

The Atari VCS assembly line, September 2020.

Left: Atari VCS PCB boards ready for assembly. Right: Performance testing is undertaken at several points in the assembly process.

Left: Atari VCS housings inspected and ready for assembly. Right: One of the many work stations on the Atari VCS assembly line.

Left: Post-assembly testing of Atari VCS Collector’s Edition units. Right: Front view of a recently-completed Atari VCS Collector’s Edition.

Rear view of Atari VCS Collector’s Edition number 1,688/6,000.

Left: Atari VCS Collector’s Edition hologram labels ready for numbering. Center: Atari VCS Collector’s Edition authentication seals ready to be affixed to Authentication Certificates. Right: 100% official and suitable for framing.

Completed Atari VCS Collector’s Edition, power supply, and all cables ready for boxing.

Left: Completed Atari VCS boxed and ready for the cover sleeve. Right: Atari VCS 800 Collector’s Editions boxed up and almost ready to go.

Thousands of Atari VCS systems waiting to be trucked to the port.