Retro Games Atari THE400 Mini Retro Gaming Console $113.16 Delivered @ Amazon UK via AU

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50% Scale Atari 400. - EVEN CHEAPER as of 24/07/25
Great little stocking filler at an All time low.
Add to your Commodore 64 mini and Amiga 500 Mini collection!

I finally bit at this price, it's an all time low!

Emulates all Atari 8-bit systems, from the 400 through to the 800XL, including the Atari 5200 Home Console
Multi region 720 HD output via HDMI, with PAL (50Hz) and NTSC (60Hz) compatibility. Play in original 4:3 or pixel perfect aspect ratios, with or without CRT filters
Rewind gameplay by up to 40 seconds
Play games you own via a USB flash drive with disk, cartridge and cassette ROMs compatibility
Choose from 12 attractive frames to surround gameplay

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Comments

  • Lizard Spock on 22/07/2025 - 07:54
    +13

    Rewind gameplay by up to 40 seconds

    Turn Frogger into Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time.

    • sceptical on 22/07/2025 - 08:04
      +2

      Prince of Frog - now there's a game-dev opportunity!

      • Lizard Spock on 22/07/2025 - 08:07
        +8

        I would have gone with: Frog of Persia. "He's a prince, turned into a frog by an evil sorcerer, Jafar. Only the kiss of a princess will turn him back"

        • WhyAmICommenting on 22/07/2025 - 09:39
          +2

          “He’s also accidentally hopped into a time machine and needs to dodge cars to get to the Princess”

  • Andymal3011 on 22/07/2025 - 08:15
    +3

    Wish this was the Amiga 500 mini

  • PainToad on 22/07/2025 - 08:41
    +10

    Much better off buying a mini PC for the same price and installing Retrobat.

    • YoursTruly on 22/07/2025 - 09:26
      +1

      That Retrobat Logo…haha

    • habib23q on 22/07/2025 - 09:29
      +3

      So true, I have all these minis except this one and the PC Engine one. There all sitting disconnected as display pieces. A mini PC with Retrobat/Batoecera/Hyperspin or Coinops is a way better experience.

      Back in the day I had all the real hardware and have been involved in emulation since the mid 90s by this point.

      But they are generally for the less tech savvy people or as a nostalgic gift.

      I will be selling off most of my minis soon to be honest.

      Personally I used the A500 mini the most as I was playtesting Aminimiga personally. I have a 500gb samsung ssd filled with stuff still for it which yes is overkill hahaha

    • bleugh on 22/07/2025 - 09:44
      +2

      Half agree, but then half the fun is the actually plugging in and playing of this.
      a mini PC has 'too much', so you lose focus and never really 'get into' anything.

      This with save states and rewind lets you really get into the guts of games.

      Both have their place in my house, I love doing both

      • habib23q on 22/07/2025 - 10:00
        +2

        Well there's a thing to combat that to a degree. Have a curated list and even with most builds you can hide certain games and systems too.

        All of them have save states too built into retroarch or most emulators these days.

        I love looking at the minis but once you see how underpowered they are compared to the PC it's hard to go back. Especially with like the Amiga. For this old atari stuff it's not so bad i guess.

    • gizmomelb on 22/07/2025 - 10:13

      or batocera.. so then it direct boots into the menu front end / emulators.. instead of needing to boot into windows first.

    • bigbadwolf21 on 22/07/2025 - 11:20

      You can even run Retroarch on Apple TV. Just connect a xbox/ps4 controller to it.

      • PainToad on 22/07/2025 - 13:32

        Except there's a massive flaw where all storage on Apple TV apps are considered a temporary cache and can be cleared at any point. So roms and saves can disappear.

        You can kind of workaround this with iCloud https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxcBHevoqhE

  • Phoenixzeus on 22/07/2025 - 08:42
    +3

    Never understood these mini emulators. They sit in the useless middle ground between the real deal or just running an emulator for a bunch of different consoles on a PC/Pi/etc.

    • PainToad on 22/07/2025 - 08:53
      +1

      They kind of made sense in their peak when 1) the hardware had about the same performance of the Pis of the time 2) The price was about the same by the time you added cases and controllers 3) Modding community was active.

      But not anymore.

  • boxall on 22/07/2025 - 08:45
    +1

    I want to rebuy the a500 mini. None around at a good price. Should never have sold mine.

    • boxall on 22/07/2025 - 08:45
      +1

      And yes I have it all emulated on a Mini PC. Just not the same.

      • PainToad on 22/07/2025 - 08:54

        Just not the same.

        It literally is exactly the same. All these mini consoles (except the NES/SNES Mini) use the same opensource emulators found in Retroarch. There's no difference.

        • FabMan on 22/07/2025 - 09:20
          +1

          It’s really not exactly the same. For some people, the tactile and visual feedback of hardware matters a lot, that’s why things like fidget spinners took off. There’s a whole wave of younger folks saying they miss having real buttons and dials instead of the flat, dead feel of touchscreens. Emulation might replicate the software perfectly, but it doesn’t replicate the experience of the physical machine.

          • PainToad on 22/07/2025 - 09:27
            +3

            @FabMan: Except this does't replicate the physical machine at all.

            1) The keyboard doesn't work.
            2) The buttons to the right of the keyboard don't do anything.
            3) Top cover doesn't open.
            4) It's tiny (not that matters since the physical machine serves no practical purpose).

            The only thing similar to the original is the joystick. So just buy a joystick and use it in any emulator.

            • bleugh on 22/07/2025 - 09:42
              +1

              @PainToad: I'm some way through designing a replacement top case with working keyboard and USB slot for 'real' cartridges :-) me actually buying one will help progress…..Have waaay to many other mini projects to finish though. Hopefully my new C64mini keyboard will be ready this year!

            • FabMan on 22/07/2025 - 14:30
              -1

              @PainToad: So the visual style of the box doesn't vaguely represent the original product? Oh, okay.

              • PainToad on 22/07/2025 - 14:34
                +1

                @FabMan: You said

                miss having real buttons and dials…it doesn’t replicate the experience of the physical machine

                Well this doesn't solve the lack of real buttons since the buttons are fake.

                It's like 3D printing a donut and saying it tastes just like a real one because it looks the same.

                • FabMan on 22/07/2025 - 14:37
                  -1

                  @PainToad: No it isn't, false equivalences. I also said visual feedback, but for some reason you have chosen to ignore that part twice now. There is a massive market, many people, who disagree with your opinion on the subject. Some people enjoy the look and tactile aspect of retro gaming just as much as playing the games themself. It isn't exactly the same. You can physically pick up this unit, plug it in, see it, and use it.

                  • PainToad on 22/07/2025 - 14:43
                    +2

                    @FabMan:

                    I also said visual feedback

                    What visual feedback? The red LED?

                    There is a massive market, many people, who disagree with your opinion on the subject.

                    The mini console fad seems long over.

                    Some people enjoy the look and tactile aspect of retro gaming just as much as playing the games themself.

                    But this isn't retro. I have a heap of real retro consoles. I keep them because they are a piece of gaming history. These mini consoles are just a modern single-board-computer in a piece of plastic.

                    You can physically pick up this unit, plug it in, see it, and use it.

                    You can also pick up a mini pc, plug it in, see it, and use it.

                    • FabMan on 22/07/2025 - 14:46
                      -2

                      @PainToad: Visual feedback, the god damn unit itself?

                      Looking at the rest of your arguments, it's just petty nonsense. Have you ever accepted a criticism of your narrow viewed comments here on OzBargain or anywhere else? You have your opinion, but seeing as the retro gaming market is huge, along with various physical emulation devices, your opinion is obviously wrong but you prefer your ignorance.

                      I too own original hardware and not the minis, doesn't make me blind to others interest in this, or its pros over real hardware.

                      • PainToad on 22/07/2025 - 14:55
                        +1

                        @FabMan:

                        Visual feedback, the god damn unit itself?

                        I don't think you know what feedback means. An object just sitting there isn't feedback. Feedback is sound, lights, buttons etc. Something that happens as a result of interacting with an object.

                        Looking at the rest of your arguments, it's just petty nonsense.

                        It's nonsense to not consider a device released in 2024 as retro?

                        Have you ever accepted a criticism of your narrow viewed comments here on OzBargain or anywhere else?

                        Mate, I'm just responding to you with my thoughts. I haven't been rude. You're the first one to be rude and call my points "nonsense" (with no actual justification why).

                        but seeing as the retro gaming market is huge

                        Sure. Big market for real retro consoles and modern handhelds like Anbernic. But the market for modern mini consoles is way smaller than when the NES/SNES Minis were released.

                        your opinion is obviously wrong but you prefer your ignorance.

                        Obviously wrong but you can't actually provide any justification for why I'm wrong. Right.

                        • FabMan on 22/07/2025 - 16:02

                          @PainToad: There is a physical unit and controller you can see, smell, and touch. While you were busy nit‑picking the textbook definition of “feedback,” did you also forget the definition of “exactly”? When you claimed the Atari 400 Mini is exactly the same as an emulated mini PC, would you stand by that, word for word?

                          I called your points nonsense for a reason:

                          “The physical machine serves no practical purpose.”
                          Nonsense. The unit literally runs the software, the case houses the PCB, silicon, ports, video out, and is designed to resemble the original. That is a practical purpose, not an ornament.

                          “The mini console fad seems long over.”
                          Also nonsense. The Atari 400 Mini is from 2024. The Spectrum was just released. The C64 Ultimate is on pre‑order. The A1200 is slated for 2026. That’s not “long over,” that’s active development. Modern gaming companies have embraced retro, but now that means subscription services, but not because people don't want physical devices.

                          “But this isn’t retro.”
                          It is a device built to play retro games with controllers and case styled after the retro Atari 400. Yes, your vintage hardware is history, but they too are silicon in plastic, built for profit. That doesn’t make them meaningless, and it doesn’t make these meaningless either.

                          And about that donut comparison, come on, that isn't a clever analogy, that is a deliberate derail. If you wanted to be fair, you’d compare it to making a donut with modern ingredients based on an retro donut recipe, because you didn't physically eat the original Atari 400 and only look at this mini one.

                          You don’t have to like mini consoles. But barging in to stomp on someone else’s excitement with pedantic hair splitting isn’t clever, it’s exhausting. Let people enjoy things, even if you don't.

                          • PainToad on 22/07/2025 - 16:31

                            @FabMan: My aim was
                            1) To suggest alternatives that I think are better.
                            2) Point out that even though this looks like a mini computer, its shell is purely cosmetic and the keyboard and buttons don't actually work. So if the shell doesn't work, why not just buy the better option. Especially as you said it's not an ornament.

                            If that takes away someone's excitement then maybe I saved them from being disappointed.

                            But clearly for some reason my comments have really irritated you. Sorry I had this effect.

                            • FabMan on 22/07/2025 - 16:36
                              +2

                              @PainToad: Honestly, I think the donut thing did irritate me, because it wasn't like for like. I don't mind arguing, in fact I enjoy it, especially when I learn something new.

                              I think we’re actually on similar ground in wanting people to enjoy retro gaming, just with different priorities. I’m happy to agree to disagree on the minis.

          • Torzz on 22/07/2025 - 09:34
            +1

            @FabMan: What's not the same?
            PC emulation vs this little emulator?
            Or any emulation vs the actual hardware from back in the day?
            Keeping in mind you can generally use whichever kind of controller you want on PC.

            • FabMan on 22/07/2025 - 14:33

              @Torzz: I didn't say the emulation was different, the physical and visual experience is different. A physical unit vs an all in one emulation software running on a PC. Take a look at the arcade cabinets that are popular amongst those that like old arcade games and why someone might prefer that over using MAME on a PC with a controller.

        • boxall on 22/07/2025 - 10:26
          +2

          Yes they all run emulators, but they are generally highly configured for ease of use. The A500 mini was a much better experience tthanany other amiga emulator I was able to configure myself.

          • habib23q on 22/07/2025 - 22:01
            +1

            @boxall: Btw have you ever tried Pimiga? That's wastly superior to the A500 Mini emulation experience in every single way. It's supposed to be run on Raspberry pi but can easily be run on any PC along with Aminimiga and AGS which also run on PC or on these cheapo retro handheld gaming devices too.

  • Cheap Gamer on 22/07/2025 - 09:03
    +3

    Thanks OP. Pretty close to all time low price. Just wish it was the 800XL instead of the ugly 400 Asstari.

    • bleugh on 22/07/2025 - 09:40
      +1

      Already have a work in progress 800XL case i'm designing to transplant the innards into!. It'll be a while till it's finished, gotta sort my spectrum Next mini, C64C mini and sam coupe mini cases and keyboards first!

      • Cheap Gamer on 22/07/2025 - 23:47
        +1

        That'd be great. Hopefully one day the 800XL will get a remake.

  • ForkSnorter on 22/07/2025 - 09:30
    -6

    Good for someone who wants to spend 5 nostalgic minutes remembering or discovering how crap 1980s games were.

    • Torzz on 22/07/2025 - 09:35
      +8

      Sounds like someone never played bubble bobble or double dragon

      • habib23q on 22/07/2025 - 10:01
        +5

        Or Commando, River Raid, Asteroids, Pitfall or Space Invaders

        • Cheap Gamer on 22/07/2025 - 11:40
          +3

          Or Missile Command. It's like Iron Dome but much more fun.

          • habib23q on 22/07/2025 - 11:42
            +3

            @Cheap Gamer: I've still got my og Atari 2600 cartridge from the early 80s.

            • RichardMelbourne on 22/07/2025 - 21:55
              +3

              @habib23q: I've got a cassette with a game I wrote and painstakingly hand converted to machine code (I didn't have an assembler and had to manually calculate jumps and branches) around 39-40 years ago. Still keep meaning to get a cassette recorder and convert to use in an emulator…

            • Cheap Gamer on 23/07/2025 - 00:16

              @habib23q: Hope you also kept the boxes and manuals. I really regret throwing them out. Oh well…

              • habib23q on 23/07/2025 - 00:27
                +1

                @Cheap Gamer: I had a few hundred all in as new condition in the box. My silly parents decided to go in a room where they were all packed away along with the rest of my 70s, 80s and 90s stuff and get rid of it all to supposedly do a renovation which would take another 10 years to do. So nah i only have a few bits and pieces left. I had transformers g1 all mint in the box along with alot of consoles and hundreds of games and accessories. All gone for peanuts. I didn't talk to them for months after this happened.

                Still irks me to this day tbh. Basically the only thing I had taken when I moved out was my Intellivision system with a few games which I still have and my Jet Hopper and Hornet. That's basically all. There was a room full of stuff they got rid of. Including classic Hot Wheels and Matchbox cars too which are all worth a fortune now amongst everything else you can think of. For example Centurions, Sectaurs, MASK, Bravestarr figures and playsets and all in boxes. I'm the sorta person that always kept everything like new in boxes only to lose everything without making anything from them all.

                • Nom on 23/07/2025 - 10:18
                  +1

                  @habib23q: Huh, surely that process would have started with a simple "Hey @habib23q we're about to throw out all your old junk in the spare room, come collect anything you want before it's gone".

                  The mind boggles that they would do it with no notice 🫨

                  • habib23q on 23/07/2025 - 10:26
                    +1

                    @Nom: No it wasn't even like that even. It's not like they didn't know what stuff was there or how valuable it was. I had packed it all away in storage tubs and boxes with my ex at the time and it was left there for a while and even the door was locked. Somehow it was opened and my stuff was gotten rid of and replaced with worthless stuff and to make it all worse there was so much valuable stuff i am talking a fortune if it were all sold in the past 5 years. Tbh i could careless about the money even, it was the whole process that happened and at one point in time they were trying to say i took it all and didn't remember. That's what really got me going even tho i can even remember what and where they got it for me back in the day and still even talk about some of the stuff from time to time.

                    So yeah very frustrating, but my oldies are both very sick now so I have forgiven them and moved on somewhat.

      • Roddi on 22/07/2025 - 14:28
        +4

        Or 1943. Or Gauntlet I & II. Guess he's happier with his 4k pre-digested pap where you never actually lose a game.

        • ForkSnorter on 22/07/2025 - 16:33

          1080p good enough for me. I play on a small screen.

    • FabMan on 22/07/2025 - 16:24
      +1

      You've been down voted, but people are only mentioning the classics. There were a 1000+ games released across the entire 8-bit Atari line, but selecting 20 genuinely good games to play today isn't easy. There still are a few good games, but you certainly have to sift through a lot of waste. Not only that but often the Atari 8-bit version isn't the best version of that game either.

      H.E.R.O. for the 8-bit Atari is still enjoyable to me, I think some modern indie games have a similar vibe to it.

  • morini on 22/07/2025 - 10:45

    $115 for a stocking filler?

    • gizmomelb on 24/07/2025 - 10:13
      +1

      obviously you've never bought stockings ;)

  • Cheap Gamer on 22/07/2025 - 23:51
    +1

    The Gamesmen claim they're the exclusive seller in Australia, but it's $139.95 so definitely worth buying from UK.
    https://www.gamesmen.com.au/atari-the400-mini-console

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