The Atari VCS Disappointed Me - But I Found A Way To Fix It

If you enjoyed this video please consider subscribing! It really helps the channel out. 🙂 The Atari VCS began life as an Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign, eventually going on sale in 2021. This AMD Ryzen mini PC features the Atari Vault, a collection of classic 2600 and arcade games from Atari, as well as its own storefront, streaming apps and Antstream Arcade. Here are my genuine first impressions of this machine, overcoming some problems, and eventually finding a solution to all of my woes - by replacing the entire OS... Support The Channel: Patreon:   / ctrlaltrees   Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/ctrlaltrees Atari VCS: https://atari.com/pages/atari-vcs Divoom Tivoo Max: https://www.divoom-gz.com/product/tiv... AtariAge Update Issue / USB Firmware Flash Thread: https://forums.atariage.com/topic/329... HoloISO (SteamOS): https://github.com/HoloISO/holoiso VIP Superfan Steves & Executive Producers: Action Retro:    / actionretro   Arthur Ludwiczak BitterBlitter Endzs Has Beard, Plays Games:    / blcollier   Justin D. Morgan:    / jdmcs   Karl Bate Kevin Leah (AKA Zoinks!) Laurent Mark 'Kurbeco' Simpson MarkCentral Naokia Saito:    / @naokisrc   Peter (Melair) ScarlettMarseille:   / smarseille   Simon Green Steve's Tech Shed:    / stevestechshed   stween The Byte Attic:    / @thebyteattic   Tim's Retro Corner:    / @timsretrocorner   Vanessaira:    / @vanessaira-retro   Socials: Official ctrl-alt-rees Discord:   / discord   Twitter:   / ctrl_alt_rees   Instagram:   / ctrl.alt.rees   Chapters: 00:00 What Is The Atari VCS? (2021) 03:26 Atari VCS Unboxing + Wireless Classic Joystick + Wireless Modern Controller 11:45 A Less Than Stellar First Boot & Out Of Box Experience... 16:50 Initial Setup & Bundled Software / Games 30:31 Musings On AtariOS & The Vanilla VCS Experience 34:56 Teardown & Installing An Internal M.2 SSD 37:36 SteamOS / HoloISO Installation In PC Mode 41:23 Final Thoughts & Conclusions On The Atari VCS Royalty-Free Music From Epidemic Sound: https://www.epidemicsound.com: Intro: Matt Large - And Then I Met You... Smartface - Bear Hats Cornelio - Feriado Matt Large - Coffeehouse By Large Osoku - Empower Sarah, The Illstrumentalist - It's Up To You (Me) Jobii - 368 Jules Gaia - Shake Down Future Joust - Powerwalkin' Gavin Luke - Feeling Alright Outro: Yomoti - Before Chill