Atari, one of the recognisable names within the video gaming trade behind classics corresponding to Asteroids, Breakout and Centipede to call however a couple of, has at present introduced that it’s partnering up with the Litecoin Basis, a Singapore primarily based non-profit that advocates and promotes using Litecoin.

The partnership will see Litecoin added as a technique of cost to work together with the Atari ecosystem. Full particulars are but to be printed on what precisely this entails though we do know Atari’s VCS sport and streaming console (constructed on a linux primarily based OS and utilizing the identical identify as its 1977 Video Pc System) can be purchasable with Litecoin for a reduction and may be pre-ordered by way of Atari’s web site. Likewise it’s going to even be accessible by way of the Litecoin Basis which can see a proportion of every sale go straight in the direction of supporting their efforts.

Of the announcement, the Basis’s managing Director, Charlie Lee stated

“Many people keep in mind rising up and taking part in video games from Atari” … “It’s nice to see Litecoin being utilized in quite a lot of other ways inside the Atari ecosystem, from buying the brand new Atari VCS gaming console to getting used as a option to spend money on Atari Tokens. The Litecoin Basis is happy to see the probabilities a partnership like this may have for not solely Litecoin and cryptocurrencies but additionally the gaming trade and lifelong followers of Atari.”

Concerning future collaborations, Lee shared some additional insights with us stating:

“We’re positively going to speak sooner or later about different methods we are able to work collectively. Like utilizing LTC in sport possibly.”
“We are going to like do some joint merchandising like tshirts with Litecoin and Atari on them.”

Atari are creating their very own digital asset which can act in a lot the identical means as a on line casino chip for his or her platforms. This seems to be meant as a digital on line casino chip for the Atari ecosystem, maybe to recreate the identical impact of popping in 1 / 4 right into a bodily 80s arcade machine, one thing Atari is most related to. As such it will not be too far fetched to see Litecoin included alongside. Atari CEO Fred Chesnais acknowledged within the announcement:

“Litecoin’s ease-of-use and low transaction prices make it an ideal match to be used alongside the Atari Token and different tasks.”