This page is graphics intensive. It may take a few moments to load. You know, I have never figured out why Atari had so many unreleased products. It boggles the mind to think about all of the great ideas that never made it out the door. Some say that Atari was ahead of it's time with some of these devices.
Many people feel that management was incompetent.
Whatever the reason, many products never made it off the drawing board. This device was designed as a cheaper alternative to the existing 2600 console. It combined a base 2600 unit and the joysticks into a single small unit that could be held on a tabletop, or in your lap. Cartridges were inserted into the back of the system. There were also two joystick ports so you could use standard 2600 joysticks instead of the built-in ones.