Playmaji has opened pre-orders for the Polymega Remix, a $199 USB peripheral that lets owners digitize and play physical retro games on Windows 11 PCs, laptops, and PC gaming handhelds through a free companion app, and is scheduled to ship next month, having completed mass production.
Remix accepts CD-based games from consoles including the PlayStation, Sega Saturn, Sega CD, TurboGrafx-CD, and Neo Geo CD through a built-in optical drive. Cartridge-based systems from the NES through the N64 are supported via Playmaji's Element Modules, which are sold separately at $80 each. There are six modules in total: NES/Famicon, SNES/ Super Famicom, Genesis / Mega Drive, TurboGrafx-16, Nintendo 64, and Atari 2600 / 7800. Once a game is digitized, users can disconnect the Remix hardware and play from their device's local storage.
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Alongside the Remix announcement, Playmaji confirmed it has overhauled the Polymega's standalone base unit with “new, upgraded hardware” that’s reportedly “several times more powerful” than the PM01.
By late 2022, the company acknowledged output had fallen to as few as 50 units per month as a best-case scenario. Atari invested €4.6 million in Playmaji in 2023, acquiring a 53% non-diluted stake, with Atari CEO Wade Rosen commenting at the time that the investment was intended to help Playmaji work through its order backlog.
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