Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration

11.11.2022
Critic 83/100
Users 79/100
Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration takes players on an interactive journey through 50 years of video games via interviews with designers, developers and industry leaders, documentary footage, product design documents, high-resolution original artwork, and a specially-curated list of more than 90 playable games. At the heart of Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration are the Interactive Timelines, which combine historical trivia, digital artifacts, all-new video interviews, and playable games into one singular experience. When you encounter a game in the Timeline, you can immediately play it without losing your place. The massive list of games spans six original Atari console and home computer platforms and generations of arcade titles, the most ever included in a collection by the team at Digital Eclipse. For the first time ever, games from the cult favorite Atari Jaguar and Atari Lynx platforms will be playable on modern consoles. Behind every game are the stories of Atari, what was happening at the company, what went into the creation of the games and the hardware on which they ran, all told by the people who were there. It is a rare opportunity to get a rich behind-the-scenes look at the history of video games. In addition to presenting these Atari classics exactly as they were, the talented team at Digital Eclipse has also created the Reimagined series—six new games that revisit, mash-up and reimagine Atari Classics. Each of these new games is included in Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration.

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The story’s not over yet! THE WIDER WORLD OF ATARI introduces a new timeline with more games, historical artifacts and video interviews that explore the creation of Atari games. From early arcade games through fan-made homebrew titles, you'll learn why passionate Atari fans are loyal for life. It contains 19 new games: Atari Video Cube (2600) Avalanche (800) Avalanche (arcade) Berzerk (2600 Voice Enhanced) Berzerk (2600) Berzerk (5200) Berzerk (arcade) Desert Falcon (2600) Destroyer (arcade) Football (arcade) Frenzy (arcade) Off the Wall (2600) Red Baron (arcade) Sky Diver (2600) Sky Diver (arcade) Steeplechase (2600) Stellar Track (2600) Submarine Commander (2600) Super Bug (arcade)

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Well before the current day console wars dominated social media and message boards, Atari's VCS and Intellivision collided in the first major video game rivalry in 1979. The battle only intensified when Intellivision started making games for the VCS, its fiercest rival's machine! In a series of exclusive interviews, the game makers who lived through the first console war explain how and why this unique chapter of video-game history unfolded.

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Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration adds The Namco Legendary Pack, featuring a new interactive timeline and classic Namco games on Atari systems. Includes: • PAC-MAN for Atari 2600, 5200, and 8-bit (first console re-release) • U.S. arcade versions of DIG DUG and XEVIOUS (first time re-released in this form) • Home versions of GALAGA, XEVIOUS, GALAXIAN, and DIG DUG • Timeline with developer interviews, photos, documents, and archival materials

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