Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration Launch Trailer
Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration Launch Trailer
by kaminari1
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SassyGumpert
I look forward to watching Jeff Gerstmann play this.
SNESDude84
“Where did you learn to fly?”
HappyPollen
From a history telling standpoint this actually seems like a really interesting collection and documentary. Plus closure on Swordquest Airworld? I’ll definitely look into this more.
RedditUser41970
This is the console family I grew up on, and I always get a kick out of playing shitty-ass original pong on modern hardware. Shame there is no Atari 7800 Food Fight though.
Also a shame there’s no modern Activision anthology collection from the Atari era.
aliaswyvernspur
The Atari 2600 is where I started my gaming adventure. So many great games. However, I wish Atari could work with Activision to include their games as well. I think people forget Activision made games like River Raid, Kaboom, Enduro, Pitfall, the list goes on. Still, I look forward to checking this out.
cntrldfusion
Kids today just don’t know. I actually had their home version of Pong, then my uncle gave me a Fairchild Channel F which he got from a friend that worked at Fairchild, and then for Christmas in 77 my parents gave me the all important Atari 2600. I don’t even know how many hours I spent playing Pac-Man, Space Invaders, and Missile Command. I wore out 2 controllers.
jgghn
I wish this had Atari 400/800 games. They were such a step up from the 2600 and in pretty much the same time period.
stereobreadsticks
If anyone already has Atari Flashback Classics and is wondering if this is still worth the price, I compared the two on my Switch yesterday and found that the overlap between them consists of 18 arcade games, 37 Atari 2600 games, and 4 Atari 5200 games. In terms of unique titles, Atari Flashback Classics has 14 arcade games, 65 Atari 2600 games, and 12 Atari 5200 games that aren’t on Atari 50. Atari 50 has 7 arcade games, 3 Atari 2600 games, 1 Atari 5200 game, 5 Atari 800 games, 7 Atari 7800 games, 9 Jaguar games, 5 Lynx games, 1 recreation of a dedicated handheld, and 6 new reimagined games that aren’t on Atari Flashback Classics.
So, long story short, there is substantial overlap between the two collections with a total of 59 shared titles, but they both also include substantial amounts of unique titles that for me at least justify having both, 91 on Atari Flashback Classics and 44 on Atari 50, not to mention all the interviews and other bonus features on Atari 50.
APeacefulWarrior
Can vouch, this is a fantastic collection and probably the best release yet from Digital Eclipse. I love all the interviews with the old-timers talking about their days at Atari. Also, all of the emulation seems completely solid, although a few games do suffer somewhat from having to adapt the controls. Trackball and paddle games will never work quite right on thumbsticks, but DE did do a good job keeping them playable.
My one big complaint is that it’s heavily tilted towards 70s and early 80s stuff. I’d say half of the content is focused solely on arcade and 2600 releases, with everything else just kind of crammed in with a lot less attention. In particular, the selection of Lynx games and supplementary material is, frankly, pretty awful – which really disappoints me as a former Lynx owner.
Apparently the reason for this is that Atari sold/lost most of their rights to their 90s stuff, and DE had limited material to pull from – but that doesn’t make the 90s material less disappointing, either way.
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I look forward to watching Jeff Gerstmann play this.
“Where did you learn to fly?”
From a history telling standpoint this actually seems like a really interesting collection and documentary. Plus closure on Swordquest Airworld? I’ll definitely look into this more.
This is the console family I grew up on, and I always get a kick out of playing shitty-ass original pong on modern hardware. Shame there is no Atari 7800 Food Fight though.
Also a shame there’s no modern Activision anthology collection from the Atari era.
The Atari 2600 is where I started my gaming adventure. So many great games. However, I wish Atari could work with Activision to include their games as well. I think people forget Activision made games like River Raid, Kaboom, Enduro, Pitfall, the list goes on. Still, I look forward to checking this out.
Kids today just don’t know. I actually had their home version of Pong, then my uncle gave me a Fairchild Channel F which he got from a friend that worked at Fairchild, and then for Christmas in 77 my parents gave me the all important Atari 2600. I don’t even know how many hours I spent playing Pac-Man, Space Invaders, and Missile Command. I wore out 2 controllers.
I wish this had Atari 400/800 games. They were such a step up from the 2600 and in pretty much the same time period.
If anyone already has Atari Flashback Classics and is wondering if this is still worth the price, I compared the two on my Switch yesterday and found that the overlap between them consists of 18 arcade games, 37 Atari 2600 games, and 4 Atari 5200 games. In terms of unique titles, Atari Flashback Classics has 14 arcade games, 65 Atari 2600 games, and 12 Atari 5200 games that aren’t on Atari 50. Atari 50 has 7 arcade games, 3 Atari 2600 games, 1 Atari 5200 game, 5 Atari 800 games, 7 Atari 7800 games, 9 Jaguar games, 5 Lynx games, 1 recreation of a dedicated handheld, and 6 new reimagined games that aren’t on Atari Flashback Classics.
So, long story short, there is substantial overlap between the two collections with a total of 59 shared titles, but they both also include substantial amounts of unique titles that for me at least justify having both, 91 on Atari Flashback Classics and 44 on Atari 50, not to mention all the interviews and other bonus features on Atari 50.
Can vouch, this is a fantastic collection and probably the best release yet from Digital Eclipse. I love all the interviews with the old-timers talking about their days at Atari. Also, all of the emulation seems completely solid, although a few games do suffer somewhat from having to adapt the controls. Trackball and paddle games will never work quite right on thumbsticks, but DE did do a good job keeping them playable.
My one big complaint is that it’s heavily tilted towards 70s and early 80s stuff. I’d say half of the content is focused solely on arcade and 2600 releases, with everything else just kind of crammed in with a lot less attention. In particular, the selection of Lynx games and supplementary material is, frankly, pretty awful – which really disappoints me as a former Lynx owner.
Apparently the reason for this is that Atari sold/lost most of their rights to their 90s stuff, and DE had limited material to pull from – but that doesn’t make the 90s material less disappointing, either way.