Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration – Expanded Edition (Nintendo Switch)
Atari and developer Digital Eclipse are proud to present a significant
expansion to their acclaimed 2022 release Atari 50: the Anniversary
Collection. This new version, entitled “Atari 50: the Anniversary
Celebration – Expanded Edition”, includes the original release and adds
two new timelines and 39 games to the playable Atari retrospective.
The Wider World of Atari timeline, which includes 19 playable games and
eight video segments, takes a series of deep dives into stories from
Atari history, showing how Atari continued to influence creators and
fans over the decades. New interviews, vintage ads, historical
artifacts, and more have all been researched and presented with Digital
Eclipse’s signature style. Highlights from the new timeline include a
deep dive into Stern Electronics’ robot-blasting Berzerk; unusual and
underappreciated innovations and hidden gems from the late 1980s; a
spotlight on the artist Evelyn Seto, who helped create the iconic
“Fuji” Atari logo; Pong creator Al Alcorn explaining the birth of
Breakout; and an exploration of the fan base’s role in discovering
unreleased prototypes, creating “homebrew” games, and preserving Atari
history.
The First Console War timeline, which includes 20 playable games and
half-dozen video segments, tells the story of the first major console
war in the gaming industry between the Atari 2600 and Mattel’s
Intellivision. The team at Digital Eclipse curates an exploration of
the rivalry, including Mattel’s quixotic decision to create games for
the competing Atari 2600. Highlights include a selection of M Network
games, including some fan-favorites; a mix of Atari and M Network
sports games, and some rare Atari 2600 and 5200 prototypes. New
interview features include former Intellivision game director Don
Daglow, M Network programmer Jane Terjung, Activision’s David Crane and
Garry Kitchen, homebrew programmer Dennis Debro, and historians Leonard
Herman and Mike Mika.
Characteristics:
- Now with 140+ classic games lovingly presented with
best-in-class emulation and modern quality-of-life enhancements – and
the ability to play classic games that have not been available for ages. - Discover the brand that launched the modern video game
industry and the creative individuals behind it through interviews,
archival images, special source material and behind-the-scenes content
within an interactive timeline. Also explore the history of iconic
brands such as Mattel’s Intellivision and Stern Electronics! - Emulation of games, recently rescued and unreleased
prototypes, and other rare gems created for seven hardware platforms:
Arcade, Atari 800, Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Atari 7800, Atari Jaguar,
Atari Lynx. - Over 13 new segments of exclusive interviews with key
players in the games industry, including archival and contemporary
interviews from employees, from first and 3rd party programmers and
artists, historians, fans and homebrew developers! - An expanded retrospective on gaming history that is a
must-own for collectors and fans of video games.
