Atari 50th Anniversary Celebration Expanded Edition (Switch)
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This new version, entitled “Atari 50: the Anniversary Celebration –Expanded Edition”, includes the original release and adds two new timelinesand 39 games to the playable Atari retrospective. The Wider World of Ataritimeline, which includes 19 playable games and eight video segments, takes aseries of deep dives into stories from Atari history, showing how Ataricontinued to influence creators and fans over the decades.
New interviews, vintage ads, historical artifacts, and more have all beenresearched and presented with Digital Eclipse’s signature style. Highlightsfrom the new timeline include a deep dive into Stern Electronics' robot-blastingBerzerk; unusual and underappreciated innovations and hidden gems from the late1980s; 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 unreleasedprototypes, creating “homebrew” games, and preserving Atari history. TheFirst Console War timeline, which includes 20 playable games and half-dozenvideo segments, tells the story of the first major console war in the gamingindustry between the Atari 2600 and Mattel’s Intellivision.
The team at Digital Eclipse curates an exploration of the rivalry, includingMattel’s quixotic decision to create games for the competing Atari2600. Highlights include a selection of M Network games, including somefan-favorites; a mix of Atari and M Network sports games, and some rare Atari2600 and 5200 prototypes. New interview features include former Intellivisiongame 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.
Features:
- Now with 140+ classic games lovingly presented with best-in-class emulationand modern quality-of-life enhancements – and the ability to play classicgames that have not been available for ages.
- Discover the brand that launched the modern video game industry and thecreative individuals behind it through interviews, archival images, specialsource material and behind-the-scenes content within an interactive timeline.Also explore the history of iconic brands such as Mattel’s Intellivisionand Stern Electronics!
- Emulation of games, recently rescued and unreleased prototypes, and otherrare 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 gamesindustry, including archival and contemporary interviews from employees, fromfirst and 3rd party programmers and artists, historians, fans and homebrewdevelopers!
- An expanded retrospective on gaming history that is a must-own forcollectors and fans of video games.
This new version, entitled “Atari 50: the Anniversary Celebration –Expanded Edition”, includes the original release and adds two new timelinesand 39 games to the playable Atari retrospective. The Wider World of Ataritimeline, which includes 19 playable games and eight video segments, takes aseries of deep dives into stories from Atari history, showing how Ataricontinued to influence creators and fans over the decades.
New interviews, vintage ads, historical artifacts, and more have all beenresearched and presented with Digital Eclipse’s signature style. Highlightsfrom the new timeline include a deep dive into Stern Electronics' robot-blastingBerzerk; unusual and underappreciated innovations and hidden gems from the late1980s; 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 unreleasedprototypes, creating “homebrew” games, and preserving Atari history. TheFirst Console War timeline, which includes 20 playable games and half-dozenvideo segments, tells the story of the first major console war in the gamingindustry between the Atari 2600 and Mattel’s Intellivision.
The team at Digital Eclipse curates an exploration of the rivalry, includingMattel’s quixotic decision to create games for the competing Atari2600. Highlights include a selection of M Network games, including somefan-favorites; a mix of Atari and M Network sports games, and some rare Atari2600 and 5200 prototypes. New interview features include former Intellivisiongame 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.
Features:
- Now with 140+ classic games lovingly presented with best-in-class emulationand modern quality-of-life enhancements – and the ability to play classicgames that have not been available for ages.
- Discover the brand that launched the modern video game industry and thecreative individuals behind it through interviews, archival images, specialsource material and behind-the-scenes content within an interactive timeline.Also explore the history of iconic brands such as Mattel’s Intellivisionand Stern Electronics!
- Emulation of games, recently rescued and unreleased prototypes, and otherrare 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 gamesindustry, including archival and contemporary interviews from employees, fromfirst and 3rd party programmers and artists, historians, fans and homebrewdevelopers!
- An expanded retrospective on gaming history that is a must-own forcollectors and fans of video games.
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