Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration is already packed to the rafters with unbelievable retro video games, distinctive interviews, and uncommon documentation on the historical past of Atari, however what if you happen to wished much more..?
Effectively, the excellent news is that Atari and Digital Eclipse are releasing a brand new ‘Expanded Version’ of the sport that introduces 2 new timelines and 39 new video games. A bodily version and a collector’s steelbook (unique to Swap) will even be made out there when the sport launches on October twenty fifth 2024, however present house owners will be capable to obtain the brand new content material as DLC (we have reached out to make clear if this will probably be free or paid DLC).
As for the brand new timelines, the primary is titled ‘The Wider World of Atari’ and delves into extra underappreciated hidden gems from the ’80s, the work that artist Evelyn Seto carried out to create the now-iconic Atari brand, the beginning of Breakout with interviews from Al Alcorn, and rather more. This part will comprise 19 playable video games and eight video segments.
The second timeline is titled ‘The First Console Struggle’ and chronicles the rivalry between the Atari 2600 and Mattel’s Intellivision. A choice of M Community video games will probably be made out there alongside a bunch of interviews with the likes of former Intellivision recreation director Don Daglow, M Community programmer Jane Terjung, Activision’s David Crane and Garry Kitchen, homebrew programmer Dennis Debro, and historians Leonard Herman and Mike Mika.
After all, it is seemingly that the Intellivision content material is a direct results of Atari’s current acqusition of the model. Introduced in Might 2024, Atari bought the rights to the model itself and over 200 video games, successfully ending the primary console conflict. The Intellivision Amico, nevertheless, was unnoticed of the deal and remains to be supposedly in growth.
Digital Eclipse has already expanded upon Atari 50 by way of free DLC, providing up the likes of Journey II, Save Mary, Return to Haunted Home, Aquaventure, and extra. The discharge of the Expanded Version will deliver the entire variety of playable video games to 154.
The bodily version of the sport will retail at $39.99, with the steelbook coming in at $49.99.
Will you be selecting up Atari 50: Expanded Version when it launches this October? What do you make of the brand new timelines? Tell us your ideas with a remark.
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