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  1. Atari 50: The Wider World Of Atari (Switch)

    Mini Review Atari 50: The Wider World Of Atari (Switch)

    Dubbed The Wider World of Atari, this first entry in what will ultimately be a two-part DLC expansion for Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration is essentially developer Digital Eclipse digging even deeper into the Atari vaults. The result is a new timeline that, while possibly not as cohesive as...
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    Emulation Atari Jaguar Emulation Is Coming To iPhone

    Programmer and Jaguar fan Rich Whitehouse – who is also Head of Digital Conservation The Video Game History Foundation – has revealed that his iOS Jaguar emulator is almost ready for public release. Whitehouse showed off a screenshot of the emulator in action, running the iconic Tempest 2000...
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    News Every New Game For Atari 50's New Paid DLC Has Been Revealed

    Just the other day, Atari and developer Digital Eclipse announced that a new paid DLC expansion for Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration would be launching, er, tomorrow (that's 26th September 2024). Now, thanks to a reveal YouTube MetalJesusRocks, we now have a complete view of every new game...
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    News Atari 50 DLC Adds 19 Games And Launches Later This Week

    Atari and developer Digital Eclipse have announced that the first paid DLC expansion for Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration will launch later this week on 26th September 2024. Dubbed 'The Wider World of Atari', the DLC will contain 19 additional games alongside a wealth of new documentary...
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    News "Please Let Us Remaster Ogre Battle," Says Atari And Infogrames Boss

    Atari CEO Wade Rosen has been speaking to Game Developer about his company's recent revival of the Infogrames brand and says that he wants it to become a "preservationist" publisher that can work with old IP and bring it up to date. Rather than signing up new games to publish under the...
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    Retro R-Type Shown Running On The Atari 7800

    Irem's legendary shmup R-Type has been shown running on the Atari 7800. According to @atariio, this is work-in-progress footage, but it nonetheless shows how capable Atari's system is in the right hands. "Beautiful side-scrolling with parallax background begins to demonstrate what the 7800 has...
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    News Atari Revives An Iconic Racing Gem With 'Fatal Run 2089' For Switch

    Publisher Atari has announced that it is reviving a once-iconic racing gem for the Nintendo Switch called Fatal Run 2089. Based on the original Fatal Run for the Atari 2600 and 7800, the game features vehicular combat gameplay as you race across 20 tracks located across 4 distinct global...
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    Hardware The Atari 7800+ Resurrects Another Classic Atari Console

    Atari and Plaion have announced that they will be bringing out an updated version of the Atari 7800, which was originally released in the States back in 1986. The Atari 7800+ will support both 2600 and 7800 game cartridges, will be able to connect to any HDMI TV, and features widescreen or 4:3...
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    News New Atari 400 Mini Update Brings Another Classic Game To The Mini Console

    A new firmware update has just been released for the Atari 400 Mini, bringing with it a range of new fixes for the device as well as an additional game: the vertical shooter Caverns of Mars. This release takes the current total of pre-loaded games available on the device up to 26, from the 25...
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    News Atari's Super Asteroids & Missile Command Are Being Reissued For Lynx

    Songbird Productions announced earlier today that it will be rereleasing Super Asteroids & Missile Command for the Atari Lynx. These two games, in case you never owned a Lynx, are essentially enhanced versions of the classic arcade coin-ops Asteroids and Missile Command, featuring updated...
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    News Evercade Maker Blaze Is Releasing Two New Super Pocket Consoles This Year

    Evercade maker Blaze is releasing two new Super Pocket handhelds as part of its HyperMegaTech line. Super Pocket Atari Edition will contain 50 arcade games , including Asteroids, Berzerk, Crystal Castles, Frenzy, and more, as well as over 30 console and handheld greats. Here's the full game...
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    News "I Am In Talks With Atari" - Howard Scott Warshaw Gives Update On His Yars' Revenge Sequel

    Over the last couple of years, the video game designer turned psychotherapist Howard Scott Warshaw has repeatedly teased in interviews that was about to return to game development to create a sequel to his hit 1982 Atari 2600 game Yars' Revenge for both the 2600 and the modern machines...
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    Retro 50th birthday celebrations continue years later with Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration Expanded Edition

    It's not 2022 (though try telling my brain that) so the "anniversary" part isn't wholly accurate anymore, but Atari is launching a new Expanded Edition of game compilation/retrospective Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration anyway. It adds two new timelines and nearly 40 games to the original...
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    News Atari 50: Expanded Edition Adds 2 New Timelines And 39 New Games

    Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration is already packed to the rafters with incredible retro games, unique interviews, and rare documentation on the history of Atari, but what if you wanted even more..? Well, the good news is that Atari and Digital Eclipse are releasing a new 'Expanded Edition'...
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    News Gauntlet Comes To The Analogue Pocket

    Atari's Gauntlet arcade hardware has been ported to the Analogue Pocket as a new OpenFPGA core. The core has been ported from the MiSTer FPGA by obsidian-dot-dev. It covers Gauntlet, Gauntlet II and Vindicators Part II. Designed by Ed Logg and originally released in 1985, Gauntlet was a...
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    News Alien Abduction! Is A New Atari 2600 Cart From Activision Legends

    Audacity Games — a company formed by Activision co-founder David Crane and designers Garry and Dan Kitchen — announced yesterday that it will be bringing out physical editions of the developer John Van Ryzin's latest game Alien Abduction! for the Atari 2600. Ryzin, as you may already be aware...
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    News Atari Purchases The Intellivision Brand, But Not The Delayed Amico Console

    Atari has just purchased the Intellivision brand, along with "certain games" from Intellivision Entertainment LLC. Intellivision Entertainment LLC will rebrand and "continue its business of developing and distributing the Amico game console with a license from Atari to continue to distribute...
  18. Atari 2600+ Review - The Grandaddy Of Gaming Is Back

    Hardware Atari 2600+ Review - The Grandaddy Of Gaming Is Back

    Originally released back in 1977, the Atari VCS (later known as the 2600) was a groundbreaking piece of consumer electronics. Sure, it wasn't the first 'game console' to hit the market, but it was the first to find lasting commercial success; indeed, the name 'Atari' became synonymous with...
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    News MovieCart Lets You Watch Movies With Your Atari 2600

    While it's quite common now for modern video game consoles to come pre-built with the ability to play movies, back in the days of the Atari 2600, the hardware's limitations meant that people never even dreamed about the possibility of being able to watch films on the device. Yet, despite that...
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    News New Short Film Shows How Video Games Can Connect Us Across Generations

    Video games have now been a part of our lives for 50 years, so it stands to reason that they have become powerfully-charged nostalgic touchpoints when it comes to family members who have passed away. A powerful new short film written and directed by Ahseem Yousuf explores the ability of games...
 
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