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Posted November 11, 2022
Everyone, and we mean absolutely everyone knows this video game titan. And while there is no point in introducing them, celebrating their 50 years in the industry is the whole other thing!

Atari 50: the Anniversary Celebration is available on GOG taking you on an interactive journey through 50 years of video games via interviews with designers, developers and industry leaders, documentary footage, product design documents, high-res original artwork, and a curated list of awesome playable titles - all of that put into one cohesive experience. When you encounter a game in the Timelines, you can immediately play it without losing your place.

The massive selection of over 100 games spans seven different platforms: Arcade, 2600, 5200, 7800, Atari 8-bit computers, and, for the first time ever on modern consoles, Atari Lynx and Jaguar! Play the classics like Tempest 2000, Asteroids, and Yars' Revenge, or dive into some deeper cuts.

Behind every game are the stories of Atari, what was happening at the company, and what went into the creation of the games and the hardware on which they ran, all told by the people who were there.

And in addition to all that, Atari 50: the Anniversary Celebration also includes six new games:

Swordquest: AirWorld – a new entry in the legendary Swordquest series, inspired by the design concepts of original Swordquest creator Tod Frye. Who will be the first to solve its mysteries – and finally complete the quest?

Haunted Houses – The original “survival horror” game for the Atari 2600 gets a modern 3D voxel-based sequel, featuring more houses, more spooky situations, and more urns.

VCTR-SCTR – This mashup celebration of the vector era of gaming combines the gameplay from Asteroids, Tempest, and other vector-based arcade classics into a single, continuous challenge.

Neo Breakout – An amazing and addictive two-player competition that combines the best features of Breakout and Pong, with a modern graphic style

Quadratank – The first new entry in the classic Tank series since 1978 combines features from the original games with four-player fun in team or free-for-all modes.

Yars’ Revenge Reimagined – The Atari 2600 masterpiece gets a whole new look. Swap between original and modern graphics at any time!

Join in the celebration!
Posted November 16, 2022
Wow, what a nostalgia trip, be great to have this, as it looks well done.

Then reality strikes.

I've not played most of these games, so how much am I really going to enjoy them now.

It seems a lot of content for the price, and there is more to it than just playing the games.

But how much value is there really, as it's not cheap?

Am I really going to play much of it ... or for how long?

Sure it has got a historical element, and I will likely enjoy aspects of that ... though I have seen the Atari documentary.

I'm just not sure I would be getting enough enjoyment for the price.

I don't want to discourage these types of releases, quite the opposite.
But do I really need it?
Does the idea of having it, perhaps appeal more than the reality?

Many things nostalgic aren't that good. Chiefly they are so out-of-date and out-of-context, that they no longer are fun. Many of them weren't that much fun back then either.

Life's conundrums.
Posted November 16, 2022
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Timboli: Wow, what a nostalgia trip, be great to have this, as it looks well done.

Then reality strikes.

I've not played most of these games, so how much am I really going to enjoy them now.

It seems a lot of content for the price, and there is more to it than just playing the games.

But how much value is there really, as it's not cheap?

Am I really going to play much of it ... or for how long?

Sure it has got a historical element, and I will likely enjoy aspects of that ... though I have seen the Atari documentary.

I'm just not sure I would be getting enough enjoyment for the price.

I don't want to discourage these types of releases, quite the opposite.
But do I really need it?
Does the idea of having it, perhaps appeal more than the reality?

Many things nostalgic aren't that good. Chiefly they are so out-of-date and out-of-context, that they no longer are fun. Many of them weren't that much fun back then either.

Life's conundrums.
Most of the games is pick up and play games
it means you dont have to read a hefty tutorital to start playing on most of the games
sure the grapics may be dated and some of the concepts may not appeal that much by today standards
but if you dont mind the sometime basic concepts and grapics from way back in the day, some of the games can be fun to play once in while

If youre not sure because of the price
i recomend wait for a sale

Its a bit of a shame that atari didnt innclude a few demos of some the games so that people new to Atari games from old times can try some out to get an idea of what to expect
Post edited November 16, 2022 by Lodium
Posted November 17, 2022
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Timboli: Wow, what a nostalgia trip, be great to have this, as it looks well done.

Then reality strikes.

I've not played most of these games, so how much am I really going to enjoy them now.

It seems a lot of content for the price, and there is more to it than just playing the games.

But how much value is there really, as it's not cheap?

Am I really going to play much of it ... or for how long?

Sure it has got a historical element, and I will likely enjoy aspects of that ... though I have seen the Atari documentary.

I'm just not sure I would be getting enough enjoyment for the price.

I don't want to discourage these types of releases, quite the opposite.
But do I really need it?
Does the idea of having it, perhaps appeal more than the reality?

Many things nostalgic aren't that good. Chiefly they are so out-of-date and out-of-context, that they no longer are fun. Many of them weren't that much fun back then either.

Life's conundrums.
If you don't like classic arcade-style gameplay, you probably won't get much out of a product like this. From my perspective, having played most of them and looking over the complete game list, I would say a major chunk of what they've got are good games. I still play all of the arcade games included, Tempest 2000, Miner 2049er, Yars Revenge, and Star Raiders fairly regularly. Caverns of Mars, Dodge Em, Adventure, the 7800 version of Asteroids, Haunted House, Solaris, and Saboteur are very good. Combat, Pong, Warlords, and Demons to Diamonds are really good IF you have a second player handy. Yoomp is a great modern homebrew. Some of the others are at least interesting - the Swordquest games aren't that good, but I do love that they finally made a conclusion for the series, and I want to try some of the new games, especially VCTR-SCTR and Haunted Houses.
Posted November 17, 2022
Cloak & Dagger and I, Robot make this worth having, to me.
Posted November 17, 2022
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dtgreene: The question is, will the game run unmodified on modern integrated graphics, or will the game check to see what it's running on and refuse to run?
Find hard to believe that game implemented some sort of check, be it blacklist or whitelist by brand/model but I've been wrong before. Many times.

As mentioned before, the stated requirements are probably to avoid support if the game doesn't start. The AMD HD 4850 came out before 2010 and many games stated the same exact stuff at the time.

Edit: Since it's not 2010 anymore, it seems the game magically started to support integrated graphics. The requirements changed.
Post edited November 17, 2022 by Dark_art_
Posted November 18, 2022
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rtcvb32: 11 Gigs for about 100 games
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joveian: If you read the twitter thread jkgarrahan posted it includes high resolution images of advertisements and a bunch of video interviews as well and those take up quite a bit of space.
Those can easily just be extras. Sounds like a waste of space.
Posted November 21, 2022
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Darvond: And it wasn't even so much of a crash as a mass market contraction.
Yeah it's not like they stopped making games in the US altogether. Plenty of fun games were released in 1984, some I'm sure I still need to discover.
Post edited November 21, 2022 by pferreira1983
Posted December 21, 2022
I simply cannot believe that Digital Eclipse can produce something SO amazing and yet leave out something VITAL for accessibility that should have gone in FIRST.

There does not seem to be ANY way to rebind keys.

Also can't find how to switch modes in Yars Revenge Remiagined, I know you can switch from modern to original but I pressed every key on the keyboard and tried the mouse and numerical keypad to no avail..... sigh.............

I also cannot seem to find the game forum here on GoG, searching for atari or atari 50th or 50th comes up with nothing....

If anyone know how to rebind and also what keyboard key switches modes in yars revenge, please let me know.

Thank you
Posted December 21, 2022
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styggron: I also cannot seem to find the game forum here on GoG, searching for atari or atari 50th or 50th comes up with nothing....
Quickest way to figure out whether a game has a sub-forum, is to hover over the Links: Forum Discussion section (under Game details on the game's store page).

If in the lower left corner, the link says: www.gog.com/forum/general the game has no dedicated sub-forum (yet).

As to your questions about rebinding the keys, or how to switch modes, I'll have to pass, sorry.
I haven't bought the collection, yet.

But maybe this bump will alert someone who can answer your question(s). Good luck.

PS: did you look here: [url=https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Atari_50:_The_Anniversary_Celebration]https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Atari_50:_The_Anniversary_Celebration[/url] ?
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Posted December 22, 2022
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styggron: I also cannot seem to find the game forum here on GoG, searching for atari or atari 50th or 50th comes up with nothing....
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BreOl72: Quickest way to figure out whether a game has a sub-forum, is to hover over the Links: Forum Discussion section (under Game details on the game's store page).

If in the lower left corner, the link says: www.gog.com/forum/general the game has no dedicated sub-forum (yet).

As to your questions about rebinding the keys, or how to switch modes, I'll have to pass, sorry.
I haven't bought the collection, yet.

But maybe this bump will alert someone who can answer your question(s). Good luck.

PS: did you look here: [url=https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Atari_50:_The_Anniversary_Celebration]https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Atari_50:_The_Anniversary_Celebration[/url] ?
Yes I looked thoroughly first and yes I checked the pc gaming wiki well before I got to posting here. They were not helpful at all I fear.

Thank you for those tips re finding forums. Honestly though the search really should come up with something and you'd think every release on here wold need a forum else how can people talk about issues such as no key rebinding. Puzzling really.

I checked steam forums, lots of people are not impressed about no rebinding and also how some games are actually not playable unless you have a controller. Very disappointing something so obvious is left out by digital eclipse. Key rebind is a must for every release for accessibility.

All we can do is hope for an update. sigh
Posted January 21, 2023
Since this collection still doesn't have a sub-forum (GOG, will you ever not be dysfunctional?):

When will we get the update that was released on Jan 18 elsewhere? I'm particularly looking forward to Tempest 2000 60FPS mode.
Post edited January 21, 2023 by P-E-S
Posted January 22, 2023
Too bad I don't want to fund a company that became just a financial shelf of what it once was...
Post edited January 22, 2023 by KingofGnG
Posted September 27, 2024
The Wider World of Atari Release Trailer

"Get ready to explore the Wider World of Atari with the brand new expansion to Atari 50! Play classics like Frenzy, Sky Diver, and Berzerk all while exploring a brand new timeline with never before seen interviews."

As usual, no official mention of GoG, but should be available here eventually.
Posted September 27, 2024
https://bleedingcool.com/games/atari-50-reveals-full-list-of-the-wider-world-of-atari-games/

"The 19 games that players will get in this first expansion include:

Berzerk - 2600
Berzerk Voice Enhanced - 2600
Berzerk - 5200
Berzerk - Arcade
Frenzy - Arcade
Red Baron - Arcade
Sky Diver - Arcade
Avalanche - Arcade
Destroyer - Arcade
Super Bug - Arcade
Football - Arcade
Stellar Track - 2600 (Sears exclusive)
Submarine Commander - 2600 (Sears exclusive)
Steeplechase - 2600 (Sears exclusive)
Atari Video Cube - 2600
Desert Falcon - 2600
Off the Wall - 2600
Sky Diver - 2600
Avalanche - Atari 8-bit

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The Wider World of Atari includes new interviews, vintage ads, historical artifacts, and more, which have all been researched and presented with Digital Eclipse's signature style. Highlights from the new timeline include 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.

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A second expansion entitled The First Console War will be released globally on November 8th.
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Posted September 27, 2024
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Swedrami: https://bleedingcool.com/games/atari-50-reveals-full-list-of-the-wider-world-of-atari-games/

"The 19 games that players will get in this first expansion include:

Berzerk - 2600
Berzerk Voice Enhanced - 2600
Berzerk - 5200
Berzerk - Arcade
Frenzy - Arcade
Red Baron - Arcade
Sky Diver - Arcade
Avalanche - Arcade
Destroyer - Arcade
Super Bug - Arcade
Football - Arcade
Stellar Track - 2600 (Sears exclusive)
Submarine Commander - 2600 (Sears exclusive)
Steeplechase - 2600 (Sears exclusive)
Atari Video Cube - 2600
Desert Falcon - 2600
Off the Wall - 2600
Sky Diver - 2600
Avalanche - Atari 8-bit
Nice to see Red Baron included. With no Battlezone rights, its absence was sorely felt. Avalanche is also a nice game.

I love Berzerk and Frenzy as much as the next person, but it's too bad they didn't go ahead and throw in the rest of Stern's games. Dark Planet especially is a really interesting game with an interesting story that's kind of a pain to emulate.
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