Atari Adding More Classics to its Retro Games Library

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Atari - one of the world's most iconic consumer brands and interactive entertainment producers - announced, on April 19, the acquisition of more than 100 PC and console titles from the 1980s and 1990s. The collection includes notable games from the Bubsy, Hardball, Demolition Racer series, as well as the 1942: Pacific Air War, F-117A, and F-14 air combat series. Atari will seek to expand digital and physical distribution of the classic titles, create new games based on the IP, and explore brand and merchandising collaborations.

"This is a deep catalog that includes groundbreaking and award-winning titles from Accolade, Infogrames and Microprose," said Atari CEO Wade Rosen. "Many of these titles are a part of Atari history, and fans can look forward to seeing many of these games re-released in physical and digital formats, and in some cases, even ported to modern consoles." Atari also acquired the trademark to the Accolade and GTI brands. Accolade was a well-respected US-based video game developer and publisher from 1984 until 2000.



Atari is undertaking a multi-year effort to transform the company behind one of the world's most iconic brands. An important part of that effort involves expanding Atari's video game business, leveraging the company's large catalog of IP to release classic games and bring new, high-quality games to market. Atari's vast library of IP is the vault from which new and exciting game development ideas are pulled - reinventing old classics, reimagining storylines, and developing entirely new narratives inspired by the games that set the course for an entire industry.

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Atari is an interactive entertainment company and an iconic gaming industry brand that transcends generations and audiences. The company is globally recognized for its multi-platform, interactive entertainment and licensed products. Atari owns and/or manages a portfolio of more than 200 unique games and franchises, including world-renowned brands like Asteroids, Centipede, Missile Command, Pong, and RollerCoaster Tycoon. Atari has offices in New York and Paris. Visit us online at www.Atari.com.

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[KrazyT]

Bubsy ...

Atari was always a mystery for me ...
I'll associate them with bad games ... It's a bit unfair

 

[ZoneDymo]

Bubsy ...

Atari was always a mystery for me ...
I'll associate them with bad games ... It's a bit unfair

I think thats fair, I mean the actual company was pretty awesome but it had died and been bought (in name only) like 6 times, and newer owners went into NFT crap and now bought Nightdive which just fills me with dread.

They are banking on nostalgia but everything that provided that is LONG GONE.

 

[natr0n]

I love playing demolition racer on duckstation or redream.

Interesting strat buying up everything old. Once you fall down that Pitfall no coming back.

 

[ymdhis]

Interesting that they took a screenshot of the Bubsy game running on a stock model 1 Sega Genesis/Megadrive, complete with jailbars on the blue color, dot crawl on the bottom and overscan background, stretched to 16:9. Whatever platform they use for their retro games library, it won't run the game looking like that; assuming they can use the Sega version at all.

 

[maxfly]

I love playing demolition racer on duckstation or redream.

Interesting strat buying up everything old. Once you fall down that Pitfall no coming back.

I remember playing Pitfall...Atari 2600 baby!

 

[ixi]

Yeah, nowadays kids really gonna be interested in these games... woth 2d chucky graphics. Good job

 

[Paganstomp]

The Atari Games I had since the 80's went to a new home last week.

 

[Zareek]

Microprose made some fun, simulator type games. Not realistic but fun! Do I have to buy their overpriced mini pc box thingy to play those titles? I hope they find a hardware-agnostic way to bring those games back.

 

[Lew Zealand]

Still have my collection and play them with original joysticks (for better or worse) with the Retron 77. Paddles are in a constant state of needing service, though. The R77 doesn't work for some of the most creative workarounds for the extremely limited 2600 hardware, like Pitfall II, but that and 2 other carts (I forget which) are the only ones that don't work.

And yes, for tradition and period authenticity they are stored in a vintage Air Jordan shoebox.

 

[maxfly]

Asteroids, can still hear the background music speeding up...ahhhhh!!!

 

[ExcuseMeWtf]

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[Bones]

I love playing demolition racer on duckstation or redream.

Interesting strat buying up everything old. Once you fall down that Pitfall no coming back.

I LOVE Demolition Racer myself, one of those that kinda slipped under the radar so it's cheap, easy to get yet a ton of fun to play.
Underrated for sure compared to other games.
And yes, the sound track is one of my faves too - Not all of it is of my personal tastes but it's still good enough.

We still have one of the retro Atari units they sold sometime ago, hasn't been played much at all and it's more of a collector's item than anything else here.