Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration announced

Atari announced today Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration, a library of over 90 titles is coming in November to PC and consoles.

The collection of titles spans across six platforms including Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Atari 7800, Atari ST, Atari Jaguar, and Atari Lynx. In addition, Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration will include over 60 minutes of never-before-seen interviews with people who played important roles at Atari, including company founder Nolan Bushnell.

“We cannot think of a better way to celebrate our golden anniversary than to share the decades of fun, innovation, and talent with our fans worldwide through this truly remarkable collection,” said Wade Rosen, Atari CEO. “To say it’s an honor to bring this collection to life is an understatement. I speak for everyone at Atari when I say we are elated to share this new Atari experience with the world as our 50th-anniversary celebration.”

Game developer Digital Eclipse is responsible for bringing this collection to Atari VCS, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One and Series X|S, PlayStation 4|5, and Windows PC via Steam and Epic Games Store at $39.99 USD.

Digital Eclipse has also worked on five new games based on certain Atari titles:

• Airworld – yes, the team at Digital Eclipse created the fourth chapter of the never finished Swordquest series: Airworld.
• Haunted House – a modern 3D isometric adventure based on the classic original.
• Vctr Sctr – a celebration of the vector era of gaming which combines gameplay from a variety of vector arcade classics into a single challenge.
• Neo Breakout – an amazing and addictive two player competition that combines the best parts of Breakout and Pong, with a modern graphic style.
• Yars’ Revenge Reimagined – the best-selling first-party Atari 2600 game of all time.

The Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration will include:

• Artifacts: A rich collection of discoverable photos, sketches, early marketing materials, and even classic console schematics are accessed by uncovering relevant points on the interactive Atari timeline, all of which put Atari’s library of games in historical context.
• Video Games by Era: Explore the Atari timeline and unlock games across decades as you learn the background of each, including their inception and the talented individuals behind the projects on six platforms: Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Atari 7800, Atari ST, Atari Jaguar, and Atari Lynx.
• Bonus Games: Unlocked through completing challenges and uncovering certain Artifacts, bonus games include dozens of newly finished “never-completed” games from the 1980s, experimental new versions of classic titles, and mash-ups that marry beloved early-era titles into a single, fluid experience.
• Expert Insight Through Storytelling: The collection is outfitted with a handful of various never-before-seen interviews with Atari leadership, past and present, as well as other prolific names in the games industry, complemented, of course, by the video game developers who helped raise Atari to become an industry icon.
• Reimagined and Revisited: The team at Digital Eclipse created five new games for the collection that reimagine some of the most beloved Atari classics or play on classic game themes, including Haunted House, Neo Breakout, Yars’ Revenge, Vctr Sctr, and the infamously never-finished Airworld.

The Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration could be more than just a bundle of various games. It could also be a piece of gaming history worth having.

[Sources]: Atari (via GlobeNewswire): Atari Unveils Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration, an Interactive Atari Library that Blends the Past, Present, and Future – [Archive]. Atari.com: Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration – [Archive].