Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration

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  • Summary: It has been five decades since a small team in Silicon Valley first combined their creativity, curiosity and passion into making video games and hardware. The result of their efforts was Atari, one of the most recognizable and enduring entertainment and pop culture brands in the world.It has been five decades since a small team in Silicon Valley first combined their creativity, curiosity and passion into making video games and hardware. The result of their efforts was Atari, one of the most recognizable and enduring entertainment and pop culture brands in the world.

    Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration takes players on an interactive journey through 50 years of video games via interviews with designers, developers and industry leaders, documentary footage, product design documents, high-resolution original artwork, and a specially-curated list of more than 90 playable games.    … Expand
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 18
  3. Negative: 0 out of 18
  1. Player 2
    Nov 15, 2022
    100
    I’ve believed for a long time that the games industry doesn’t value its history the way other media does, and collections like this serve as a shining light that perhaps this attitude may change in the future.
  2. Gaming Age
    Nov 14, 2022
    100
    To say that the Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration is jam packed with content is an understatement. Atari and Digital Eclipse really did a great job with this release and you can tell a lot of work went into making it. Despite some of the odd game choices and the inclusion of terrible Atari XE games this is a fantastic collection overall and should not be missed by anyone. Even if you find Atari rather primitive, you owe it to yourself to take this collection for a spin. The tons of informative interviews, promotion material and superior game list makes this release worth every penny. Highly Recommended!
  3. Nintendo Force Magazine
    Mar 30, 2023
    95
    If you've never played an Atari game, there's no better place to start. No video game company could have possibly asked for a better celebration of their history. Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration is a masterpiece, and everyone who has any interest in the history of the video game industry owes it to themselves to give it a go. [Issue #64 – March/April 2023, p. 67]
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  4. Cubed3
    Nov 14, 2022
    90
    This is not a collection of fantastic games, but a fantastic history lesson about gaming's most important company. Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration is a journey that begins from the distant '70s, with Pong and the 2600, goes through the 7800 and Jaguar eras, and actually concludes… today, as besides all the classic titles, small documentary-like videos, and so on, this even includes reimagined titles, plus unreleased prototypes - and more. Digital Eclipse crafted a rightful tribute to a legendary pioneer.
  5. IGN
    Nov 17, 2022
    90
    Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration offers a completely new, very fun way to explore several decades of Atari arcade machines, consoles, handhelds, and PCs.
  6. CGMagazine
    Nov 11, 2022
    80
    Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration is a monument to the gaming industry, and with new titles is an easy recommend for Atari and Video Game history fans.
  7. KeenGamer
    Nov 16, 2022
    75
    Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration is about as definitive an Atari celebration as you can get. It doubles as both a game collection and an extensive history lesson on one of gaming's forefathers. Not every title is a winner, but in the end, younger players will gain a better appreciation for Atari's contributions and how far gaming has come.

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  1. ballistikcoffee
    Nov 15, 2022
    10
    "Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration" is a unique and amazing look at the dawn of the video game industry, with Atari at the forefront. This"Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration" is a unique and amazing look at the dawn of the video game industry, with Atari at the forefront. This is no collection unlike any other... 103 games, emphemera, photos, video interviews, flyers, promo materials, top secret files & more! This collection includes games from the Atari 2600, 5200, 7800, 8 bit computer line and YES, Jaguar and Lynx games (for the first time!) Digital Eclipse built an emulator for the project, even! This is the NEW standard for how all such collections should be in the future, and even though it took 50 years to get there, I'm glad that Digital Eclipse was at the help. Mike Mika & Stephen Frost and team have done a great job here with this amazing game! Digital Eclipse also created 5 new 'Reimagined' games from the ground up, which are amazing! These are: Quadratank, Haunted Houses, VCTR-SCTR (my favorite), Yars Reimagined, Neo Breakout (so fun!) and SwordQuest: Airworld (which was never completed over 40 years ago!) The videos includes are on an 'interactive timeline,' which begs you to explore the highs and lows of Atari's stellar 50 year history, from the arcade origins to the 90's and beyond! It's pretty amazing stuff. Check out my full review on my website ballistikcoffeeboy or on YouTube under the same name. Grab your copy today! Available for: Switch (standard and steelbook edition), PS4, PS5, Xbox, Steam, and soon also on the Atari VCS! Price is $39.99 for standard, $49.99 for the steelbook edition! A++… Expand
  2. jens76
    Apr 3, 2023
    9
    Das Weibervolk in die Männerwelt einführen, die letzten Strophen, die Musik werden wollten, liebt diese interaktive Doku.
  4. EmCza
    Apr 6, 2023
    0
    Unfortunately the best game in whole compilation, Tempest 2000 is broken, after you pass to "red levels" music stop playing after few seconds.

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