Mockduck Posted January 29, 2022 Author Share Posted January 29, 2022 A new game and the start of Atari's DOSbox releases! Released 1/28/22: Rally Racers $9.99 Dogfight: DOSbox $6.99 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mockduck Posted February 4, 2022 Author Share Posted February 4, 2022 Released 2/4/22: Ancient Art of War in the Skies (Listed as Ancient War in the Skies: DOSbox in the VCS Store) 6.99 A DOS era aerial fighting game. I am not familiar with this one. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mockduck Posted February 10, 2022 Author Share Posted February 10, 2022 Released 2/10/22: Breakout: Recharged 9.99 Breakout gets the Recharged treatment! Classic Controller supported. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 1 hour ago, Mockduck said: Released 2/10/22: Breakout: Recharged 9.99 Breakout gets the Recharged treatment! Classic Controller supported. Ordered! (No. 16829). Played through a couple of the Challenges and Classic games. Really like that they added "Classic" play to this one and hope the update to Asteroids comes out soon. I would like to play asteroids with at least three lives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mockduck Posted February 11, 2022 Author Share Posted February 11, 2022 Released 2/11/22: Harrier Jump Jet (DOSbox) 6.99 Looks to be a fighter jet flight sim style game from the DOS era. REQUIRES A KEYBOARD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mockduck Posted February 19, 2022 Author Share Posted February 19, 2022 Released 2/18/22: Crusade In Europe (DOSbox) $6.99 Another DOS-era war game. Real Time sim game and first in the "Command Series" of tactical war games from Microprose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SabertoothRetro Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 I was checking out the list and it occurs to me that less than 9 months after its official retail launch in June 2021, the new Atari VCS has 53 official releases and one demo in the AtariOS store. This includes the 18 Flashback Friday games and 2 Atari VCS Vault volumes. By comparison, the Atari Jaguar had 50 official carts released during its entire retail run. That includes the Telegames published carts. XEGS had 32 XE branded games (although you can play the A8 library). The modern VCS is poised to have more officially released games than the Jag/CD combined, 7800 and 5200 by the end of 2022. It will likely also surpass the Lynx at some point. When that happens, only the 2600 will have seen more official releases on an Atari branded console. Kinda strange to think about. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzip Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 On 3/5/2022 at 2:07 PM, SabertoothRetro said: By comparison, the Atari Jaguar had 50 official carts released during its entire retail run. That includes the Telegames published carts. XEGS had 32 XE branded games (although you can play the A8 library). Well you can play the entire A8 library on VCS as well :) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mockduck Posted March 20, 2022 Author Share Posted March 20, 2022 Sorry was busy so late on this one, but: Friday, March 18th, 2022 releases: Breakout (Atari 2600 ROM) Gravitar (Atari 2600 ROM) Both 99-cents. This is the debut of the Atari 2600 Stella emulator integration into AtariOS. NOTE: ALL VCS OWNERS ALREADY OWN THESE GAMES. They are in the Atari Vault. If you are paying the dollar it is presumably because that is a low enough cost to save a button click and vault loading, or because you are using the VCS in AtariOS as a front end for something. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mockduck Posted March 23, 2022 Author Share Posted March 23, 2022 Released 3/22/22: Tempest 4000 $19.99 Tempest 4000 hits the VCS after being initially featured in pre-launch advertising and apparent subsequent corporate drama? Either way, this game hit the other major consoles and PCs a few years ago. VERY similar to TxK on the Playstation Vita (for anyone who played that), this is a half update of that awesome portable version of Jeff Minter's latest evolution of the "tube shooter". Of course the Vita didn't have 4k like this supports, and this does support the Classic Controller. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mockduck Posted March 25, 2022 Author Share Posted March 25, 2022 Released 3/25/22: Adventure (Atari 2600) .99 This is week 2 of Atari releasing Atari 2600 ROMS for their Flashback Fridays. This is the 2600 version of Adventure. NOTE: EVERY VCS OWNER already owns this game as part of the Atari Vault, so whether it is worth a separate purchase probably depends on whether a buck is a convenience fee to do whatever you are doing with your VCS as a setup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mockduck Posted April 3, 2022 Author Share Posted April 3, 2022 Released 4/1/22: Micro Prose Soccer 6.99 The latest Flashback Friday release is a release of the 1988 casual style soccer game released initially for the Commodore 64 but ported to many things including the Atari ST. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mockduck Posted April 8, 2022 Author Share Posted April 8, 2022 Released 4/7/22: Kombinera $14.99 New IP for the Atari lineup! Physics-based ball rolling puzzle game where the goal is to combine all of your rolling balls into one. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mockduck Posted April 16, 2022 Author Share Posted April 16, 2022 Released 4/15/22: Fast Break (DOSbox) 6.99 This is a Flashback Friday release of the MS DOS basketball game. Not familiar with this one! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mockduck Posted May 11, 2022 Author Share Posted May 11, 2022 SURPRISE exclusive launch today of Gravitar Recharged on the VCS! Didn't see that one coming. A press release issued by Uberstrategist yesterday announced a June 2nd launch date for other platforms: 5/11/22: Gravitar: Recharged $9.99 Takes the arcade/console classic Gravitar and gives it the Recharged treatment! 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mockduck Posted May 21, 2022 Author Share Posted May 21, 2022 Added 5/20/22: Catty & Batty: The Spirit Guide $4.99 This is a small couple of hour puzzle and indie game from a developer by the name of Philipp Lehner, and it features black and white graphics where you build a path to guide spirits home. Quick shout out to Bovidae from VCS Connect who as I understand it helped bring this game to the console. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Helper Posted May 21, 2022 Share Posted May 21, 2022 1 hour ago, Mockduck said: Added 5/20/22: Catty & Batty: The Spirit Guide $4.99 This is a small couple of hour puzzle and indie game from a developer by the name of Philipp Lehner, and it features black and white graphics where you build a path to guide spirits home. Quick shout out to Bovidae from VCS Connect who as I understand it helped bring this game to the console. They do not have the Atari VCS on any of the promotional materials. This was done as an afterthought, imho since Unity can build a VCS version. Kudos for Atari for keeping Flashback Friday alive kind of. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mockduck Posted June 3, 2022 Author Share Posted June 3, 2022 Released 6/3/22: Donut Dodo $4.99 A new indie game from Pixel that aims to re-create an early 80's arcade one-screen platformer similar to Popeye, Kangaroo, and others. Frankly looks awesome. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mockduck Posted June 10, 2022 Author Share Posted June 10, 2022 Nice new exclusive game (for now at least) from Tony Barnes at RetroNinja Games: 6/10/22: BPM Boy $19.99 A physics-based platformer where you control a marble! Tony has been in the VCS community chatting about this and his other games, and it's great to see it get an exclusive for now VCS release. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ice Cream Jonsey Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 On 10/29/2021 at 5:25 PM, Mockduck said: 10/29/21: Dark Chambers (Atari 7800) $2.99 This week there's only one instead of the two games released for Flashback Fridays from the first two weeks. Dark Chambers is a classic console game from 1989 inspired by the 1983 game Dandy. Released for multiple consoles, it's a dungeon crawler maze game. Never saw Dark Chambers back in the day, this game is a GEM. Having a ton of fun with it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mockduck Posted August 5, 2022 Author Share Posted August 5, 2022 Released 8/5/22: Meganoid 8.99 Procedurally generated platformer! Originally released in 2017, is a reboot of the original 2011 Meganoid for mobile. From the web site: "Meganoid is a challenging platformer, generating new levels on every play session. Find many items to enhance your character and his abilities while you descend down into the Meganoid space ship. Do you rush for the exit, or do you take your time to collect everything there is, barely escaping the security drones that will hunt you down if you linger." Developer has several games in the works for the VCS, as stated in recent YouTube videos. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mockduck Posted August 23, 2022 Author Share Posted August 23, 2022 Sorry, life's been busy and I missed getting Apolune 2 up here until now: Released 8/12: Apolune 2 $4.99 Unusual game made in Gamemaker using rudimentary graphics, focusing on resource collection, obstacles to destroy, and upgrades while tethered to your space ship. Released 8/23/22: Yars Recharged $9.99 The latest in the Recharged series and the first to focus on an Atari 2600 title! Turns the original gameplay into a bit of a shooter, although many of the original game design mechanics remain in some form. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mockduck Posted August 27, 2022 Author Share Posted August 27, 2022 (edited) Neat release yesterday (Friday) that is connected to the simultaneous announcement that the first series in the Atari XP line has started shipping to buyers: Released 8/26/22: Aquaventure Saboteur Yar's Return Each of these games is already available in the Atari Vault Volume 2 collection, which is its own purchase on the VCS. However, these versions of the games are a bit different. These are the "Atari XP" versions of these games, featuring some gameplay and graphical improvements. Everyone who purchased one of the games as a physical Atari XP release received a code to download ALL THREE games as a thank you for the extensive delay in production for free. These games/roms however are available for $2.99 if you didn't get the Atari XP cart. Edited August 27, 2022 by Mockduck 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mockduck Posted September 15, 2022 Author Share Posted September 15, 2022 Released 9/15/22: Space Grunts $14.99 The second game released on the VCS by Orangepixel, first game was Meganoid in early August. Describes itself as a "fast paced arcade action with turn based gameplay." 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mockduck Posted October 13, 2022 Author Share Posted October 13, 2022 Released 10/13/22 (technically released late last night Eastern time on the 12th): Atari Mania $24.99 One of Atari's bigger releases of the year! Mini-game adventure based on classic 2600 and related games, mashed up together, with an adventure style story wrapper and with pixel style graphics. Pretty darn unique! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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