Atariboy Posted June 29, 2022 Share Posted June 29, 2022 (edited) Looks like we have a new classic compilation on the way. Not just the same old stuff this time around. Even includes several Atari Jaguar games like Tempest 2000. Edit: Looks like we also have a thread going about this in the VCS sub forum. Edited June 29, 2022 by Atariboy 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidD Posted June 29, 2022 Share Posted June 29, 2022 See, I'll grab this for $20 on the Switch, but I'm PROBABLY not going to pay $40. (I might succumb at $30.) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComputerSpaceFan Posted June 29, 2022 Share Posted June 29, 2022 I'm in! (PS4 version at least) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
electricmastro Posted June 29, 2022 Share Posted June 29, 2022 Cool to see Jaguar games like Atari Karts on the Library. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reaperman Posted June 29, 2022 Share Posted June 29, 2022 (edited) It's always 'that' half of atari, isn't it? Come on, Time Warner--maybe get some hipster indie shop to give us something new from the Atari Games half for the 50th. I mean, Hydra was basically a stripped down version of Shine Runner, with a mullet and synth drums. Or are you guys being slick and counting 2024 as the 50th? -(nah, they probably just forgot they own it...) Edited June 30, 2022 by Reaperman 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
negative1 Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 i hope this comes to xbox one, otherwise i'll have to get the pc steam version. later -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atariboy Posted June 30, 2022 Author Share Posted June 30, 2022 (edited) Xbox One is one of the announced platforms. No Series specific version though, even though there will be PS4 and PS5 specific versions. I hope this has USB mouse support. Would go a long ways towards making some iconic classics like Super Breakout actually able to be enjoyed on modern consoles. I believe the big three all support keyboard/mouse these days, so no excuse not to other than laziness. The Atari Games catalog is owned by the videogame division of Warner Brothers, after buying most of Midway's IP when they went belly up back a few years ago. I'd be surprised to see any of that here, but you never know. Very little of the arcade lineup has been shown in the announcement trailer, so we really don't know yet (I only recall seeing Major Havoc in the trailer). I'm hoping that they at least licensed Battlezone from Rebellion. Edited June 30, 2022 by Atariboy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 Jaguar games? Hm. I wonder what the quality of the emulation will be like. ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jgkspsx Posted July 1, 2022 Share Posted July 1, 2022 11 hours ago, Austin said: Jaguar games? Hm. I wonder what the quality of the emulation will be like. ? It’s a brand new emulator from Rich Whitehouse of Digital Eclipse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin Posted July 1, 2022 Share Posted July 1, 2022 3 hours ago, jgkspsx said: It’s a brand new emulator from Rich Whitehouse of Digital Eclipse. That tells me nothing of what the actual emulation will be like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jgkspsx Posted July 1, 2022 Share Posted July 1, 2022 1 hour ago, Austin said: That tells me nothing of what the actual emulation will be like. None of the existing emulators are much good, so something new has the chance to be better. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikebloke Posted July 1, 2022 Share Posted July 1, 2022 I'll probably get it, any word of a release date or season? Also, noticed they are doing the whole 'atari made everything! Nothing existed before us!' self hyped puke. Yes OK, its sort of true when it comes to the consumerisation of video games, but it's also mostly false as well in it being the only option, the first, or the only one that was regarded as a success. (oh and the obvious point that their first game pong was a rip from someone else's game that was about to be released and got sued for). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roots.genoa Posted July 1, 2022 Share Posted July 1, 2022 November Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atariboy Posted July 1, 2022 Author Share Posted July 1, 2022 Digital Eclipse confirmed on Twitter that a deal couldn't be worked out in time for Battlezone. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradhig1 Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 Is that Swordquest Airworld at 1:09? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atariboy Posted July 9, 2022 Author Share Posted July 9, 2022 (edited) Presumably. We know that they've created a new game with that name and the brief appearance in that trailer where they're highlighting the new games is extremely reminiscent of the original three games, so it seems extremely likely that's Swordquest: Airworld. While a nice touch to finally bring that franchise to a close after 40 years, I hope it manages to not be a dud like the originals. The only part of the original three games that I appreciate is the fancy title screen from Earthworld. They're not complete disasters and the original premise was cool with the contest and the included comic, but for actually playing in 2022, I doubt many 2600 fans revisit these very often. Edited July 9, 2022 by Atariboy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
negative1 Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 (edited) article and games list: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2022/09/the-103-classic-games-that-did-and-didnt-make-the-atari-50-anniversary-cut/ This week's leak does not include any previously unknown games in the above "reimagined" category. For surprises, we should move on to the compilation's selection of arcade cabinet games: Akka Arrh (1982, unreleased) Asteroids (1979) Asteroids Deluxe (1980) Black Widow (1982) Breakout (1976) Centipede (1980) Cloak & Dagger (1983) Crystal Castles (1983) Fire Truck (1978) Food Fight (1983) Gravitar (1982) I, Robot (1983) Liberator (1982) Lunar Lander (1979) Major Havoc (1983) Maze Invaders (1981) Millipede (1982) Missile Command (1980) Pong (1972) Quantum (1982) Space Duel (1982) Sprint 8 (1977) Super Breakout (1978) Tempest (1980) Warlords (1980) Atari 800 Bounty Bob Strikes Back! Caverns of Mars Food Fight Miner 2049er Atari 2600 3-D Tic-Tac-Toe Adventure Air-Sea Battle Asteroids Basic Math Breakout Canyon Bomber Centipede Combat Combat Two Crystal Castles Dark Chambers Demons to Diamonds Dodge 'Em Fatal Run Gravitar Haunted House Millipede Miner 2049er Missile Command Outlaw Quadrun Race 500 RealSports series (separate releases for Baseball, Basketball, Boxing, Football, Soccer, Tennis, and Volleyball) Saboteur Secret Quest Solaris Super Breakout Surround Swordquest series (separate releases for EarthWorld, FireWorld, and WaterWorld) Warlords Yars' Revenge Atari 5200 Bounty Bob Strikes Back! Millipede Missile Command Star Raiders Super Breakout Atari 7800 Asteroids Basketbrawl Centipede Dark Chambers Fatal Run Ninja Golf Scrapyard Dog Basketbrawl Malibu Bikini Volleyball Scrapyard Dog Super Asteroids & Missile Command Turbo Sub Warbirds Atari Jaguar Atari Karts Club Drive Cybermorph Evolution Dino Dudes Fight for Life Missile Command 3D Ruiner Pinball Tempest 2000 Trevor McFur in the Crescent Galaxy Also 'touch me' will be included. later -1 Edited September 13, 2022 by negative1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
negative1 Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 vctr sctr sounds really interesting: Two of these, Haunted House and Yars' Revenge Reimagined, were announced as straightforward modern-graphic versions of their Atari 2600 counterparts, and while we trust Digital Eclipse's track record, we have yet to see exactly how these two games have been rebuilt, or whether they lean on classic pixel designs or new 3D assets. Two additional games sound like souped-up, modern remixes of their original counterparts: Quadratank (a four-player touch-up of the 2600's Tank) and Neo Breakout (which combines Breakout and Pong as a two-player versus game). The last two reimagined games in the collection are the most intriguing. Vctr Sctr will combine "gameplay from a variety of vector arcade classics" into a newly remixed experience. It's unclear whether this new game will break classics up into mini-games or smush them together into a new game experience, but either way, the original Atari arcade library was rich with vector-driven games to choose from. Additionally, Swordquest: Airworld is a new sequel to the 2600's three-part Swordquest series. later -1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hwlngmad Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 15 hours ago, negative1 said: article and games list: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2022/09/the-103-classic-games-that-did-and-didnt-make-the-atari-50-anniversary-cut/ This week's leak does not include any previously unknown games in the above "reimagined" category. For surprises, we should move on to the compilation's selection of arcade cabinet games: Akka Arrh (1982, unreleased) Asteroids (1979) Asteroids Deluxe (1980) Black Widow (1982) Breakout (1976) Centipede (1980) Cloak & Dagger (1983) Crystal Castles (1983) Fire Truck (1978) Food Fight (1983) Gravitar (1982) I, Robot (1983) Liberator (1982) Lunar Lander (1979) Major Havoc (1983) Maze Invaders (1981) Millipede (1982) Missile Command (1980) Pong (1972) Quantum (1982) Space Duel (1982) Sprint 8 (1977) Super Breakout (1978) Tempest (1980) Warlords (1980) Atari 800 Bounty Bob Strikes Back! Caverns of Mars Food Fight Miner 2049er Atari 2600 3-D Tic-Tac-Toe Adventure Air-Sea Battle Asteroids Basic Math Breakout Canyon Bomber Centipede Combat Combat Two Crystal Castles Dark Chambers Demons to Diamonds Dodge 'Em Fatal Run Gravitar Haunted House Millipede Miner 2049er Missile Command Outlaw Quadrun Race 500 RealSports series (separate releases for Baseball, Basketball, Boxing, Football, Soccer, Tennis, and Volleyball) Saboteur Secret Quest Solaris Super Breakout Surround Swordquest series (separate releases for EarthWorld, FireWorld, and WaterWorld) Warlords Yars' Revenge Atari 5200 Bounty Bob Strikes Back! Millipede Missile Command Star Raiders Super Breakout Atari 7800 Asteroids Basketbrawl Centipede Dark Chambers Fatal Run Ninja Golf Scrapyard Dog Basketbrawl Malibu Bikini Volleyball Scrapyard Dog Super Asteroids & Missile Command Turbo Sub Warbirds Atari Jaguar Atari Karts Club Drive Cybermorph Evolution Dino Dudes Fight for Life Missile Command 3D Ruiner Pinball Tempest 2000 Trevor McFur in the Crescent Galaxy Also 'touch me' will be included. later -1 What?!? No Casino? A damn shame. In all seriousness, a pretty good list. However, apart from the Jag stuff, nothing really mind blowing imo. Still, it is a nice enough list that has been put together. Hopefully they will create a Volume 2 or 3 somewhere down the line with stuff for the ST included. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
negative1 Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 31 minutes ago, Hwlngmad said: What?!? No Casino? A damn shame. In all seriousness, a pretty good list. However, apart from the Jag stuff, nothing really mind blowing imo. Still, it is a nice enough list that has been put together. Hopefully they will create a Volume 2 or 3 somewhere down the line with stuff for the ST included. quantum, i robot, and vctr sctr make it worthwhile to me. later -1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hwlngmad Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 31 minutes ago, negative1 said: quantum, i robot, and vctr sctr make it worthwhile to me. later -1 Oh, hey, I am not saying it is not worthwhile. I do believe it is. However, I just doesn't blow my knickers away. But, hey, if you are all about it that is all good. Totally fine by me. I hope you enjoy it once it is released. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atariboy Posted September 20, 2022 Author Share Posted September 20, 2022 (edited) It's Sprint 8 that I'll be firing up first. I was very pleased to see that one here. I wish they had done a few more new 70's games, but after expecting no new additions from that era, I'll happily accept that and the original Breakout. If I had my way though we'd also have one of the Tank games, Jet Fighter, Video Pinball, and Night Driver to go alongside those two and the usual suspects like Pong and Asteroids. Hopefully they stole the steering setup that Code Mystics dreamed up for the overhead racers in the Flashback line. It was very clever and went a long ways towards making Indy 500, Sprint 2, Fire Truck, Super Bug, and Monte Carlo playable and fun on their collections. The basic steer left and right system with the analog stick or d-pad to turn an invisible 360 degree free-spinning wheel just doesn't work well enough in other compilations. I can literally go at least 8 races into Super Sprint for instance on a real cabinet before I have to start to concentrate. Yet on something like Midway Arcade Origins, I have my work cut out for me by race 3 simply because I'm struggling to deliver my inputs to the emulator. Edited September 20, 2022 by Atariboy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
negative1 Posted November 2, 2022 Share Posted November 2, 2022 release date on the 11th, and not too many achievements, didn't like they put much thought into them: https://www.trueachievements.com/n51668/atari-50-the-anniversary-celebration-xbox-achievements maybe they won't be that grindy to get. later -1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atariboy Posted November 2, 2022 Author Share Posted November 2, 2022 (edited) That's a consequence of no online leaderboards for the emulated games. For whatever reason Digital Eclipse has taken the unfortunate move to not to make the effort to do things like isolate the scoring registers and so on to allow them to be monitored for external leaderboards. Since that same sort of work is also what enables the tying of achievements/trophies to accomplishing different goals in these emulated games, it's not surprising to see that they're instead mostly connected to the newly coded reimagined games. At least the Jaguar category has three goals, which is the platform that they're pushing the most with this collection and by extension probably put the most effort into. Edited November 2, 2022 by Atariboy 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digdugnate Posted November 2, 2022 Share Posted November 2, 2022 I'm a sucker for these collections and I played the heck out of Flashback Classics. It's going to have to wait, though, because Pokemon Scarlet/Violet comes out the week after and I'm *also* a sucker for these games, too, lol. Hopefully I'll pick up Atari 50 in a couple of weeks. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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