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features. 50 Classics. 50 classic Atari and arcade titles remastered for the PlayStation® 4 and Xbox One. G.O.A.T. Includes fan favorites such as Air-Sea Battle, Centipede®, Desert Falcon, Fatal Run, Lunar Lander® and the Swordquest™ series. HD Quality. Modern editions of classic games in stunning High Definition (HD). Compete.
- Atari Flashback Classics - Switch - Official Atari Video Games
Packed with 150 all-time favorites, rare gems, and...
- Atari Flashback Classics - Switch - Official Atari Video Games
Dec 13, 2018 · Packed with 150 all-time favorites, rare gems, and inimitable homebrews, Atari® Flashback Classics SWITCH is designed to take advantage of the Nintendo console’s unique controls and functionality to bring new life to these iconic Atari games.
- Breakout
- Asteroids
- Battlezone
- Centipede
- Missile Command
- Tempest
- Star Wars
- Marble Madness
- Paperboy
- Gauntlet
Designed by Steve Wozniak (later of Apple fame), who was duly ripped off by Steve Jobs (also later of Apple fame) over development bonuses, Breakout is one-player Pong. It’s basic fare, but tough and compelling. Play it with a spinner for best effect.
Arriving a year after Space Invaders, Asteroidsmade Taito’s title look archaic. In place of doddering and chunky foes was a field of asteroids you blasted to smithereens – and a sneaky saucer determined to turn you into so much space dust.
One of the earliest first-person shooters, Battlezoneplonked you in a tank and had you roam the landscape looking for other tanks to destroy. It was considered so realistic at the time that a version was worked up for the US Army.
Another title that reimagined Space Invaders, Centipede’swormy foes sped across the screen, inconveniently breaking in two when you shot them. The title’s breakneck pace and blink-and-you-die gameplay ensures it holds up today.
Released during the Cold War, Missile Commandtasked players with fending off waves of missile attacks. Chillingly and matter-of-factly stating ‘The End’ instead of ‘Game Over’ summed things up when all your bases were nuked.
More Space Invaders? Yep, but now in a tube and across varied geometric ‘webs’. Creator Dave Theurer’s additions (spikes, smart bombs, varied foes) ramped up the tension. Years later, Jeff Minter remade the game as Tempest 2000– aka the main reason to buy an Atari Jaguar.
Forget your Battlefronts and TIE Fighters (actually, don’t, because they were fab), because this vector classic made you feel like you were right there in the movie, blasting enemies to pieces, and making that famous trench run. “Use the force, Luke!”
The visually spectacular isometric levels in Marble Madnessbring to mind Escher-like landscapes as you attempt to coax your marble along narrow pathways and around plentiful hazards. Terrifyingly, experts can blaze through the entire game in three minutes.
British kids used to wonder what US newspapers were made of when they went through windows in this high-octane arcade game. It remains fun, though, not least when you reach the stunt course at the end of the street.
This dungeon crawler was a rarity at the time, in offering four-player co-op – and ratting you out if you kept shooting or eating all the health-replenishing food. The game itself ate coins, marking the start of pay to play.
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Oct 16, 2023 · Each joystick has three primary buttons along with several function buttons. While the A button can be found on the base of the controller, the B button is on the top of the joystick and the C...
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Dec 13, 2018 · Packed with 150 all-time favorites, rare gems, and unique homebrews, Atari® Flashback Classics is designed to take advantage of the touch screen and Joy-Con™ controllers of the Nintendo Switch...
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Feb 8, 2018 · Featuring 120 Atari 2600 favourites, the Atari Flashback 8 Gold is a great new way to relive the classics. From Centipede, to Space Invaders, to Frogger, this console includes software that made Atari a household name.
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