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Jan 5, 2024 · While the critically acclaimed Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration showcased classics and hidden gems in the form of a playable documentary, the Recharged series has set out to modernise and...
Jan 4, 2021 · The Atari VCS has been reimagined for 2021. Does this long awaited console do its iconic namesake justice or is it a repeat of the Jaguar? Find out in our hardware review.
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Release Date: December 14, 2020 Units Sold:10000+ Atari’s back, baby. Well, sort of. Long out of the console game, and working as developers for the past several decades, Atari made a surprising return in 2021 with the release of the Atari VCS. Bundled with both a “classic” Atari-style joystick and a modern controller, the system comes bundled with...
Release Date: 1975 Units Sold:200,000+ By the mid-1970s, Atari was riding high on the success of their first game Pong. One of the first commercial arcade games ever released, the literal hundreds of clones that sprung up in its wake compelled Atari to look for new ways to develop electronic games. A home version of their Pong game was the next log...
Release Date: May 21, 1984 Units Sold:1 million+ There’s a strong argument to be made that the Atari 5200 was the beginning of the end for the company. Riding high on the monumental success of the 2600, expectations were at a peak for the follow-up. What people got instead was one of the worst video game consoles of all time. An extraordinary failu...
Release Date: November 23, 1993 Units Sold:less than 150,000 A bizarre, aggressive advertising campaign did little to help Atari survive the next stage of the console wars, with the 1993 release of the Jaguar being marked by strong early salesand a plethora of elaborate promises made by a company whose public perception by this point was in tatters...
Release Date: September 1, 1989 Units Sold:2 million Although the Atari Lynx fared about as well as anything did for Atari in the 90s, the Lynx has a lot more going for it than the Jaguar, but it wasn’t perfect by any means. So bulky and heavy was this effort by Atari to take down the Game Boythat calling the system a handheld almost feels inaccura...
Release Date: September 1977 Units Sold:30 million Released in 1977, the Atari VCS (Video Computer System) wasn’t the first home console to market, but it was almost immediately the most successful and focused. It was a technical powerhouse for its time, and more importantly, it could play games besides Pong in bright, relatively vibrant colors. Ni...
Release Date: May 1986 Units Sold:1 million The Atari 2600 is more historically significant than the 7800, but for overall game quality, system specs, and sheer potential, the 7800 comes out on top of every Atari console ranking. The console may have been something of a “too little too late” situation for Atari, with it being released to stores in ...
The Atari VCS Logo. This is a list of games released on the Atari VCS (2021 console). Games are purchased online directly from the console using the Atari VCS store. [1] Atari VCS Vault, which is a collection of over one hundred classic Atari games, is available for free on the system. Volume 1 is pre-loaded on the console, while Volume 2 can ...
May 17, 2021 · It’s a classic and a game that everyone should play. Overall, the second Lynx collection is an essential pick up for retro game fans. There may be less games than on the first collection but what’s here are among some of the best and most iconic tiles that the system had.
Nov 11, 2022 · Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration is an absolute masterclass in how to fashion a retro compilation, all the while providing both contemporary and older gamers with an immediately accessible...
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Oct 15, 2021 · The modern Atari system plays thousands of classic, retro and indie games; streams movies from Netflix, HBO Max and Disney Plus; and can run as a PC.
