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• gamedeal user

  Nov 12, 2022

  It has Tempest 2000, EXCELLENT.
• gamedeal user

  Nov 12, 2022

  I've bought this mostly for the Atari Jaguar (and Lynx) content. So will mostly cover those, rather than much else. So there are a variety of Arcade games, plus games from the Atari 2600, 5200, 7800, 800, Lynx and Atari Jaguar. The Atari ST/STE systems are almost completely ignored, as though they don't exist at all, in terms of there being any games available, but the Atari ST is mentioned extremely briefly in the history section. You can play and learn about the games and the history of the systems, or you can bypass the history lessons and select the games you want to play directly. There are two options when starting: OpenGL, or DirectX, I went for OpenGL (with Nvidia 2060) and it worked perfectly, whilst DirectX was glitchy in the menus. So skipping all the other systems, here are the Atari Jaguar games available, with brief ratings from when I originally played them on the console: - Atari Karts – this is almost impossible to get for a real Atari Jaguar, so it’s good to see here, but it doesn’t compete with Mario Kart (on the SNES) in terms of fun - Club Drive - this was terrible on the console - Cybermorph - this was okay - Dino Dudes - OK - Fight for Life - this was the "cool" looking game (at the time), but not much fun - Missile Command 3D - quite good - Ruiner Pinball - another pinball game, the likes of which you've seen on the Amiga 500 / Atari ST/E - Tempest 2000 - the best version of Tempest ever, this whole package is worth buying for this alone - Trevor McFur in the Crescent Galaxy - a forgettable sideways scrolling shooter that I completely forgot about, even after playing it, end level baddies are quite big though There are obvious omissions from this list, including Alien vs Predator (not included), which was very slow on the Atari Jaguar, but very scary and fun to play. The other game that I think is worth playing on the Jaguar is Super Burnout, which was very impressive and very fast for the time (60fps), but again, not included with this compilation. Rather frustratingly each Atari Jaguar game you play has the controls assigned to different keys, perhaps there’s some reason behind this, but it does make switching between games frustrating. Atari Lynx games include: - Basketbrawl - Malibu Bikini Volleyball - Scrapyard dog - Super asteroids / Missile Command - Turbo Sub The best Atari Lynx games are missing, such as California Games, Paperboy, Robotron 2084, and of course as mentioned, all the great Atari ST/STE games are nowhere to be found (Lemmings, IK+, Stunt Car Racer anyone!?). There are also arcade versions of Missile Command, and Tempest, so there is some duplication. There are also 6 new games, but who wants to play new games, when they want to relive their childhood? The history included is really interesting, with lots of information including old adverts, old video interviews and features, as well as new stories, interviews and information. There is a lot to watch, and play here!
• gamedeal user

  Nov 12, 2022

  Works out of the box on the Deck. Tempest 2000! Pleasure!
• gamedeal user

  Nov 12, 2022

  If anyone is curious like I was and can't find a list of the games that are in this package, here they are: Reimagined - Haunted Houses - Neo Breakout - Quadratrack - Swordquest - Touchme - VCTR-SCTR - Yars Revenge ARCADE - Akka Arrh - Asteroids - Asteroids Deluxe - Black Widow - Breakout - Centipede - Cloak & Dagger - Crystal Castles - Fire Truck - Food Fight - Gravitar - I, Robot - Liberator - Lunar Lander - Major Havoc - Maze Invaders - Millipede - Missile Command - Pong - Quantun - Space Duel - Sprint 8 - Super BReakout - Tempest - Warlords 2600 - 3D Tic-Tac-Toe - Adventure - Air Sea Battle - Canyon Bomber - Centipede - Combat - Crystal Castles - Dark Chambers - Demons to Diamonds - Dodge Em - Fatal Run - Haunted House - Millipede - Miner 2049er - Missile Command - Outlaw - Quadrun - Baseball - Basketball - Boxing - Football - Soccer - Tennis - Volleyball - Saboteur - Secret Quest - Solaris - Super Breakout - Surround - Swordquest Earthworld - Swordquest Fireworld - Swordquest Waterworld - Warlords - Yars Revenge 5200 - Bounty Bob Strikes Back - Millipede - Missile COmmand - Star Raiders - Super Breakout 7800 - Asteroids - Basketbrawl - Centipede - Dark Chambers - Fatal Run - Ninja Golf - Scrapyard Dog Lynx - Basketbrawl - Malibu Bikini Volleyball - Scrapyard Dog - Super Asteroids/Missile Command - Turbo Sub 800 - Bounty Bob Strikes Back - Caverns of Mars - Food Fight - Miner 2049er - YOOMP JAGUAR - Atari Karts - Club Drive - Cybermorph - Dino Dudes - Fight For Life - Missile COmmand 3D - Ruiner - Tempest 2000 - Trevor McFur in the Crescent Galaxy
• gamedeal user

  Nov 12, 2022

  This is quite possibly one of the greatest game compilation releases I've ever seen. As someone who has been using emulators for over twenty years now I often think "what does this offer me compared to what fans provide for free" when it comes to these type of releases. The big thing about this that separates it from the others along with fan projects is that it's less of a game compilation(though it is one and a great one) and more of an interactive museum about an era of gaming history frequently ignored in favor of the NES onward. There are so many fascinating interviews, historical documents, and overall insight into the history of Atari and video games as a whole from the 70s and early to mid 80s that makes this a must buy if you're either an Atari fan or someone interested in the history of video games.
• gamedeal user

  Nov 13, 2022

  The various people who've owned the Atari license have released and rereleased a ton of collections over the years - a collection with Centipede, Combat, and all the other 2600/early arcade staples is pretty old hat and you'd be hard pressed to find someone with any interest in those games that hasn't played the heck out of them. Atari 50 isn't that, it's like buying a well-produced Criterion edition of their history. Instead of a bunch of roms with a front end, it's a extras packed museum exhibit with well edited and entertaining clips from people who were there (or prominent big fans). It's all set in a timeline that provides full context to the long story of a company that was at the top of the world and slowly fell apart. Without having played everything at this time, the emulation seems excellent across the various supported platforms (including Lynx and Jaguar) and I really like the various visual CRT-effect styles they do, which usually fall apart for me in collections like this, but really worked this time. And yeah, in addition to all the games everyone who is looking at this store page has played a million times, it digs deeper and gets the aforementioned Lynx and Jaguar representation, which includes the great and highly entertaining Tempest 2000. There's a ton of oddball games too like say, Ninja Golf a game that sounds like it was developed for Newgrounds, but was instead made for the 7800. Playing something like this that is so well and smartly put together makes me wish that this is the beginning of a series for long-running companies. A real treat for big nerds.
• gamedeal user

  Nov 13, 2022

  Lets preface this by saying that I wasn't born during any of Atari's console (I'm 25) so I have no nostalgia for any of the games in particular. I have some experiences on a real 2600 (we found my dad console), but thats about it ( had a fun time, need to buy a new TV cable for it tho haha). So I'm not really in the target audience of this product, but I still bought it day one. Why? Well, the number of games is a really good argument. 104 or 3 (don't remember) is a huge number of new experiences. And while some games are very simplistic and a bit so-so, you get a ton of great fun and I think its really fun to revisit the past, and I personally love retro-gaming (more of a SNES guy tho lol). Also, finally good Jaguar emulation. Its one of those system I would like to own one day because its a really unique one. But I think the bigger selling point for my purchase was for the historical value. I love video game history, from start to today. Its a really fun subject to explore and I would hope some younger gamers gets interested in it. You get a treasure trove of fun facts, ads and interviews with the people that made Atari, well Atari (shoutout to the drugs interview, my favorite one, its really hilarious). The way it is set up is ingenious, its really like a museum display, you get to explore on your own rythm and stuff. I have 16-ish hours of game time and I just got through everything. There is alot packed here. So if you're not sure if you should pick it up or not, get it for the history. The games are great to have, but the museum feature and the love put through to it by the devs we're super apparent and fun. Also the 6 new games are fun too. Must buy for any fan of video game history.
• gamedeal user

  Nov 13, 2022

  Let me preface this by saying there are great games here, but there are a lot of small issues that kill the experience for me. Atari 50th collection has a great collection of games, artwork, and interviews that really tell the story of Atari. The presentation is absolutely top notch in the menus, and everything feels like a celebration. Unfortunately, the new games have some problems, and the Arcade emulation has a mix of problems, from somehow emulating the games too well, and not well enough simultaneously. First off, the new games. There's Haunted Houses, Neo Breakout, Quadratank, Swordquest AirWorld, Vctr-Sctr, and Yars 'Revenge Enhanced. Haunted Houses is an interesting remake of Haunted House for the 2600, but there is only so much you can do with that concept, and it did not really interest me. Granted this is my personal opinion, and if you like Haunted House, you might like this. Neo Breakout is fun, but the camera rotates on Yaw for a lot of the game which messed up my perspective, leading me to miss a lot of balls that I would have otherwise hit. Quadratank does not work out of the box on PC, because it was designed to be played with controllers with 2 analog sticks to emulate proper tank controls. Unfortunately, tanks controls don't work super well in a top down perspective, so the game feels clumsy, and you'll need enough connections for 4 external gamepads if you want to play this game with 4 people on PC. I haven't yet played AirWorld, but it is really cool to see the series complete on this collection. Vctr-Sctr is really cool: it's a re imagining of Asteroids, Lunar Lander, Battlezone (Not mentioned in name as Atari sold the rights to Rebellion), and Tempest. Essentially, you play through a round of Asteroids (with either a single ship or tether ship similar to space duel) with Twin Stick Shooter Controls, and this then transitions into Lunar Lander. After you land the ship, you play an runner level stylized with battlezone enemies. Finally, you get place in a round of Tempest. This game has flaws: for example, all numerical information except fuel has been stripped from Lunar Lander, and the camera in Tempest rotates with the player's movement (This was actually planned for Tempest, but was cut because it made players nauseous, and I can now confirm that was a good call). Despite these issues, I was constantly going back to it and having a blast. Finally, there's Yars' Revenge Enhanced. The game looks beautiful, but the sound design falls flat. The original Yars' Revenge had a lack of music, and really impactful sound effects that put a sense of dread on the player. The Enhanced version gets rid of all that by placing a single EDM track over everything that resets anytime you advance a stage or lose a life. In addition, the original sound effects are used, but they are drowned out by the music, and this specific game doesn't have an option to lower it (Each of the enhanced games has their own menus, each with their own set or lack of settings). In addition, the sound effects lack the impact they had when the graphics have been changed so drastically. The gameplay is still great, but the aesthetics ruin it. Fortunately Yars' Revenge 2600 is on this collection, and that can be played instead. Now for the arcade games. the gameplay in these games is preserved perfectly, but the visuals and sounds are not. For example, in Centipede and Millipede, the sound of the player's shots are pitched up noticeably, where as some of the other sound effects, such as the spider's noises, sound correct. Other games have sound issues, but it is most noticeable in those games. For the graphics, the Arcade games with pixel graphics look great: they have a convincing CRT filter that can be toggled, and there are other options such as screen fill and toggling the border around the game. The same can not be said for the vector games. On Vector monitors, a light gun draws lines between points to display graphics. Due to the gun being subject to the laws of physics, there is a little wiggle on the lines from frame to frame, but this was offset by how bright the lines were. In past Atari collections, the emulators drew lines in a perfect environment, making them look sharp. For this collection, the wiggle on the lines was reintroduced, but since LCD displays don't get as bright as vector monitors, the vector games look like their displays are on their last legs, and this can not be turned off. The glow can be adjusted, but it does not make the wiggle any less noticeable. Maybe this issue is resolved on OLED monitors, but I do not have an OLED monitor to test that. Next, the controls seem weird for PC. Atari arcade collections have had consistent controls across PC, but this collection changes a lot of them, and has a strong preference for using the Left and Right Control and Shift keys. Fortunately these are all changeable, but it's still weird regardless. What's more weird is that to start a game in the history section of the collection, you have to press backslash, which just feels odd: this key could've been space as it is not used in the history section. Finally, there's the issue with Quadratank not working on PC with keyboard and mouse at all. Finally, there's the game on offer. There's a lot of good stuff here, including Jaguar, Lynx, and 7800 games that have never been rereleased, such as Tempest 2000 and Ninja Golf. If you want to get the collection for these games, you'll have a good time. However, it feels like a lot is missing. This game has less than 100 games, and for an Atari collection, $40 seems steep, especially since Atari Vault was $20 and had 100, and it received even more after the DLC was launched for those games. On that note, why was Atari Vault removed from the Steam store? Both collections have games that are exclusive to their respective collections. So to summarize: there's a lot of good stuff here, but its waters are muddied by a multitude of problems. Unfortunately, I was overall disappointed by this collection, but I will be opening it from time to time to play its highlights, and I will be opening my other collections to play some of the games that had better representations, notably the vector games.
• gamedeal user

  Nov 14, 2022

  Overall, I think this is a great retro gaming collection, with a few things that could be improved. I've played this for over 7 hours at the time I'm reviewing it. The emulation is very well done and there's a lot of games here. All of the games I've played have worked flawlessly, especially the Jaguar games which are notoriously difficult to emulate well. The other big attraction is the interactive history mode. It's a treasure trove of concept/production art, internal memos, photos, and interviews that are all well done. It does a great job of capturing the history of Atari from it's founding through the Jaguar era. There's a lot of funny moments in the interviews and it's a wonderful peek behind the scenes. Taken as whole, it's worth the $40 asking price. So, what could they improve? First, there's a number of odd omissions in the games, and I'm talking about Atari owned games that they have the rights to. It's understandable that 3rd party games (Activision, Imagic, M-Network, Parker Bros., etc.) aren't included due to licensing costs/issues. But there are some Atari developed games that have been in previous collections that are oddly missing. Take for example, Star Raiders. The original version was for Atari 400/800, and the Atari 2600 port is by far the most well known. Yet neither of those are here. We get the Atari 5200 version, which while similar to the 400/800 version is probably the one the fewest people have played given how poorly the 5200 sold. So, why that version and not the original or the one most people had. Or better, yet, why not all three? The Atari 5200 and Atari 8-bit computer library are anemic with only 4 games each. Where's the Atari 5200 versions of Asteroids, Centipede, CounterMeasure, all of the Atari 5200 RealSports, etc. Same with the Atari 8-bit computer games, just a lot of odd omissions. The part I'm really not a fan of, many of these games were in the Atari Vault, which they removed from sale 1 day before this collection went live. There are currently no options for the arcade game difficulty. They're configured one way and that's how you're going to play them, even if the game has settings for different amount of starting lives, different difficulty settings, different point targets for bonus lives. They really need to open these up. Especially because they provide the sales flyers for a lot of these games that tout these features. Another area for improvement is achievements. There's only a handful and they're tied to the Reimagined games and a few Jaguar games. Atari Vault had an achievement for most (all?) games for every console. This seems like a simple thing to add and they really should add these for all the games. One last thing that was a bit disappointing were the display options. The CRT filter isn't great. There's much better examples in open source offerings like Stella that do an excellent job of emulating a CRT display, including adding interference. It could really do with some more options there. I think what they have is works, but it could be so much more authentic. Overall, despite those issues, there's a lot of value here. I'd like to see these things addressed, but I think the collection is definitely worthwhile in its current state.
• gamedeal user

  Nov 17, 2022

  £30 for a bunch of old Atari games would frankly be a rip-off, but that's not what this is. This is essentially a virtual museum of the history of Atari. The presentation is great, it takes you year by year through the history of Atari, with original interviews, old footage, advertisements and all the other promotional stuff, and then of course there are the games. You don't just jump blindly into a game, it gives you a story of why that game mattered, so even if you don't like it, you can still appreciate it. As the title states this is a celebration of Atari not just a collection of games.