{"id":433887,"date":"2023-12-05T08:42:48","date_gmt":"2023-12-05T14:42:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jbsgame.com\/?p=433887"},"modified":"2023-12-05T08:42:52","modified_gmt":"2023-12-05T14:42:52","slug":"atari-50-the-anniversary-celebration-is-getting-more-games-crammed-into-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jbsgame.com\/atari-50-the-anniversary-celebration-is-getting-more-games-crammed-into-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration is getting more games crammed into it (Update)"},"content":{"rendered":"
[Update: Now that the update is out today, we have a list of all the games that are going to be part of it:<\/p>
That’s quite the assortment. Two titles are homebrew, two are prototypes that have now been released elsewhere, a bunch of them are actually pretty awful, and one of them is Warbirds <\/em>on Lynx. I hope there is some supplemental behind-the-scenes information on Miniature Golf<\/em>. Our original story follows.]<\/p> Atari has announced that 2022\u2019s Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration<\/em> will be getting free updates, starting with one on December 5th. What kind of updates? The best kind. The collection is getting more games.<\/p> Atari 50<\/em> isn\u2019t just another compilation of Atari\u2019s old games. As the name implies, it\u2019s a celebration of them, providing deep background information through interviews and behind-the-scenes documents. It was Digital Eclipse\u2019s first test run of the absolutely incredible foundation of the Golden Masters series that started with The Making of Karateka<\/a><\/em>. This may sound like a lot of marketing-friendly hyperbole, but as someone who loves game history and preservation, I find these collections to be transformative. I am sincerely enthusiastic about it.<\/p> The first update will be bringing 12 additional Atari 2600 games, which may not sound too exciting, but it\u2019s stated to have \u201ca mix of prototypes, homebrews, and official titles.\u201d Assuming they don\u2019t mean just Save Mary<\/em> and Berzerk Enhanced Edition<\/em> alongside 10 of the system\u2019s many dregs, that\u2019s pretty exciting. Sort of. Another suite of Jaguar and Lynx games would grab me a little tighter.<\/p> I’m also not sure why they didn’t just tell us what the 12 games are.<\/p>