Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration - Expanded Edition (Nintendo Switch)

<p>Atari and developer Digital Eclipse are proud to present a significant expansion to their acclaimed 2022 release Atari 50: the Anniversary Collection. This new version, entitled &ldquo,Atari 50: the Anniversary Celebration - Expanded Edition&rdquo,, includes the original release and adds two new timelines and 39 games to the playable Atari retrospective.</p> <p>The Wider World of Atari timeline, which includes 19 playable games and eight video segments, takes a series of deep dives into stories from Atari history, showing how Atari continued to influence creators and fans over the decades. &nbsp,New interviews, vintage ads, historical artifacts, and more have all been researched and presented with Digital Eclipse&rsquo,s signature style. Highlights from the new timeline include a deep dive into Stern Electronics' robot-blasting Berzerk, unusual and underappreciated innovations and hidden gems from the late 1980s, a spotlight on the artist Evelyn Seto, who helped create the iconic &ldquo,Fuji&rdquo, Atari logo, Pong creator Al Alcorn explaining the birth of Breakout, and an exploration of the fan base&rsquo,s role in discovering unreleased prototypes, creating &ldquo,homebrew&rdquo, games, and preserving Atari history.</p> <p>&nbsp,The First Console War timeline, which includes 20 playable games and half-dozen video segments, tells the story of the first major console war in the gaming industry between the Atari 2600 and Mattel&rsquo,s Intellivision. The team at Digital Eclipse curates an exploration of the rivalry, including Mattel&rsquo,s quixotic decision to create games for the competing Atari 2600. Highlights include a selection of M Network games, including some fan-favorites, a mix of Atari and M Network sports games, and some rare Atari 2600 and 5200 prototypes. New interview features include former Intellivision game director Don Daglow, M Network programmer Jane Terjung, Activision&rsquo,s David Crane and Garry Kitchen, homebrew programmer Dennis Debro, and historians Leonard Herman and Mike Mika.</p>