Atari updates its 50th anniversary game collection with an extended edition that adds 39 titles

June 26. (Portaltic/EP) –

Atari and Digital Eclipse have announced an update to the Atari 50 video game compilation, which will arrive on October 25 and what adds 39 extra games and two new timelines, thus collecting more than 140 classic games.

The video game company, founded in the 1970s and known, among other things, for its Atari 2600 console, launched a compilation of more than 90 playable titles that review its history on the occasion of his 50th anniversary.

The Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration compilation also included six unreleased games that reimagine company classics, and that users can play on Nintendo, Xbox and PlayStation consoles, as well as through Steam, Epic Games Store and the Atari VCS.

Now, together with developer Digital Eclipse, Atari has announced a expansion of its video game compilation, Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration – Expanded Edition which, in addition to the original version, adds 39 more games and two new timelines.

As the company has detailed in a statementwith this expansion they have Collected over 140 classic titles presented with “first-class emulation” which will also allow users to “discover the brand that launched the modern video game industry.”

Specifically, it includes the emulation of recently rescued games and prototypes that had never been released, in addition to “other rare gems” created for seven hardware platforms: Arcade, Atari 800, Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Atari 7800, Atari Jaguar, Atari Lynx.

In addition to video games, Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration – Expanded Edition offers Over 13 new exclusive interview segments with key industry figures of video games, such as programmers, artists, historians and home game developers.

One of the new timelines it includes is the line of the Atari’s Wide Worldwhat includes 19 games and eight video segmentsand that is about show in depth the history of the company and how he managed to influence creators and players “throughout the decades.”

For example, you can access a analysis of the game Berzerk from Steam Electronicswhose protagonists are destructive robots and which has “unusual innovations” from the late 80s. You can also meet the artist Evelyn Setowho helped create Atari’s iconic ‘Fuji’ logo, or creator of the game Pong, Al Alcorn.

Furthermore, this extension of the collection also has the timeline of the First Console Warwhat includes 20 games and half a dozen video segments. This line focuses on the history of the rivalry of more than 45 years that took place between Atari, with the 2600 console and Mattel’s Intellivisionwhich recently ended with Atari’s purchase of Intellivision.

Thus, this line includes a selection of M Network games, Atari sports games and some “rare prototypes” of the Atari 2600 and 5200. In addition, it features interviews with personalities such as former Intellivision game director Don Daglow, and M Network programmer Jane Terjung.

With all this, users will be able to purchase the extended version Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration – Expanded Edition on October 25 of this year and will be available for consoles PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch.