What an insanely impressive collection. Atari 50 is an anniversary celebration and game collection that should be studied and taken note of for any game collection in the future. Despite game selection being a mixed bag of peaks and valleys, the one area this game truly aces everything is in its presentation. Sure, you can play all games at any time you want, but you can also go through an interactive timeline of important moments in Ataris history. From their founding and dominance of the arcades, to their struggle to retain relevance in the 90's. These interactive timelines don't just let you play the games, it let's you look at concept art and design for these games. Old commercials from the Era, full print news ads, direct interviews with the original programmers of these games! Hell, they even let you play a decent chunk of cancelled games who had finished prototypes. Developer Digital Eclipse truly went above and beyond to pay tribute to the first game company that started it all, and in return, despite the quality being everywhere, genuinely gave me a newfound respect for the company. If $40 for this collection seems too steep for you, grab it when it's on sale because this does still warrant going through.

Reviewed on Feb 03, 2024


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