
Those aren’t the best games in the collection, not even by a mile, but the fact they exist at all, and are all included alongside many other titles that have been integral to Atari’s history, is already more than welcome to add value to an already jam-packed collection. There is a brand new (and nigh-unplayable) version of Combat, a brand new Breakout, Haunted Mansion, and more. They aren’t part of the Recharged series, mind you: those are all brand new titles included as a nod to Atari’s future as a company. Digital Eclipse was given free reign to create brand new iterations of multiple Atari IPs. Old games aren’t the only pieces of software included in Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration. You know all of those games you’ve heard about from the Angry Video Game Nerd? You can finally understand the fuss surrounding them, experience them first-hand, in a shockingly decent remastered coat of paint. Yes, we’re even talking about Lynx and Jaguar games. We’re talking about the Atari 400 and 800 computers. We are talking about Atari consoles from the 70s and 80s. It’s not only from the 26 eras, but from every single system Atari has ever produced. This is a highly curated list of completely remastered titles, courtesy of the best company in the world for this kind of job, Digital Eclipse. In the roughest of senses, Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration is another collection of classic Atari games. I hope I become a cool grandpa like Nolan Bushnell is.
