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IGNAtari 50: The Anniversary Celebration Review
Published 11/17/2022
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Series X|S / PS4 / PC / PS5 / XONE / Switch - 11/11/2022
Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration takes players on an interactive journey through 50 years of video games via interviews with designers, developers and industry leaders, documentary footage, product design documents, high-resolution original artwork, and a specially-curated list of more than 90 playable games. At the heart of Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration are the Interactive Timelines, which combine historical trivia, digital artifacts, all-new video interviews, and playable games into one singular experience. When you encounter a game in the Timeline, you can immediately play it without losing your place. The massive list of games spans six original Atari console and home computer platforms and generations of arcade titles, the most ever included in a collection by the team at Digital Eclipse. For the first time ever, games from the cult favorite Atari Jaguar and Atari Lynx platforms will be playable on modern consoles. Behind every game are the stories of Atari, what was happening at the company, what went into the creation of the games and the hardware on which they ran, all told by the people who were there. It is a rare opportunity to get a rich behind-the-scenes look at the history of video games. In addition to presenting these Atari classics exactly as they were, the talented team at Digital Eclipse has also created the Reimagined series—six new games that revisit, mash-up and reimagine Atari Classics. Each of these new games is included in Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration.
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Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration Review
Published 11/17/2022
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Read originalAtari 50 Anniversary Collection Review – Interactive Museum
Published 11/16/2022
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Read originalReview: Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration (Nintendo Switch)
Published 11/14/2022
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Read originalReview: Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration (Nintendo Switch)
Published 11/14/2022
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Read originalReview: Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration (PS5) - A Warts and All Celebration of an Industry Icon
Published 11/13/2022
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Read originalAtari 50: The Anniversary Celebration (XSX) Review – ZTGD
Published 11/11/2022
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Read originalReview: Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration - A Painstaking Love Letter To Gaming's Pioneers
Published 11/11/2022
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Read originalAtari 50 (Switch) Review
Published 11/11/2022
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Read originalAtari 50: The Anniversary Celebration review for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation, Xbox, VCS
Published 11/11/2022
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