Fans of retro gaming will soon be able to roll back the years and enjoy 100 classic Atari and arcade titles on the PS4 and Xbox One, thanks to the imminent release of Atari Flashback Classics – Volumes 1 and 2
It’s not really a console generation until Atari comes along and releases one of their collection packs. This time around they are a little late to the party, but we finally are getting the Atari Flashback Classics – Volumes 1 and 2. Even if chances are you already own these game ten times over.
Released as two separate volumes, each packed with 50 titles including the likes of Combat, Centipede, Swordquest, Star Raiders, Asteroids, Haunted House, Adventure and Major Havoc – all remastered in HD (how does one make a 4-bit pixel look better?). You’d think a Blue-ray disc could hold he entire Atari library thirty times over, but I’m not in marketing.
That said, the packs come with an extensive visual archive of classic artwork for each game, and both volumes also include a range of new in-game features. Gamers can play online, unlock achievements and try their best to secure a place on global leaderboards.
Andy Pearson, Head of Marketing (Hardware and Tech) at distributors PQube, said “With retro gaming increasing in popularity, it’s great to see more classics get a new lease of life on two of today’s best-selling consoles. Both games offer fantastic value for money and will help bring popular Atari 2600 video games like Asteroids to a new generation of gamers.”
Atari Flashback Classics Volumes 1 and 2 will be released 31 March 2017. For more information visit here.
You can check out a full game list below:
Vol. 1, full games list:
3-D Tic-Tac-Toe Air-Sea Battle, Backgammon, Basketball, Black Widow (Arcade), Blackjack, Bowling, Canyon Bomber, Centipede, Centipede (Arcade), Circus Atari, Combat, Combat 2, Desert Falcon, Dodge ‘Em, Fatal Run, Football, Home Run, Human Cannonball, Liberator (Arcade), Lunar Lander (Arcade), Millipede, Millipede® (Arcade), Miniature Golf, Pong (Arcade), Quadrun, Radar Lock, Realsports Boxing, Realsports Football, Realsports Soccer, Realsports Volleyball, Save Mary, Slot Machine, Slot Racers, Space Duel (Arcade), Sprint Master, Star Raiders, Steeplechase, Stunt Cycle, Super Baseball, Super Football, Swordquest: Earthworld, Swordquest: Fireworld, Swordquest: Waterworld, Tempest, Tempest (Arcade), Video Olympics, Warlords, Warlords (Arcade), Yars’ Revenge.
Vol. 2, full games list:
A Game of Concentration, Adventure, Asteroid®, Asteroids (Arcade), Asteroids Deluxe (Arcade), Atari Video Cube, Basic Math, Brain Games, Breakout, Casino, Championship Soccer, Checkers™, Chess, Codebreaker, Crystal Castles, Crystal Castles (Arcade), Demons to Diamonds, Double Dunk, Flag Capture, Golf, Gravitar, Gravitar (Arcade), Hangman, Haunted House, Major Havoc (Arcade), Maze Craze, Missile Command, Missile Command (Arcade), Night Driver, Off the Wall, Outlaw, Race, Realsports Baseball, Realsports Basketball, Realsports Tennis, Redbaron (Arcade), Return to Haunted House, Secret Quest, Sentinel, Sky Diver, Spacewar, Sprint (Arcade), Starship, Stellar Track, Street Racer, Sub Commander (SUBMARINE COMMANDER), Super Breakout, Super Breakout (Arcade), Surround, Video Pinball.
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