Overview
- Number of Players
- 1 (Single Player)
- Genre
- Release Date
Switch eShop
11th Nov 2022, $39.99
11th Nov 2022, £35.99
- Also Available On
- Official Site
- nintendo.com
Reviews
Review Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration - A Painstaking Love Letter To Gaming's Pioneers
Graft from the past
Atari, and its exuberant founder Nolan Bushnell, were 1970s trailblazers who formed, established, and pioneered the video game industry. Brushing a near-century of mechanical coin-operated gaming aside and barging pinball into a dusty corner, Atari became the focal point of bars everywhere with Pong in 1972. It was the dawning of...
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Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration News
Poll Have You Ordered Physical Switch Games That Came With The Cart Missing?
MariNo Cart
If you hadn't already guessed, we on Team Nintendo Life love a bit of physical media. Yes, the convenience of downloading a game from the eShop is unbeatable, but if we have the chance to get one of those red-spined boxes on our shelves, we'll take it. We do have one insistence, though: those boxes have to come with a cartridge inside...
News Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration Gets First Update, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
DIP switches galore!
Digital Eclipse has dropped the first patch for Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration on all platforms, which includes lots of bug fixes, gameplay tweaks, and menu additions. The developer shared the update on the game's Steam page (via Nintendo Everything), and while many of the tweaks are P
News Here Are Metacritic's Highest-Rated Switch Games Of 2022
An eclectic mix
We're a few days into 2023 now, but many places are still looking back at last year's biggest and best games. And review aggregate site Metacritic is joining in, compiling multiple lists based on compiled reviews from multiple publications. Today, the site has revealed the Switch's best-reviewed games of 2022. The top 40 has some...
Soapbox 2022 Was A Watershed For Companies Taking Retro Compilations Seriously
Eclipsing the competition
Soapbox features enable our individual writers and contributors to voice their opinions on hot topics and random stuff they've been chewing over. Today, Gavin is encouraged to see how old games have been getting the appropriate TLC on Switch this year... We've had plenty of retro compilations and collections come to...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (November 12th)
Ladies and gentlemen, The Weekend
With yet another trailer dropping for Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, an Indie World showcase and the Nintendo financial report getting released, it has been quite the week here at Nintendo Life! We covered all of the great indie titles that will be heading to Switch in the coming months - including sitting down with...
Nintendo Download 10th November (North America)
Rogue Legacy 2! Tactics Ogre: Reborn! Atari 50!
The latest Nintendo Download update for North America has arrived, and it's bringing new games galore to the eShop in your region. As always, be sure to drop a vote in our poll and comment down below with your potential picks for the week. Enjoy! Switch eShop - Highlights: Rogue Legacy 2 (Cellar Door...
Video 10 Exciting New Games Coming To Nintendo Switch In November 2022
Sonic Frontiers, It Takes Two, Pokémon, and more!
Now that the chaos of October is just about over, things are about to get calmer, yeah? Nope! November is giving us the next big Sonic game in Sonic Frontiers and the next generation of Pokémon in Pokémon Scarlet & Violet. But with Square Enix releasing even more titles and a handful of...
Exclusive Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration Locks In November Release
Plus a new trailer featuring Jaguar games
The Holiday season is starting a little bit early for us, as Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration will be launching on Switch on 11th November. Promised to be a special celebration unlike other compilations — and we can believe that statement when Digital Eclipse is behind the wheel — Atari 50 packages...
News Atari Anniversary Collection Full List Of Games Possibly Revealed In Retailer Leak
See for yourself
Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration is meant to be arriving at some point before the end of this year on Nintendo Switch. If you have been wondering what games will be included in this upcoming release by Digital Eclipse, you just might be in luck. A retailer located in the Netherlands may have potentially revealed the full list...
News Select Pre-Orders For Atari 50 Get Gravitar: Recharged For Free
Steelbook Edition also available!
Atari has today announced that pre-orders are now live for Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration, the interactive history collection that features classics from eight different Atari hardware platforms. As an added bonus, pre-orders from major retailers in North America will bag a digital copy of Gravitar:...
About The Game
Join the celebration! Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration takes you on an interactive journey through 50 years of video games.
At the heart of Atari 50 are the Interactive Timelines, which combine historical trivia, digital artifacts, over 60 minutes of new interviews, documentary footage, and playable games into one cohesive experience. When you encounter a game in the Timelines, you can immediately play it without losing your place.
The massive selection of over 100 games spans seven different platforms: Arcade, 2600, 5200, 7800, Atari 8-bit computers, and, for the first time ever on modern consoles, Atari Lynx and Jaguar! Play the classics like Tempest 2000, Asteroids, and Yars' Revenge, or dive into some deeper cuts.
Behind every game are the stories of Atari, what was happening at the company, and what went into the creation of the games and the hardware on which they ran, all told by the people who were there.
Key Features:
Experience gaming history through Interactive Timelines and relive the Golden Age of Gaming
Over 100 classic games from 7 different vintage platforms including Arcade, 2600, 5200, 7800, Atari 8-bit computers, and, for the first time ever on modern consoles, Atari Lynx and Jaguar
6 all-new games inspired by Atari classics including the 4th installment in the Swordquest series, Airworld
Hear from the creators who launched an entire industry and those they inspired
A complete package for any video game fan
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