Overview
- Game Type
- Addon Content (DLC) for Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration
- Number of Players
- 1 (Single Player)
- Genre
- Release Date
Switch eShop
- 8th Nov 2024, $7.99
- 8th Nov 2024, £6.69
- Official Site
- nintendo.com
Reviews
Let battle commence
With the release of The First Console War, the second DLC expansion for Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration, developer Digital Eclipse has seemingly completed its mission to present the most comprehensive interactive documentary on Atari possible. Much like the previous expansion, this latest release lacks some of the cohesion...
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Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration - The First Console War News
News Every New Game In Atari 50's Final DLC Expansion Has Been Revealed
Hope you like the 2600
Atari and Digital Eclipse have revealed the full game line-up for its upcoming Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration DLC expansion, dubbed 'The First Console War'. Launching on 8th November 2024, the expansion will contain one additional timeline jam-packed with interviews and documentation, this time focusing on the rivalry...
About The Game
Well before the current day console wars dominated social media and message boards, Atari's VCS and Mattel's Intellivision collided in the first major video game rivalry in 1979. The battle only intensified when Mattel started making games for the VCS, its fiercest rival's machine! In a series of exclusive interviews, the game makers who lived through the first console war explain how and why this unique chapter of video-game history unfolded.
Features:
- 19 new games including several rare M Network prototypes available here for the first time
- New timeline video interviews with M Network programmer Jane Terjung, Activision’s David Crane & Garry Kitchen, homebrew programmer Dennis Debro, and historians Leonard Herman & Mike Mika
The First Console War games list includes:
Air Raiders - 2600 M Network
Anteater - 2600 M Network (unreleased, based on Stern IP)
Armor Ambush - 2600 M Network
Astroblast - 2600 M Network
Frogs & Flies - 2600 M Network
International Soccer - 2600 M Network
Dark Cavern - 2600 M Network
Star Strike - 2600 M Network
Super Challenge Baseball - 2600 M Network
Super Challenge Football - 2600 M Network
Swordfight - 2600 M Network (rare, unreleased)
Sea Battle - 2600 M Network (rare, unreleased)
Tower of Mystery (unreleased prototype, recently rescued)
Video Pinball - 2600
Basketball - 2600
Hardball - Atari 8-bit (XE)
Final Legacy (prototype) - 5200
Xari Arena - Atari 8-bit
Desert Falcon - 7800
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