Summer is in full swing and to celebrate, publisher Atari has launched a generous 'Summer Sale' on its Switch eShop titles, including games from its subsidiary teams Digital Eclipse, Infogrames, and Nightdive Studios.
There are some bonadife bangers included here, with some games seeing tasty discounts of 70%, 75%, and even 80% off the regular listed price. You've got until 18th August 2024 to take full advantage of the sale, which admittedly isn't that long.
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For now, let's check out some of the highlights from Atari's Summer Sale, shall we?
That's yer lot! Not a bad selection, right? We'd highly recommend Tempest 4000 if you haven't played it yet; it's a modern take on Tempest 2000, a game that many deem to be the best Atari Jaguar title, and it's currently cheaper than a Sausage and Egg McMuffin. 'Ave it.
Which games are you looking to purchase in Atari's Summer Sale? Leave a comment in the usual place and let us know.
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I had no idea one of my favourite developers, Nightdive Studios, is owned by Atari.
A 90's style shooter in the Centipede/ Millipede universe could be superb.
At just £3.20, I may finally grab Tempest 4000. I adored TxK on the original OLED Vita, so T4K should look great on the Switch OLED. It’s also one of the only games that actually has the full 80% discount!
Not sure if I'll make use of any of these discounts myself but still, nice to see these games on sale!
Even at that sale price, Blade Runner: "Enhanced Edition" is still not worth it, sadly
@Pillowpants I'm 3 hours into Blade Runner: "Enhanced Edition" and it's great so far. Why do you think it's not worth it?
I might pick up Tempest 4000, I already have it on the Atari VCS but man it runs so poorly. Atari 50 is also well worth that price, also with the DLC in a few months it would probably save a few bucks vs getting the new $40 package. I'm going with the steelbook edition though.
I might get Turok 2 for that price, Ive never played it, though I have the other two games on Switch.
I wish they would do this on their website too. I've been trying to pick up a 2600+
@Ristar24 I have never played any Turok games before, but love fps-es...I took a chance on Turok 2 myself during this sale and have really been enjoying it!
Those lists would be so much better with metacritic ratings.
Yep, just bought Turok 2. No idea when I'll get around to actually playing it, but for that price, I couldn't resist.
Only played Turok 1, actually, on PC back in the day. It came packed in with the Voodoo Rush, if anyone remembers that. It was my first exposure to hardware-accelerated 3D graphics and I was floored. Great times.
@Rhaoulos As a workaround, you could use DekuDeals. They show the Metacritic rating in the sidebar.
@Qwiff @Ristar24 Turok 2 is an absolutely outstanding game, but holy crap is it difficult, and easy to get lost in the levels. Thankfully, internet access to a guide is much easier now than in the late 90s when I played it. 😅
@Ristar24 persuade me to get the trilogy
@cra1g0s Ha, well I always say watch some videos see what you think. I played the first one back on N64, Switch port is good but has some slow down to my eyes. I've not completed either game but they are generally fun to play for me as retro shooters. I would say they are difficult though, and very much a product of their time in terms of gameplay.
@EVIL-C @canaryfarmer thanks, I may give it a try!
There's some untapped gold in them thar hills. I already have Shadow Man (it's exquisite) but perhaps it's time I bit the bullet on Turok 2 or Powerslave. I've been patiently waiting for a good deal on the Jeff Minter retrospective but 20% off isn't exactly setting off the alarm bells. I will probably also need someone to remind me why I shouldn't buy the Blade Runner remaster too. I cherish my GOG copy of the original version so they must have made some GTA-Trilogy-level blunders to ruin that one.
Breakout Recharged is on sale but missing from this list. The Recharged series looks good but definitely gonna get Breakout Recharged out of all the Recharged games.
FWIW, Akka Arrh is a great game. I jokingly call it a relaxation-trance experience for ADHD people, it is strangely relaxing. And the visuals are brilliant!
Oof, nice, nice sales. I'm waiting on The Making of Karateka and Llamasoft to knock at least half off before I'll bite. That Shadow Man and the Turoks are lookin' mighty nice, especially since I can't rock the Turok controls on NSO (I believe you can adjust them in the remasters plus gyro controls). I'm interested in Yars: Recharged, but I'd rather play Yars Revenge first on Atari 50.
I got the Mr. Run and Jump in the previous sale. It was nice the first hours, but nowadays I am just not interested in repeating sequences 100x times due to difficulty :/
Guess I was just hoping it would be easier to play than it is
@Pillowpants I’ve been eye balling this one for a while. Curious as to why you think it’s bad?
@HugoRadio @theberrage , I've read a bunch of reviews and watched videos on YouTube comparing the original to the HD remake and drew my conclusions from it. I'd rather play the original on GOG on PC.
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