The Atari 50 Pac-Man Expansion Launches On Switch Next Week

Can't wait! Keep the games coming!

Nice to finally have a release date (the Atari 50 collection was updated with fairly large update a couple of days ago, but you couldn't buy the expansion yet). Nice price point too, very fair for what it is imo.

Atari 2600 Pac-Man, yay! 🟡

...are there plans to make a third physical with this included? or am I safe to get the DLC from the eShop lol

I have to ask, is anyone even playing these games anymore? I am not trying to stir the pot or provoke some reaction, I am genuinely asking if anyone is playing these.

@MatoFilipovic
The fact that Atari 50 takes the form of a documentary first, playable collection second, is what makes it an appealing product in my opinion.

It's an interactive history lesson.

I agree that the majority of Atari 2600 games are not particularly worthwhile nowadays, but the history is very interesting. I feel like this package has fully understood this fact, because it needs to be more than just the old games in order to be interesting to a modern audience. They pulled it off perfectly.

...that being said, I did legitimately find it fun to play Adventure tbh, that game was ahead of its time

Absolutely incredible collection. Although I suspect it might be, I hope this isn't the last DLC for this. There's no reason it couldn't just grow and grow.

@MatoFilipovic In the case of Digital Eclipse, they favor preservation, accessibility and history over pure enjoyment of the games. That's very rare in today's industry and something people appreciate.

I wonder if this means they're not done with Tetris Forever. Time Warp still feels incomplete.

Seeing the price of these DLCs, I find that quite the slap in the face for the early adopters of the first physical edition.

I will sell mine and maybe somewhere down the line get an eventual "definitive" physical edition. Pretty disappointed, and makes me lose interest in the whole thing. In the end it's just a documentary and some really old most uninteresting games we've already played.

But I should add: "happy for everybody looking forward to these additions".

@Kilroy I hope so. I still want Tetris cd-i!

Huh I was wondering why I couldn't download the expansion even though it already appeared inside the collection yesterday. Hopefully they include more Atari Jaguar games and eventually add some Intellivision games in there too. C'mon Atari where's my Aliens vs. Predator, Kasumi Ninja, White Women Can't Jump, Ultra Vortex, Iron Soldier 1 & 2, Super Burnout, and Defender 2000?

Yay. Another video game crash is coming and this DLC is the final nail in the coffin. 2025 video game crash will be worse than 1983.

@Colinjames If there'll be another videogame crash it will be in the adult oriented AAA space I believe, not because of a brilliant priced DLC like this (14 games all from very popular franchises AND 2 of the games are even arcade versions that alone cost almost twice as much as the entire DLC in their Arcade Archives versions).

@EarthboundBenjy Wade has not made any announcements to such a plan, but I plan on holding off. I'm certainly in no rush to 2600 Pac-Man

@Zeebor15 Just see a as curiosity. With 8 million copies of it sold for platform that sold 30 million units it IS an important part of videogame history (and that IS a fact!).

@Colinjames

People in the USA: There's going to be a second videogame crash soon.

People around the world: There was a videogame crash at one point?

@shgamer So is The Room for film

@MatoFilipovic Yes. I still play and enjoy these games from time to time on different Nintendo devices. IMHO the classics are so for a reason. YMMV but to me such collections are enjoyable.

@Zeebor15 First: there are 13 other games in the very, very popular franchises Pac-Man (best-selling arcade machine ever - over a million sold), Galaxian (In the top 10), Galaga (very, very popular), Xevious (very, very popular) and Dig-Dug (also an all time classic). Second: I'm personally looking forward to try out the infamous Atari 2600 Pac-Man (that was just a prototype, but was forced out by management/marketing), because all aspects of videogaming interests me.

I still have to play through my copy of this. Maybe this is a good time to do it!

@Colinjames The Crash Bandicoot movie/TV series? Not officially announced though - what do you know!?

Hot take: the 2600 version of Pac-Man is better than the NES version. Graphically, yes, it’s awful, but it plays faster than the NES version and the sound effects are iconic. It’s not a great arcade port, but it’s a better game.

Very excited for this, and the price is good, now bring on the Activision bundle

I will have to get this for sure. I played the heck out of this when I was a kid, to the point that it kinda IS Pac-Man to me!

@tektite_captain so you want another video game crash to happen that will be far worse than 1983? Physcho.

@jedomann Great call. I would love to see several of the Activision (and Imagic) games added sometimes. I played many of those back in the day (late 80s).

Pitfall is likely the one that most people know, but I enjoyed several others just as much, if not more — Megamania, Spider Fighter, StarMaster, Kaboom (but it needs a dial controller!), and others. River Raid is another great one… the list is long.

I guess they would need to work with Microsoft on the IP, these days.

@MatoFilipovic Clearly, enough people are interested in these old games that Digital Eclipse not only keeps adding content to Atari 50, but also putting out FIVE further Interactive Documentary games (the latest of which having come out six days ago), plus a more "traditional" Golden Tee collection.

@MatoFilipovic Yes I own the collection (and love it) and am slowly making my way through every game

Can Wade just buy AtGames just to bring Ms Pac-Man out of royalty jail?

weak lineup. give us something like some jaguar games, I havent touched this game in ages.

Just can't make my pockets deep enough for Atari.

I just want to play vs rbi baseball by Atari.

Yet another physical edition in 3, 2...

I can't believe I am going to pay for this, but yes I am. Great collection. I was part of the 1st console war generation. Me along with several kids in my neighborhood had the Atari VCS. I kid a few streets over had a Magnavox Odyssey 2 (I was glad I wasn't stuck with that). And a friend down the street had the Intellivision. I first upgraded my Atari with a Starpath Supercharger — pretty bad ass! But then I upgraded to the ColecoVision — my first favorite console!

Am I the only one who thinks that this DLC should be free? Atari 2600 Pac-Man was a pale imitation of the arcade game (which is available for Switch). 🕹

I had very little interest in the 2600 bc i wanted to go to the arcade for better graphics and overall experience. I did end up getting an Atari 400 and later an 800xl and loved them.

5 versions of Dig Dug? Why not more different games instead of endless versions of the same handful?

I love this series but am kinda waiting for their to stop being updates to this one to get started with it.

Perhaps our best chance at a partial virtual console for first-party games is for Nintendo to commission similar treatment for the NES black box era at least. Maybe even adding in a Labo R.O.B. 😆