Atari 50’s console-war enlargement provides 19 extra video games on November 8

Atari and developer Digital Eclipse have introduced particulars of the following paid enlargement for Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration, a outstanding assortment that is each a compilation of most of the writer’s video games and a documentary about its half-century historical past. This second DLC is named The First Console Conflict and it highlights the rivalry with Mattel’s Intellivision, Atari’s first actual competitor within the console market.

The bundle consists of 19 extra video games and eight video segments that delve into the rivalry, in addition to what finally led to Mattel making video games for Atari techniques. Atari and Digital Eclipse say the DLC consists of extra The First Console Conflict DLC options extra interviews, classic advertisements and never-before-seen historic artifacts that assist inform the story of the battle between Atari and Mattel. Because it occurs, it was a conflict Atari ended up decisively successful, because it bought the Intellivision brand earlier this yr.

The DLC consists of prototypes and different video games that by no means noticed the sunshine of day till now. The total record is as follows:

• Air Raiders — 2600 M Community

• Antbear — 2600 M Community (unreleased, based mostly on Stern IP)

• Armor Ambush — 2600 M Community

• Astroblast — 2600 M Community

• Frogs & Flies — 2600 M Community

• Worldwide Soccer — 2600 M Community

• Darkish Cavern — 2600 M Community

• Star Strike — 2600 M Community

• Tremendous Problem Baseball — 2600 M Community

• Tremendous Problem Soccer — 2600 M Community

• Swordfight — 2600 M Community (uncommon, unreleased)

• Sea Battle — 2600 M Community (uncommon, unreleased)

• Tower of Thriller (unreleased prototype, lately rescued)

• Video Pinball — 2600

• Basketball — 2600

• Hardball — Atari 8-bit (XE)

• Closing Legacy (prototype) — 5200

• Xari Enviornment — Atari 8—bit

• Desert Falcon — 7800

The Final Console Conflict follows a earlier DLC known as The Wider World of Atari that arrived in September and added one other 19 video games to the gathering. Factoring within the two expansions, Atari 50 can have round 130 video games in whole.

Those that have already got Atari 50 on PC, Nintendo Change, Xbox One, Xbox Sequence X/S, PS4 and PS5 will have the ability to snap up The Final Console Conflict on November 8. When you’ve got the sport on Atari VCS, you may get the DLC as a free replace early subsequent yr.

Should you’re interested by choosing up a bundle of the bottom sport and each expansions, you are able to do simply that with Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration Expanded Edition. That’ll be out there on November 8 as properly. The bodily version for Change and PS5 prices $40. A steelbook for the Change consists of Atari 2600 artwork playing cards and different goodies and can run you $50.