Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration

A nice trip down memory lane. Nicely put together.

I'm not the biggest 2600 guy, being born in 2001 will do that to you (even tho I grew up with a Genesis, but that's besides the point). Considering that, you would think this collection wouldn't hold my attention the way it does or appeal as much as it does, but nah, it manages to. This is possibly my favorite video game compilation just about ever. The way it presents Atari's history is already a boon in its favor, but it also managed to introduce me to a number of games I never would've known to love otherwise, turning me into an Atari fan. I've grown to love Atari Karts, Tempest 2000, Ninja Golf, Maze Invaders, Food Fight, I Robot, Yooomp, Yars' Revenge (both reimagined and 2600 og), and Touch Me, among a few others. Even if everything else I don't end up touching ever or more than once, I'm certain you'd find something in there for you. The inclusion of so many Jaguar and arcade games makes me quite happy, and long live Ninja Golf and Yars' Revenge.

This is a trip down memory lane like there ever was one. I love the old arcade games from my childhood. Also the interviews with all the Atari guys and programmers are great, personally I would have liked even more of those. I recommend it for anyone interested in the dawn of video and computer gaming.

they added analog controls to tempest 2000 and that alone makes this worth it

Definitely not worth it. Nickel and Dime should be the description.

So many memories. These games are very satisfying even 50 years later.

Terrible input lag with mouse controls. For context, I have the Atari Flashback Collection for Switch and a Pong Countercade with a spinner by 1UpArcade, and an Atari Flashback 8 with the spinners, and all have MUCH more responsive controls for games like Pong, Breakout and Super Breakout than this app. Having such terrible input lag really defeats the purpose of having accurate mouse-based controls. And why can't a PC have as low input lag as a Switch, or these other devices that are much cheaper than my PC, aren't PCs more powerful? Why does a 1UpArcade product have lower input lag than this Atari product? WHAT. WENT. WRONG? Also, no leaderboards, and many of these are high-score based games, so what is even the point of playing them?? Currently Atari Vault is a better product.