With just a day to go until the launch of Atari 50’s paid The Wider World of Atari DLC, developer Digital Eclipse has revealed all 19 titles it’ll be adding to its acclaimed interactive museum.
Digital Eclipse announced more Atari 50 was coming back in June, explaining an additional 39 games would be joining the original selection as part of a new Expanded Edition before 2024 was through. More specifically, the Expanded Edition includes two new timelines exploring different facets of Atari’s history – The Wider World of Atari and The First Console War – and both are being released as separate bits of DLC for existing Atari 50 owners.
The Wider World of Atari is the first of Atari’s two DLC releases and launches for all platforms tomorrow, 26th September. Topics covered include a “deep dive into Stern Electronics’ robot-blasting Berzerk; unusual and underappreciated innovations and hidden gems from the late 1980s; a spotlight on the artist Evelyn Seto, who helped create the iconic ‘Fuji’ Atari logo; Pong creator Al Alcorn explaining the birth of Breakout”, and more.
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