100 classic Atari games will arrive on Steam this Spring

[TrekMD]

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One of the great travesties of the digital age is that some excellent games and programs eventually become effectively unusable. Technology marches forward while those games and apps get lost to the ages.

If you're longing to relive the golden age of Atari on your modern PC, though, you'll be happy to know that Atari will soon release 100 classic titles on Steam as part of its Atari Vault collection.

Atari Vault, which arrives this Spring, will include such classics as Asteroids, Centipede, and Missile Command—each with subtle improvements to bring them into the 21st century. According to Atari, the retooled versions will feature user interface updates, support for the Steam Controller, as well as local and online multiplayer support. Despite the updates, the original soundtracks will remain intact. The idea here, according to the company, is to let you "relive the classic gaming experience in the modern age."

Pricing has yet to be announced, but the Atari Vault package will be bundled into a single title, so one purchase will get you all 100 games.

Source:  PCWorld

[Shadowrunner]

Nice to see Atari doing something with it's game library! 100 games is a great start

[TrekMD]

It sure is!  It'll be interesting to see what the cost of this will be.

[Shadowrunner]

I haven't seen a price yet but they did announce which games would be included. IGN

3D Tic Tac Toe - 2600
Adventure - 2600
Air Sea Battle - 2600
Asteroids - 2600
Asteroids - Arcade
Asteroids Deluxe - Arcade
Backgammon - 2600
Basic Math - 2600
Basketball - 2600
Black Widow - Arcade
Blackjack - 2600
Bowling - 2600
Brain Games - 2600
Breakout - 2600
Canyon Bomber - 2600
Casino - 2600
Centipede - 2600
Centipede - Arcade
Championship Soccer - 2600
Checkers - 2600
Chess - 2600
Circus Atari - 2600
Code Breaker - 2600
Combat - 2600
Combat 2 - 2600
Concentration - 2600
Crystal Castles - 2600
Crystal Castles - Arcade
Demons to Diamonds - 2600
Desert Falcon - 2600
Dodge-Em 2600
Double Dunk - 2600
Fatal Run - 2600
Flag capture - 2600
Football - 2600
Golf - 2600
Gravitar - 2600
Gravitar - Arcade
Hangman - 2600
Haunted House - 2600
Homerun - 2600
Human Cannonball - 2600
Liberator - Arcade
Lunar Lander - Arcade
Major Havoc - Arcade
Maze Craze - 2600
Millipede - 2600
Millipede - Arcade
Miniature Golf - 2600
Missile Command - 2600
Missile Command - Arcade
Night Driver - 2600
Off the Wall - 2600
Outlaw - 2600
Pong - Arcade
Quadrun - 2600
Race - 2600
Radar Lock - 2600
RealSports Baseball - 2600
RealSports Basketball - 2600
RealSports Boxing - 2600
RealSports Football - 2600
RealSports Soccer - 2600
RealSports Tennis - 2600
RealSports Volleyball - 2600
Red Baron - Arcade
Return to Haunted House - 2600
Save Mary - 2600
Secret Quest - 2600
Sentinel - 2600
Sky Diver - 2600
Slot Machine - 2600
Slot Racers - 2600
Sword Quest Fireworld - 2600
Space Duel - Arcade
Space War - 2600
Sprint - Arcade
Sprint Master - 2600
Star Raiders - 2600
Starship - 2600
Steeplechase - 2600
Stellar Track - 2600
Street Racer - 2600
Stunt Cycle - 2600
Sub Commander - 2600
Super Baseball - 2600
Super Breakout - Arcade
Super Breakout -2600
Super Football - 2600
Surround - 2600
Sword Quest Earthworld - 2600
Sword Quest Waterworld - 2600
Tempest - 2600
Tempest - Arcade
Video Cube - 2600
Video Olympics - 2600
Video Pinball - 2600
Warlords - 2600
Warlords - Arcade
Yars Revenge - 2600

That will keep a person busy for a while!

[TrekMD]

So, I guess the 2600 games will be played through emulation on Steam.  Quite a list, though.

[Shadowrunner]

Well it looks like these games are coming to consoles too, and with physical discs. You can read about it here. Seems kinda stupid to split them into two discs, but I'm sure I'll be buying them anyway.

[TrekMD]

That's cool, though, that they are being released in BD media.