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Atari plans ‘expanded edition’ of its 50th anniversary anthology of 1980s console classics


Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration will get 39 more games, many of them from Intellivision, with a re-release of the nostalgic anthology this October for PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, and PC.

and Pac-Man to a New Mexico grave, it’s still the name that started home console gaming in the United States, and that accords a certain level of respect, if not deference, like the feelings 1990s kids have for Nintendo. A statement on Tuesday mentioned that the Expanded Edition will include “both Atari and M Network games,” referencing the third-party publishing label for the 2600 that Mattel opened as the original console’s fortunes turned south. A second-generation newspaperman, Good's career before covering video games included daily newspaper stints in North Carolina; in upstate New York; in Washington, D.C., with the Associated Press; and…

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