This is the best summary I could come up with:
The Atari home video game system took the late1970s and early 1980s by storm, complete with faux wood paneling and a classic joystick with a big red button.
Atari has been working to rebuild a lot of goodwill among those fans and within the broader video game industry ever since its new CEO Wade Rosen came on board in 2021.
For instance, the remastered “Haunted House” is an elaborate stealth game where players evade colorful ghosts and monsters – but it retains the exploration mechanics of its namesake that simply featured floating eyes roaming a dark, 2D maze.
What people want in video games has changed radically, Rosen noted, explaining that these experiences “are designed for an age of complexity,” he said.
And its acquisition of Nightdive Studios earlier this year added new franchises to Atari’s stable of remasters like “Turok” and the upcoming “System Shock.”
While not in the company’s plans as yet, the Atari CEO also showed enthusiasm for a hypothetical handheld system that can play its retro games on the go like a Nintendo Switch.
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Genuinely a good idea. No idea if it’ll work out.
A similar move I’d like to see, instead of some shrunken emulator gizmo, is a straight re-release of the GBC or GBA. They’re low-bullshit entertainment, with the distinction of being standalone portable devices. And like the 2600 (and to a lesser extent 7800) people still make new games for them. Hell, I made one last month.
