Atari has endured some hard times since their initial dominance in the games industry, but the company is on the rise and ready to make an impact again. Hardcore Gamer was lucky enough to preview a few of Atari's upcoming games during PAX Prime, including Alone in the Dark and Haunted House.
Atari has revealed classic game patch packs for fans and collectors.
The Atari 7800+ follows on the heels of last year's Atari 2600+.
In essence, its a shell swap of the 2600+ they released previously, since they will both play the same games. I know its a bit of a stretch... but why not make a Jaguar+ that plays the Jag, 7800, 5200 and 2600 games in one? Throw in a Lynx adapter (ala super gameboy) and then you can play the portable games on the big screen too.
In addition to that make the games built in and stuff the cartridge support.
So they can support it like their Ouya... I mean VCS (I have both too ugh.). No thanks. There are very few great Atari games from that era, most of the good Atari games came way later and were arcade based. So rather than get get a compilation of those games (pretty much available on any console), it's better to spend a big chunk on another console so you can stick carts of terrible games that are basically the same game with a couple changes in control direction or a sprite. Hellz nopes. You are better off spending that money on a retro/import console and building a real library, rather than another regurgitation from a company cosplaying as Atari.
GL: "There have been some great handheld consoles over the decades, but along the way came a slew of not-so-great ones; here are seven of the worst."
If only they could make a Horrorcoaster game, they'd be set.
All they had to do was make a good Rollercoaster Tycoon game. Instead they made a pay 2 win mobile game.
I really hope these games do well. Atari really needs to come back in a great way.
Haunted House sounds good, but I think Atari's rebooting Alone in the Dark in the wrong way. I could be wrong, though.
Maybe if both games do well, maybe Atari should consider bringing them to consoles...
Horror...yet they've shoe horned co-op into it as some kind of last resort to save the franchise...taking the easy way out.
I find it hilarious the game is called Alone in the Dark and they've turned it 4 player co-op game.
Yeah that's going to be scary alright.
They had a chance to reboot it and they've already failed.
Is it me, or does Haunted House and Alone in the Dark seem like rushed attempts to capture an easy fanbase?