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Retro-gaming is in fashion in the Apple’s AppStore
Friday, 08 April 2011 21:56
Atari has taken out 100 hits from the archives of games developed by them in the past and made the Greatest Hits collection that can be found in the App Store.
100 classic games from Atari entered this collection, which has already been released. This Greatest Hits collection app is of great value to those who are nostalgic about the past. The app can be downloaded free of charge alongside with a complimentary Pong included. But the customer will have to acquire 99 other games, nevertheless, must be bought.
The collection comprises 18 Atari arcades games and 92 Atari 2600 titles (some titles are overlapped). The customers are able to buy games in packs consisting of 3 or 4 games at a price $0.99. There is a possibility as well to acquire them all. The whole collection is sold for $14.99. BlueTooth support included into some of them provides with opportunity to play in multiplayer mode.
So the nostalgic gamers will be able to enjoy nice Atari collection on their iOS-devices. Among the highlights of the collection such notable titles can be discovered as Space Raiders, Missile Command, Centipede 2600 and Super Breakout.
The enthusiasts of old games may be upset because a range of famous absences, explicitly Pac-Man and Pitfall. Atari has taken good care about entering various versions of a number of titles, to make retro-games lovers happy.
This is not the first time when Atari releases iOS applications. Updated games of such famous titles as Super Brealout, Missile Command and Centipede have appeared already in the AppStore before. It has turned into a fashionable trend in the Apple’s store of mobile applications. Retro-games are in fashion and connoisseurs of retro games were glad to get MS DOS emulator with versions of Duke Nukem, Wolfenstein 3D, Major Stryker in 2010. Besides, Commodore 64 emulator was released comprising Super Pipeline, International Karate and Space Taxi.

Atari has taRetro-gaming is in fashion in the Apple’s AppStoreken out 100 hits from the archives of games developed by them in the past and made the Greatest Hits collection that can be found in the App Store.

100 classic games from Atari entered this collection, which has already been released. This Greatest Hits collection app is of great value to those who are nostalgic about the past. The app can be downloaded free of charge alongside with a complimentary Pong included. But the customer will have to acquire 99 other games, nevertheless, must be bought.The collection comprises 18 Atari arcades games and 92 Atari 2600 titles (some titles are overlapped). The customers are able to buy games in packs consisting of 3 or 4 games at a price $0.99. There is a possibility as well to acquire them all. The whole collection is sold for $14.99.

BlueTooth support included into some of them provides with opportunity to play in multiplayer mode.So the nostalgic gamers will be able to enjoy nice Atari collection on their iOS-devices. Among the highlights of the collection such notable titles can be discovered as Space Raiders, Missile Command, Centipede 2600 and Super Breakout. The enthusiasts of old games may be upset because a range of famous absences, explicitly Pac-Man and Pitfall. Atari has taken good care about entering various versions of a number of titles, to make retro-games lovers happy.

 

This is not the first time when Atari releases iOS applications. Updated games of such famous titles as Super Brealout, Missile Command and Centipede have appeared already in the AppStore before. It has turned into a fashionable trend in the Apple’s store of mobile applications. Retro-games are in fashion and connoisseurs of retro games were glad to get MS DOS emulator with versions of Duke Nukem, Wolfenstein 3D, Major Stryker in 2010. Besides, Commodore 64 emulator was released comprising Super Pipeline, International Karate and Space Taxi.