It’s not 2022 (though try telling my brain that) so the “anniversary” part isn’t wholly accurate anymore, but Atari is launching a new Expanded Edition of game compilation/retrospective Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration anyway. It adds two new timelines and nearly 40 games to the original compilation release. The updated…
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I wasn’t even born until the mid-’80s, but Sprint was still a series of games I could find in an arcade every now and then when I was a kid. I guess that I must not have paid much attention because I didn’t know about its history until I looked…
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It’s starting to seem like all I write about is spooky games releasing in time for Halloween; in this week’s catch-up, three of the four games are spooky ones about to launch. And here I am, back with another one! Haunted House is said to be the first-ever survival horror…
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Back in 1982, Atari released Haunted House. Now, over 30 years later, it’s getting a “reimagining” courtesy of developer Orbit Studio. The game pays homage to the original survival horror adventure by seamlessly adopting roguelite elements while incorporating stealth-based gameplay and haunting boss battles. While there’s no release date yet,…
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I think it’s safe to say that retro games are one of the bigger trends right now, especially with the launch of Gameboy and Gameboy Colour games via Nintendo Switch Online. The nostalgia is real. There’s also been compilations, like PacMan Museum+. Atari Mania is another compilation, at least kind…
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It’s easy to think of Atari as a bit of an ancient, obsolete relic of old game studios. And while it’s true that the company has its roots so deeply embedded in its long and fruitful past, it has been doing some incredible work reminding everyone of its value to…
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Gaming history is important – if you don’t think so, you’re reading the wrong site, I fear – but all too often, collections of important gaming archives boil down largely just to dull lists of simply emulated games, robbing them of their all-important context. It’s the cultural equivalent of displaying…
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It’s become a bit of a modern craze to take a vintage video game and remaster and rerelease it, tugging at the nostalgia strings of the hearts of potential gamers, and recapturing the success that these old video games had once had. While we’ve covered a few old visual novels,…
Read MoreNews by Lindsay M., News Editor Welcome to Digitally Downloaded’s regular catch-up news feature. With each issue we will bring you the best news that you may have missed. Grab the biggest mug you’ve got, fill it with your favourite brew, and catch up with us (and our favourite news…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. RollerCoaster Tycoon is one of my pet loves. Right back from the release of the original in 1999, it has been a series of pure wish fulfillment; after all, who doesn’t want to build and manage a theme park? It also had a wicked sense of…
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