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Atari Vault Hits Steam, Play 100 Classic Games On PC (slashgear.com)

Posted by msmash on from the retro-gaming-ftw dept.

An anonymous reader quotes an article on SlashGear: Classic and retro video game fans will be eager to hear that Atari Vault has just landed on PC via Steam, making it the easiest way possible to enjoy 100 of the most iconic arcade and home console titles from the early generation of gaming. This eliminates the need to use emulators and ROMs to enjoy games like Asteroids, Centipede, Pitfall, and Pong, not to mention it being cheaper than buying several included titles individually.

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  1. Re:Didn't need to use an emulator before, either by gweilo8888 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Not to mention that chances are they're using an emulator under the hood themselves.

  2. System requirements by marovada · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Have you seen the system requirements for this?

    Processor: 2.0 Ghz
    Memory: 2 GB RAM
    Graphics: OpenGL 2.0 or higher compatible
    DirectX: Version 11
    Storage: 1 GB available space

    What sort of bloat have they put into it?

  3. Re:So you could by ledow · · Score: 3, Insightful

    You need to add:

    - "Illegally" to the first part.
    - "Legally" to the second part.

    It may not mean anything to you, but some people will pay for that kind of thing if the product is available.

  4. Whine ! Rant! No Linux port! by westlake · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Cry me a river.

    Steam is as Linux-friendly a distributor you'll find anywhere. But this is the reality of PC gaming on Steam:

    96% of Steam gamers run Windows. 34% 64 Bit Win 10. 3% OSX. 1% Linux. 0.4% Ubuntu. 0.1% Mint. Steam Hardware & Software Survey: February 2016