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

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.

Comments

Re:Didn't need to use an emulator before, either

[gweilo8888]

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

Re:Err...

[WarJolt]

People have been pirating music for years and yet Amazon and iTunes still manage to make money selling music. It's hard keeping the honest people honest when the only legitimate way to play these games is by using machines that haven't been sold for years.

Seriously no Linux?

[future assassin]

I'll keep my money then and buy weed with it.

Re:Seriously no Linux?

[dweezil-n0xad]

Linux build coming soon

Not all Classic Atari games are made by Atari...

[__aaclcg7560]

[...] Asteroids, Centipede, Pitfall, and Pong [...]

Pitfall wasn't an Atari title, it was an Activision title. Not sure why it got included in this list.

Atari Vault only includes games created by the company. Classic 2600 games from companies like Activision, Namco, Parker Brothers, and others aren't here, including Berzerk, Empire Strikes Back, Frogger, Joust, Pitfall, Q-Bert, and Pole Position.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/3048362/windows/the-atari-vault-hits-steam-with-100-classic-games-to-scratch-your-retro-2600-itch.html

System requirements

[marovada]

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?

Re:System requirements

[Waffle Iron]

I think that the point was that the "2003-level" specs are still about 4 orders of magnitude greater than those that were originally needed to play these games.

Steam re-release

[ledow]

And does it differ from:

Atari: 80 Classic Games in One!

Which I got on Steam several years ago. The store page is long-gone but it's still in my library and substantially the same program.

Linux version still coming

[Foresto]

Apparently, plan to release a linux port after they fix some things.
Reference:
https://steamcommunity.com/app...

What?? No ET??

[Faw]

That's bullshit. That's the game everyone want to play.

Re:So you could

[ledow]

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.

Wow, 100 games?

[AntiSol]

Wow, 100 Atari games?!? For only $15?!? The easiest way possible?

And here I was thinking that the 500+ free Atari games playable for free in your browser on archive.org was the easiest possible way.

Re:Wow, 100 games?

[AmiMoJo]

I had the DOS versions of both Hard Drivin' games. They were okay, not as good as the arcade. Sadly MAME isn't that useful for this game because it needs proper analogue controls, a gear stick, pedals etc. It even simulates the clutch.

The best home version was probably the Sega Saturn one.

Re:Looks like a relaunch

[jeepies]

It's not the same. What was just released includes online network multiplayer for the games.

Re:Darn, Windows only

[dweezil-n0xad]

the Linux version is coming shortly