Thursday, April 7, 2011

100 classic Atari games for iOS out now, iCade cabinet coming in June

Atari announced on Tuesday that it is launching Atari's Greatest Hits, a collection of 18 arcade classics and 82 Atari 2600 console games, for iOS. The free app includes the original '70s arcade classic Pong, with the other 99 games available via in-app purchase. The app runs on iPhones, iPod touches, and iPads, and it will be the first to support the iCade mini iPad arcade cabinet set to ship this June.

The game includes access to arcade classics like Asteroids, Centipede, Millipede, Battlezone, Missile Command, Crystal Castles, and Tempest. Additionally, users can play a selection of Atari 2600 games like Combat, Adventure, Night Driver, Star Raiders, Outlaw, all the Real Sports titles, and Yars Revenge. The games come in 99� four-packs that are loosely theme-based—the "Super Breakout Pack" includes Super Breakout, Breakout, Off-the-Wall, and Circus Atari, while the "Tic-Tac-Toe Pack" includes 3D Tic-Tac-Toe, A Game of Concentration, Backgammon, and Brain Games. You can also buy all 100 games for a single $14.99 in-app purchase if you're so inclined. Several of the titles include support for multiplayer play with other iOS users via Bluetooth.

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