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Atari Vault adds 50 more games and a discount

Atari Vault a new 50 Game Pack expansion DLC releases on Linux, Mac and Windows PC. Thanks to developer Code Mystics and of course Atari. Which is also on sale with a nice discount on Steam. So it's to bring back the Golden Age of Gaming. Publisher Atari releases an very nice expansion for the Atari Vault. This is also THE ultimate collection of classic titles. They are adding fifty retro and rare games. Available on Linux, Masc and Windows PC for the first time. The original launch for the bundle was in March 2016. Atari Vault comes with the most beloved classic games into a single title. Bringing with it a bunch of new features and multiplayer capabilities. Also with the new DLC, you get instant access to an even more extensive catalog. This comes from the Atari 2600 and arcade. While bringing the total count of games to a crazy 150. Includes Asteroids, Centipede, Missile Command, and a ton more. The DLC adds vintage Atari arcade games. So these range from the ‘70s, Atari 5200 titles, and Atari 2600 games. Along with prototype and limited edition homebrew games for the Atari 2600. There are also a dozen new DLC exclusive Steam achievements. Likewsie, there are 100 original games in Atari Vault. So you can take on classic gaming in a modern age. Along with an improved user interface. Plus the addition of online and local multiplayer. Topping that off with far more configuration options. And high resolution scans of original manuals and boxes are available too. Oh the insanity.

The following titles are included in the DLC:

Fourteen Arcade Games: Avalanche, Atari Baseball, and Atari Basketball. Canyon Bomber, Destroyer, Dominos, and Fire Truck. Atari Football, Maze Invaders, Monte Carlo, and Pool Shark. Sky Diver, Atari Soccer, and Super Bug

Sixteen Atari 5200 Games: Asteroids, Centipede, Countermeasure, Final Legacy, Micro-Gammon, Millipede, Miniature Golf, Missile Command, Realsports Baseball, Realsports Basketball, Realsports Football, Realsports Soccer, Realsports Tennis, Star Raiders, Super Breakout, and Xari Arena

Atari Vault - Twelve M Network Games for the Atari 2600: Air Raiders, Armor Ambush, Astroblast, Dark Cavern, Frogs and Flies, International Soccer, Sea Battle, Space Attack, Star Strike, Super Challenge Baseball, Super Challenge Football, and Swordfight

Eight Prototype and Limited-edition Homebrew Games for the Atari 2600: Adventure II, Aquaventure, Frog Pond, Holey Moley, Motorodeo, Saboteur, Wizard, and Yars' Return

Atari Vault 50 Game Pack expansion DLC

Also, the updated and enhanced version of the Atari Vault will a free download. Since this goes out to all owners of the upcoming Atari VCS. The AMD Ryzen embedded units are available at GameStop.com, Walmart.com, and AtariVCS.com. As shipments start going out in March 2020. The Atari Vault and new DLC are both available on Steam. Due note, the base Atari Vault game is also required to play the 50 Game Pack expansion. Atari Vault new 50 Game Pack expansion is available on Steam. Only priced at $2.99 USD. This includes the 40% discount until December 3rd. And of course playable on Linux, Mac and Windows PC.

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Atari VCS. New Atari console As Atari states, crowdfunding is an excellent opportunity to snatch special versions of Atari VCS at attractive prices.

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Atari VCS surges ahead in early crowdfunding

Atari VCS surges ahead in early crowdfunding

If there were any doubts that Atari’s long discussed attempt at resurrecting a console were going to fail, they’re being pushed aside for the time being as the Atari VCS beats its initial goal on Indiegogo within hours.

With only a $100,000 goal to reach, the campaign has already zoomed past $2,000,000 and might even emulate the OUYA in terms of dollars pulled in. Mind you, when you’re charging…

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Another Steam Winter Sale has come and gone.  I think it was “Winter” this year, and not “Holiday,” as it has occasionally been in past years.  I didn’t take a screen shot of the banner.  Whatever, you know what I mean.

The usual array of things happened.  There was opening day pricing comedy.  There was an event in which to participate, in this case the first ever Steam awards.  There were cards to earn by voting and by reviewing queues and badges to craft when you collected enough cards.  And, of course, stuff was on sale, with price marked down anywhere from a milquetoast 10% (looking at you Civilization VI) to a riveting 75% and beyond.

I will take those topics in order.

Pricing comedy this year, as every year, happened just as the sale launched.  This year’s twist was things appearing in the wrong pricing category as opposed to the usual absurdly low or even negative pricing that has happened in past sales.  That was all fixed pretty quickly, but not quickly enough to keep me from getting a couple of amusing screen shots back when the sale launched.

The event, The Steam Awards, was an attempt at…something.  The categories were presented before the sale and people were asked to nominate titles for them.  Then the top nominees were presented, one a day… except for the last day of voting when we got three… for people to vote on.  For each vote you got an event card.

The problem with the whole thing is that, in allowing community nominations and voting, I am not sure they can replay this as an event again next year… unless they radically change the categories.  Fans of certain games will persist in being fans and will nominate and vote for the same thing every year if you let them.  Anyway, the winners were:

Villain Most in Need of a Hug – Portal 2

I Thought This Game Was Cool Before It Won an Award – Euro Truck Simulator 2

Test of Time –  The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

Just 5 More Minutes – Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

Whoooaaaaaaa, dude! – Grand Theft Auto V

Game Within a Game – Grand Theft Auto V

I’m Not Crying, There’s Something in My Eye – The Walking Dead

Best Use of a Farm Animal – Goat Simulator

Boom Boom – Doom

Love/Hate Relationship – Dark Souls III

Sit Back and Relax – Euro Truck Simulator 2

Better With Friends – Left 4 Dead 2

You can see descriptions of the categories and the other titles nominated at the official Steam award page.  As you can see, there are some dupes in winners and some titles a that are a bit long in the tooth.  You expect that for the Test of Time category, but maybe not for so many picks.  I would have to say that the most fitting winner is probably Goat Simulator, which the biggest travesty is that a Civilization title didn’t win the Just 5 More Minutes category.  But then, I don’t play CS:GO.

On the card front, I collect many cards, voting and running my two queues every day.  I actually managed to craft one badge but that was it.  Going through the queues I did add a couple of more titles to my wish list, so op success for Steam on that, though I am note sure they needed to send me an email about every single item on my wish list that was on sale.

Then, finally, there were games on sale… and unlike the last couple of events, I did actually buy a few items this time around.  Here is what I picked up:

Dirt3 Complete Edition  – $2.99

Probably the best value of the sale for me.  An older title, it looks good and plays well on my system.  While it clearly believes you should have a game pad to play, I managed to make to with the keyboard controls.  In casual mode you can do the tour and steer while the game limits your speed to what will keep you on the track, so you can pretend you’re instantly good at the game… just don’t turn off some of those helpers or you’ll find out how bad you really are.

You get to drive lots of different cars, including retro models (70s, 80s, and 90s) like my old friend the Lancia Delta.  I like the rally courses a lot.  Not too keen on the gymkhana drifting and tricks aspect that are a mandatory part of the tour mode.

Running in a BMW

In a straight away with the Lancia

I won this race, then clipped the finish line barrier

It also has a decent replay mode that lets you watch your race again from various angles and will allow you to upload the video to YouTube directly should you so desire.  I have yet to so desire.

Atari Vault – $7.99

And impulse buy.  I actually have an old copy of the Atari classics that probably dates from 2000 or so that still sort-of works when I have a burning desire to play Adventure or remind myself just how bad some of the Atari 2600 games really were.  But I figured I wouldn’t be amiss getting an updated version.

Train Valley – $3.39

Purchased on something of a whim, this did not turn out to be quite what I expected.  There was a promise of sandbox play and I had dreams of large rail empires… I mean, look at all that track I have laid in Minecraft.  But the game itself seems limited to one screen of area on which you are allowed to play, so your layouts cannot get too sprawling.  Meanwhile, the sandbox mode is more in the vein of a developers sandbox in which to experiment as opposed to what you might think of as a sandbox in the MMO world.

Simple track layout

Still, it is a fun little game in its own right and I spent a few hours playing it so far… and as I made it through various challenges I did manage to get more than my fair share of head-on rail collisions.

Prison Architect – $7.49

I did not buy this for myself but for my daughter who, upon learning of the Steam sale, put a few titles up on her wish list and then came over and mentioned this to me.  So I bought her this, and she actually played the hell out of it over the holiday break from school.  It looks pretty good and is one of those systemic process models where feeback loops (positive or negative) quickly make themselves apparent.  So I watched over her shoulder as she build cells, suppressed riots, and tried to figure out why the inmates inexplicably  refused to to to the dining hall.  This has been on my wishlist and I might pick it up for myself the next time it goes on sale.

Stardew Valley – $9.99

Another one for my daughter, whose wish list is limited by the fact that she has an iMac.  I was actually a bit surprised to find this title was available for MacOS.  I’ve heard lots of good things about it and it made the Steam Top 100 for 2016, a list based on sales revenue, which isn’t bad for a game with a $15 base price.  My daughter started playing it and got into it right away, though she was still feeling the draw of Prison Architect, so went back to that.  But she enthused enough about it that I bought a copy for myself before the end of the sale.  I have yet to launch it, but it is now in my library.

So that was it for the Steam sale.  I was going to buy Doom, which was 75% off, then totally forgot to on the last day and found it full price when I looked back to do it.  Probably for the best.

I did actually buy a few things this time around, but didn’t splurge.  I tried to keep it to just a few items so that I would play them rather than simply collect them.

Steam Winter Sale 2016 Results Another Steam Winter Sale has come and gone.  I think it was "Winter" this year, and not "Holiday," as it has occasionally been in past years. 

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