The gaming large Atari has just lately made a giant announcement, stating that it has acquired the rights to greater than 100 video games (for PC and console) from the 80s and 90s. The corporate has plans to revive these traditional titles, together with remasters, re-releases, and even new entries in outdated collection. In line with Atari, the acquisition will permit it to “develop digital and bodily distribution of the traditional titles, create new video games based mostly on the IP, and discover model and merchandising collaborations.” Though the complete checklist of titles has not been revealed, it contains video games from Accolade, Infogrames, and Microprose; a number of the names that Atari talked about particularly are Bubsy, Hardball, and Demolition Racer, in addition to the flight simulators 1942: Pacific Air Battle, F-117A, and F-14.
After all, one recreation that stands out from the checklist is Bubsy; within the 90s, Bubsy was a mediocre platformer who didn’t compete with Mario and Sonic, nonetheless, the orange cat and his video games have surprisingly remained related. Bubsy had three video games launched throughout totally different platforms, (SNES, Genesis/Mega Drive, PC, and Atari Jaguar) and there was even an unsuccessful pilot for an animated TV collection, as we will see within the video beneath:
In 1996, Bubsy’s recognition took a giant hit with the discharge of Bubsy 3D, which obtained very unfavorable responses from critics and gamers. Nevertheless, greater than 20 years later, Bubsy made a comeback with two trendy sequels, The Woolies Strike Again in 2017, and Paws on Fireplace! in 2019, each of which obtained poor evaluations. Regardless of this, Atari has included Bubsy in its “traditional titles” checklist and is threatening to revive the character once more for yet one more sequel.
It stays to be seen if the brand new Bubsy recreation will likely be successful or a flop, however Atari’s acquisition of traditional video games is certain to fire up nostalgia amongst older avid gamers and introduce these traditional titles to a brand new era of gamers. What recreation from the 80s and 90s would you wish to see coming again?
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