We’re sure it fuelled the ambitions of many who harboured dreams of becoming a real astronaut - let's hope some of them jump on a SpaceX ship soon. While the staff at NASA may have scoffed, Atari’s first vector graphics game, with its chalk-simple design had a rather brilliant premise - powering a ship through the atmosphere by recharging fuel at periodic stages meant that an over-ambitious landing would smash you into smithereens. Okay, so the background looked about as jungle-like as Doom did Butlins, but back in 1982 there was nothing more ground-breaking than this multi-platformer. You’ve probably forgotten the adventurer’s name - it was Harry – but if you owned Pitfall then you’ll be quick to recall the tar pits, gator-filled ponds and your more standard bottomless holes, which needed evading on this rainforest jaunt. And while he choked on his Atari debut as the game didn’t replicate any of his arcade grace – this classic spin-off featuring his wife was as good as anything he’d ever done. Not content with scoffing nutritious pixels and occasional his enemies, he’s taken his hefty appetite to a variety of consoles some good, some tragic. He may be clueless as to the workings of the international stock market but Pac-man certainly abides by a ‘greed is good’ mentality. Our thirst for nostalgia knows no bounds so to celebrate Atari's 50 years on the planet, we’ve compiled a list of the 10 greatest Atari games to emerge from that demigod of retro home entertainment. Created by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney in 1972, it played a big part in the huge popularity of arcade games and created a home console boom in the 70s and 80s - with some of the best Atari games still remembered fondly by gamers of a certain age.Įventually, the likes of SEGA and Nintendo took over in the popularity stakes, then Sony and Microsoft also became huge players in the market.īut let's think back to Atari in its heyday. Once upon a time the Atari was the (only) console of choice.
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