Atari Mania

After trying to succeed with a console that never came out and a line of hotels that were never built, Atari is back in the game with a project that seems at least interesting: Atari Mania. The game's description on Steam describes it as a "journey through the history of video games" and "a collection of mini-games wrapped in a humorous narrative of exploration and surprise."

This new video game of the most striking and original in which to save the past of the company in the form of crazy adventure through more than 150 classic games of the company itself. This has been announced by those responsible with a first trailer that you can see on these lines and that gives us a glimpse of what awaits us so curious title, scheduled for this summer on PC, Nintendo Switch and Atari VCS. So, let's talk more about Atari Mania and see what it's all about!

About the game

In Atari Mania, you play the role of a worker in charge of taking care of and watching over the Atari Vault, a warehouse of challenging games of the Atari company. One night, a tragic event occurs and everything goes crazy.

You must travel through the +150 retro games in the room while overcoming their challenges to get to the bottom of it. The challenges are based on skill and ingenuity, including puzzle-solving and riddles. In addition, it includes collectibles such as vintage game manuals.

If all this doesn't seem like enough, you can unlock remastered versions of some retro Atari games as you complete challenges. In this way, Atari Mania also functions as a retro video game collection. The mini-games not only offer the traditional gameplay of the games of yesteryear but also propose some interesting crossovers, such as the possibility of using Pong paddles to eliminate Centipede creatures.

A beautiful homage

We have to make clear that Atari Mania is not just a collection of classic Atari games all thrown together in HD. This game is very well designed, from the graphics to the audio. It uses pixel art to recreate its most famous games and adds a lot of personality to them, creating a unique experience with every new game.

On top of that, the soundtrack is great too. You'll be able to enjoy old classics like Breakout, Combat, Warlords, and Adventure, to name a few, all with a modern pixel art style. These sounds will transport you to another time and place. All of them are in a new fresh breath of life thanks to the amazing context and visual style.

Review: 8.5/10

Atari Mania is a beautiful homage to the history of one of the most important companies in the early ages of video game history.

Pros:

• Beautiful retro vibe
• Great design
• Solid gameplay

Cons:

• The game is a short