According to Atari, Berzerk and its follow-up, Frenzy, are two of the 12 famous arcade qualities it has acquired.
Funnily, though, Atari omitted to list all 12 of its acquired homes. The company just lists Berzerk and Frenzy in the news release announcing the news. Atari only claims to have acquired” few vintage arcade teams ,” so it’s likely that the other 10 qualities are from the same period as Berzerk and Frenzy.
According to the press release,” Atari… announced today the acquisition of a dozen retro arcade games, including the 80s classic Berzerk and Frenzy.” ” Atari will work to develop new activities based on the Firewall, expand digital and physical distribution of the classic headings, and explore brand and marketing collaborations.”
According to Atari, Berzerk is” a top-down, multidimensional shooter designed by Alan McNeil that was made available for galleries in 1980.” The fact that it was the first arcade game game with words synthesis may be its most well-known feature. After its arcades debut, the cabinet manufacturer added Berzerk to the Atari 2600 and 5200. In reality, Frenzy is a follow-up to Berzerk, which debuted in 1982.
Atari CEO Wade Rosen writes in the press release,” Berzerk is one of those fundamental games that so many people first encountered playing on a console.” ” Berzerk and the other titles included in this acquisition are a perfect fit for our strategy of commercializing classic retro IP ,” said the author.
Only time will tell if we’ll find out what the other 10 vintage arcades properties Atari has acquired are. Study Game Informer’s survey of Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration in the interim.
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