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Subscribe from just £3 Takes you closer to the games, movies and TV you love Try a single issue or save on a subscription Issues delivered straight to your door or device From£9.99Subscribe now The Fantastic Four: First Steps Donkey Kong Bananza Switch 2 Starter Pack Recommended reading This tiny Atari console is naturally great for Pac-Man, but I use it to play one of the most cursed retro games from the '80s Mortal Kombat "Notoriously obtuse hardware" meant Mortal Kombat 4 has "never accurately" come to home consoles, but Legacy Kollection found a way to preserve NetherRealm's full arcade roots The best retro remakes and reboots out there aren't afraid to get weird with it – as Shadow Labyrinth being a dark and gritty Pac-Man game shows us Mortal Kombat Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection isn't just a modern fighting game rerelease, it's an interactive documentary with 20 different versions and even includes the completely awful GBA game Fighting Games Street Fighter 6 sees Capcom follow the road Nintendo abandoned in Animal Crossing by adding a collection of stone-cold NES bangers Best retro game consoles 2025: my favorite ways to play classic capers The Super Pocket is still keeping the heart of physical gaming alive, and the latest retro handheld flavors are distracting me from the Switch 2 3 years later, my favorite retro game collection is getting fresh DLC complete with the "first-ever re-release" of the broken Pac-Man port that became the best-selling game of the pre-Nintendo era Dustin Bailey 21 July 2025 Bad games deserve to be in these collections, too When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. (Image credit: Atari/Digital Eclipse/Namco) Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration is arguably the greatest retro collection ever made - largely because it's as much an interactive documentary as it is a video game collection. Now, nearly three years after the original launch of the collection, developer Digital Eclipse is prepping for new DLC that tells another important chapter of Atari history: the company's partnership with Pac-Man developer Namco. Atari 50: The Namco Legendary pack is due to launch later this year, with multiple versions of Pac-Man, Galaga, Galaxian, Dig Dug, and Xevious, along with archive materials and documentary footage including interviews with many of the OG devs of the era. Perhaps most notable is the inclusion of the Atari 2600, 5200, and 8-bit computer versions of Pac-Man, which "marks the first ever re-release of these games for consoles." The 2600 version of Pac-Man is pretty infamous for its flickery graphics and limited gameplay to the point where it's a regular contender on 'worst games of all time' lists, right up there with ET. You may like This tiny Atari console is naturally great for Pac-Man, but I use it to play one of the most cursed retro games from the '80s "Notoriously obtuse hardware" meant Mortal Kombat 4 has "never accurately" come to home consoles, but Legacy Kollection found a way to preserve NetherRealm's full arcade roots The best retro remakes and reboots out there aren't afraid to get weird with it – as Shadow Labyrinth being a dark and gritty Pac-Man game shows us Atari 50 - The Namco Legendary Pack DLC - Announcement Trailer - YouTube The 2600 version of Pac-Man was the product of a solo developer named Tod Frye, who worked 80-hour weeks to build the game in just over six months for Atari, offering a stark reminder that developers have endured crunch on impossible projects since the dawn of the industry. While it got dismal reviews from critics of the time, it sold well over 8 million units, making it by far the best-selling 2600 game, and the best-selling game period of the pre-Nintendo console era. These days, 2600 enthusiasts will offer some defense of this port of Pac-Man, but there's a reason the vastly superior port of Ms. Pac-Man is the one on all the best Atari 2600 games rankings. But that's why I'm so glad to see the OG Atari Pac-Man here, too. It's one of the most important bits of Atari history, and even if there are better ways to play Pac-Man these days, I'm thrilled to see it getting the full documentary tribute. Many of the best NES games would end up reaching greater sales heights, but you can't ignore the OG. 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This tiny Atari console is naturally great for Pac-Man, but I use it to play one of the most cursed retro games from the '80s "Notoriously obtuse hardware" meant Mortal Kombat 4 has "never accurately" come to home consoles, but Legacy Kollection found a way to preserve NetherRealm's full arcade roots The best retro remakes and reboots out there aren't afraid to get weird with it – as Shadow Labyrinth being a dark and gritty Pac-Man game shows us Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection isn't just a modern fighting game rerelease, it's an interactive documentary with 20 different versions and even includes the completely awful GBA game Street Fighter 6 sees Capcom follow the road Nintendo abandoned in Animal Crossing by adding a collection of stone-cold NES bangers Best retro game consoles 2025: my favorite ways to play classic capers Latest in Games Fire Emblem Switch 2 hopium is here for the huffing as fans spot a Nintendo dev's LinkedIn with this singularly appetizing line: "The Sequel of Nintendo's SRPG (Tactical role-playing game) on Switch 2" Stop Killing Games accused of "systematic concealment" of financial contributions because its figurehead spent too many hours volunteering to promote the campaign Gold is not enough: MMO community declares "Platinum Age" as Old School RuneScape hits 200k players amid WoW migration, dev says "we've expanded our live infrastructure to match" The Kingdom Hearts-inspired follow-up to criminally underrated indie JRPG CrossCode just shot to the top of my list of most anticipated action-RPGs with a jaw-dropping new trailer and demo reveal Final Fantasy Tactics is already a JRPG GOAT, but The Ivalice Chronicles is cribbing one of Final Fantasy 16's best features to make it even better Believe it or not, this is not Hollow Knight Silksong: it's a gorgeous fan game called Godgrounds, it looks incredible after 2 years of work, and it should be out this year Latest in News With The Fantastic Four: First Steps just days away, original Thing actor Michael Chiklis wishes "the best of luck and success" to the new cast: "I admire these actors and look forward to seeing them take on these iconic roles" Fire Emblem Switch 2 hopium is here for the huffing as fans spot a Nintendo dev's LinkedIn with this singularly appetizing line: "The Sequel of Nintendo's SRPG (Tactical role-playing game) on Switch 2" Stop Killing Games accused of "systematic concealment" of financial contributions because its figurehead spent too many hours volunteering to promote the campaign Gold is not enough: MMO community declares "Platinum Age" as Old School RuneScape hits 200k players amid WoW migration, dev says "we've expanded our live infrastructure to match" DC boss James Gunn gets into the lore weeds trying to explain a big spoiler as well as Supergirl's relationship with Superman: "She's younger than him" James Gunn almost cut Superman's most controversial scene after a bad test screening: "Why the f*** is he saving a squirrel?" 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