Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration - The First Console WarSwitch eShop

Well before the current day console wars dominated social media and message boards, Atari's VCS and Mattel's Intellivision collided in the first major video game rivalry in 1979. The battle only intensified when Mattel started making games for the VCS, its fiercest rival's machine! In a series of exclusive interviews, the game makers who lived through the first console war explain how and why this unique chapter of video-game history unfolded.

Features:

- 19 new games including several rare M Network prototypes available here for the first time

- New timeline video interviews with M Network programmer Jane Terjung, Activision’s David Crane & Garry Kitchen, homebrew programmer Dennis Debro, and historians Leonard Herman & Mike Mika

The First Console War games list includes:

Air Raiders - 2600 M Network
Anteater - 2600 M Network (unreleased, based on Stern IP)
Armor Ambush - 2600 M Network
Astroblast - 2600 M Network
Frogs & Flies - 2600 M Network
International Soccer - 2600 M Network
Dark Cavern - 2600 M Network
Star Strike - 2600 M Network
Super Challenge Baseball - 2600 M Network
Super Challenge Football - 2600 M Network
Swordfight - 2600 M Network (rare, unreleased)
Sea Battle - 2600 M Network (rare, unreleased)
Tower of Mystery (unreleased prototype, recently rescued)
Video Pinball - 2600
Basketball - 2600
Hardball - Atari 8-bit (XE)
Final Legacy (prototype) - 5200
Xari Arena - Atari 8-bit
Desert Falcon - 7800