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Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration
Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration takes players on an interactive journey through 50 years of video games via interviews with designers, developers and industry leaders, documentary footage, product design documents, high-res original artwork, and a curated list of more than 90 playable games.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-13.
“A nice trip down memory lane. Nicely put together.”
— a player, Steam review · 9 hrs played“I'm very impressed with this anthology. The features and formatting have exceeded my expectation. Highly recommended for any gamer looking for nostalgia and a great way to introduce the golden age of gaming to new comers. Killer soundtrack too.”
— a player, Steam review · 18 hrs played“Excellent and interesting interactive documentary. Digital Eclipse has found quite a groovy way to do these things, I have to say. It's fun to be able to muck about with the games as you read and watch videos about them, and also try out unreleased things, new things and more…”
— a player, Steam review · 11 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-08-02 20:43 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Casual |
| Player tags | Retro · 1980s · Shoot 'Em Up · Education · Arcade · PvP · 2D · Local Multiplayer · Historical · Exploration · Action · Controller (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Shared/Split Screen PvP · Co-op · Shared/Split Screen Co-op · Shared/Split Screen · Steam Achievements |
| Languages | English * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese * |
| Achievements | 20 |
| Estimated owners | 100,000 – 200,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://atari.com/products/atari-50th-the-anniversary-celebration |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 (64-bit Required) Processor: Intel i3 @ 3.0GHz or AMD equivalent. Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series, Nvidia GeForce 8800GT or greater Storage: 12 GB available space