The Wider World of Atari expands an already great collection this week

Atari has announced that their Wider World of Atari DLC for Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration is out in a few days. It launches on September 26. 

We still don’t know what games are going to be in the DLC. The information we have says it, “Includes 19 playable games and eight video segments in a completely new timeline.” Past Zoey had some good predictions for what was going to be included, but present Zoey is kind of out of it and can’t use her whole brain. Present Zoey needs to take a nap. However, YouTuber MetalJesusRocks will be revealing the games the day before on September 25.

As a reminder, this is the first of two DLC packs that are expanding Digital Eclipse’s Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration. The other is titled The First Console War, and releases November 8, 2024. That one will include games from the Intellivision library, as well as Atari. It’s an interesting inclusion for an Atari celebration collection, but the company did just buy up Intellivision’s back catalog and brand (not the Intellivision Amico, fortunately).

Atari 50 is already one of the best game collections, as it includes both behind-the-scenes information to give context to the games, and the games themselves. An Atari 2600 game can be very underwhelming on its own, but the information behind them give new value to them. Atari 50 became the blueprint for Digital Eclipse’s “Gold Masters” series, which includes The Making of Karateka and Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story, which are both great in their own right.

The Wider World of Atari DLC for Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration arrives on September 26, 2024. The games in the DLC will be announced on September 25. Finally, The First Console War DLC is out November 8.