Atari is adding their Namco games to Atari 50 as DLC, including the shitty 2600 port of Pac-Man
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HUUaqbJiS8

>>11887714 (OP)
2600 Dig Dug is pretty rad for the time

I keep bringing it up, but Atari is also currently working with WB on a Mortal Kombat compilation, meaning that they have a working relationship. Announcement of this Namco collab DLC for Atari 50 opens doors for other collabs, and that's where working with WB creates opportunities. I can envision two separate DLCs:
>Williams and Midway home ports (Defender, Stargate, Joust, Robotron 2084, Wizard of Wor, Tapper, Rampage, Xenophobe, etc.)
>Atari Games arcade company after 1984 (Marble Madness, Paperboy, Gauntlet, RoadBlasters, Tetris (if deity Henk Rogers approves), Hard Drivin', S.T.U.N. Runner, Klax, Pit-Fighter, Rampart, etc.)

>No Ms. Pac-Man
How can the IP rights system be so fucked?

How much of a market do they think Atari 2600 games have at this point
They'd probably do better selling those shitty plug n plays to toddlers who don't know any better and are just happy to play video games

>>11888932
It's not that the rights to Ms. Pac-Man are not available, it's that Bamco outright refuses to pay money to AtGames who bought the rights from prior owners and has no historical conbection to the character.

>>11887714 (OP)
groovy as hell

>>11887724
Not sure if you're talking about the clip in the video but I believe that's the 5200 version

>>11888945
wonder how AtGames pulled that off

>>11887714 (OP)
Damn, guess i wont be buying a physical copy anytime soon until they completely finish drilling for content and do a final, final complete edition.

>>11889326
This is why I'm not exactly excited for it. I got the steel book thinking that'd be the complete edition, but I guess not. If it has some legitimately cool behind the scenes shit in it then I'd pick it up on sale, but I'm not buying another "Definitive Complete Collector's Edition" only for them to buy Vectrex rights or something and throw another DLC at it.

It's honestly really cool that they made new Atari Pac-Man art and apparently they even got the same artist to do it.
In general I'm not the biggest fan of when Bandai Namco sometimes uses weird old US art on Pac-Man products, especially when it's something random like an energy drink. Kinda feels like the brand is moving backwards and contributes to Pac-Man having a lack of identity. But this is like the one instance where I'm all for it, especially since it's new art of an old specific design. I dunno it's just cool and neat to me.

>>11889938
>Brown eyes
Thirdworld pacman

>>11888986
probably gave them the best deal. Atari was probably salty about the whole thing at the time they were selling

>>11889958
>yellow skin
Never in any doubt

>>11887714 (OP)
That looks nothing like Pac

>>11888932
AtGames has the royalties for SCOTT-FREE and Namco spent years trying to get her back on their side fully.
They're not having it anymore.

>>11889938
Yeah, it's cool

>>11890029
Agreed. First draft was better

>>11887714 (OP)
>shitty 2600 port of Pac-Man
it was pac-man
at home
for 5 year olds

it was fine

>>11891716
>it was fine
Only in your head