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From ComicMix (”Atari Comics Receive Digital Reprint“)
Atari 80 Classics in 1 ($18.95) is available on Steam. As the name implies, it’s a huge compiliation, but ComicMix has found something even better:
Each game in the collection has an Extras bonus content section. Usually this includes box art and original manuals. But the Atari archivists were very thorough and included the bonus mini-comics that were published in conjunction with DC Comics…
Comics included in the collection are as follows:
Swordquest #1-3. Written by Roy Thomas and Gerry Conway, but the real star of these comics is the amazingly great art by George Perez and Dick Giordano. Swordquest was intended to be an epic multi-part adventure game. Each game in the series would include a comic to explain the story while the games would be puzzle adventures based on mythology.
Atari Force #3. Sci-fi from Gerry Conway and Roy Thomas. Artists included Ross Andru, Gil Kane, Dick Giordano and Mike DeCarlo. Atari Force proved popular enough that DC Comics published a second volume in the regular, monthly comic format. Unfortunately, the games collection only includes one of the issues since the rights for the other games that included the comics are no longer held by Atari.
Centipede #1. A light-hearted kids’ book in the style of Harvey Comics. An evil wizard turns Oliver the Elf’s forest friends into monsters. Who knew Centipede had a deep back story? We thought we were just shooting bugs.
Full scans of the comics are also available at AtariAge.
On March 14th, 2008 at 1:25 pm, Silvercube wrote:
There are a few things I would love to purchase on Steam.. first on the list.. Audiosurfer.
This compilation of Atari classics with the Comics is definitely some good classic gaming. How nostalgic!