GO ‘OLD SCHOOL’ FOR EASTER WITH THE
‘ATARI FLASHBACK’ CLASSIC GAME CONSOLE

-- New Plug-And-Play System Offers 20 Vintage Atari Titles,
Including One Never-Before-Released Game --

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It started a revolution and redefined entertainment for a generation… and today, Atari proves you can go home again with its Atari® Flashback™ Classic Game Console.  Coming to Europe in time for the Easter holidays, Atari Flashback is a stand-alone, plug-and-play unit filled with 20 classic Atari games, including Asteroids®, Centipede®, Breakout® and the never-before-released Saboteur™. Atari Flashback, a hybrid of the classic Atari 2600 and 7800 consoles, is modelled to resemble a smaller replica of the 7800 and plugs directly into the TV for easy access and instant gratification. 

“In today’s vibrant video game market where every pixel gets pushed and every byte squeezed to give us ever more breathtaking experiences, it’s refreshing to remind ourselves that there was a time not so long ago when white angular sprites floating across the inky space blackness of a monitor screen was the height of technological endeavour,” said Richard Orr, Marketing Director, Atari UK. “And these ground-breaking games have lost none of what made them so great – simple ideas and great gameplay.  Now younger players can get their hands on them for the first time and see where it all began, while those like me can watch the hours slip away in retro heaven.”

Returning 20 years after the introduction of the Atari 7800, Atari Flashback is a smaller replica of the original Atari 7800 system and comes with two joystick controllers, power supply and a TV cable so gamers can quickly and easily connect to their TV and start playing. Atari Flashback features 20 classic games that defined a generation of players, as well as one previously unreleased game, Saboteur. 

The complete list of games found in Atari Flashback includes:

Atari Flashback will be available across the U.K. for Easter 2005. 

For all media enquiries please contact Indigo Pearl at info@indigopearl.com or on 0208 964 4545.

For detailed information on Atari’s entire product line up, please visit www.atari.com.

About Infogrames Entertainment and Atari:

Infogrames Entertainment (IESA), the parent company of the Atari Group, is listed on the Paris Euronext stock exchange (ISIN code: FR-0000052573) and has two principal subsidiaries: Atari Europe, a privately-held company, and Atari, Inc., a United States corporation listed on NASDAQ (ATAR).

The Atari Group is a major international producer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment software for all market segments and in all existing game formats (Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony) and on CD-ROM for PC. Its games are sold in more than 60 countries.

The Atari Group’s extensive catalogue of popular games is based on original franchises (Driver, Alone in the Dark, V-Rally, Unreal Tournament, Test Drive, Roller Coaster Tycoon, etc.) and international licenses (Mission Impossible from Paramount, Men In Black, Superman, Matrix, Terminator and Dragon Ball Z).

For more information: http://www.atari.com
© 2004 Atari Europe SASU.

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