It would appear that Haunted House marked the beginning of a new series of revamped Atari classics. Siliconera spotted GameFly listings for PS3 and Xbox 360 games called “Star Raiders” and “Centipede.”
Centipede, of course, is one of the most well-known early arcade games, featuring a trackball-controlled avatar firing lasers at on-screen centipedes and mushrooms. Star Raiders isn’t as well known. It’s a first-person, Star Trek-style space exploration and combat simulator released on various Atari computers — as well as on Atari 2600, where it used the “Video Touch Pad” controller.
The fact that these are on Gamefly suggests that they’re retail releases — since Gamefly doesn’t rent downloadable games.
Gamefly listings suggest Centipede and Star Raiders remakes originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 16 Jul 2010 05:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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