Atari Offers 100 Arcade Classics in One 'Greatest Hits' App for iPhone, iPad

Atari has a free iOS application for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad owners called Atari's Greatest Hits, which comes with one of the world’s first arcade games (PONG) and, more recently, the option to buy cheap game packs from within the app.

“Atari’s Greatest Hits brings the best of retro gaming to iOS with 100 Classic Atari Games,” Atari announced.

“This suite brings you the hottest Arcade and 2600 titles from Atari. For those who love the classic gaming experience this handheld breakthrough is sure to guarantee hours of fun,” the developer stated.

Key features include:

• 18 Classic Atari Arcade Games including PONG
• 92 Atari 2600 Games
• Bluetooth Mutliplayer for head to head play for titles such as Pong, Warlords, and more!
• Original Cabinet and Box Art

While the app itself is free, those who download only get PONG for free. The rest of the exciting arcade classics are in-app purchases, but they’re cheap, according to Atari. They’re as cheap as a movie ticket, they say.

“Buy the rest of Atari’s Entire Library in 2 unique ways:
1. 25 separate packs available for download at $0.99
2. Buy all 100 games for a discounted price of $14.99 (basically the price of a movie ticket)”.

Attractive packs include: Asteroid Pack (Asteroid; Asteroid Deluxe; Asteroids 2600; Canyon Bomber – Bluetooth Multiplayer); Centipede Pack (Centipede; Millipede; Centipede 2600; Millipede 2600); Tic-Tac-Toe Pack (3d Tic-Tac-Toe; A game of concentration; Backgammon; Brain Games); Football Pack (Football - BLUETOOTH MULTIPLAYER; Home Run; Miniature Golf; Bowling); Battlezone Pack (Battlezone 2600; Super Breakout 2600; Super Baseball; Super Football).

Die hard fans going for the full 100 titles might as well look into the iCade iPad Arcade Cabinet from ThinkGeek. It’s quite possibly the best Arcade mod for iPad yet.