Atari turned 50 this year and it has been celebrating with a number of games, including its entertaining Recharged series and the incoming compilation Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration. The latest game to drop, Atari Mania, is not only inspired by Nintendo’s WarioWare series, but also mashes together popular Atari games like Pong, Breakout and Centipede. We spoke to producer Mark Perloff to find out more.
Where did the idea for Atari Mania originate?
Our model is to work with came from. Illogika, a talented studio based out of Montreal, pitched us the concept of along with a few other ideas. The idea of a microgame collection based on our classic games popped off the screen when it was presented to us.
