Atari Get Implicit

Atari Syrup

Atari continues to grow their list of acquisitions after opening the wallet and buying Implicit Conversions.

Implicit Conversions are another retro focused studio, using their Syrup emulation engine to bring 8, 16 and 32-bit games to new consoles. They’ve already done that with Milano’s Odd Job Collection, Fear Effect, and for the particular purposes of Atari, several Motal Kombat games for the recent collection put together by another Atari owned Studio, Digital Eclipse.

Atari is clearly focused on brining many even more older games to modern platforms with Implicit Conversions, and a statement on their website implies just that.

‘Over the last year, we’ve worked with Atari through Digital Eclipse on the Mortal Kombat: Legacy Collection, Rayman, and more titles that we’ll be announcing later this year. As we described it to them: it was like we found long-lost cousins. We share the same passion for classic games: honouring the original versions, adding historical content/context, and preserving them for the future.  

Atari is an iconic gaming industry brand that transcends generations of gamers with a portfolio of over 200 unique games and franchises. The Atari family of brands includes game developers Digital Eclipse and Nightdive Studios, the publishing label Infogrames, and the community-based sites AtariAge and MobyGames. We feel honored to now be a part of that legacy, and can’t wait to contribute.

We have new opportunities, and already new games in the pipeline which we hope to share with you soon.  

On a final note, Robin and I are not going anywhere, but we’ll be taking on new titles. Robin will become Studio Head, and I will move to Head of Operations. We will be providing additional support to Atari in various capacities, but our main focus will continue to be Implicit Conversions, our community, and bringing amazing retro games to modern consoles!

We’ll have more to share soon™!

-Bill’

Playing videogames, writing about videogames, considering videogames—that about sums it up. Videogames are the one hobby that I’ve kept since I was only little, zapping ducks on the NES or knocking out MR. X. And when I’m not enjoying classics from the bit generation of games or checking out those earliest of polygons, I’m probably playing something from today’s age of modern gaming: if I’m not complaining about it. Something I’m doing at the moment? Taking the Multisystem 2 for a spin.