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August 28, 2020

Legends Ultimate Arcade Machine Crosses The Sea

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Last year AtGames got into the home arcade business with the Legends Ultimate Arcade Machine. At the time of its announcement, we held a skeptical view on the product, given AtGames’ reputation and their history of badly put-together “retro” plug-and-play machines that filled the gift shelves of drugstores last decade. But ever since its release, we haven’t heard very many complaints. In fact, we’ve been hearing quite a few compliments. According to the video below, the construction is sturdy, the machine is simple to set up, the built-in library of titles is solid, and it is VERY easy to add more (officially and otherwise). Did AtGames finally get one right? Seems so. The Legends Ultimate is enough of a success that a European version is now being introduced to the UK market, courtesy of Liberty Games. The British model looks very similar to the US one, except with a slightly different lineup of logos on the front (it now advertises the fact that it has Genesis Aladdin and Lion King).

January 2, 2020

AtGames® and TAITO Corporation Announce Legendary, Classic Arcade Video Games to Be Featured in Upcoming Product Lineup Starting 2020

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AtGames®, a leader in interactive entertainment products, and TAITO Corporation, a leading producer of legendary video games, today announced that classic TAITO arcade releases will be featured in upcoming AtGames’ product lineups starting in 2020. AtGames has partnered with TAITO to make their extensive library of classic arcade video games available in a range of exciting new products, complete with authentic gameplay, video, and sound. “Legendary arcade games like TAITO’s Bubble Bobble, Jungle Hunt, Puzzle Bobble 2, Qix, Space Invaders, and more have found the perfect home on AtGames’ family-friendly retro products,” says Dr. Ping-Kang Hsiung, CEO of AtGames. “These fan favorites from TAITO will be pre-installed across several product lines starting next year. We can’t wait for new gamers to enjoy them for the first time and arcade veterans to put their skills to the test again.” AtGames will bring over 50 TAITO arcade classics to their product lineup starting in the first half of 2020, adding these beloved titles to their ever-growing roster of high-profile licensors. “We look

May 31, 2019

AtGames Is Getting Into The Home Arcade Business

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AtGames has built a bad reputation for itself as a company quick to capitalize on nostalgia with very cheaply-made retro consoles, using poor emulation and stuffed with bad games that never even appeared on the original devices. Now they’re entering the growing home arcade market………fear for your children. The company announced today that Legends Ultimate, an arcade machine of their own creation, will be available for preorder this summer. Features will include “a modern user interface, intuitive and customizable menu themes, network play, Internet connectivity, leaderboards, and cloud gaming streaming.” The majority of games available on Legends Ultimate will no doubt be the same cheap bad ones that AtGames stuffs onto its plug-and-play devices, for the company boasts “hundreds” of games will be included in the unit and that “among them” will be arcade favorites. Asteroids, BurgerTime, Centipede, Fighter’s History, Pong, and Tetris are mentioned in the press release and their logos can be spotted on the cabinet. They’re good picks, but they may be as good as it gets.