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System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster for Switch 2 out later today

Atari and Nightdive Studios have finally announced that the System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster is arriving on the Nintendo Switch 2 and you can download it later today. The System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster includes the following features and will be priced at $29.99 on the eShop.

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Atari buys rights to RPG classic Wizardry

_Wizardry_ , originally coded in BASIC at the turn of the 80s, was one of the early greats in computer role-playing games, spawning a long-running series with countless spin-offs. It is now the property of Atari, following a successful remake by the latter of the first title in the series. — Read the rest

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350p Adventure Release 8 Now Available

From Fredrik Ramsberg: I have released a new version of 350p Adventure, AKA Colossal Cave Adventure, AKA Advent. It has another exploit removed, and it’s faster than before. Get it today at: https://microheaven.com/advent/ The Game download includes builds for a number of platforms including the following: Also, instructions on how to get it running on your flavour of CP/M.

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A free book explains Tempest by reading every line of the source code

TEMPEST vs TEMPEST is a free book about two of the strangest-looking arcade games ever made. The first is Dave Theurer's _Tempest_ from 1981, the Atari cabinet where you spun a metal knob to rotate around the rim of a glowing geometric tube, shooting spiders and flippers as they crawled up toward you. — Read the rest

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