Atari's Gravitar: Recharged Reimagines A Cult Classic Arcade Game

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Iconic arcade and video game company Atari has revealed that it will be releasing another remastered title in its Recharged series, Gravitar: Recharged. The arcade sleeper hit was initially a financial failure before morphing into a cult classic, and will now be reimagined with new visuals and fresh music score.

Atari has long been a cornerstone of the video game industry with foundational games and hardware like Pong and the Atari 2600. Gravitar: Recharged is just the most recent in a string of titles designed to revamp classic arcade games. The likes of Asteroids, Black Widow, Missile Command, and Breakout have been brought to the modern age for consoles and PC. Now Gravitar: Recharged will join the remake lineup and land on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PC, and Atari VCS in May 2022.

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When Gravitar first released in 1982 it was considered too difficult for casual arcade-goers, combining the combat of Asteroids with the gravity mechanics of Lunar Lander. It eventually found an audience with more dedicated gaming enthusiasts, and will now receive a new aesthetic alongside original music from composer Megan McDuffee, both of which are highlighted in the Gravitar: Recharged announcement trailer from Atari on YouTube. Just like the rest of the Recharged series, Gravitar: Recharged is made in collaboration with developers from Adamvision Studios and SneakyBox.

While Atari switches focus to PC and console games, the Recharged titles hope to profit off of nostalgia while properly modernizing the developer's decades-old products. Gravitar: Recharged abandons the vector graphics of the original arcade game, replacing them