Atari will bring Berzerk Recharged to the PC and consoles this year
Atari, the nostalgia-inducing game company, is set to release Berzerk: Recharged on the PC and consoles later this year.
The game is the latest installment in the nostalgia-driven Atari Recharged series. Berzerk: Recharged brings back the beloved Evil Otto, one of the first and most menacing video game villains of all time, or so Atari says.
Berzerk: Recharged pays homage to the original Berzerk, a top-down multidirectional shooter that captivated gamers during the golden era of the 1980s. I can remember when this game first came out, and it took a bunch of my quarters.
Players must navigate through an electrified maze, battling hordes of armed robots. The standout character, Evil Otto, returns with updated graphics, enhanced twin-stick controls, and a new soundtrack composed by the talented Megan McDuffee.
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The highlight of Berzerk: Recharged is the intense gameplay experience as players confront vocal robots within a deadly maze, Atari said. Known for being one of the earliest arcade games to feature speech synthesis, Berzerk: Recharged maintains the engaging dialogue.
Sinister and snarky, the robots relentlessly taunt players with phrases such as “kill the humanoid” and the mocking challenge, “Chicken, fight like a robot!” Players must endure these chilling remarks while fighting for their survival.
Challenge accepted: Survive an endless maze of random rooms that progressively increase in difficulty as players advance. The robots’ color schemes change to reflect the escalating intensity.
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