Atari Resurrects Unreleased Arcade Game Too Difficult for 1982 Players 

Atari is reborn According to Arr, a 1982 arcade game canceled because test audiences found it too difficult.

For the remake of the wave shooter, the publisher teamed up with developer Jeff Minter, whose psychedelic synthwave style is a perfect fit for what Atari describes as “feverish dreaming in the best possible way.”

The remake will release on PC, PS5 and PS4, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch and Atari VCS in early 2023. The original Akka Arrh cabinet used a trackball to target enemies as the player controls a Sentinel anchored in the center of the screen to fend off waves of incoming intruders.

Given the simplicity of most games in the early 1980s, it’s not surprising that this relative complexity led to poor test group tests.

Atari says the remake has two modes: 50 levels and saves, so you don’t have to start from the beginning when your Guardian is inevitably captured by enemies.