MobileWizardry and Mobile Digital Media (MDM) announced the release of an official Atari 2600 emulator, named "Atari Retro" sporting games originally published by Atari. Officially branded and licensed in collaboration with Atari, Atari Retro contains a complete Atari 2600 emulation engine using original cartridge ROM images to give that classic console quality.

Titles Include:

• Adventure
• Asteroids
• Breakout
• Centipede
• Missile Command
• Pong
• Yar's Revenge

Bundled with 7 popular Atari 2600 game images, additional individual game releases are being planned for sale over the Internet via sites such as PalmGear and Handango. Exact details will be provided at a later date.

Atari Retro was developed using something called the SHARK development kit - allowing a release on N-Gage and other platforms simultaneously using the same MMC card - for retail and online distribution.

Aaron Ardiri, co-founder of Mobile Wizardry said:

The development of the Atari 2600 emulator has been a challenging, yet enjoyable task - with many hurdles in the path to completion. We had to step closely around to achieve what we originally had set out to do. It surely has been one of the most complex machines to emulate!
The Atari Retro project has pushed the boundaries of technology as it was implemented using the SHARK development kit - which allows us to develop a single source code base to produce multiple platform binaries. A lot of speculation has existed around the SHARK development kit, such that it requires a runtime or emulation environment - and, this project surely makes a statement for the SHARK development kit; true native binaries - absolute speed!

We have enjoyed working with MDM, who had provided us with huge support and resources to get the product looking as professional as possible. It surely wont be disappointing to anyone who gets their hands on this product; the authentic graphics and sounds will bring you right back to the mid-seventies - like when you sat in front of the TV as a child.

MobileWizardry is a group of developers, derived from ardiri.com, who specialize at creating entertainment titles for handheld devices. Mobile Digital Media (MDM) is the largest publisher of cross-platform, consumer software on industry standard Secure Digital (SD) and MultiMediaCard (MMC) cards for PDAs and mobile phones.

Atari Retro can be purchased at gomdm.com for $29.95.

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