Ready to re-live your youth, Atari nerds?

The company on Thursday announced plans to release 100 of its classic games — including Asteroids, Centipede, Missile Command, Tempest, Warlords, and more — as a single PC title with new features and multiplayer capabilities.

Currently under development by Code Mystic (the same company behind Atari's Greatest His for mobile devices), the so-called Atari Vault will be available via Valve's Steam platform at some point this spring, letting fans "relive the classic gaming experience in the modern age," Atari said.

Featuring an "upgraded user interface," Atari Vault will boast online and local multiplayer options, and Steam Controller ($118.99 at Amazon) support for "significantly improved precision control" than you had back in the day. Perhaps most exciting — you will, for the first time ever, be able to challenge other Atari fans from around the world, and compete for bragging rights on Steam Leaderboards.

Rest assured that the games will feature their original soundtracks from the 70s and 80s, so you can jam out just like you did in the old days. That's pretty much all we know at this point (there's no word on pricing), but Atari plants to preview the bundle later this month at PAX South 2016 in San Antonio, Texas, so stay tuned for more.

We haven't heard too much else from Atari recently, but the company several years ago teamed up with Microsoft to bring eight of its classic games to the Web for free in HTML5. Head over to the Atari Arcade to brush up on your Asteroids, Centipede, Combat, Lunar Lander, Missile Command, Yars Revenge, Pong, and Super Breakout skills before Atari Vault drops later this year.

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