Atari Fit is now available for download on Apple’s App Store and Google’s Play Store. Available as a free download, the application incentivizes users to get fit, stronger and healthier while earning points to unlock classic Atari games such as Pong, Super Breakout, and Centipede.
Developed in collaboration with fitness expert Michael Porter, a National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM) – Atari Fit comes with more than 100 exercises, 30+ workout plans and customizable programs including full-body circuit workouts, running programs, and conditioning routines, The application will challenge users at every level – from those just beginning their fitness journeys to the most active exercise enthusiasts.
Atari Fit will also aggregate data from other RunKeeper, Apple Health and Google Fit, allowing users to aggregate all of their fitness activity in one location.It will also sing along popular fitness tracking devices, including those made by Fitbit and Jawbone, as well as growing number of Android Wear smart watches. Moreover, Atari Fit will aggregate data from other RunKeeper, Apple Health and Google Fit, allowing users to aggregate all of their fitness activity in one location.
Social component comes built-in enabling individual exercises and collaboration with friends in multiplayer mode. Players can join a team, workout or race against each other, and track activity statistics for group encouragement. At the end of workouts, there’s an option to post updates on Twitter and Facebook to share achievements and personal fitness bests.
“With Atari Fit, players from around the globe can exercise, play and get healthy together by providing a gamified fitness experience unlike any other app currently available,” said Fred Chesnais, CEO of Atari. “By uniting the universal need to exercise and live healthfully with the entertaining experience unique to Atari games, we’ve created an app that proves fitness can be fun.”
Additionally, Atari has also partnered with Walgreens to bring real-world rewards through the Walgreens Balance Rewards for healthy choices program. By engaging with Atari Fit, gamers and non-gamers alike can earn Balance Rewards loyalty program points, which are redeemable at Walgreens locations nation-wide or at Walgreens.com.