• Publisher: Atari
  • Release Date: Jul 9, 2001
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 8 Critics What's this?

  • Summary: Get retro with 12 classic Atari games: Asteroids, Asteroids Deluxe, Battlezone, Centipede, Crystal Castles, Gravitar, Millipede, Missile Command, Pong, Super Breakout, Tempest, and Warlords.
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 8
  2. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. Our only real gripes are the controls and the sluggishness of some of the titles on less powerful systems.
  2. The biggest problem with this collection is the interface. How did we play these games back in the day? Dials, trackballs, joysticks, and those arcade micro-switch buttons with that distinctive 'click'. Sure, the game is playable with a mouse and keyboard, but to the people who want this game the most, it isn't the same.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 1
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 1
  3. Negative: 0 out of 1
  1. ToddM.
    8
    Emulation on this game set is very good, much better than many of its competitors. It has a very good arcade feel to it. I don't have any real control issues as were mentioned by some of the reviewers. I have it set up with my HotRod Joystick and it does a very good job of providing the arcade feel to it. A couple of the games, Missle Command and Centipede, work better with my Logitech Marble Mouse. It does very well for these two. The arcade machine art is very good for each machine. You can fully install the game so you will not have to stick the cd in each time you play (which I hate). The interface is very easy. The price is very reasonable. If you like the older arcade games this is as good as I've seen. Expand
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