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Atari Anthology
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Based on 12 critic reviews
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Game Info
Publisher: Atari
Developer: Digital Eclipse
Genre(s): Compilation
Players: 2
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Release Date: November 22, 2004
Summary
For video game console owners, no better value exists than Atari Anthology, which features 85 games that started a revolution, including 18 arcades games such as Asteroids, Battlezone, Missile Command, and Pong; 62 Atari 2600 games including Gravitar, Millipede and Super Breakout and five bonus titles, such as Off the Wall, Blackjack, Desert Falcon, Steeplechase and Sprintmaster. Adding an innovative twist to each game are new Challenge Modes such as the psychedelic Trippy Mode, Time Warp and Double Speed, all of which push player's skills to the extreme, while a new 3D interface offers a polished portal into all the games. Atari Anthology spans an impressive array of game categories, including Arcade Originals, 2600 Arcade Games and 2600 Adventure Games, as well as numerous offerings in the Action, Sports, Mind, Casino, Racing and Space genres. [Atari]
What The Critics Said
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GameShark
The first console software package to offer these games since they originally appeared on the 2600, so in a way it represents history itself. The arcade games also offer some of the best play experiences from the days when arcades were king. It's a great package that should be in any serious gamer's collection.
Read Full Review >Game Informer
I'm really pleased to see the inclusion of a good selection of original arcade ports as well. [Jan 2005, p.119]
PSM Magazine
The emulation is dead-on too, so everything plays perfectly. [Feb 2005, p.82]
AceGamez
Those who remember the days of the rollerball and paddle controller and have a deep yearning to return could happily fork out ten to twenty quid for this, but anyone with less than a burning desire to revisit their youth may not feel that their reddies went in the right direction.
Read Full Review >IC-Games
Nostalgia is simply oozing out of the box and with the information sheets and pamphlets included on each game the retro gamer should be in heaven.
Read Full Review >Sydney Morning Herald
But if you know the difference between a Mame emulator and a Lame encoder, this could be right up your eight-colour alley.
Read Full Review >Thunderbolt
And that's the problem with Atari Anthology - it just gets boring really quickly, which is no surprise considering how old the games are.
Read Full Review >IGN
Activision Anthology, with its 80s bedroom and stacks of selectable cartridges, got it right, and it's more than just a little disappointing to see Atari lift Activision's namesake but not the fantastic retro presentation it created for its own collection.
Read Full Review >PSX Nation
The low price (under $20) and handful of AAA classics still manage to make this an appealing purchase proposition IF you can tolerate its noticeable shortcomings and/or have an appreciation for the industry's history.
Read Full Review >GMR Magazine
Unless you've got serious Atari nostalgia, most of these won't keep you occupied for more than five minutes. [Feb 2005, p.103]
Boomtown
After playing these games for what feels like an unholy amount of time (even just in the past week) I have to wonder what it is with all of the retro feel that games companies are instigating merely to show off their back catalogue.
Read Full Review >Official U.S. Playstation Magazine
Most of the Atari 2600's great titles had little to do with Atari.[Feb 2005, p.91]
What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this game is 4.0 (out of 10) based on 1 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Stephen C. gave it a4:
This Game Represents how far Atari has been over the ages. I remember playing the orignal games for 25 Cents at the Arcades when I was small. This game is a lot, and I mean a lot of money ($20) for you to be playing the games that would cost 25 Cents A Long Time Ago. This Game would be great if it had all new or revised editions of the games. And what is with the "Constellations" It is all cr*p.
