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Game InformerThose with good stylus support (particularly "Centipede" and "Missle Command") are an absolute blast. [May 2005, p.128]
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Play MagazineChances are, however, that you'll be bored senseless within an hour. [May 2005, p.72]
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The graffiti probably could have had a bit more work done to it but they probably wanted to retain the same character and feel of the original games.
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Pelaaja (Finland)This collection shows, that old and simple games have retained their playability. Games that pushed the limits of the hardware at their time, like "Gravitar," are ironically now the least playable. [May 2005, p.89]
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Nintendo PowerTouch control is spotty for certain games, but the Control Pad is a reliable backup. [May 2005, p.91]
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While this game is not destined for a New Mexico landfill, it is also not destined to be a centerpiece in your DS collection. At least we’ve learned that when Atari falls, they always seem to come back. Hopefully next time they will hit the mark.
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Ten "okay, kind of accurate" conversions of arcade games add up to a barely average package on the Nintendo DS.
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Atari, for some reason, decided to employ the touch screen for ALL the games on its compilation. For some games, it works; for others -- it's a clunky, useless interface that will have you cursing your DS hardware in no time.
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The few games even available aren’t faithfully recreated, are mostly on the dull side, and feature remix styles that will mostly make you want to puke.
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The sort of game that's unpleasing to every possible audience. The hardcore retro fan base will scoff at the way these games have been shoddily reprogrammed. Fans of the graffiti artists will wonder why all the artwork is so poorly used.
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If you're dying to relive the classics, buy the actual Atari system and all the games - it can hardly set you back more than $20. At least you'll play the original, and won't have to face the travesty of the remixed modes.
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Your veritable cast iron "mixed bag" of timeless gems and pointless curios in which some work well on the DS, some don't and as long as you can deny all knowledge of seeing the Remix mode retro gamers won't be totally offended.
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Cheat Code CentralWhat game would include a version of Pong as part of its compilation? That has to tell you something. I can live with Breakout - but Pong? That's digging to the bottom of the barrel.
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An average package by anyone’s standards, especially given that most people’s mobile phones can play a mean version of most of the games on the cartridge for a similar cost per title.
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I'm a huge retro fan, and it disappoints me to see something with a good idea from the past ruined by so many little things.
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Given a choice between these broken versions of classics or simply not having these games on DS at all, I think in the end I'd rather have not had them. At least then there'd have been hope that someone could have done them justice, someday.
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An outright travesty.
Awards & Rankings
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#49 Most Discussed DS Game of 2005
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User score distribution:
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Positive: 2 out of 7
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Mixed: 0 out of 7
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Negative: 5 out of 7
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A.W.Dec 21, 2006
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DukjinI.Dec 1, 2007
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ABApr 5, 2005