Atari: 80 Classic Games in One

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User Score
5.1

Mixed or average reviews- based on 15 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 15
  3. Negative: 8 out of 15
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  1. jodyr
    Oct 30, 2009
    3
    Terrible implementation. Would like my money back plus minimum wage for few minutes I managed to invest in this lame collection.
  2. DylanM
    Jun 6, 2008
    3
    Yes these are great games. I bought this for gravitar alone, and the price would have been fair for that alone, if the presentation weren't as awful as it is. But awful it is: terrible , worse than 8-bit interface (no, not cute!), frequent crashes, and no updates from Steam. I'd like my money back.
  3. DavidS
    Apr 9, 2008
    0
    Unless you have a horribly old (slow) machine, all you will get is a black screen - read the forum comments before buying for all of the compatibility problems!
  4. DaveB
    Jan 29, 2009
    7
    This is a great recap of Atari. It reminds me on what I started on. When I was little my dad would let us play the Atari 2600. It shows cool acrade art and has a tremendous list of games to choose from, so you know it will have what you want to play. What I must say the downside is the controls are a little hard to cope with on certain games like Battlezone.
  5. AnonymousMC
    Mar 4, 2009
    0
    Would not work with either XP Pro SP3 or Vista Bus. Gave up. No help from Steam. (I bought from them)
  6. JacobD
    Apr 23, 2008
    0
    It doesn't even work on either of my PC's. I am using a top of the line quad core with vista, and a 2.6 GHz with XP, dosen't work at all for either, just crashes when I select a game. I am very disappointed and I want my money back.
  7. coline
    Dec 25, 2009
    2
    The emulator is so old it would probably run better in a 1990's emulator! Too many crashes, hang ups, stuttering to be playable which is only going to get worse as current hardware moves further away from the shabby front end, the games would still be brilliant if you could just get at em!
  8. HaveyouSeenmyspaceship?
    Dec 31, 2009
    10
    A trip to the past! It's a win!
  9. pickledcheez
    Aug 10, 2012
    9
    This game surprisingly works on my Intel Core 2 Duo E7500 @ 3.66 GHZ, and a Superclocked NVidia GTX 260 @ 896 MB of Ram, and 2 gigs of memory. The games are not bad, it is just the thing that lets you choose the game, it changes color, and crashes a whole lot. I think it was good Steam took this off their catalog, even though it is quite the good game if it works.

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Metascore
70

Mixed or average reviews - based on 4 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4
  1. IGN
    72
    For gamers pushing thirty, Atari 80 is a window to the past and the essential anthology of Atari classics. For the uninitiated, 80 Classic Games could be the first course book in your self-education of "The History of Electronic Gaming."
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  2. GameSpot
    66
    A great way to relive some of the high points of classic gaming. However, poorly implemented customization options and sometimes less-than-perfect emulation tarnish what would otherwise be an incredible trip down memory lane.
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  3. G4 TV
    60
    With slightly better play control and improved vector-graphics information, the collection could be a definitive representation of videogames from the late '70s and early '80s, but as it stands, it's a fairly average look at gaming's early days.
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