- Publisher: Atari
- Release Date: Nov 22, 2004
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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.
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Game InformerI'm really pleased to see the inclusion of a good selection of original arcade ports as well. [Jan 2005, p.119]
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PSM MagazineThe emulation is dead-on too, so everything plays perfectly. [Feb 2005, p.82]
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AceGamezThose 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.
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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.
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But if you know the difference between a Mame emulator and a Lame encoder, this could be right up your eight-colour alley.
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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.
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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.
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GMR MagazineUnless you've got serious Atari nostalgia, most of these won't keep you occupied for more than five minutes. [Feb 2005, p.103]
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And that's the problem with Atari Anthology - it just gets boring really quickly, which is no surprise considering how old the games are.
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BoomtownAfter 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.
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Official U.S. Playstation MagazineMost of the Atari 2600's great titles had little to do with Atari.[Feb 2005, p.91]
User score distribution:
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Positive: 5 out of 10
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Negative: 4 out of 10
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Oct 5, 2014
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StephenC.Dec 28, 2004