Tuesday, September 20, 2005

Atari Collections

Games Include:
A: Adventure (AtA), Adventure II (AtF2), Air-Sea Battle (AtA), Aquaventure (AtF2), Asteroids (Arcade, AtA), Asteroids (2600, AtA), Asteroids Deluxe (AtA), Atari Climber (AtF2), Atlantis (AcA), Atlantis II (AcA-RE),
B: Backgammon (AtA), Barnstorming (AcA), Baseball (AcA), Battlezone (Arcade, AtA), Battlezone (2600, AtA), Beamrider (AcA), Black Widow (AtA), Blackjack (AtA), Bloody Human Freeway (AcA-RE), Bowling (AtA), Boxing (AcA), Breakout (AtA), Bridge (AcA),
C: Canyon Bomber (AtA), Casino (AtA), Caverns of Mars (AtF2), Centipede (Arcade, AtA), Centipede (2600, AtA), Checkers (AcA), Chopper Command (AcA), Circus (AtA), Climber 5 (Homebrew, AcA-RE), Combat (AtA), Combat II Advanced (AtF2), Commando (AcA), Cosmic Ark (AcA-RE), Cosmic Commuter (AcA), Crackpots (AcA), Crystal Castles (Arcade, AtA), Crystal Castles (2600, AtA),
D: Decathlon (AcA), Demon Attack (AcA), Demons to Diamonds (AtA), Desert Falcon (AtA), Dodge 'Em (AtA), Dolphin (AcA), Double Dunk (AtA), Dragonfire (AcA-RE), Dragster (AcA), The Dreadnaught Factor (AcA-RE),
E: Enduro (AcA),
F: Fatal Run (AtF2), Fathom (AcA-RE), Fire Fighter (AcA-RE), Fishing Derby (AcA), Flag Capture (AtA), Football (AtA), Freeway (AcA), Frostbite (AcA), Fun With Numbers (AtA),
G: Golf (AtA), Grand Prix (AcA), Gravitar (Arcade, AtA), Gravitar (2600, AtA),
H: Hangman (AtA), Happy Trails (AcA-RE), Haunted House (AtA), Haunted House II 3D (AtF2), Hero (AcA), Home Run (AtA), Human Cannonball (AtA),
I: Ice Hockey (AcA),
J:
K: Kabobber (AcA), Kaboom! (AcA), Keystone Kapers (AcA),
L: Laser Blast (AcA), Liberator (AtA), Lunar Lander (AtA)
M: Math Gran Prix (AtA), Maze Craze (AtA), Major Havoc (AtA), Megamania (AcA), Millipede (Arcade, AtA), Millipede (2600, AtA), Miniature Golf (AtA), Missile Command (Arcade, AtA), Missile Command (2600, AtA), Moonsweeper (AcA),
N: Night Driver (AtA), No Escape! (AcA-RE),
O: Off the Wall (AtA), Oink! (AcA), Okie Dokie (Homebrew, AcA-RE), Outlaw (AtA), Oystron (Homebrew, AcA-RE),
P: Pitfall! (AcA), Pitfall 2 (AcA), Plaque Attack (AcA), Pong (Arcade, AtA), Pressure Cooker (AcA), Private Eye (AcA),
Q: Quadrun (AtA), Quick Step (AcA-RE),
R: Radar Lock (AtA), Realsports-Baseball (AtA), Realsports-Football (AtA), Realsports-Tennis (AtA), Realsports-Volleyball (AtA), Red Baron (AtA), Riddle of the Sphinx (AcA-RE), River Raid (AcA), River Raid 2 (AcA), Robot Tank (AcA),
S: Save Mary (AtF2), Seaquest (AcA), Secret Quest (AtF2), Skateboardin' (AcA-RE), Skeleton+ (2003 Homebrew, AcA-RE), Skiing (AcA), Sky Diver (AtA), Sky Jinks (AcA), Sky Patrol (AcA-RE), Slot Machine (AtA), Slot Racers (AtA), Solar Storm (AcA-RE), Space Duel (AtA), Space Shuttle (AcA), Space Treat Deluxe (AcA-RE), Space War (AtA), Spider Fighter (AcA), Sprint Master (AtA), Stampede (AcA), Starmaster (AcA), Star Raiders (AtA), Star Ship (AtA), Star Voyager (AcA-RE), Steeplechase (AtA), Stellar Track (AtA), Street Racer (AtA), Submarine Commander (AtA), Subterranea (AcA-RE), Super Baseball (AtA), Super Breakout (Arcade, AtA), Super Breakout (2600, AtA), Super Football (AtA), Surround (AtA), Swordquest-Earthworld (AtA), Swordquest-Fireworld (AtA), Swordquest-Waterworld (AtA),
T: Tempest (AtA), Tennis (AcA), 3D Tic-Tac-Toe (AtA), Thrust (AtF2), Thwocker (AcA), Title Match (AcA), Tomcat-F14 Flight Simulator (AcA), Trick Shot (AcA-RE),
U:
V: Vault Assault (Homebrew, AcA-RE), Venetian Blinds (Homebrew, AcA-RE), Video Checkers (AtA), Video Chess (AtA), Video Cube (AtA), Video Euchre (Homebrew, AcA-RE), Video Olympics (AtA), Video Pinball (AtA)
W: Warlords (Arcade, AtA), Warlords (2600, AtA), Wing War (AcA-RE), Wizard (AtF2),
Y: Yars Return (AtF2), Yars' Revenge (AtA)


Activision Anthology (AcA): 11.2002/Retro, Rated E
Playstation, Gamespot, IGN, GameSpy, GameStat, GameFeed
Developers: Activision (Contraband Entertainment) Official Webpage
Platform: PS2 - 1-2 Players
Details: 48 Games Include - ,

The Activision Anthology-Remix Edition (AcA-RE) released ONLY FOR PC contained an additional 26 games!
Extras: Game Play Modes (Classic, Cube, Ricochet, Whirl, Bungee, Tilt-o-Vision, Motion Blur, Breathing, Warped, Distortion, Starfield, Hyperspace), Game Patches, Commercials and classic 80's music.
Cheats: (
Stop, IGN, Spy, CCG, PS2Now, Pro, CCC, Planet)
Comments: Rating A+.

Atari Anthology (AtA): 11.22.04/Retro, Rated E
Playstation, Gamespot, IGN, GameSpy, GameStat, GameFeed
Developers: Atari (Digital Eclipse) Offical Webpage
Platform: PS2 1-4 Players
Details: 85+ Games Include (18 Arcade & 67 2600):

Extras: 37 minute interview with Atari founder Nolan Bushnell (taken from PS1 Atari Anniversary Edition Redux). Also includes scans of packaging boxes (front and back), cartridges, manuals, and even a few DC comic books. Note: Each cartridge can contain multiple games, like the orignals. For example, on Video Olympics Level variations 1-12 contain Pong and Superpong, 13-18 Soccer, 19-22 Foozpong, 23-32 Hockey, 33-34 Quadrapong, 35-38 Handball, 35-42 Volleyball, 43-50 Basketball.
the first Anthology collection is missing the interviews with the original designers Ed Logg (Asteroids, Centipede), Ed Rotberg (Battlezone), and Dave Theuer (Missile Command, Tempest) which were presented on Digital Eclipses-PS1-Arcade's Greatest Hits: Atari Collection 1.
The Atari Flashback 2.0 (AtF2) console release included 12 additional built in games.
Cheats: (Stop, IGN, Spy, CCG, PS2Now, Pro, CCC, Planet)
Comments: Rating B+.