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Atari Anthology | 
| From: Atari
List Price: $14.99
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Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 2865
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Arcade Games
ESRB: Everyone
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Age: 5 - 20 years
Operating System: Xbox
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
MPN: 26084
UPC: 742725260849
EAN: 0742725260849
ASIN: B0002VS8T2
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Choose from 18 great arcade hits | | • | Take out the bugs in Centipede, clear out the giant space rock in Asteroids or play other stand-up machine classics | | • | Also includes classic Atari 2600 console games, like Adventure and Yars' Revenge |
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Product Description
Atari Anthology collects the games that invented a new industry! Take a step back in time to the earliest days of gaming, with faithful reproductions of classic Atari titles.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 3 more reviews...
 Great if you have the right controller. October 8, 2004
Timur Tabi (Austin, TX USA)
146 out of 150 found this review helpful
If you like playing classic games on your Xbox, then you definitely need the Xgaming X-Arcade joystick (ASIN B00008ELB0 or B00006I5ZX), preferably the 2-player version. I tried playing Midway's Joust, and the controller was really holding me back. These 80's games depend on "button smashing", and that's something the Xbox controller doesn't handle well.
Atari Anthology contains over 80 classic Atari games from the 80's. This makes it a better deal than the other classic game packs for the Xbox.
Classic arcade hits:
* Asteroids
* Asteroids Deluxe
* Battlezone
* Black Widow
* Centipede
* Crystal Castles
* Gravitar
* Liberator
* Lunar Lander
* Major Havoc
* Millipede
* Missile Command
* Pong
* Red Baron
* Super Breakout
* Space Duel
* Tempest
* Warlords
Atari 2600 titles:
* 3D Tic-Tac-Toe
* Adventure
* Air*Sea Battle
* Asteroids
* Atari Video Cube
* Backgammon
* Battlezone
* Blackjack
* Bowling
* Breakout
* Canyon Bomber
* Casino
* Centipede
* Circus Atari
* Combat
* Crystal Castles
* Demons to Diamonds
* Desert Falcon
* Dodge 'Em
* Double Dunk
* Flag Capture
* Football
* Fun With Numbers
* Golf
* Gravitar
* Hangman
* Haunted House
* Home Run
* Human Cannonball
* Math Gran Prix
* Maze Craze
* Millipede
* Miniature Golf
* Missile Command
* Night Driver
* Off the Wall
* Outlaw
* Quadrun
* Radar Lock
* Realsports Baseball
* Realsports Football
* Realsports Tennis
* Realsports Volleyball
* Sky Diver
* Slot Machine
* Slot Racers
* Space War
* Sprintmaster
* Star Raiders
* Star Ship
* Steeplechase
* Stellar Track
* Street Racer
* Submarine Commander
* Super Baseball
* Super Breakout
* Super Football
* Surround
* Swordquest : Earthworld
* Swordquest : Fireworld
* Swordquest : Waterworld
* Video Checkers
* Video Chess
* Video Olympics
* Video Pinball
* Warlords
* Yars' Revenge
Amazingly Fun after All These Years March 16, 2005
Lisa Shea
18 out of 19 found this review helpful
Did you used to play with your Atari set for hours and hours? How about the classic arcade games like Battlezone and Crystal Castles? They're all in this collection!
This is just an AMAZING deal - you get over 80 complete, original games in the pack. I am in my 30s and haven't played many of these games since I was a teenager. Yet when I jumped into the Adventure game, I immediately knew all the maps, where to find the keys, were the dragons would be lurking. Playing Yar's Revenge, I became hooked for quite a while, remembering all the techniques to win the game. Somehow my brain has been hard wired to remember these things, and it's really cool to go back to a game now and say "Wow, I had TONS of fun with that!"
There are even full scans of the manuals, so you can read each manual from cover to cover if you wish.
In addition to all the Atari console games, you also get the original arcade games like Battlezone. I was a HUGE battlezone fan, driving my tank around and seeking out the enemy. It is so much fun to be able to play it at home!
It is just astounding that they fit all these games onto one CD. I used to scrimp and save for weeks to get just one cartridge! I would have thought it was a miracle back then to be handed 80 of them in a box and told "here, have fun". I would have played for years on end.
Sure, the graphics are old-style. You get blocks of color without much detail. Even on a big screen TV, it's sometimes hard to figure out what the maps are telling you. But that is part of the charm, of course. Lunar Lander is just as much fun now as it was then. Hangman doesn't need good graphics, nor does chess. Those mind games are a challenge no matter what they look like.
I really don't see a downside here. You pay one price for that CD and you literally could play for years. Each game is complete. There are games for every age group, for every gamer type. It really does prove that in the end, a great game isn't about sound or graphics. It's all about the design.
A must buy!
Worth it alone for the arcade ports March 2, 2005
Vonworm (USA)
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
I bought this primarily for the real arcade ports. I have had a look at the 2600+ games and there's as awful as I remember them. So that portion, whilst extensive, is only there for a nostalgia kick or if you absolutely have an old 2600 game you loved. The arcade parts are great though. My friend owns a real Asteroids machine and so I know how spot on the arcade version of Asteroids is. Plus the games store your high-scores - an important aspect I think.
Everything is included - overlays, controls, side art and backgrounds are visible to give the true arcade look. They can even be toggled on and off if you'd rather play the arcade game fullscreen. Lots of background info is included as well as fun challenge modes and enhanced graphic options.
If you want pure Atari arcade conversions this is the one to buy - the 2600 games and the background info and extra graphics are just the icing on the cake.
For the price you can't go wrong. Recommended.
 This would be better if original controllers were available December 16, 2004
Wes (World Citizen, Earth)
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
I played Atari 2600 and 5200 games incessantly as a kid. When I saw this on the shelf recently it was an instant buy. While the graphics and sound are the real deal, I didn't much enjoy not having the original controllers to play them with, like the trackball, spin wheel, or paddle. Also, I could do without having to "zoom" in past the arcade cabinet facia just so I could have the game "full-screen". In any event, my favorites are on here, including "Tempest" and dozens of others. Not bad.
Arrrggghhhh!!!!! Ripoff!!! November 30, 2004
Darth Fluffy (hoth)
2 out of 35 found this review helpful
I SHOULD HAVE NO STARS UP THERE BUT I MESSED UP AND I CAN'T CHANGE IT. Red Baron is still messed up like it was in the PC version. THE TANKS AND OBSTICLES IN BATTLEZONE ARE BLACK!!! YES BLACK! TOTALY SCREWED!!! THE FIRST BAD XBOX GAME!
Here is some good news. The Game Cube Rebel Strike 3 has the old ATARI STAR WARS ARCADE GAME AS A HIDDEN BONUS!!!! Select options chose passcodes enter rtjpfc!g then enter another code timewarp to unlock Star Wars enter freeplay to earn tokens it might even have the empire stikes back game too but I don't know.
I agree it realy sucks that they left out 2600 Basketball. I said so in my review of the pc version. Champinship Soccer was another good one they left out. Why why why why why????
Agggghhhhhhga!! Just saw somtehing called an Atari Flachback system. It looks like a 7800 system made by the people who make those game in the controler type games. The Space Invader one I got is realy sweet. It has Pheonix which kicks butt.
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