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Genre (s) Various. Mode (s) Single-player, multiplayer (max 2) Atari: 80 Classic Games in One! is a 2003 video game collection for Microsoft Windows, also released as Atari Anthology for PlayStation 2 and Xbox, developed by Digital Eclipse and published by Atari Interactive. The title is a compilation of 80 video games previously published by ...
Mar 4, 2005 · The Atari Anthology includes about 50 games from the Atari arcades and systems. Since no one bothered to list them all down, here is a complete list of the games.
Nov 16, 2004 · Atari Anthology is a collection of over 80 Atari games released in 2003 as Atari - 80 Classic Games in One! for Microsoft Windows, and in 2004 for the Xbox and PlayStation 2. Game Wiki.
- Playstation 2, Xbox, PC
- Good emulation, bad presentation.
- Verdict
By Craig Harris
Updated: May 19, 2012 11:05 pm
Posted: Nov 30, 2004 12:34 am
Ever since Infogrames scarfed up the Atari consumer corporation a few years back and adopted the namesake, the company had been sitting on a goldmine of retrogaming goodness. Atari Anthology isn't the company's first repackage of classic games, but it is the first one the company has released on console gaming systems. It's more or less a PlayStation 2/Xbox edition of Atari 80 in One released on the PC last year, featuring the same line-up of games as well as supplemental material released at the time of each title's era. There's certainly a lot of bang for your buck in this package, what with more than six dozen games on a disk for $20. But compared to existing classic compilations, namely the outstanding Activision Anthology released on the PlayStation 2 back in 2002, Atari Anthology is a sloppy, cluttered presentation with a poorly handled organization that makes navigating to each of the 80 plus games a mind-numbing chore.
At the very least, Atari went to the right guys to bring this compilation to life on the console. Digital Eclipse earned its namesake in hardware emulation and was responsible for many successful retro packs across all the gaming platforms including its most recent classic production Midway Arcade Treasures 2. The company definitely has the staff "into" the classic gaming scene, both in a technical and historical sense. All of the pack's games, from the black and white vector games to the Atari 2600 games released well after the "death" of the hardware, are emulated near perfectly on the console system. There's also a mishmosh of scanned-in trinkets, instruction manuals, catalogs, and game-related comic books from back in the day, even a video interview with Nolan Bushnell, the man who gave birth to Atari the company back in the 1970s. So, the disk is certainly filled with "stuff."
What you get for $20:
Any way you cut it, 20 bucks for 85 games is a pretty damn good deal. But it's more quantity over quality in this package, as the development team just scattered all of this good stuff into an unorganized mess of a classic compilation. The old-school games deserve more respect than they're given here in Atari Anthology. As much history as these gam...
Jan 13, 2005 · Back To The Classics: Perfecting The Emulation For Digital Eclipse's Atari Anthology. Vavasour discusses the complex issues, problems, and pitfalls inherent in the surprisingly difficult task of emulating an Atari 2600 on current game hardware, explaining the steps the Digital Eclipse team took to ensure the Atari Anthology titles were as perfectly recreated as possible for PS2 and Xbox.
Nov 28, 2004 · Atari Anthology is a bit different from most retro packs, in that it mixes both arcade games and home video game system games, specifically the Atari 2600 or VCS. The Atari 2600 was my 2nd video gaming system. My first was a pong machine, which had a couple other games built into it.
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Jun 18, 2007 · All you get with Atari Anthology is a few unlockable modes to play the games, like a double speed mode which makes the game faster. Overall it is a solid collection if you are curious about Atari 2600 games or want to relive old childhood memories without tracking down a working Atari 2600 and all the games but buy Activision Anthology before you by this collection.
