Atari Anthology - PlayStation 2

Atari AnthologyIf you and 50 million others grew up with Atari you will find this a must have for your game collection! The 18 arcade games are worth the price alone.All are reproduced faithfully.The common complaint is the "paddle games" it's true. The ps2 or any other controller just don't work.The exception being Tempest! The 2600/VCS games are perfectly emulated here as well.I am constantly amazed at what they could pack in to a 2-4 k cartridge! Later games have more memory but we are still talkin about K's! 85 games! Astroids to Yars Revenge! Plus all the variations will test your gaming skill to the limit! True gen y gamers may not "get it" but I'd challenge the best of them to a game of Astroids any day.Back in the day you didn't win you survived!This is the perfect companion to Activison Anthology! Endless fun here don't pass it up!

The game came on time and was in great condition. Works great in our PS3. I had forgotten about some of the games that were on here and it brings back good memories for my husband and I.

I like the fact that the game works and has little to no scratches on the disc. My concern is when purchasing there was no original case or instructions manual. It clearly shows the case in the photo and seller did not specify that it was disc only when ordering.

We were in hopes of being able to play old Atari games like we used to play with our kids. Not at all what we expected.

Even though this collection has been out on the PS2 for a while, I just recently purchased it. I am very glad I did. There were games that I had forgotten that I even played in the arcade, until I started playing them again. The great thing about this collection is that is a combination of Arcade games and 2600 games. To be honest, most of the 2600 games aren't that great, Yars' Revenge is the best one, it still has the same appeal to me as it did when I bought it for the 2600 years ago.The main reason I bought this was for the Arcade games, which didn't dissapoint. I had read some reviews where it was stated that it was organized poorly, I didn't find that to be the case. I had no problem finding any game, and all the arcade games were in one place. The home versions of the arcade games were in it's own section, which I thought was pretty good, it was easy to go between both versions to see the differences.It came with a neat bonus section, it included pictures of the original game cabinets, sales literature, instructions and trivia which I felt was pretty interesting.The options section was set up pretty well. All the arcade games had the option of playing with the cabinet viewable or without. It was great to see again what the actual controls looked like but i found that most games were unplayable with this enabled, the screen was too small. Luckily there was the option to play the game without the cabinet viewable and the games played just fine, you were even able to adjust the screen size. Also some of the games had the option of playing with original graphics or enhanced graphics. The enhanced graphics were basically a different color scheme which made the game look a little better, it wasn't a drastic change but with Battlezone for example it was an improvement.The only real issue that i had was that for a few games the button selection was not what I would have chosen and there was not always the choice to change it to what you wanted.Overall this is a great collection of Arcade games, the 2600 games that are included are a nice to have, but i would have bought it even if they weren't included. This is definitely and Arcade collection. Along with the Atari Anthology, I would also recommend Activision Anthology, Namco Museum 50th anniversary, and Midway Arcade Treasures Volume 1

Let's face it, some play games for life-like graphics and others play games for challenge and to have fun. These classic games are for the latter.Some of the simplest games included on the disc (like Pong and Breakout) are the most difficult to master, but they were difficult to master back in the day. I mean to position the paddle right where the ball is coming is dang hard, right. If games are not challenging what is the point.My favorite games on this disc are Millipede, Lunar Lander, Asteroids and Defender. Which are yours?

I am glad I paid as little as I did for this game, because I maybe played it for a half hour. It has a nice selection, and Crystal Castles is a cult favorite of mine and the reason I really got the game. But besides maybe Centipede/Millipede, the others dont hold up, in particular the 2600 games which look terrible today by ANY standard. When your average cell phone game has better graphics and gameplay, you know a game is old. Get it for the nostalgia of playing some old "classics". Just dont expect them to provide the same thrill as back in the day.

Loved playing these old games again. Never thought when I was a teen in the 80's that someday I would be playing the arcade version of Asteroids in my own home without a roll of quarters in my pocket. Awesome! My X-box kids don't get it though. This is where it all started though.