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Hit and Miss, but worth a look...

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 6 / 8
Date: April 08, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Anyone who grew up in an Aladdin's Castle or similiar arcade will be a fan of this cartridge. Frogger is classic and translates well onto the GBA. The same goes for Scramble and even Time Pilot is enjoyable up to a point. Although if you ever played Time Pilot you'll definitely miss the joystick. Gyruss is okay, it's difficult to see the attacking ships and that makes for easy kills on you. I never liked Yi-ar Kung Fu in the arcade and that feeling hasn't changed. Winning any match feels random at best and controlling your character is mostly about button-mashing. Rush'n Attack is kind of fun if somewhat repetitive. The cold war theme is amusing and nostalgic. So it's 3, possibly 4 out of 6. That's not bad. It's not a homerun, but it's not bad.

Recommended

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 19 / 20
Date: July 17, 2002
Author: Amazon User

In general the games are well done and I recommend the package. However I've found these games especially hard to see, so make sure you have a good light - I just bought a Flood Light and it works a lot better than my old Trap Light. This pack also doesn't save high scores when you turn the machine off.

Frogger This is much better done than the regular Game Boy version and seems to be fairly accurate graphically. The graphics scroll up when you cross the highway, however this doesn't really affect game play like it does in Pac-Mac. The music is still light and bouncy like I remember from the original, however the tunes are not the same. This is especially noticeable in the tune that plays when you start a new game. (Maybe this is a licensing issue or something?)

Scramble This is just like I remember it. I have spent more time playing this than any of the other games.

Time Pilot seems to be a little harder on the this pack than on MAME. I don't know if this is because the ships are relatively a little bigger or if it is the controls? The bullets are hard to see maybe? Also this version gives you 5 ships to start so obviously the developers thought it was a little hard also.

Gyruss Seems well done including the memorable music. I am not a fanatic about this game however.

The things that keep this game from 5 stars are:

No high score saving
Screen is dark
Time Pilot is harder than the arcade version
Frogger music is off

Nostalgic six-pack for old school gamers

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 10 / 10
Date: March 26, 2002
Author: Amazon User

A nifty collection of six classic arcade games which were originally released between 1981 - 1985. As it is often the case with this kind of retro collection, some of the classics age better than others. The simple action of Rush'n Attack and the cutesy hopping charms of Frogger are still remarkable enjoyable. The bomb & shoot action of Scramble is strangely engrossing and Yie Ar Kung-Fu (the grandfather of modern fighting games) has its simple charms. But Gyruss and Time Pilot are hardly playable on the small screen, it's quite easy to overlook a tiny bullet which instantly costs you a life. Arcade Advanced is an interesting collection for old school gamers who grew up wasting quarters in the early 80's. Itýs just a shame that Konami did not include the action classic Contra. Other players beware, the authentic old-fashioned gameplay is a bit too simplistic (and tough) for the tastes of the younger crowd.

What a great time to be a classic game fan

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: May 19, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Man, I just can't go anywhere without my Gameboy Advance these days. Twenty years ago when I was pumping quarters into these machines, you could never make me believe I could one day put them all in my pocket!

This Konami colleciton is a welcome addition to the other classic arcade compilations out there. All are very faithful translations, and most of them play very well on the small screen. The exceptions are Time Pilot and Gyruss, where you can often be killed by TINY unseen enemy fire. My personal fave is Scramble.

For accuracy and playability, this is probably the best-yet arcade collection for the GBA.

Good, but not great

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 6
Date: April 10, 2003
Author: Amazon User

What you get:
Frogger
Yie Ar Kung Fu
Gyruss
Time Pilot
Rush'N Attack
Scrammble

These titles are faithfully reproduced, and controls are solid and easy to use. With six high quality titles included, this is a great value for classic gamers. Unfortunately, a few small blemishes keep this from being really great. Frogger has a scrolling screen to fit it's vertical level design, with no option to play fullscreen (like Namco's Ms. Pacman) Gyruss seems scaled down, leaving it's smooth rotating graphics a little hard to see. Time Pilot's controls feel a little sluggish, and I say this only because it seems harder than the arcade version.

Great re-creations of the arcade originals...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: August 25, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Great re-creations of the arcade originals... with couple of caveats. As a hard core gamer from the 80s and a collector of the full sized original arcade games (none of which are on this cart) I have to give this a near perfect score. I will outline each of the games on the cart with brif commentary:

Frogger: A true classic. My only real complaint with this game is that it doesn't have the original music theere are subtle nuances of the original but it's just too different to be authentic. Gameplay is hindered IMO because of the verticle scrolling screen which some people may a better alternative to the micro-screen option of Gyruss (more on that later).

Scramble: I used to play this game at a grocery store across the street from my house back in the day. I was never very good at it but this is a faithfull reproduction of the original. All sounds and gameplay are exact. Again this is a screen scolling game just like Frogger but gameplay is not affected at all.

Yie are Kung Foo: I hate this game. It is a true reproduction but the game does nothing for me. Your milage may vary.

Gyruss: This also was one of my favorite games from back in the day. This game is perfect for me even if it is a little small. But even my 31 year old eyes work well enough to rack up some respectable scores (even for a full sized machine. Initially I was a little put out by the tiny size of the game field but I eventually got used to it this one of my favorite GBA games. The sounds and look of this game is an exact replica of the arcade original. The 4 direction joy pad was a little difficult to get used to but it's just fine now that I've gotten used to it. My only real complaint is that when a high score is reached you can put in your initials but they are not saved from one session to the next.

Time Pilot- This game was also a favorite back in the day but unfortunately I find it completely unplayable with the GBA joy pad.

Rus'n Attack- This is the "newest" game in the pack. I'm not crazy about this game but it's growing on me. Again a perfect port from the arcade original. Rush'n Attack is a primitive side scolling platform game in which you "kill the commies" popular in the platform scroller of the 80's.

Overview: Great product for a great price. Just a couple of annoyances for an old school gamer but overall veryy solid and great to play some of the classics on the go.

Gotta love enchanced classics

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: September 04, 2005
Author: Amazon User

At first when I was about to play this game, I thought it would just be an exact port of 6 arcade games. You do get that and more. Konami took a step further on this game and made some noticable enhancements that make the games much more fun to play. Also, use the Konami Code (^,^,v,v,<,>,<,>,B,A) at the title of any of the game screens to unlock more features. If you love classics, especially Konami classics, buy this game if you can (it's hard to find).

Radical

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 06, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I'll be honest, I only picked this up for Frogger. The other games are good though. Since getting back into video gaming, I've gotten decidedly retro in picking up games. So anything that was fairly new when I was young is fair game. Not that today's games aren't awesome, there's just a certain cool cheese factor in revisiting games from my youth. If, like me, you are just getting back into the video game race, or you have kids that you want a good decent set of games for, this is it.

Kool Konami Kart! Retro Bliss!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 12 / 12
Date: April 06, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Great package including the following games adapted for your GAMEBOY ADVANCE:
Frogger!
Yie Ar Kung Fu
Gyruss
Time Pilot
Rush'N Attack
Scramble
On the SP or Advance you can see them well -- they were all bright games! Sometimes it is hard to see bullets coming at you in Gyruss and Time Pilot when you are doing the handheld. But on the the Gameboy player for the Gamecube everything really seems solid!

This puts me back in an Aladin's Castle or Chuck E. Cheese in the 80s -- I can smell pizza and nachos while playing Frogger! And I want to check my pockets for gold tokens! The bright candy colors, easy to learn gameplay, and 80s video games make this a fun nostalgic cart that lives up to your retro expectations!

The Konami Cheat code -- up up down down left right left right B + A unlocks more lives and other variances on each game screen.

Great, but favorites missing

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: May 04, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This is one fun game. Rush'n attack, one of my fave arcade games is excellent on the mini screen of a handheld. Of course, frogger is as supurb as 15 years ago. Time Pilot and the others are great as well. The one thing is, I miss the NES games. WHere's CONTRA and CONTRA 2? What about track and field? those could be the next compilation. THe inclusion of one of those hits would have made me give the collection seven stars. Overall, this commpilation of arcade games is definately worth the [money].

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