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Atari Completely Remastered

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 11 / 13
Date: March 17, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Atari Anniversary Advanced is definitely the best Atari reproduction that you will ever see. It contains several of the great classics including Asteroids, Battzone, Centipede, Missile Command, Super Breakout and Tempest all reproduced to the maximum capabilities of the Game Boy Advance sysyem. Plus, there is a trivia game where they ask you multiple choice questions about the history of Atari, about it's classic games, and the Atari game on Game Boy Advance. Plus, you can choose how you want all of these games to be displayed, vertically or horizontally.

The Classics never die!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: April 06, 2002
Author: Amazon User

OK, classic gamers, if you've been holding off on getting that Gameboy Advance, you're running out of excuses! Atari Arcade Advance is a near-perfect gaming experience for those of us that used pump quarters into arcade machines back in the early 80's. All the translations are faithful, and the trivia game is pretty fun. I especially love being able to take TEMPEST with me anywhere! The only minor complaint I have is with the controls. The Gameboy's directional keypad makes trackball games like MISSILE COMMAND and CENTIPEDE a bit problematic. But you'll get used to it, and there's really no reason not to add this to your collection.

a blast from the past

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 09, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This is a great game to buy if you are really into the retro active games

My kingdom for a trackball!

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 20 / 24
Date: April 15, 2002
Author: Amazon User

... can only say that it's disappointing. It's not that the games aren't true to the original. They are, they're perfect copies. That is unfortunately where this cart goes wrong. The games look great but the gamePLAY suffers. Of the entire collection only Asteroids can be truly called fun to play. The others scream for their original controllers. Missle Command and Centipede (both orignally trackball games) are at best frustrating and difficult to control. After the first couple of levels on either game, it becomes impossible to keep up. Tempest and Super Breakout originally used a knob controller for smooth movement, Tempest succeeds best in this translation while Super Breakout is so difficult to control you cannot clear a single level. Battlezone? Well, to be fair I always hated Battlezone, this version is o.k. but the computer gets some really easy kills on you and it too becomes unplayable. As for the trivia game, no one should know this much about Atari. You'd have to be Rain Man to know the minutiae involved in this quiz. I really wanted to like this cart...

Ehhh.....

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 6
Date: May 02, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Well, I have seen better! In my opinion, it is too true to the 15 year old versions...thought they might spice things up a bit! BLAH

here come the 80's

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 8
Date: May 07, 2002
Author: Amazon User

There I was, sitting in my Lazy boy recliner, watching dvd's and talking to my homey J-Rock on the cell phone. The mailman dropped off some bills and a little brown box from Amazon...my new atari game had just been delivered. I grabbed my GBA system and popped the cartridge in, my hands shaking with anticipation.

Hours later, I finished my last game of missle command, blowing out the top score of all time. I sighed to myself, and turned off the GBA. I walked into the bathroom and glanced in the mirror...I now had on an Izod shirt with the collar turned up, and I was rocking a members only jacket...I glanced in horror at my feet, and my kicks were reebok hightops. On my arm, where there once was a blingy bling Rolex was a Calculator wrist watch. Oh no!

So be careful this game from the crazy 80's can make you retro as well.

This is ok but I think better!

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: May 21, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I think better. This should be Nintendo Anniversary Advanced. I think Atari is fun reaaly fun but it would be better if they could come up with a NES one. I miss playing Atari and NES. I think Atari and NES games have some nice music.

I really wanted to love this...

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: June 22, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I love the games! It's what I grew up playing! But everything is just too small on the screen to enjoy it. And that totally ruins the game for me.

Honestly, spend your money on something better. An exact port of classic arcade games to a GBA screen, just makes everything too small. Don't blow your money on this like I did.

Walking down memory Lane without leaving your seat! =)

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 10 / 10
Date: June 25, 2002
Author: Amazon User

My husband bought this for me when he saw excited I was over it. I too, am one of those 80s videogamers that dumped pocketsfull of quarters on such games as Asteroids, Galaga, Space Invaders, and Centipede.. So this game seemed like a must have!

The games included in this Gameboy Advance cartridge are: Asteroids,Battlezone,Centipede,Missile Command,Super Breakout, and Tempest.. As an added bonus, you will find a special Atari trivia game included so you can test your knowledge of those early geek days.. How well do you know your 70's game programers anyway?? =)

All the games are the same as you remembered them. They haven't been updated or rendered using newer technology. Honestly, if you want an upgrade, I can't imagine them being able to fit 6+ games on one cartridge,if they were needing to do the decent graphics and sound.

I played Centipede and it was a little difficult getting used to the smaller controls. The game was just as fun as I remember it and the Gameboy Advance screen does this game justice. I just wish my eyesight was as good as it was over twenty years ago! =)

Most all the games are the same.. some of the controls are difficult to use for the older games.. but on some you can adjust the actual alignment of play.. whether you want horizontal or vertical.. The Atari trivia game is fun. I really had to dig though the cobwebs of memory to recall some of the answers, and some you just won't know.. You lose the trivia game after getting 3 wrong answers. It's addictive though, and some of the same questions pop up, so you get another chance to get it right and learn more about the early days of game programming.

For the nostalgia trip alone it is worth it.. I don't think that folks used to playing arcade games in the last ten years would appreciate it nearly as much and not for the price..

Takes me back to my childhood.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: July 17, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Great games true to the originals.

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