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AWESOME!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 10 / 10
Date: August 12, 2000
Author: Amazon User

WOW!

Paperboy, Gauntlet, Crystal Castles, Marble Madness, Millipede & Road Blasters ALL ON ONE CD! WOAH! Talk about your "Greatest Hits" collection. This is ONE heck of a Playstation/nostalgia/80's/retro CD if I've ever seen one! I'll admit, as much as I love games like Mortal Kombat, and blood and guts kind of games, I bought this CD for my personal favorite 80's game called "Crystal Castles"! Yes, I loved that cute little bear walking around collecting the jewels. This was also the first coin-op game that actually had a storyline and a "real ending" video sequence. Plus, even for the 80's, this game had some of the most spectacular graphics and colors of any game in that period. Plus, it was one heck of a fun game.

Luckily, I just bought a trackball for my Playstation console, so, the gameplay should be much easier than the joystick controller on many of these games. However, without a trackball, gameplay will be harder, and not much fun either. Keep this in mind when buying this cd. Although, for nostalgia reasons alone, I would have bought this cd anyway. :)

If you found yourself plopping quarters into these machines as easily as I did in the 80's, then you'll still love playing them today.

But, try to purchase a trackball....You'll appreciate the gameplay MUCH more. ...

Buggy emulation, inadequate controls

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: February 11, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Paperboy, Marble Madness, and Millipede are difficult to control with the 4-button controller, why in the world can't they allow the use of the dual-shock controller joystick? Things would be so much more enjoyable. The thing that made these games a riot in the arcade were the input devices: bicycle handlebars, trackballs,.. the gamepad is a poor substitute and severly hampers gameplay.

The software is buggy. Paperboy has hung on us countless times, where I don't even bother with this disc anymore. I would have returned it if I had found the receipt. Gauntlet is true to form, but overall for an arcade "Classic", I am pretty disappointed. And I grew up with these games.

Control impedes Gameplay

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: March 02, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Marble Madness is my favorite arcade game of all time. And I owned a Paperboy machine for several years. So I was eager to see how these ultimate arcade classics translated onto the PlayStation console.

The results were disappointing. Playing Marble Madness without the trackball is like bowling with a square ball. No control. And without the handlebars, Paperboy feels like a muddled mess.

Gauntlet is a faithful translation, but ten years removed from the arcade, the game seemed a little, well, repetitive. It got boaring.

that's about it much better off going for "Pong", which took a great arcade concept and made it even better.

Buy it for Gauntlet (but the others are good, too)

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: November 25, 1999
Author: Amazon User

This title is a must buy because of Gauntlet, which is an exact translation of the arcade original, and the finest mix of puzzles and action I have ever played (short of its sequel, Gauntlet II, which I am still hoping will come out).

The other games are good, too (particularly Crystal Castles), but Gauntlet, one of the greatest electronic creations ever, is THE reason this game is a must buy.

Disapointment

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: January 20, 2001
Author: Amazon User

The controls on this version are horribly incompatible for paperboy, marble madness and crystal castles. Gaunlet saved this pack from being a total disapointment. So all in all you pay ... for one really good game and some duds.

Lots of Fun for Classic Game Fans

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: November 10, 1999
Author: Amazon User

I was so happy to see these great games of yesteryear being brought back for the Playstation. Games like Crystal Castles , Millipede, and Roadblasters used to eat up the quarters in the arcades. Enjoy!

Awesome Awesome Awesome

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: November 16, 2002
Author: Amazon User

First of all, Marble Madness is a great challenge puzzle game.. Two players can go at it, at the same time, trying to make it through the puzzle with their marble. Very hard game too. You always wish there was more time on the clock. However, Paperboy is the great winner here. A good basic game of the original classic. I looked everywhere for this on Playstation. It did not dissapoint.

The original Gauntlet, straight from the arcade.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: November 17, 1999
Author: Amazon User

I got it just for Gauntlet, and I wasn't disappointed with this perfect rendention of that arcade classic which emptied my pocket of quarters. The other games are just as faithful, for better or worse!

The best arcacde game ever!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: September 21, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I like the cool paperboy music you can bob your head to. Plus, Crystal Castles reminds me of an office chart or graph that was on the computer, and Gauntlet is part RPG/action game and millipede is my ripoff of Centipede, because it is theirs. Great Game!

Classic games.... unclassic controls

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: November 13, 2002
Author: Amazon User

All the game are good. Millipede being the weak link, because I didn't even like centipede. which it happens to be just like except for a few upgrades

Gauntlet is a multipalyer (up to 4)Dungeons and Dragons type RPG/Action game tonsof levels.

crystal castles is great. It was one the best games in the arcade at the time (the other was burgertime) you are a bear that runs around a "maze like" course and collect crystals while avoiding enemies.

Paper Boy is game where you uh.... deliver newspapers, while avoiding typical hazards like traffic, dogs, runaway lawn mowers ect.. keep the customers happy and they will renew their subscribtion. It's great.

Road Blasters is game where you drive a car fast while shooting other cars out of your way. It's fun.

Marble Madness is game where you control a marble (with marble physics) through a timed obstacle course. Good game

summary: Playing games to acheive high scores and fastest times plus these games are somewhat challenging, just like games should be. If you can find a USB track ball for Marble Madness, Millipede and Crystal Castle then this game is a 5 star game; however, if you don't it remains a 4 maybe a high 3.

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