- Atari Anniversary Edition
Infobox VG
title = Atari Anniversary Edition
developer =Digital Eclipse
publisher =Infogrames
designer =
engine =
released = 2001
genre = Classic
modes =Single player
ratings = ESRB: Everyone
platforms =Dreamcast ,PlayStation , PC,Game Boy Advance
media =GD-ROM ,Cd-rom
requirements =
input ="Atari Anniversary Edition" is a collection of classic Atari coin-op games, and was released in 2001 on the
Dreamcast ,PlayStation , and PC, and in 2002 on theGame Boy Advance . The Playstation release was on November 27th, 2001 with the title "Atari Anniversary Edition Redux", and it has a slightly altered game list.On the PC, earlier titles were "Atari Arcade Hits 1", released in 1999, "Atari Arcade Hits 2", released in 2000, and "Atari Greatest Hits", also released in 2000. "Atari Greatest Hits" was basically both volumes of "Atari Arcade Hits" packaged together as a 2 CD set. In 2001, this set was re-packaged in a single CD under the "Atari Anniversary Edition" title. These releases make the original "
Microsoft Arcade " obsolete.The Game Boy Advance version, whose title is "Atari Anniversary Advance", marked the debut of classic arcade emulation on the Game Boy Advance.
Games
The following games are included in the pack. (For games that appear on the PC, volume number indicates which separate volume of "Atari Arcade Hits" initially included the game):
*"Asteroids" (Volume 1)
*"Asteroids Deluxe " (Volume 2)
*"Battlezone " (Volume 2)
*"Black Widow" (PS1 only)
*"Centipede" (Volume 1)
*"Crystal Castles " (PC and DC only, Volume 2)
*"Gravitar " (Volume 2)
*"Millipede" (PC and DC only, Volume 2)
*"Missile Command " (Volume 1)
*"Pong " (Volume 1)
*"Space Duel " (PS1 only)
*"Super Breakout " (Volume 1)
*"Tempest" (Volume 1)
*"Warlords" (Volume 2)Apart from "Atari Anniversary Advance", "Tempest" includes "Tempest Tubes", an after-market level replacement hack.
"Atari Anniversary Advance" features all the games from the PC "Atari Arcade Hits Volume 1", replacing "Pong" with "Battlezone". It also features a "Trivia Challenge", a collection of questions about Atari and its 1980s video games.
External links
*moby game|id=/atari-anniversary-edition |name=Atari Anniversary Edition
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