Atari Anniversary Edition
Atari Anniversary Edition is a video-game compilation of Atari arcade games. It was developed by Digital Eclipse and published by Infogrames.
| Atari Anniversary Edition | |
|---|---|
 North American Dreamcast cover art | |
| Developer(s) | Digital Eclipse[lower-alpha 1] |
| Publisher(s) | Infogrames[lower-alpha 2] |
| Platform(s) | Dreamcast PlayStation Microsoft Windows Game Boy Advance |
| Release | PlayStationDreamcastWindowsGame Boy Advance |
| Genre(s) | Classic |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Features
Atari Anniversary Edition features twelve Atari arcade games from over the years within an arcade-based setting. Alongside the games are other features, including interviews with Atari founder Nolan Bushnell, box artworks and manuals, among other special features.
The Microsoft Windows version is a single disc repackage of two previous Atari compilations released by Hasbro Interactive:[2] Atari Arcade Hits, released on 5 July 1999,[3] and Atari Arcade Hits 2, released in 2000. A similar compilation, Atari Greatest Hits, was also released in 2000, and was simply both volumes packaged together as a 2-CD set.[4] The games from both discs were compiled into one for the Dreamcast version, which was only released in North America. The PlayStation version was released as Atari Anniversary Edition Redux, and is similar to the Dreamcast version but has a slightly altered game list, with Millipede and Crystal Castles replaced with Black Widow and Space Duel.
The Game Boy Advance version was released under the title of Atari Anniversary Advance. This version contains the same games as Volume 1 of Atari Arcade Hits, but Pong is replaced with Battlezone. It also includes an after-market level replacement hack of Tempest titled "Tempest Tubes", as well as a "Trivia Challenge", which consists of questions about Atari and its 1980s video games.[5]
Games
Console
- Asteroids (1979) [lower-roman 1]
- Asteroids Deluxe (1981) [lower-roman 2]
- Battlezone (1980)[lower-roman 2]
- Black Widow (1982) [lower-roman 3]
- Centipede (1981) [lower-roman 1]
- Crystal Castles (1983) [lower-roman 2][lower-roman 4]
- Gravitar (1982) [lower-roman 2]
- Millipede (1982)[lower-roman 2][lower-roman 4]
- Missile Command (1980) [lower-roman 1]
- Pong (1972)[lower-roman 1]
- Space Duel (1982) [lower-roman 3]
- Super Breakout (1978) [lower-roman 1]
- Tempest (1981) [lower-roman 1]
- Warlords (1980) [lower-roman 2]
- Included in Atari Arcade Hits
- Included in Atari Arcade Hits 2
- Exclusive to PlayStation version
- Exclusive to Windows and Dreamcast versions
Advance
- Asteroids (1979)
- Battlezone (1980)
- Centipede (1981)
- Missile Command (1980)
- Super Breakout (1978)
- Tempest (1981)
References
- Staff writer (2001). "Atari Anniversary Edition (Dreamcast)". Digital Eclipse. Archived from the original on 20 February 2006.
- Lai, Shiuming (July 2003). "Review: Atari Anniversary Edition". MyAtari. Vol. 1, no. 33.
- Bottorf, James (25 July 1999). "Nostalgia games quickly lose edge". The Burlington Free Press. Vol. 172, no. 206. Burlington, Vermont. p. 3E – via Newspapers.com.
- Ruggill, Judd E; McAllister, Ken S (27 August 2015). Tempest: Geometries of Play. University of Michigan Press. p. 77. ISBN 978-0-472-05269-1.
- "Atari Anniversary Advance". IGN. 4 April 2002. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
- Additional work for the PlayStation version done by Infogrames Sheffield House.
- The PlayStation version was released under the Atari brand name in Europe.
External links
- Digital Eclipse page: Atari Arcade Hits 1, Atari Arcade Hits 2, Atari Anniversary Edition (Windows), Atari Anniversary Advance, Atari Anniversary Edition Redux
- Atari page: Atari Anniversary Edition (Windows), Atari Anniversary Edition Advance, Atari Anniversary Edition Redux
- Atari Anniversary Edition at MobyGames