Customer Reviews

Activision Anthology Remix

5 star:		(2)
4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(3)

 

 

Ok. I was skeptical about getting this. Half of the reviews said many of the games did not work but I got it anyway because I wanted to play Pitfall again and I got it really cheap thru an amazon seller.

I was disappointed at first when some of the games really didn't work but I looked around and figured out if you hit F2 which is listed under commands for reset they would all work. You do have to hit it for each game that doesn't work every time you choose it to play. I just thought I would try it to see if it would help and surprisingly it did. I don't know why it's like that but the games will work and if you don't pay a lot for it, it is not bad.

It's true you have to use the keyboard to select the games but it does not take long and is so not a problem to me as some say. It's the arrow keys and enter and it's really quick.

Also, yes, there isn't any instructions for the games and if you don't remember what to do you have to figure it out. But it IS fun. I haven't checked but someone probably has a webpage somewhere that tells about some of them.

As long as I could play pitfall though I would have been happy. There are some games I had completely forgotten about until now like river raid, it used to be my favorite. It is fun just to see them again. If you've never played these games, you probably wouldn't have as much fun as people who played them when they were young. They are slow, simple and graphics way low grade but check it out. I've never done a review before but I thought I should share about getting the games to work.

In Conclusion: I'm glad I got it. I give it 5 stars even though the technical glitch. Get it and Have Fun reliving the past!

The good:
If you like the old Activision games for the Atari 2600, this is the software for you. The emulation is exact and includes pretty much all of the original Activision titles.

The game allows you to use the keyboard, mouse (to simulate paddles) or a gamepad and it all works well.

The bad:
The retro 80's interface is more of a pain than anything. You have to use the keyboard to select the games, and then have to go through multiple steps to get there. A simple list of games to select would be better.

Also, there is no documentation on how to play any games, and worse, you can select which game mode you want (the same as the game select on the old 2600), but there is no documentation on what the games are, so I hope you still have your old 2600 game documentation.

I love video games with the word VIDEO in the title. Video Euchre? Ha. 75 games. Hidden stuff? It seems all of the Imagic games like Demon Attack are all here too. As well as some strange atari club carts and prototypes. Bloody Human Freeway replaces the chicken with a person. Haw! A big surprize is a game called Vault Assault which is a good knock off of an old arcade game called Zap. I can't figure out how to get the enhanced play modes working. Atlantis 2 just seems to be a faster version of atlantis with same graphics. darn.

This CD-Rom is a definite trip back to the 80's when the Atari 2600 was the in video game console. The PC version has more games than the Playstation 2 version. There's all the Activision titles like Pitfall, Kaboom, River Raid, & Stampede. The new games added to the PC version include all of Imagic's games, two unknown Activision Prototypes, seven recent homemade titles. Yes, some private programmers are still creating games for the Atari 2600. Check atariage.com for details. There is 76 games in all. Playstation 2 version has only 47. There is also 8 songs from the 80's from Alan Parsons Project, Flock of Seagalls, Billy Ocean which you can listen to while playing the games. Original hits. These are different from the 12 songs on the Playstation 2 version. Game emulation is exact. This game was great.

For emulation and completeness, it's hard to fault this. The games are just plain fun, and the value for money is amazing. These cartridges for the Atari 2600 sold for an average of $30 each at the time they were released. The interface is a bit cheesy/clunky - a crudely animated ride across an 80's desk with a cartridge holder. I like the "80's radio station" feature, but navigation in general could be improved much, Also, some in-game options to tune sensitivity for mouse-controlled games (where a paddle controller was used before), and support for joystick control would seem to be a no-brainer, but are not included. It also would've been a good idea to show mapping of the Select, Difficulty, etc. keys with a low-opacity overlay at the top of the screen, but interface transparency wasn't as popular when this package was released. As far as compatibility, works great up to WinXP SP3, was not able to make it work under Win7 64-bit (got the initial settings box, but the main interface could not start), including using any of the compatibility modes - though I didn't try the whole "Windows XP mode" using Virtual PC (a VM).

All in all, you can't go wrong.

this is a old style game and it shows it. does not have the graphics that we are use to now.it is good if you want to have a game that takes you back to the time of pong.

BE WARNNED!!! This software did not run properly on any of my Vaio computers. And of course once opened, you own it! Wow, what a joke.

Ordered this along with the Atari 80 game package. Instead they sent me 2 copies of the same Activision Anthology. I tried repeatedly and the Activision Anthology does not work with my brand new Toshiba P205 laptop running Vista OS. I have 2 copies to give away. Might make nice coasters.

...this would be a great retro game. Problem is, half of the titles won't load. Flat out - this game don't work. Period.