Activision Anthology

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Product Features

• The fun and quick learning curve of old-school arcade games comes to your GBA -- just pick up and play over 40 fun and challenging classics
• Whether you're a fan of Kaboom, Seaquest or Rampage, you'll discover a world of arcade excitement from the early days of video games here
• Also includes unreleased game prototypes, technology demos and other rare game oddities

Product Details

• ASIN: B0000ET9D8
• Media: Video Game
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #15,362 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

Activision Anthology is a jam-packed compilation with 40 arcade classics that older and younger gamers will love!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

32 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Classic Gaming Bliss, January 4, 2004

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Bruce Aguilar (Hollywood, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Activision Anthology (Video Game)

If you like old-school gaming action it's near impossible to get any better than this collection. Check out all the game EMULATIONS included.

34 Atari 2600 favorites:
Barnstorming / Boxing / Checkers / Chopper Command / Cosmic Commuter / Crackpots / Dolphin / Dragster / Enduro / Fishing Derby / Freeway / Frostbite / Grand Prix / H.E.R.O. / Ice Hockey / Kaboom! / Keystone Kapers / Laser Blast / Megamania (A Space Nightmare) / Oink! / Pitfall! / Plaque Attack / Pressure Cooker / Private Eye / River Raid / River raid 2 / Seaquest /Skiing / Sky Jinks / Spider Fighter / Stampede / Starmaster / Tennis / Titlematch Pro Wrestling

13 games never released on a compilation before:
Baseball / Beamrider / Bloody Human Freeway / Bridge / The Activision Decathlon / Skateboardin' / Pitfall II: The Lost Caverns / Robot Tank / Space Shuttle: A Journey Into space / Tomcat: The F14 Fighter Simulator / Venetian Blinds (A Technology Demo) / Unknown Protype #1 / Unknon Prototype #2

2 Never before released games:
Kabobber / Thwocker

7 homebrew games:
Climber 5 / Vault Assult / Okie / Oystron / Skeleton+ / Space Treat Deluxe / Video Euchre

Grand total = 56 games!!!

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A blast from the past., June 26, 2004

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Kellyannl (Bronx, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Activision Anthology (Video Game)

This is a somewhat difficult cartridge to review, because reactions to it will vary so widely. If you're young enough that none of the titles I'll mention ring a bell, consider this a three star cartridge that should be your first choice if you ever want to try a retro compilation. For anyone who grew up with an Atari 2600 in the early to mid 80's, however, this is a five star cartridge that should be among the first 10 that you get for your Game Boy. What you have, basically, is a handheld Atari system with 34 of it's best known games, plus extras, on one cartridge. Simply astonishing.

The four games featured on the front packaging are among those you'll probably be playing most often. In Freeway you help a chicken cross a highway. In Chopper Command you pilot a Chopper and, well, shoot the heck out of anything airborne that moves while avoiding crashes and return fire. In River Raid, you make your way down a river blasting enemies while avoiding shooting refueling tanks that you need to use.

There are other games you'll like too, but one rules above all the others. Mario. Samus. Alucard and the Belmonts. Before them all, there was Pitfall Harry - and countless of us grew up trying to get our Indiana Jones like hero through a jungle alive, those triple-crocodile jumps the bane of our young gaming existence.

There are some extra pluses and minuses. Those used only to games like the colorful Mario ports will find the screen a bit dull, but that was the Atari coloring of the time. Return fire bullets were small, which means that on the Game Boy they're Really, Really Small. Again, that's the system and the games. Finally, fans of the popular Kaboom!, the game featuring the dreaded Mad Bomber, should be aware that the controls don't lend themselves to the game very well - perhaps the only instance in the cartridge.

Now, however, for the pluses. You get a menu screen resembling an Atari cartridge deck, and can view the original box art and instructions - enough to give you a smile in itself. And - here's the big one - the cartridge retains records of high scores, which was the whole point of the Atari era. If you get a high enough score, you can even get a virtual patch resembling the ones you could send away for in the 80's if you provided Activision with a snapshot of your TV screen with a score of a certain level.

If you want to relive those days on handheld, then this cartridge is a must for you.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a revised review for this game, it's excellent!, December 8, 2003

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"gooseee" (NYC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Activision Anthology (Video Game)

i originally wrote a bad review for this game due to what i thought were bugs ... by my "jumping to conclusions" i feel it is now up to me to correct this. problem is that i have a computer disc with all bad games that i was comparing it to.. ATARI assured me that these games are direct ports and that it was MY disc that had the "BUGS" ... after trying the originals , i can assure you that it is true, this game is exactly like the originals and is by far the best atari compalation to date ... better than any console version ... plus extras not to be released on an other version!!! also try it on your gameboy player to see how perfect it is!!!!! go out and buy it now!!! you will not be dissapointed!! please disregard the last review i wrote bashing this product.. i was WRONG! its really that good!!