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- Reviewed on: 03/23/2005
- Released on: 03/16/2005
- Originally published on GameSpot: Atari Retro Classics (DS) Review
Retro Atari Classics may look like a standard collection of classic Atari arcade games, but in reality, it's not your average compilation. The 10 games featured here have been redesigned in an attempt to take advantage of the Nintendo DS's touch screen. The results are slightly mixed, though the re-creations here still fall squarely into the "bad idea" category.
The games in this collection read like a murderer's row of killer arcade classics. You'll find Warlords, Missile Command, Centipede, Tempest, Pong, Breakout, Sprint, Gravitar, Asteroids, and Lunar Lander here. The default way to play these games is in "original style," which mimics the graphics of the original games. However, the gameplay has changed quite a bit in some cases.
Centipede is probably the biggest change, and it goes a long way to show that these games were reprogrammed, rather than emulated. The spider movement is idiotic, and the centipedes themselves don't behave quite right, either. Warlords doesn't add multiple fireballs to the game when the four castles are destroyed. Missile Command automatically selects which firebase to launch missiles from depending on where you're firing. The list goes on and on, and most of these changes really hurt the nostalgic appeal of the overall package.
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