Atari Retro Classics (DS)

More on this product: review; screenshots; user reviews; specifications; shop

Share
- Digg
- Del.icio.us
- Reddit
- Facebook
E-mail
Print

Screenshots

See all screenshots

CNET editors' rating: 2.0 stars Mediocre
Detailed editors' rating

Average user rating:
Write your own review
See all user reviews

Product summary

Retro Atari Classics is the sort of game that's unpleasing to every possible audience.

Specifications: ESRB: Everyone; Genre: Action; Number of players: 1-4 Players See full specs

Price range: $37.91

Gamespot editors' review

Reviewed by: Jeff Gerstmann
Reviewed on: 03/23/2005
Released on: 03/16/2005

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.

Warlords is a rad game, but the control suffers a bit here.

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.

See more CNET content tagged:: Atari Inc.,; touch screen,; Nintendo DS,; style,; games

User reviews

Average user rating: 0 stars Not yet available
Back to product review
My rating: 0 stars Write review

Showing 1 of 1 user reviewSee 1 user review
0.5 stars

"A COMPLETE waste of my money"

by mholzworth1 on February 20, 2006

read more
See 1 user review Write review

Submit your review

Atari Retro Classics (DS)

1. Rate this product:: (Mouse over the stars to rate this product and click to set your rating.)
2. One-line summary:(Summarize your review in one line. 10 characters minimum; required.): 0 of 55 characters
3. Pros:(Tell us what you like about this product. 10 characters minimum; required.): 0 of 250 characters
4. Cons:(Tell us what you don't like about this product. 10 characters minimum; required.): 0 of 250 characters
Bottom-line summary:(Explain to us in detail why you like or dislike the product, focusing your comments on the product's features and functionality, and your experience using the product. This field is optional.): 0 of 5000 characters; Submit