Atari Anniversary Edition

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Atari Anniversary Edition
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North American Dreamcast box art
Developer(s) Digital Eclipse [a]
Publisher(s) Infogrames Interactive [b]
Platform(s) Windows, Dreamcast, PlayStation, Game Boy Advance
Release
June 26, 2001
  • Windows
    • NA: June 26, 2001 [1]
    • EU: December 14, 2001
    • AU: February 8, 2002 [2]
    Dreamcast
    PlayStation
    Game Boy Advance
Genre(s) Various
Mode(s) Single-player

Atari Anniversary Edition is a 2001 video game compilation of Atari arcade games, developed by Digital Eclipse and published by Infogrames Interactive.

Contents

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: [9] Atari Arcade Hits, released on 5 July 1999, [10] 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. [11] 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. [12]

List of games

GamesWindowsDreamcastPlayStationGBA
Asteroids (1979)Volume 1YesYesYes
Asteroids Deluxe (1981)Volume 2YesYesNo
Battlezone (1980)Volume 2YesYesYes
Black Widow (1983)NoNoYesNo
Centipede (1981)Volume 1YesYesYes
Crystal Castles (1983)Volume 2YesNoNo
Gravitar (1982)Volume 2YesYesNo
Millipede (1982)Volume 2YesNoNo
Missile Command (1980)Volume 1YesYesYes
Pong (1972)Volume 1YesYesNo
Space Duel (1982)NoNoYesNo
Super Breakout (1978)Volume 1YesYesYes
Tempest (1981)Volume 1YesYesYes
Warlords (1981)Volume 2YesYesNo

References

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  9. Lai, Shiuming (July 2003). "Review: Atari Anniversary Edition". MyAtari. Vol. 1, no. 33.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
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  1. Additional work for the PlayStation version done by Infogrames Sheffield House.
  2. The PlayStation version was released under the Atari brand name in Europe.