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 enlarge | From: Atari Inc.
Category: Video Games
List Price: $19.99
Buy Used: $16.80
You Save: $3.19 (16%)
New (7) Used (10) from $16.80
Avg. Customer Rating:  16 reviews
Sales Rank: 9321
Platform: Nintendo Ds
ESRB: Everyone
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: No
Age: 5 - 20 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 4.9 x 0.6
MPN: 26418
Model: DSATAR 742725264182
UPC: 742725264182
EAN: 0742725264182
ASIN: B00076OMOW
Release Date: March 16, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
Condition: complete with case, label art, and instructions
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| Customer Reviews:
 Old old games. December 30, 2005
2 out of 22 found this review helpful
Man,I got this game for Christmas and the games are so boring.And the games are so old.
 Not as "Classic" as it could be December 12, 2005
9 out of 13 found this review helpful
While Pong, Centipede, and Asteroids WERE groundbreaking, they aren't "Classic" on this console. If you're one of the rare types who finds the old Atari games more mesmerizing than any of the new stuff on the market, then you could potentially enjoy this title.
Otherwise, it's hard to have any appreciation for this if you switch game cartridges from Meteos or Mario Kart to this. Retro Atari just doesn't deliver.
It should also be noted that the controls aren't consistent. For some games you have to use the stylus to "Touch the Screen" but as soon as the game begings, you're required to use the directional pad.
The Past Will Have to Wait Some More November 29, 2005
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
I just bought this and though some of the games are very true to form like Asteroids, Pong, Break-Out, and Lunar Landing you go away with the feeling of how basic our games were in the 1980's, tho that never stopped me from stuffing quarters into them. Of course many of our old games were a challenge back then but we've really come a long way. My favorite was always Missile Command which was the reason I picked this up. Unfortunately, I was disappointed with this incarnation of the arcade legend. With the original game, and to a lesser degree even the original Game Boy Missile Command, you could control which base to fire your missiles. Not so here and you can't control which base launches your missiles. It's a free-for-all which prevents the standard strategy of using a spread of missiles using the base the farthest from your cursor (which starts at the opposite end of the side you choose, this way you can let loose an even spread of missiles workng your way back to the firing base). The graphics are great but why the heck couldn't the manufacturer have kept with the basic defensive concept of the game?
If you stunk at games like Tempest and Lunar Landing then guess what...not much will have changed. I still can't land that damn lander in Lunar Landing and still not sure what is going on with Tempest! Asteroids is very good but I was never a big fan of it during its heyday, preferring Pac-Man, Gorf, Missile Command, and Space Invaders Deluxe.
So, this was a nice blast from the past, but I'll wait for the Namco Museum release and keep my fingers crossed that it has a higher replay value.
I bought the DS to keep up with legacy games like Zelda, Metroid, and FPS' like MOH and COD--all of which I'm still waiting to be released. I like the concept of the DS, but for the most part the time I find for portable gaming (I travel a lot on business) is spent on my PSP.
get's old after a while August 5, 2005
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
ok this compilation is ok. i'll admit that i'm a sucker for classics and that's why i got this. the first few days with this were really fun just expieriencing the classics. the next couple weeks i didn't play this that much... and now well a couple months after i bought it i barely play it. simply because i don't think that these games are as addicting now as they were then. games like castle and breakout are fun but are you really gonna sit down and play this for ages? in addition the games in super mario ds are more engaging and varied so i play those more often. this is fun but i reccomend buying it onsale because it's simply not worth $30. i'd pay $15 for it but not $30...
Not Bad, Mixed Bag July 26, 2005
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I'm a retro games fan and have most of the originals of these games somewhere in the basement, and all the emulators on my N-Gage. For the classics you could just stick with the GBA version or an emulator on any other system, but frankly the DS is some of the best portable hardware and makes the classics more enjoyable. A few of the "remix" versions I actually like, including Centipede and Warlords. If you buy it for Tempest be advised that this is by far the weakest game on the title.
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