Software:Atari Anniversary Edition

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Atari Anniversary Edition
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North American Dreamcast cover art
Developer(s)Digital Eclipse[lower-alpha 1]
Publisher(s)Infogrames[lower-alpha 2]
Platform(s)Dreamcast
PlayStation
Microsoft Windows
Game Boy Advance
ReleasePlayStation
  • NA: June 21, 2001
  • EU: March 1, 2002
Dreamcast
Windows
  • NA: July 9, 2001
  • EU: December 14, 2001
Game Boy Advance
  • NA: March 27, 2002
  • EU: February 14, 2003
Genre(s)Classic
Mode(s)Single-player

Atari Anniversary Edition is a video-game compilation of Atari arcade games. It was developed by Digital Eclipse and published by Infogrames.

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:[2] Atari Arcade Hits, released on 5 July 1999,[3] 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.[4] 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.[5]

Games

Console

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Included in Atari Arcade Hits.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Included in Atari Arcade Hits 2.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Exclusive to PlayStation version.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Exclusive to Windows and Dreamcast versions.

Advance

References

  1. ↑ Staff writer (2001). "Atari Anniversary Edition (Dreamcast)". http://www.digitaleclipse.com/live/main/main.php?v=pr&id=39&PHPSESSID=e7e60702215d05755268a5196032f459. 
  2. ↑ Lai, Shiuming (July 2003). "Review: Atari Anniversary Edition". MyAtari 1 (33). https://www.exxoshost.co.uk/atari/mirror/myatari/issues/jul2003/annivers.htm. 
  3. ↑ Bottorf, James (25 July 1999). "Nostalgia games quickly lose edge". The Burlington Free Press (Burlington, Vermont) 172 (206): p. 3E. https://www.newspapers.com/image/202634873/. 
  4. ↑ 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. https://books.google.com/books?id=BJDJCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA77. 
  5. ↑ "Atari Anniversary Advance". IGN. 4 April 2002. https://www.ign.com/articles/2002/04/04/atari-anniversary-advance. 
  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.

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