The ''Atari Greatest Hits'' series is composed of two compilations of

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Atari arcade games &

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games ported to the Nintendo DS. While listed on the Atari web site as free for

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& Android, ''Atari Greatest Hits'' has been removed from both app stores.

Reception

Volume 1

Writing for IGN, Craig Harris rated ''Atari Greatest Hits Volume 1'' 6 out of 10, and said that the 30 dollar price was too high: "At most, this game is a 20 dollar value." Harris noticed that the Nintendo DS's small screen can not properly display games with

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: "the 256 by 192 pixel density just can't display the fine visual details of ''Gravitar'', ''Lunar Lander'', and ''Asteroids''." However, he praised the title's "excellent multiplayer support" and "spot-on emulations". Alex Morgen at GamingBits.com gave it 3.5 of 5 stars in a generally positive review. Harris and Morgen both said that many of the included titles would not hold gamers' attention for very long.

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rated it 5 out of 10, while

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gave it 22 out of 100.

Extras

Both volumes contain an art gallery of pictures from their playable arcade games, Atari 2600 manuals from their playable arcade games and credits that say the people who helped make them. Both volumes contain 2 other extras. While Volume 1 has a trivia game that gives players 20 randomly selected questions about Atari and ''Army Battlezone'', a version of ''Battlezone'' commissioned by the

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for Atari to train the gunners of the

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, Volume 2 has 8 interviews from Nolan Bushnell, including video and audio (although the interviews don't have similar buttons to many video hosters) & an Atari 400 Basic engine.

Included games in Volume 1

Arcade Titles

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Asteroids An asteroid is a minor planet of the inner Solar System. Sizes and shapes of asteroids vary significantly, ranging from 1-meter rocks to a dwarf planet almost 1000 km in diameter; they are rocky, metallic or icy bodies with no atmosphere. ...

'' *'' Battlezone'' *'' The Bradley Trainer'' *'' Centipede'' *''

Gravitar ''Gravitar'' is a color vector graphics multidirectional shooter arcade video game released by Atari, Inc. in 1982. Using the same "rotate-and-thrust" controls as ''Asteroids (video game), Asteroids'' and ''Space Duel'', the game was known for ...

'' *'' Lunar Lander'' *''

Missile Command ''Missile Command'' is a 1980 shoot 'em up arcade video game developed and published by Atari, Inc. and licensed to Sega for Japanese and European releases. It was designed by Dave Theurer, who also designed Atari's vector graphics game '' Temp ...

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Pong ''Pong'' is a table tennis–themed twitch arcade sports video game, featuring simple two-dimensional graphics, manufactured by Atari and originally released in 1972. It was one of the earliest arcade video games; it was created by Allan Al ...

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Space Duel ''Space Duel'' is an arcade game released in 1982 by Atari, Inc. It is a direct descendant of the original ''Asteroids'', with asteroids replaced by colorful geometric shapes like cubes, diamonds, and spinning pinwheels. ''Space Duel'' is the firs ...

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Tempest Tempest is a synonym for a storm. '' The Tempest'' is a play by William Shakespeare. Tempest or The Tempest may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Films * ''The Tempest'' (1908 film), a British silent film * ''The Tempest'' (1911 film), a ...

Atari 2600 Titles

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3-D Tic-Tac-Toe 3-D, 3D, or 3d may refer to: Science, technology, and mathematics Relating to three-dimensionality * Three-dimensional space ** 3D computer graphics, computer graphics that use a three-dimensional representation of geometric data ** 3D film, a ...

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Adventure An adventure is an exciting experience or undertaking that is typically bold, sometimes risky. Adventures may be activities with danger such as traveling, exploring, skydiving, mountain climbing, scuba diving, river rafting, or other extreme ...

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Air-Sea Battle ''Air-Sea Battle'' is a game developed by Atari, Inc. for the Atari VCS (renamed to the Atari 2600 in 1982), and was one of the nine original launch titles for that system when it was released in September 1977. It was published by Sears as ...

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'' *'' Atari Video Cube'' *''

Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...

'' *'' Battlezone'' *''

Bowling Bowling is a target sport and recreational activity in which a player rolls a ball toward pins (in pin bowling) or another target (in target bowling). The term ''bowling'' usually refers to pin bowling (most commonly ten-pin bowling), thou ...

'' *'' Centipede'' *'' Championship Soccer'' *'' Dodge 'Em'' *''Flag Capture'' *''Football'' *'' Fun with Numbers'' *''

'' *'' Hangman'' *''

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Home Run In baseball, a home run (abbreviated HR) is scored when the ball is hit in such a way that the batter is able to circle the bases and reach home plate safely in one play without any errors being committed by the defensive team. A home run i ...

'' *''Human Cannonball'' *'' Math Gran Prix'' *''Miniature Golf'' *''

'' *'' Outlaw'' *'' RealSports Baseball'' *'' RealSports Boxing'' *''

RealSports Football ''RealSports Football'' is a 1982 American football video game made by Atari, Inc. for the Atari 2600. Versions for the Atari 5200 and Atari 8-bit family followed in 1983. It is part of the ''RealSports'' series of games. ''RealSports Football' ...

'' *'' RealSports Tennis'' *''

RealSports Volleyball ''Realsports Volleyball'' is a volleyball video game written by Bob Polaro and Jim Huether for the Atari 2600 and published by Atari, Inc. in 1982. Polaro also programmed the Atari 2600 port of '' Defender''. Development ''RealSports Volleybal ...

'' *'' Sky Diver'' *''Slot Machine'' *'' Slot Racers'' *'' Sprint Master'' *'' Star Ship'' *''

Stellar Track ''Stellar Track'' is an Atari VCS (later the Atari 2600) game developed by Rob Zdybel of Atari, Inc. and published by Sears under the "Tele-Games" brand in 1980. It is one of three such games that were released only through Sears. ''Stellar Track' ...

'' *'' Submarine Commander'' *''

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'' *'' Swordquest Earthworld'' *''Swordquest Fireworld'' *''Swordquest Waterworld'' *''Tempest'' *'' Video Checkers''

Included games in Volume 2

Arcade Titles

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Asteroids Deluxe ''Asteroids Deluxe'' is a vector graphic multidirectional shooter released in arcades in April 1981 by Atari Inc. as the sequel to ''Asteroids''. It was followed by ''Space Duel'' in 1982 and ''Blasteroids'' in 1987. Key changes in ''Asteroids D ...

'' * '' Black Widow'' * ''

Crystal Castles Crystal Castles was a Canadian electronic music group formed in 2006 in Toronto, Ontario, formed by songwriter-producer Ethan Kath and singer-songwriter Alice Glass, who later left and was replaced by Edith Frances. Crystal Castles were know ...

'' * '' Liberator'' * ''

Major Havoc ''Major Havoc'' (or ''The Adventures of Major Havoc'') is an arcade action game released by Atari, Inc. in 1983. A vector-based upright arcade cabinet, ''Major Havoc'' consists of several smaller game experiences played in succession, including ...

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Millipede Millipedes are a group of arthropods that are characterised by having two pairs of jointed legs on most body segments; they are known scientifically as the class Diplopoda, the name derived from this feature. Each double-legged segment is a resu ...

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Red Baron Red is the color at the long wavelength end of the visible spectrum of light, next to orange and opposite violet. It has a dominant wavelength of approximately 625–740 nanometres. It is a primary color in the RGB color model and a seconda ...

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Super Breakout ''Super Breakout'' is a sequel to the 1976 video game '' Breakout'' released in arcades in September 1978 by Atari, Inc. It was written by Ed Rotberg. The game uses the same mechanics as ''Breakout'', but allows the selection of three distinct ...

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Warlords A warlord is a person who exercises military, economic, and political control over a region in a country without a strong national government; largely because of coercive control over the armed forces. Warlords have existed throughout much of h ...

'' (4 player support)

Atari 2600 Titles

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Backgammon Backgammon is a two-player board game played with counters and dice on tables boards. It is the most widespread Western member of the large family of tables games, whose ancestors date back nearly 5,000 years to the regions of Mesopotamia and Pe ...

'' * '' BASIC Programming'' * '' Blackjack'' (3 player support) * '' Brain Games'' (2 player support) * '' Breakout'' * '' Canyon Bomber'' (2 player support) * ''

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'' (4 player support) * '' Circus Atari'' (2 player support) * '' Codebreaker'' * '' Combat'' (2 player support) * '' Combat Two'' (2 player support) * ''

Concentration In chemistry, concentration is the abundance of a constituent divided by the total volume of a mixture. Several types of mathematical description can be distinguished: '' mass concentration'', ''molar concentration'', '' number concentration'', ...

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Demons to Diamonds ''Demons to Diamonds'' is a fixed shooter for the Atari 2600 produced by Atari, Inc. and released in 1982. It was programmed by Nick Turner with graphics designed by Alan Murphy. Nick Turner previously ported ''Super Breakout'' to the 2600. The ...

'' (2 player support) * ''

Desert Falcon ''Desert Falcon'' is a scrolling shooter developed by General Computer Corporation for the Atari 7800 and Atari 2600 and published by Atari Corporation in 1987. It was initially announced in 1984 as one of the planned launch titles for the 7800. A ...

'' * '' Double Dunk'' (2 player support) * ''

Fatal Run ''Fatal Run'' is a 1990 post-apocalyptic-themed vehicular combat game developed by Sculptured Software for the Atari 2600 and Atari 7800. It was published by Atari Corporation simultaneous by Atari for both platforms. Along with '' Klax'', this w ...

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Golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping ...

'' * '' Maze Craze'' (2 player support) * ''

'' * '' Night Driver'' * '' Off-the-Wall'' * '' Quadrun'' * '' Radar Lock'' * '' RealSports Basketball'' (2 player support) * ''

RealSports Soccer ''RealSports Soccer'' (also known as ''Soccer'', ''Football'' and ''RealSports Football'') is a 1983 sports video game developed and published by Atari for the Atari 2600 and Atari 5200 platforms, concentrating on the sport of association footba ...

'' (2 player support) * '' Return to Haunted House'' * ''

Secret Quest Secret Quest is an action-adventure game developed by Axlon for the Atari 2600 and published by Atari Corporation in 1989. The player controls a humanoid character that fights monsters and gathers items on a series of space stations. It was one o ...

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Sentinel Sentinel may refer to: Places Mountains * Mount Sentinel, a mountain next to the University of Montana in Missoula, Montana * Sentinel Buttress, a volcanic crag on James Ross Island, Antarctica * Sentinel Dome, a naturally occurring grani ...

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Space War ''Space War'' is a video game cartridge released by Atari, Inc. in 1978 for the Atari Video Computer System (renamed to the Atari 2600 in 1982). The game is a version of '' Spacewar!'', the 1962 computer game by Steve Russell. It was released ...

'' * '' Star Raiders'' * '' Steeplechase'' * '' Street Racer'' * '' Super Baseball'' (2 player support) * ''

'' * ''Super Football'' (2 player support) * '' Video Chess'' * ''

Video Olympics ''Video Olympics'' is a video game programmed by Joe Decuir for the Atari 2600. It is one of the nine 2600 launch titles Atari, Inc. published when that system was released in September 1977. The cartridge is a collection of games from Atari's p ...

'' (4 player support) * ''

Video Pinball The Video Pinball brand is a series of first-generation single-player dedicated home video game consoles manufactured, released and marketed by Atari, Inc. starting in 1977. Bumper controllers on the sides or a dial on the front are used to ...

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'' (4 player support) * '' Yar's Revenge''

Notes

References

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