Atari Anniversary Edition
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{{Infobox video game
| title = Atari Anniversary Edition
| image = Atari Anniversary Edition Coverart.png
| caption = North American Dreamcast cover art
| developer = Digital Eclipse{{efn|Additional work for the PlayStation version done by Infogrames Sheffield House.}}
| publisher = Infogrames Interactive{{efn|The PlayStation version was released under the Atari brand name in Europe.}}
| designer =
| engine =
| released = Windows, Dreamcast{{vgrelease|NA|June 26, 2001{{Cite web |title=New Releases|url=http://www.ebgames.com:80/ebx/categories/homepages/dreamcast/default.asp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010715192402/http://www.ebgames.com:80/ebx/categories/homepages/dreamcast/default.asp|archive-date=July 15, 2001|access-date=April 28, 2024|website=EB Games}}|EU|December 14, 2001 (PC)|AU|February 8, 2002 (PC){{Cite web |title=Atari Anniversary Edition |url=http://gamenation.com.au/product/?action=view&id=731 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020319101907/http://gamenation.com.au/product/?action=view&id=731 |archive-date=March 19, 2002 |access-date=April 28, 2024 |website=Game Nation}}}}PlayStation{{vgrelease|NA|November 21, 2001{{Cite web |title=Atari Anniversary Edition |url=http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/categories/products/product.asp?pf_id=204598 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011117171526/http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/categories/products/product.asp?pf_id=204598 |archive-date=November 17, 2001 |access-date=April 1, 2024 |website=EB Games}}|EU/AU|March 1, 2002{{Cite web |title=Atari Anniversary Edition |url=http://gamenation.com.au/product/?action=list&genre=7&platform=4&type=genre|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020425105127/http://gamenation.com.au/product/?action=list&genre=7&platform=4&type=genre|archive-date=April 25, 2002|access-date=April 28, 2024|website=Game Nation}}}}Game Boy Advance{{vgrelease|NA|March 26, 2002{{Cite web |last=Harris |first=Craig |date=March 26, 2002 |title=Atari Anniversary Advances to Stores |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2002/03/26/atari-anniversary-advances-to-stores |access-date=April 1, 2024 |website=IGN}}|AU|April 5, 2002{{Cite web |title=Atari Anniversary Edition |url=http://gamenation.com.au/product/?action=view&id=840|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020528151927/http://gamenation.com.au/product/?action=view&id=840|archive-date=May 28, 2002|access-date=April 28, 2024 |website=Game Nation}}|EU|February 14, 2003{{Cite web |title=2003 Releases|url=http://eurogamer.net/release-dates.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030207161210/http://eurogamer.net/release-dates.php|archive-date=February 7, 2003|access-date=April 28, 2024|website=Eurogamer}}}}
| genre = Various
| modes = Single-player
| platforms = Dreamcast
PlayStation
Microsoft Windows
Game Boy Advance
}}
Atari Anniversary Edition is a video game compilation of Atari arcade games. It was developed by Digital Eclipse and published by Infogrames Interactive.
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:{{cite magazine |last=Lai |first=Shiuming |date=July 2003 |title=Review: Atari Anniversary Edition |url=https://www.exxoshost.co.uk/atari/mirror/myatari/issues/jul2003/annivers.htm |magazine=MyAtari |volume=1 |issue=33}} Atari Arcade Hits, released on 5 July 1999,{{cite news |last=Bottorf |first=James |date=25 July 1999 |title=Nostalgia games quickly lose edge |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/202634873/ |newspaper=The Burlington Free Press |volume=172 |issue=206 |location=Burlington, Vermont |page=3E |via=Newspapers.com}} 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.{{cite book|last1=Ruggill|first1=Judd E|last2=McAllister|first2=Ken S|title=Tempest: Geometries of Play|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BJDJCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA77|date=27 August 2015|publisher=University of Michigan Press|isbn=978-0-472-05269-1|page=77}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2002/04/04/atari-anniversary-advance|title=Atari Anniversary Advance|work=IGN|date=4 April 2002|access-date=30 November 2018}}
List of games
class="wikitable sortable"
! Games ! Windows ! Dreamcast ! PlayStation ! Advance |
Asteroids (1979)
| {{Yes|Volume 1}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} |
Asteroids Deluxe (1981)
| {{Yes|Volume 2}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} |
Battlezone (1980)
| {{Yes|Volume 2}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} |
Black Widow (1982)
| {{No}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} |
Centipede (1981)
| {{Yes|Volume 1}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} |
Crystal Castles (1983)
| {{Yes|Volume 2}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | {{No}} |
Gravitar (1982)
| {{Yes|Volume 2}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} |
Millipede (1982)
| {{Yes|Volume 2}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | {{No}} |
Missile Command (1980)
| {{Yes|Volume 1}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} |
Pong (1972)
| {{Yes|Volume 1}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} |
Space Duel (1982)
| {{No}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} |
Super Breakout (1978)
| {{Yes|Volume 1}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} |
Tempest (1981)
| {{Yes|Volume 1}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} |
Warlords (1980)
| {{Yes|Volume 2}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} |
References
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External links
- Digital Eclipse page: [https://web.archive.org/web/20050312080036/http://www.digitaleclipse.com/live/main/main.php?v=pr&id=77 Atari Arcade Hits 1], [https://web.archive.org/web/20041013100321/http://www.digitaleclipse.com/live/main/main.php?v=pr&id=93 Atari Arcade Hits 2], [https://web.archive.org/web/20050311071916/http://www.digitaleclipse.com/live/main/main.php?v=pr&id=108 Atari Anniversary Edition (Windows)], [https://web.archive.org/web/20060220112628/http://www.digitaleclipse.com/live/main/main.php?v=pr&id=344&PHPSESSID=e7e60702215d05755268a5196032f459 Atari Anniversary Advance], [https://web.archive.org/web/20060220112518/http://www.digitaleclipse.com/live/main/main.php?v=pr&id=109&PHPSESSID=e7e60702215d05755268a5196032f459 Atari Anniversary Edition Redux]
- Atari page: [https://archive.today/20060616180803/http://www.atari.com/us/games/atari_anniversary/pc?PHPSESSID=8396eaada9eb3721a22675ae9117af9a Atari Anniversary Edition (Windows)], [https://web.archive.org/web/20040111022732/http://www.us.atari.com/games/atari_anniv_gba/ Atari Anniversary Edition Advance], [https://web.archive.org/web/20031210072236/http://www.us.atari.com/games/atari_psx_arcade/ Atari Anniversary Edition Redux]
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