[stella] PSX 2600 game compilation previewed

Subject: [stella] PSX 2600 game compilation previewed
From: Ruffin Bailey <rufbo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 98 10:14:27 -0000
Just in case anyone was still interested, Activision's 2600 classics disk 
has been previewed in videogames.com.  There really wasn't much news, but 
I'm taking it from the fact that the review said nothing about it that 
there's no history of the 2600 on the disk (a la Williams Arcade 
Classics).  That really is a shame.  I guess the emails didn't help.

The "review" was really weak.  I'll just paste the whole shibang below.

There are screenshots for Chopper Command, River Raid, Pitfall, Boxing, 
Ice Hockey and one I'm embarrassed to say I don't know the name of.  
There's some fellow with a helicopter blade twirling over his head, and 
he's spelunkering in some cave shooting bats whose graphics data are 
ripped out of Pitfall.

Here's the review from http://www.videogames.com/psx/puzcla/actclass/

                         Get ready for the biggest compilation of 
classics yet.               
                         Activision is preparing to release a set of 30 
Atari 2600
                         games on one PlayStation disc. With a suggested 
retail
                         price of $29.95, you can't beat it.

                         Many of us have fond memories of playing these
                         games from our youth, although Activision CEO 
Robert
                         Kotick seems to think PlayStation owners are too
                         young to remember them. "For the first time,
                         PlayStation gamers will be able to experience the
                         magic and fun of these original classic arcade 
games,"
                         he was quoted as saying (yes, we know what he
                         meant, but we couldn't help making fun of the 
quote). If
                         you actually are too young to remember these 
games,
                         you might want to check out this compilation 
just so you
                         can see what us old-timers used to play in the 
days when
                         high scores meant everything.

This compilation is a bit of a mixed blessing. On one hand, the games are
preserved in their original format (except we don't have to deal with the 
crappy
2600 controller). On the other hand, seeing a graphically updated River 
Raid or
Barnstorming would be cool (think Mario All-Stars treatment). In any case,
Activision Classics is a must-play. It'll give retro gamers something to 
ooh and
aah about, and it'll give younger gamers an opportunity to say, "You old 
farts
are oohing and aahing over this crap? Give me my Final Fantasy VII any 
day." 

================================================================
Ruffin Bailey           |  Write Atari 2600 games on your Mac!  
rufbo at bellsouth.net  |  http://members.aol.com/~mactari
================================================================


--
Archives (includes files) at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/archives/
Unsub & more at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/

Current Thread