Atari Anniversary Edition


Atari Anniversary Edition is a collection of classic Atari coin-op games, and was released in 2001 on the Dreamcast, PlayStation, and PC, with a smaller version in 2002 on the Game Boy Advance. The PlayStation release was in 2001 with the title Atari Anniversary Edition Redux, and it has a slightly altered game list. Also included are interviews with Atari founder Nolan Bushnell, among other special features.
On the PC, earlier titles were Atari Arcade Hits 1, released 5 July 1999, Atari Arcade Hits 2, released in 2000, and Atari Greatest Hits, also released in 2000. Atari Greatest Hits was basically both volumes of Atari Arcade Hits packaged together as a 2-CD set. In 2001, this set was re-packaged in a single CD under the Atari Anniversary Edition title. These releases make the original Microsoft Arcade obsolete.
The Game Boy Advance version, Atari Anniversary Advance, marked the debut of classic arcade emulation on the Game Boy Advance.

Games

The following games are included in the pack. :

Volume 1

TitleOriginal release
Asteroids1979
Centipede1981
Missile Command1980
Pong1972
Super Breakout1978
Tempest1981
Black Widow 1982
Space Duel 1982

Volume 2

TitleOriginal release
Asteroids Deluxe1981
Battlezone1980
Crystal Castles 1983
Gravitar1982
Millipede 1982
Warlords1980

Advance

Atari Anniversary Advance has six of the games from Volumes 1 and 2:
TitleOriginal release
Asteroids1979
Battlezone1980
Centipede1981
Missile Command1980
Super Breakout1978
Tempest1981

This version also includes "Tempest Tubes", an after-market level replacement hack, and features a "Trivia Challenge", a collection of questions about Atari and its 1980s video games.