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...your fondest video-game memories are of playing Pong in the 1970s or duking it out with Asteroids in the '80s, Atari has two new ways to help you recapture those childhood thrills. One is Atari Flashback, a $40 gaming console that plugs directly into your TV (available in Europe in March). The other is Atari Anthology, a $20 disc of games for the PlayStation 2 (available in Europe Feb. 4) and Xbox (available now). These retro games don't have the eye-popping graphics of today's hot sellers, but that doesn't make classics like Centipede and Missile...
...your fondest video-game memories are of playing Pong in the 1970s or duking it out with Asteroids in the '80s, Atari has two new ways to help you recapture those childhood thrills. One is Atari Flashback, a $40 gaming console that plugs directly into your TV. The other is Atari Anthology, a disc of games for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox...
...today's hot sellers, but that doesn't make classics like Centipede and Missile Command any less addictive. To find out how well the updates replicated the originals, I asked a dozen Time staff members to test them. The verdict: Anthology most faithfully re-creates the Atari classics, whereas Flashback is a disappointment, lacking in both depth and performance...
More problematic was Flashback's rendition of Adventure, in which you must find a golden chalice and take it to a castle. The sounds were noticeably altered from the original, and the game's closing sequence was a poor imitation as well. Noted a tester: "This thing is a total rip-off. The only reason to play these games is for the nostalgia value, and it doesn't even have that...
There were a few gripes. As with Flashback, it was hard to maneuver at times using the PS2 controller. And the sports titles have not aged well. "It's stick figures hitting ground balls," said a tester who played Home Run and Realsports Baseball. Still, for $20, Atari Anthology makes a great stocking stuffer...