Vindicators! Too bad Stun Runner didn't make the cut, but Road Blasters is close enough.
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Vindicators! Too bad Stun Runner didn't make the cut, but Road Blasters is close enough.
Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed the Activison collection, this is just better.
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Originally posted by NeoZeedeater
The problem with Activision is that they insist on only rereleasing their 2600 versions of games when they released many of the exact same games on far superior hardware.
Yeah! I had Pitfall II on my C-64 and it was so much better than the Atari 2600 game.
Plus there's all the Activision games that never came out on 2600 at all like Zenji, Hacker, Ghostbusters, Alter Ego, etc.
Oohh yeah. I agree with you whole-heartedly on that.Quote:
Originally posted by Jeremy
I can't wait to play Smash TV using the Xbox's two control sticks. While the dual shock version on the Arcade Party Pak was great, I can't help but feel the Xbox's sticks would work better. Can't wait to buy this compilation, the price is unbeatable, and the game selection is out of this world. I also think the GC pad would cripple some of these games, Smash TV in particular. Road Blasters and SpyHunter are reason enough for me to pick this puppy up. Everything else will be gravy.
Bought the PS2 version yesterday.
I'm pretty pleased with it so far. Just about every game has analog support of some kind, which works out better in some games than others. Works great for Robotron and Smash TV, obviously, but less so in Spy Hunter where you have to use the right stick for gas. Toobin' is actually pretty cool when played with the analog sticks!
Sound quality is a little mixed. The Atari games (Marble Madness, Paperboy, Gauntlet, Roadblasters) sound great, although there are a few errors here and there (like missing sound effects in Paperboy). The Williams games sound much poorer in comparison, almost like they're in mono. The Midway games sound about as good as the Atari games.
Appearance-wise, the Atari and Midway games come out on the top of the heap. The Williams games look decent, but some have been shrunk down and/or letterboxed (Bubbles, Sinistar).
The interviews are great (especially the extensive footage of Eugene Jarvis talking about Robotron!) but the video quality is not the greatest.
Overall I'm pretty happy with this collection.
Picked it up yesterday too. Didn't get a chance to go through everything. Played Gauntlet, Rampage and Spy Hunter so far. Good stuff!
Are there alot of extras, like commericals, interviews, etc?...If it is anything like Activision Anthologies, I need to pick this up.
It should be noted that Smash TV runs at only 30 fps in the PS2 version. Or at least it did in our review copy. o_O Xbox had no speed problems.
And Videodrone, it kind of skimps on the historical extras. Most of it seems drawn from the past PSX releases.
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Originally Posted by skelly
I read there were Smash TV frame rate issues cross platform...
If that's not the case, I'd pick up the xbox rev.