Paratech
July 14th, 2008, 03:28
Atari Retro Remixed
Sometimes there are purists who will freak when games are remade/ported and some times people don’t care, but this pack is like a bunch of high school programmers were rushed to see if they could create a bunch of ports of classic games and get them released before retro gamers realized the games were so crappy that Pac Man on the 2600 started sounding fun.
How did they screw up? Lets discuss a few games listed.
Asteroids, looks horrible the remix version is on a level close to the 2600 version with slightly better graphics.
Centipede, do we need two screens for the game? It looks horrible on two screens. It’s crappy. I’d rather buy a $20 trackball and play it in MAME.
Missile Command, you get to wait until the enemies cross from the top of the screen to the middle before you can attack, and the touch pad controls suck.
Tempest, touch pad only? Who’s moronic idea was that? It ruined the game!
I can’t believe that I purchased this POS. I can’t believe I sunk $15 into this. I traded it towards Mario Kart Advance. It was much better.
Rating F
Sometimes there are purists who will freak when games are remade/ported and some times people don’t care, but this pack is like a bunch of high school programmers were rushed to see if they could create a bunch of ports of classic games and get them released before retro gamers realized the games were so crappy that Pac Man on the 2600 started sounding fun.
How did they screw up? Lets discuss a few games listed.
Asteroids, looks horrible the remix version is on a level close to the 2600 version with slightly better graphics.
Centipede, do we need two screens for the game? It looks horrible on two screens. It’s crappy. I’d rather buy a $20 trackball and play it in MAME.
Missile Command, you get to wait until the enemies cross from the top of the screen to the middle before you can attack, and the touch pad controls suck.
Tempest, touch pad only? Who’s moronic idea was that? It ruined the game!
I can’t believe that I purchased this POS. I can’t believe I sunk $15 into this. I traded it towards Mario Kart Advance. It was much better.
Rating F