If I were to construct a Venn Diagram of retro gaming aficionados and Android lovers would you find yourself in the creamy center?
If your answer is yes then I’ve got some excellent news for you. Atari Greatest Hits is now available in the Android Market for all the official 70s and 80s Atari gaming you can handle. (If your answer is no then why did you click on this post in the first place? Regardless, go watch the Modern Combat 3 trailer or something.)
The app itself is free and comes with Missile Command, but additional games will cost you $0.99 for one of twenty-five game packs (four games per pack). Or ,you can have all 100 games for $9.99. I’ll leave you to do the math on whether at least 10 of the offered packs tickle your buying bone.
Obviously the graphics are atrocious and the sound effects don’t rise to the level of something you’d consider using for a ringtone these days, but that’s not really the point here. In terms of the sights and sounds, Atari has managed to capture everything exactly as I remember it on the faux wood encased Atari we had hooked up to an ancient TV in my basement as a kid. The big difference is the controls. It’s entirely possible that it’s just me or my Thunderbolt, but I wasn’t really happy with the responsiveness of the controls in Missile Command. This is definitely something that would benefit from the game controller support that’s coming in Android 4.0. Put this on a tablet with a real controller and you’d have yourself a really fun arcade setup.
I’ll drop the full list of game packs under the press release button below. Personally I was an Asteroids junkie, so I can definitely see picking that up. Maybe Centipede, too. I’d be interested to hear what your favorites are on this list; I probably missed out on some good ones as a kid, since I just inherited my older brother and sister’s collection.
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SEPARATE GAME PACKS INCLUDE:
Asteroids PK
1.Asteroids
2.Asteroids Deluxe
3.Asteroids 2600
4.Canyon Bomber – MP
Battlezone PK
1.Battlezone
2.Red Baron
3.Air-Sea Battle – MP
4.Submarine Commander
Centipede PK
1.Centipede
2.Millipede
3.Centipede 2600
4.Millipede 2600
Black Widow PK
1.Black Widow
2.Space Duel – MP
3.Desert Falcon
4.Space War
Crystal Castles PK
1.Crystal Castles
2.Crystal Castles 2600
3.Surround – MP
4.Maze Craze
Gravitar PK
1.Gravitar
2.Gravitar 2600
3.Radar Lock
4.Demons to Diamonds – MP
Star Raiders PK
1.Star Raiders
2.Liberator
3.Star Ship – MP
4.Human Cannonball
Pong PK
2.Pong – MP
3.Missile Command 2600
4.Fun with Numbers
5.Flag Capture MP
Lunar Lander PK
1.Lunar Lander
2.Sky Diver MP
3.Video Pinball
4.Code Breaker
Super Breakout PK
1.Super Breakout
2.Breakout MP
3.Off-the-Wall
4.Circus Atari MP
Tempest PK
1.Tempest
2.Tempest 2600
3.Outlaw
4.Atari Video Cube
Major Havoc PK
1.Major Havoc
2.Secret Quest
3.Sentinel
4.Yars’ Revenge
Warlords PK
1.Warlords MP
2.Warlords 2600
3.Combat MP
4.Combat 2 MP
Adventure PK
1.Adventure
2.Haunted House
3.Return to Haunted House
4.Save Mary
3D Tic-Tac-Toe PK
1.3D Tic-Tac-Toe
2.A Game of Concentration
3.Backgammon
4.Brain Games
Fatal Run PK
1.Fatal Run
2.Dodge ‘Em
3.Night Driver
4.Street Racer – MP
Quadrun PK
1.Quadrun
2.Slot Racers – MP
3.Stellar Track
4.Math Grand Prix
Casino PK
1.Casino MP
2.Slot Machine
3.Video Checkers
4.Video Chess
Swordquest PK
1.Swordquest Earthworld
2.Swordquest Fireworld
3.Swordquest Waterworld
4.Sprintmaster
Championship Soccer PK
1.Championship Soccer MP
2.Golf
3.Double Dunk
4.Basketball
Football PK
1.Football MP
2.Home Run
3.Miniature Golf
4.Bowling
Realsports Basketball PK
1.Realsports Basketball mp
2.Realsports Boxing mp
3.Realsports Tennis mp
4.Realsports Baseball mp
Realsports Football PK
1.Realsports Football mp
2.Realsports Soccer mp
3.Realsports Volleyball mp
4.Video Olympics MP
Super Breakout 2600
1.Super Breakout 2600
2.Battlezone 2600
3.Super Baseball
4.Super Football
Hangman PK
1.Hangman
2.Black Jack
3.Steeplechase
