Atari Greatest Hits: Volume 1

Atari Greatest Hits Vol. 1 is a compilation of 50 games, as it says. I presume if you are an older individual that either grew up playing these and/or witnessed the birth of these games this compilation may bring back some nostalgia. There are both arcade titles and 2600 titles, but to be clear there are 9 arcade titles and 41 Atari 2600 titles. Some of which being arcade ports... Other than the historical prospect I never found the Atari 2600 titles to be that appealing. They kinda felt like shovelware and many of them are blamed for the video game crash in the '80s. Nonetheless, from a technical perspective, this compilation seems to play all of the games included with no hiccups, at least that I could tell. If you are interested here are the games that are included: The arcade titles are classics and I love most of them, I just don't care much for 2600 games outside the historical respect for them. Apart from that the music on the title screen is pretty bad, the same as the first title. The visuals on the menu are alright. Same aesthetic as the 1st title with a different color scheme. There are some pretty neat extras. A quiz game, some manuals for the 2600 carts and a US military simulator based on battlezone. I prefer the extras in vol. 2 to be honest, but these are still nice. There is compatibility for wireless multiplayer built-in, which is a nice feature to have included Here is the list of games Arcade: Asteroids Battlezone Centipede Gravitar Lunar Lander Missile Command Pong Space Duel Tempest 2600 titles: 3D Tic-Tac-Toe Adventure Air-sea Battle Asteroids Atari Video Cube Basketball Battlezone Bowling Centipede Championship Soccer Dodge 'em Flag Capture Football Fun with Numbers Gravitar Hangman Haunted House Home Run Human Cannonball Math Gran Prix Miniature Golf Missile Command Outlaw Realsports Baseball Realsports Boxing Realsports Football Realsports Tennis Realsports Volleyball Sky Diver Slot Machine Slot Racers Sprintmaster Star Ship Stellar Track Submarine Commander Surround Swordquest: Earthworld Swordquest: Fireworld Swordquest: Waterworld Tempest Video Checkers Look at this list, decide if there are enough titles that you love and would like to play on your DS and if it's enough for you to buy the game. If not, move one. If so pick it up. Compared to Vol. 2 it seems as though there are more bargain bin games included.