Atari Mania

Wow, what a pleasant surprise! Honestly, for the first time, I don't understand so many negative reviews. Maybe, since I didn't have an Atari as a kid, the nostalgia factor is missing, which means I might not get the essence of the **** let's get to what's important: this video game jewel!To start, both the pixelated style and the simple, straight-to-the-point story are extremely captivating. In addition, the secondary objectives are addictive and the silly humor is on point. But the strong point here was the idea of mixing the original games, offering many crazy versions to try ****, from what I remember of the few times I played Atari, both the controls and the games were often quite difficult, something typical of the retro era. So yes, the difficulty increases as a result, which ended up making me give up. Anyone who knows me knows that I am not a tough or patient player, so repeating an episode a thousand times to get through it is not for me! But, even so, I managed to get past the middle of the game. Maybe one day I'll go **** fact is that this was a beautiful surprise! I don't know what so many people disliked, but for me, if you're nostalgic and want to rediscover classics with a slight touch of magic, go for it, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND it!

By the time I was playing video games, the NES was in full swing, so I completely missed the Atari age. I was always curious, but the games just weren't enough to catch my attention. Atari Mania though, with its promise of remixed games into rapid fire micro games a la Wario Ware, had my attention. Sadly, the game just does not stick the landing, even before the gameplay starts. Controls are sometimes bad, which is a bit worse than being bad all the time, because there's a glimpse of the game working the way it should in there, and then just other times it doesn't. Menus are a slog to get through and feel like they were coded to work on a Leapfrog machine. And your main character awkwardly twitches through the hub world as you explore. The micro games themselves hurt the most, because the premise of Atari Mania is a real gem. But combine aforementioned hit or miss controls with games that just usually aren't clear most of the time on what you're supposed to be doing or even what you're controlling, as well as a steep difficulty curve, and you've got a fairly unpleasant game here. I can't see people who grew up with Atari enjoying this, and its not going to win over anyone that didn't. A for effort though. This is still a decent idea and if Atari can pick up the pieces and take a second run at this I'd be curious to check it out.