Summary
Not worth a purchase, as the games don't live up to the memories.
The Good
I grew up on the Atari 2600. My grandfather purchased one when I was about 3 years old in 1979. This cart... oops, I mean CD, allowed me to play some of my favorite old games again. I used to sit for hours and play 'Freeway', 'River Raid', 'Kaboom!', and a countless many hours were spent running through the 16 color jungle of 'Pitfall'. This PlayStation compilation CD I enjoyed for around 10 minutes.
The Bad
There are a whopping 30 Atari 2600 Activision 'Classic' games on this CD. The great majority of them I have never heard of, never played, or just don't remember. Of the rest, none of them really live up to the fun I remember having with my old Atari 2600 as a little kid in the early 80s.
I think this is in large part is due to the PlayStation controller. It's just too complicated to work effectively for these games. I wanted a big black plastic joystick with a bright orange button in the corner! And forget about playing 'Kaboom!' past the second wave of bombs without an Atari paddle controller. It's just not happening.
The games also seemed to be a bit sluggish, unattractive, and just 'felt wrong'. I realize that I played these games a long time ago, but I am 100% certain that these are for the most part poor conversions. I've since played them on an actual Atari 2600, and I do declare that they are still fun!
The Bottom Line
This is a pretty worthless Atari 2600 compilation disc. I would say that if you love these 'classic' games and just have to play them again, then buy this disc. Unfortunately, I already followed that advice, and have realized that it is wishful thinking to imagine that this compilation will satisfy a fix for the old 2600.
