Activision's Atari 2600 Action Pack
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Activision, Inc.

Developed by

Activision, Inc.

Released

1995

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Activision's Atari 2600 Action Pack

Platforms

Macintosh, Windows, Windows 3.x

Genre

Compilation

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Description

It's time to set the Way-Back Clock to the early 80s (that's 1980s), when little plastic boxes with fake wood trim ruled the video gaming landscape. In Atari 2600 Action Pack, Activision relives its early glory with 15 of its most popular game cartridges. These aren't PC ports--this package includes a 2600 emulator and the actual cartridge ROMs.

The following games are included:

Each game includes on-line help that also provides a short history of the game and its designer.

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Alternate Titles

"Activision's Atari 2600 Action Pack for Windows® 95" -- "Activision Classics" re-release title

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PC Multimedia & Entertainment	Windows	Oct, 1995	81 out of 100	81
PC Player (Germany)	Windows	Apr, 1995	78 out of 100	78
Power Play	Windows	Apr, 1995	71 out of 100	71
PC Gamer	Windows	May, 1995	68 out of 100	68
Coming Soon Magazine	Windows 3.x	Mar, 1995	66 out of 100	66
Computer Games Magazine	Windows	Mar 15, 1997		60
All Game Guide	Windows	1998		60
Play Time	Windows	Apr, 1995	25 out of 100	25

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Trivia

Debugger

To activate the 6507 symbolic debugger, run the file 2600EMU.EXE. Pitfall will come up with an additional Debug item on the menu bar. You can then single step through the code, change registers, generate interrupts, examine memory, and so on. Note that many features are disabled, it only runs Pitfall, and this is only available in the original Windows 3.1 version.

General Mills Cereals

A full version of this was included on the promotional CD-ROM of Asteroids distributed with boxes of General Mills cereals. (See trivia entry for Asteroids.)

Release History

The first two Atari 2600 Action Packs were originally released for Windows 3.1. Then they were updated and released for Windows 95. The final release of these two Packs individually contained three versions: Windows 3.1, Windows 95, and Macintosh.

Information also contributed by Robert Morgan

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