A decent translation of Ms Pac-Man, but choppy and slightly sluggish and not as smoothly polished as Pac. Identical to the 8-bit version, a little extra 5200 tweaking would have been nice. |
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One of my go-to games for Atari 5200. A timeless classic, only slightly slower and blockier than the arcade, but a more rewarding experience than any of the rival platforms of the day. Again, why would Atari put Defender on C64, Intellivision and ColecoVision? Whatever. |
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One of the Atari 5200's signature titles, an excellent arcade conversion that is notably better than its 8-bit home computer cousin, as well as later home console releases like NES, Gameboy and Lynx. If you're building a 5200 library, then make Qix one of your first collectables. |
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I get the impression that the Atari 5200, and especially its infamous controller, was designed around Missile Command, Centipede and Star Raiders. This is one of the essential showpiece titles for the system, and with the trackball controller, is nearly identical to the arcade. |
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I loved this game and played it to death. I became so good, in fact, that the levels took forever to load, always adding in more monsters to kill and Mogwais to save. It's a great variant on Robotron with little character touches like the TV set. |
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Better than the 400/800 version, which is surprising. With a trackball controller, this should be the closest thing to the actual arcade, which would have been a big deal in the 1980s. Diehard 5200 fans should feel proud. |
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This Atari 5200 version of the 400/800 classic makes several minor improvements that result in a more rewarding experience. It's nice to see the analog joystick used and experienced players will greatly prefer this over the original digital controls. Another winner for our favorite SuperSystem! |
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Hands down one of the worst arcade conversions. Programmer Joe Tung completely failed with the sounds, and the erratic movement of the attacking galaxians ruins what made the arcade game so great. And fully supporting the analog controller only makes it less like the arcade game. |
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Use the blueprint. Find the pieces to create a machine to stop Ollie from catching your girl Daisy.
I recently discovered this game after ignoring it due to mediocre reviews.
An absolutely fun game! Perhaps the 5200 is the best version!
Recommended!
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Wow!
Lucas Films are always state of the art. Peter Langston developed an algorithm of 32 note melody fragments that plays fricken randomly over a repeated riff!
What an amazing game!
Unfortunately, missing opening animation of the 800 (not enough memory on cartridge?) |
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