Activision Anthology is a compilation of most of the Atari 2600 games by Activision for various game systems. It also includes games that were originally released by Absolute Entertainment and Imagic, as well as various homebrew games. The Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X versions are titled Activision Anthology: Remix Edition, and include the most games. The PlayStation Portable version is titled Activision Hits Remixed.

The game features the original gameplay of the Atari 2600 emulated on modern systems. After achieving high scores in some of the games, the player can unlock special modes where the colors are distorted, or the game is projected on a rotating cube as added difficulty.

Activision Anthology uses a virtual child's bedroom as the main menu. The player can select several viewpoints to check high scores, choose a video game cartridge from a rotating stand, change the background music on a virtual tape deck, or change game settings while being zoomed in on a virtual Atari 2600. The virtual tape deck features several licensed 1980s music tracks. The music from the virtual tape deck can be mixed with the Atari 2600 game audio so both are audible to simulate playing the game on TV while having the tape running in the background.

Six Activision-produced Atari 2600 titles were not included in Activision Anthology, likely due to outside ownership of their respective licenses. The excluded games are Commando, Double Dragon, Ghostbusters, Ghostbusters II, Kung Fu Master, and Rampage, although Capcom did give Activision rights to put Commando in the PlayStation 2, Windows, and Mac OS X versions of Activision Anthology. Ghostbusters II was cancelled before Activision could release it, but Salu released it in Europe under their name in 1992. The Absolute Entertainment title Pete Rose Baseball was renamed Baseball.

Portable versions The Game Boy Advance version has the most games out of the portable versions, including seven homebrew games that do not appear in any of the other versions. It does not include the 19 Imagic games or Commando, nor does it play music during gameplay. It does have four custom 1980s-style music tracks that play in the menu screens, however.

The PlayStation Portable version includes three of the Imagic games, Atlantis, Demon Attack, and Moonsweeper, nearly all of the Activision games, full-speed emulation, and the 1980s songs featured in the PlayStation 2 and computer versions, but does not include Commando, the four Absolute Entertainment games, games exclusive to the other releases, or the homebrew titles. The PSP version also lacks the ability to save high scores and unlocked extras despite that option appears in the main menu, thus when the player quits out of the game all progress will be lost.

There was also a version released on mobile phones with three titles. It included H.E.R.O., Pitfall!, and River Raid.

A version for the digiBlast was released on December 31, 2005, which included 5 titles. These titles are H.E.R.O., Tennis, Megamania, Grand Prix, and Demon Attack.

Activision Anthology was released for Android and iOS devices on August 30, 2012. The game Kaboom! is offered as an initial free game, while the rest of the games were offered as an in-app purchase. These versions include the Imagic game Dragonfire, but do not include the homebrew games, the games by Absolute Entertainment, or Commando. These versions also do not contain any of the licensed 1980s music.

Game list There are a total of 76 games in each version combined. Certain games do not appear in some versions and are mentioned accordingly.

+ Titles included in the respective versions TITLE Original Release Windows Mac PS2 GBA digiBlast Android iOS PSP Producer Comments Activision prototype #1 Activision Unknown prototype Atlantis 1982 Imagic Atlantis II 1982 Imagic Barnstorming 1982 Activision Baseball 1988 Absolute Entertainment Originally titled Pete Rose Baseball Beamrider 1983 Activision Bloody Human Freeway Activision Originally unreleased version of Freeway Boxing 1980 Activision Bridge 1980Atari 2600 Bridge release Activision Checkers 1980Atari 2600 Checkers release Activision Chopper Command 1982 Activision Climber 5 Homebrew Commando 1988 Activision Cosmic Ark 1982 Imagic Cosmic Commuter 1984 Activision Crackpots 1983 Activision Decathlon 1983 Activision Demon Attack 1982 Imagic Dolphin 1983 Activision Dragonfire 1982 Imagic Dragster 1980 Activision Enduro 1983 Activision Fathom 1983 Imagic Fire Fighter 1982 Imagic Fishing Derby 1980 Activision Freeway 1981 Activision Frostbite 1983 Activision Grand Prix 1982 Activision H.E.R.O. 1984 Activision Hard Head Activision Unreleased prototype Ice Hockey 1981 Activision Kabobber Activision Previously unreleased Kaboom! 1981 Activision Keystone Kapers 1983 Activision Laser Blast 1981 Activision Laser Gates 1983 Imagic Megamania 1982 Activision Moonsweeper 1983 Imagic No Escape! 1983 Imagic Oink! 1983 Activision Okie Dokie Homebrew Oystron 1997 Homebrew Pitfall! 1982 Activision Pitfall II: Lost Caverns 1984 Activision Plaque Attack 1983 Activision Pressure Cooker 1983 Activision Private Eye 1984 Activision Quick Step 1983 Imagic Riddle of the Sphinx 1982 Imagic River Raid 1982 Activision River Raid II 1988 Activision Robot Tank 1983 Activision Seaquest 1983 Activision Shootin' Gallery 1983 Imagic Skate Boardin' 1987 Absolute Entertainment Skeleton+ Homebrew Skiing 1980 Activision Sky Jinks 1982 Activision Sky Patrol Imagic Unreleased prototype Solar Storm 1983 Imagic Space Shuttle 1983 Activision Space Treat DeluxeThis is incorrectly listed as SpaceThreat Deluxe in some sources. Space Treat Deluxe is the correct title. Picture of cartridge label Homebrew Spider Fighter 1983 Activision Stampede 1981 Activision Starmaster 1982 Activision Star Voyager 1982 Imagic Subterranea 1983 Imagic Tennis 1981 Activision Thwocker Activision Unreleased prototype Title Match Pro Wrestling 1987 Absolute Entertainment Tomcat F14 1988 Absolute Entertainment Trick Shot 1982 Imagic Vault Assault Homebrew Venetian Blinds Activision Unreleased technology demo Video Euchre Homebrew Wing War 1983 Imagic TITLE Original Release Windows Mac PS2 GBA DigiBlast Android iOS PSP Producer Comments

Reviews

The game received generally positive reviews and was mainly praised on the Internet because of its spirited homage to the Atari 2600.

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References

External links

Official PSP version website

http://ps2.ign.com/objects/491/491542.html IGN's page of the game Activision Anthology review at IGN