title: Atari Anthology
text: Atari: 80 Classic Games in One!, known as Atari Anthology on consoles, is a video game collection developed by Digital Eclipse and published by Atari Interactive. The title is a compilation of 80 video games previously published by Atari, Inc. and Atari Corporation, reproducing Atari's games from its arcade and Atari 2600 game console platforms. Many games permit one to play each title at varying speeds, with time limits, or with a shifting color palette.
  
  Extra contents include original arcade artwork and scans of the instruction manuals for the Atari 2600 games, video interviews with Atari co-founder Nolan Bushnell, Windows desktop themes, DirectX 9 runtime, Adobe Reader 5.1 English version.
  
  Support for Stelladaptor 2600 to USB interface, and 24-bit color wallpapers for Asteroids, Centipede, Missile Command, Pong, Super Breakout, and Tempest themes are available as patches.
  
  Games
  
  Atari arcade games
  
  Asteroids
  Asteroids Deluxe
  Battlezone
  Black Widow
  Centipede
  Crystal Castles
  Gravitar
  Liberator
  Lunar Lander
  Major Havoc
  Millipede
  Missile Command
  Pong
  Red Baron
  Space Duel
  Super Breakout
  Tempest
  Warlords
  
  Atari 2600 games
  
  3-D Tic-Tac-Toe
  A Game of Concentration (PC only)
  Adventure
  Air-Sea Battle
  Asteroids
  Atari Video Cube  (Console only)
  Backgammon (Console only)
  BASIC Programming  (PC only)
  Battlezone
  Blackjack
  Bowling
  Breakout
  Canyon Bomber
  Casino
  Centipede
  Circus Atari
  Codebreaker (PC only)
  Combat
  Crystal Castles
  Demons to Diamonds
  Desert Falcon
  Dodge 'Em
  Double Dunk
  Flag Capture
  Football
  Fun With Numbers
  Golf
  Gravitar
   Hangman (Console only)
  Haunted House
  Home Run
  Human Cannonball
  Math Gran Prix
  Maze Craze
  Millipede
  Miniature Golf
  Missile Command
  Night Driver
  Off the Wall
  Outlaw
  Quadrun
  Radar Lock
  RealSports Baseball
  RealSports Football
  RealSports Tennis
  RealSports Volleyball
  Sky Diver
  Slot Machine
  Slot Racers
  Space War
  Sprintmaster
  Star Raiders
  Star Ship
  Steeplechase
  Stellar Track
  Street Racer
  Submarine Commander
  Super Baseball
  Super Breakout
  Super Football
  Surround
  Swordquest: Earthworld
  Swordquest: Fireworld
  Swordquest: Waterworld
  Video Checkers
  Video Chess
  Video Olympics
  Video Pinball
  Warlords
  Yars' Revenge
  
  Marketing
  As part of Atari's 40th anniversary, free download of Atari: 80 Classic Games in One! was also available in the following General Mills boxed cereal products: Cinnamon Toast Crunch (17 oz.), Lucky Charms (16 oz.), Honey Nut Cheerios (17 oz.), Cheerios (18 oz.) and Cocoa Puffs (16.5 oz.).
  
  A free Atari: 80 Classic Games in One! CD could also be found inside General Mills boxed cereals in Canada.
  
  Atari Anthology includes the following changes:
  The Windows desktop themes, DirectX 9 runtime, and Adobe Reader 5.1 English version have been removed.
  The Atari 2600 titles Atari Video Cube, Backgammon, and Hangman have been added.
  The Atari 2600 titles A Game of Concentration, BASIC Programming, and Codebreaker have been removed.
  Unlockable game challenges, which add challenges by reaching predetermined goals in specific games.
  
  Atari Classics Evolved
  This compilation, published for PlayStation Portable in 2007, includes 11 arcade classics from Atari Anthology (such as Asteroids and Super Breakout) and also 50 Atari 2600 titles (that are unlockable). Also, every arcade title has an "evolved" version with new graphics and sounds. To unlock the 2600 games, the player must win all awards in all arcade titles.
  
  Reception
  
  The console versions of the game received "mixed or average" reviews, while the PC version received "generally favorable" reviews, according to according to review aggregator Metacritic.
  
  References
  
  External links
  
  The 80 Classic Games
  Atari Inc. Atari 80 Classic Games in One page
  Digital Eclipse Software, Inc page
  Digital Eclipse support page for Atari: The 80 Classic Games
  
  Anthology
  Digital Eclipse Software, Inc page: Playstation 2, Xbox
  Atari page: Playstation 2, Xbox
  
  2003 video games
  PlayStation 2 games
  Xbox games
  Windows games
  Atari video game compilations
  Video games developed in the United States
  RenderWare games
  Digital Eclipse games
  Multiplayer and single-player video games