Flojomojo Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 This makes me happy. http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/r/iPhone/Activision+Anthology/news.asp?c=44528 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toptenmaterial Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Thanks for posting. Any developments with third party paripherals? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJ Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 Cool, thanks for the info! just got it! Anyone want my PS2 disc version? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJ Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 I also bought packs 1 & 2, I don't recall anything good in pack 3 except Pitfall 2. It may be too early to start finding faults but there are obvious sound issues on Demon Attack. But overall, an awesome deal. Way to go Code Mystics! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Zeptari Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Thanks for sharing! I guess I'll get this, wish they'd bring it out for the Nintendo DS. Much better control options on a Nds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJ Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 (edited) Yep some of these cry out for the ol' joystick. Playing Enduro I still had 100 cars to pass by nightfall, that never happened before. It was available on th GBA but IIRC it's expensive & maybe rare Oh & I challenge anyone to beat my high score in Dolphin! #1 in the world for now. Edited September 1, 2012 by RJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 For anyone interested, this is also now available for Android devices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mckafka99 Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 (edited) Works nicely with the iCade but what we need is this - http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/ecea/ Edited September 1, 2012 by mckafka99 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJ Posted September 2, 2012 Share Posted September 2, 2012 Touch control is ideal for Dragonfire's 2nd (treasure) screen but crappy for the 1st (bridge) screen. I couldn't get it to jump by swiping AT ALL. An inelegant solution is switch between control schemes though awkward to do so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King_Salamon Posted September 2, 2012 Share Posted September 2, 2012 Kaboom is fun on my phone! I'll consider getting this on an iPad if/when I get one. A touch off topic but the Atari iOS games are free this weekend, so I started downloading them today. Have to do them one by one but the price is definitely right! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doug0909 Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 I just posted this on the Android thread, but figured I should post it here as well to see if anyone has thoughts about it: Hey I just downloaded the Activision anthology and generally like it. The games I was most excited about were Demon Attack and Megamania, because I figured that three switch games (left/right/fire) can be done pretty well on a touch screen device. But alas, none of the control options work very well. I've had an idea for a control scheme that would work very well for three switch games in which auto fire is oftentimes used (like those two games), but I haven't noticed anything like it used in any vertical shooter I've seen on Android or iOS. Here's my idea: with the screen in landscape mode, you just tap the lower left and right corners to move left and right, so when auto fire is on, it just works like any other two-switch game (this would be great with demon attack 80-90% of the time). Then you just touch anything above the bottom of the screen to toggle auto fire on and off. With auto fire off, the bottom of the screen between the corners becomes a fire button, so if you are standing still you can just reach one of your thumbs over a bit and place a well-times shot. Alternatively, you want to shoot while moving left, you hold your left thumb down and just reach in a bit with your right thumb to fire. In other words, the control scheme would just look like this: -------------------------------- . Toggle Auto . . Fire On . . And OFF . .____________________ . _L_<------FIRE------>_R_ And of course when the screen isn't being touched the joystick auto-centers, whether rapid fire is on or not... I'd be very curious if this works... and if it does I'd love to play Demon Attack on the subway using this control scheme! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mckafka99 Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 The icade 8 bitty makes this collection a treat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doug0909 Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 I'm sure, but for some of us, touch screen alone is still a lot more convenient.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted October 18, 2018 Author Share Posted October 18, 2018 Long dead! never let it be said I'm an apologist for digital distribution Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OscarGungan Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 I'm surprised with the current retro revival they arent releasing this in some form other than AtGames products. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE146 Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 (edited) I still got the GBA & PS2 versions. And heck.. wasn't this ("Activision Classics") one of the FIRST VCS commercial emulation packs out there we bought for DOS? Remember trying to hack that thing to try and load non-Activision ROMS? <edit> ok it was "Activision Action Pack" for win 3.1 or Mac. Had 15 games.. yeesh. Edited October 18, 2018 by NE146 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OscarGungan Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 (edited) I bought this way back when and was annoyed it disappeared. Edited October 18, 2018 by OscarGungan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted October 18, 2018 Author Share Posted October 18, 2018 I still got the GBA & PS2 versions. And heck.. wasn't this ("Activision Classics") one of the FIRST VCS commercial emulation packs out there we bought for DOS? Remember trying to hack that thing to try and load non-Activision ROMS? <edit> ok it was "Activision Action Pack" for win 3.1 or Mac. Had 15 games.. yeesh. Yup. You could rename a ROM and stick it in the directory and it would run instead. Terribly, in a window, with skipped frames. But it was still cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eightbit Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 This is AWESOME. Thank you for the heads up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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