Gadfly2317
12-17-2004, 04:36 AM
It's the new games I'm looking forward to most, but what is a system without a classics compilation? So far we've got the one announced by Atari. Of the games below, Centipede, Tempest and Missile Command seem ideally suited to the DS design, and coincidentally happen to be some of my favorite old-school games. What classic arcade games would you like to see on the system?
One thing I noticed in the excerpt below is it mentions the ability for two players to head to head against another player on one machine "in classic arcade fashion." At first I figured this meant taking turns between "player one" and "player two." But then I thought of pong. I'm wondering of you could play pong on the touch screen with each player using a stylus.
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 14, 2004--
Retro Atari Classics will feature 10 original Atari games, including Pong, Missile Command, Asteroids, Breakout, Centipede, Tempest, Warlords, Gravitar, Lunar Lander and Sprint. Each title will be playable in its original form as well as in the all new "Tagged" mode, featuring brand new looks from some of today's most popular graffiti artists, including REAS, Delta and Obey Giant.
The game will take advantage of all the technical innovations the Nintendo DS(TM) brings to gaming including touch screen functionality for tighter game controls, up-to-four player wireless multiplayer, dual screen gameplay for larger game environments and the ability to play head-to-head against another player on the same Nintendo DS(TM) in classic arcade fashion.
One thing I noticed in the excerpt below is it mentions the ability for two players to head to head against another player on one machine "in classic arcade fashion." At first I figured this meant taking turns between "player one" and "player two." But then I thought of pong. I'm wondering of you could play pong on the touch screen with each player using a stylus.
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 14, 2004--
Retro Atari Classics will feature 10 original Atari games, including Pong, Missile Command, Asteroids, Breakout, Centipede, Tempest, Warlords, Gravitar, Lunar Lander and Sprint. Each title will be playable in its original form as well as in the all new "Tagged" mode, featuring brand new looks from some of today's most popular graffiti artists, including REAS, Delta and Obey Giant.
The game will take advantage of all the technical innovations the Nintendo DS(TM) brings to gaming including touch screen functionality for tighter game controls, up-to-four player wireless multiplayer, dual screen gameplay for larger game environments and the ability to play head-to-head against another player on the same Nintendo DS(TM) in classic arcade fashion.