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What our customer's say!

"The arcade version are the best.", The "arcade" versions of the games are really good for PC gaming. There are a multitude of early "Atari" / Coleeco quality games with really dull graphics that do not compare to the arcade versions of Tempest and Centipede, to name a few. Overall, for the price this is a great buy if you loved those arcade classics.

"If you have a laptop, this won't work!", Paperboy was always one of my fave games growing up, so when I saw that this PC arcade game had it on there, I couldn't wait to get it! However, when I did get it, all that I got was a screen that would freeze when I tried to play. It does work on my childrens' desktop computers, but not laptops.

"Don't Bother", I bought this game because I had run through everything I currently had and was looking for something cheap that might give me a little nostalgic enjoyment for a while. I have played most of these games in the arcade in their original forms a lot. I was a manager at an arcade and could play as much as I wanted. I will say that these games are reproduced pretty much true to their original form, this is both good and bad. The graphics are awful. The gameplay is extremely close to the original. If you sucked at marble madness in the 80's, you will still suck at it today. Except that very little attention seems to have been put into converting the controls to something you can play on your PC. I was really good at Spy Hunter 20 years ago. This version is pretty much unplayable because the controls are just too awkward. Any game on this disc that required specialized controls, Paperboy, Defender, Spy Hunter, etc, is just too awkward to play easily. I suppose you could take a lot of time and finally develop some kind of proficiency but that's more dedication than I'm willing to put into something that just looks this crappy and plays this klunky. I'm sorry I wasted my money on this mishmash.

"Awesome trip down memory lane, some limitations", I found these games to be faithful to the originals, and a lot of fun to play. If you've never seen these arcade games before I'm not sure how much you'd enjoy them, but for those of us who first played them years ago in the arcades it's a lot of fun to try these again. I'd give it five stars, if it weren't for two nagging problems that detract from the enjoyment. (EDIT: Okay, just one nagging problem -- the other was caused by my laptop, and a configuration change fixed it.)

CONTROLLERS

The games look like they were adapted for the PC at different times. Some will recognize a dual-joystick gamepad (I'm using the Logitech Rumblepad) and let you use both joysticks if appropriate (SmashTV is a great example). Others don't have as many configuration options for the joystick, and don't see both controlers on a dual-joystick gamepad (Robotron 2084 is an example of this, which severely limits this particular game).

All the games allow keyboard play, and many support mouse play as well. Again, I was frustrated to find that some which should work well with a mouse (Marble Madness, for example) don't, while others (Bubbles) work fine. It's rather hit or miss.

CONCLUSION

An inexpensive way to relive the fun of old games -- I easily spent more than this plunking quarters into the arcade machines years ago (though back then, one quarter was all it took to play, not like the $1-2 games today!). Unlike nearly everyone who uses MAME to play games like this, you'll be playing a legal copy of the games. The down side is that the controller setup isn't perfect -- but then, with some of these games that's true in MAME as well.