Windows Phone Thoughts: Atari Retro Brings Back Memories

Fire it Up!

To start the fun, simply insert the Atari Retro card into the SD slot on your Pocket PC. On most models, the game should automatically start. (If it doesn't, you can always start it manually after inserting the card). The first screen you see is the start up screen which allows you to select the game you wish to play or view a screen showing you how to control the games.


Figure 4: The start-up screen.


Figure 5: The game controls screen.

You have a choice of seven popular Atari games. They are:

• Adventure;
  
• Asteroids;
  
• Breakout;
  
• Centipede;
  
• Missile Command;
  
• Yar's Revenge.

These popular games were all released by Atari way back when. If MDM ever releases a sequel, I'd love to see some of the great games from Activision or Imagic. (Remember Pitfall!? It was one of the best...) You simply tap on one of the games to play it.

Once you select a game, you're not quite ready to play. First you see a game intro screen and, once you tap on that, a playing notes screen that provides some basic instructions for the game. From that screen, you can start the game itself.


Figure 6: The game intro screen for Breakout.


Figure 7: The playing notes screen for Adventure.