Centipede Atari 7800 Review

Good ole Centipede.  This is one of the many arcade ports of this game for home consoles.  This one is pretty good.  Graphically it is a little weird and the screen is shrunk down.  It does however contain all of the elements of the arcade version.  It seems a tad bit slower to me though.  A nice feature of this one is that it has 3 selectable difficulty levels.  Novice, Standard, and Expert.  The game is pretty challenging on the novice setting.  I am not going to go through and tell you how the game is played because everyone should be familiar with Centipede.  Overall, I give this one a 7 out of 10 stars.  Solid arcade port on the 7800.

Hat Trick Atari 7800 Review

This game is a port of an arcade game by the same name.  It is a pretty close adaptation of the arcade version except that it seems slower and sluggish.  Once you get used to the speed it seems to play fine though.  It is a top down perspective one on one hockey  game.  2 on 2 technically if you count the goalies.  You can select between Novice and Expert mode and either 1 or 2 players.  It is much more fun to play with a friend but the computer does offer a challenge on expert mode.  Fun little game to pick up and play a few rounds with a friend every now and then.  Graphics and sound seem a little mediocre for the 7800 but not horrible.  Overall, I give this game a 6 out of 10 stars. 

Xevious Atari 7800 Review

This is a port of an arcade shoot em up.  It is a very good port.  It plays almost identical to the arcade version.  It has 1 or 2 player switching mode and 4 selectable skill levels, novice, intermediate, advanced, and expert.  The difficulty on novice is pretty hard.  The graphics and sound are fairly good for the 7800.  It is not a real fast paced shoot em up and can get really frustrating at times.  You shoot air targets and also ground targets.  When you press the button, you shoot both air shots and ground bombs at the same time.  I was using a Wico stick single button controller and not the 2 button 7800 controller.  Maybe with the 7800 controller you can control both independently? Overall all I give this arcade shoot em up port a 6 out of 10.  It is a decent game to play but nothing special.  It looks and plays pretty similar to the NES version.