The game's title doesn't really do it justice as it actually includes 6 distinct games (well, variations on a template), unlike things like Space Invaders where it touts over 100 games when all the "games" are actually game modes. Since it uses the paddle controller, it supports 4 players simultaneously, which is the first 2600 game I've come across, other than Warlords, that does so. I think this would work pretty well as a party game due to the 4-player support, having a decent selection of games (for the time), and each game having a 2m16s time limit to score as many points as possible, maxing out at 99. On almost all of the games, it's extremely challenging to get 99 points, with a couple being (I'm almost positive) impossible to amass enough points in the time limit. While defeating the computer is very easy, I found the challenge of getting 99 points to be quite addictive. If you can get past the extremely rudimentary graphics (and really, if you're willing to play 2600 games, you almost definitely are), I'd highly recommend giving this a try.
The games included are:
Street Racer -- a pretty basic driving game where you just have to avoid the oncoming cars, with each car you pass giving you 1 point (it actually reminds me of an old electronic tabletop racing game I have from the '80s that I played the heck out of back then)
Skiing -- each gate you navigate through gets you 1 point
Dodgem -- basically the same as Street Racer, but you have to make it to the top of the screen for each point, avoiding big diamonds (not sure what they're supposed to represent) that zigzag down the screen
Jet Shooter -- you're in a plane and have to shoot down enemy planes that come at you extremely fast
Number Cruncher -- run your motorcycle head-on into numbers that come down the screen getting the same amount of points as the number you hit
Scoop Ball -- collect "+" signs (which represent balls) for single points, and then have them picked up by an open crane for 3 points
This compilation is really starting to turn out to be a LOT better than I thought back when I bought it about a decade ago. I believe it's the same as the Atari Anthology on Xbox and PS2.
