wow seems like you're actually doing real journalistic & documentary style work speaking with the game designers & such. love the unique info on how the game was programmed on a teletype machine. Contextually game fans don't usually think about how 70s games relate to 70s computing. These 1st Atari 2600 games were developed before personal computers existed. But wow teletypes & oscilliscopes!
I liked it, especially as it was one of my first games for the VCS. I was kind of aware if was quite simple but still enjoyed it very much. Great memories!
Great to see a new episode! Air-Sea Battle was one I do remember having a lot of fun with too. Doubly nice to see the original arcade machine - those versions don't really get talked about much, so nice to see its original context. Can't wait for the next one!
Thanks! It's important to me to highlight as best I can the context around the games. I agree that 70s arcade games are frequently overlooked (as well as the 2600's early competitors) when people talk about the system, so I want to make sure they get their due in these videos. It'll probably get much wilder whenever I get to the 80s!
@@AtariArchive When people divide 2600 games into arcade ports and others, they often forget that so many of these simple, early titles were arcade ports! I hadn't even known about this one's arcade predecessor.
I'm glad to see stories of these first pre-Space Invaders Atari games, when it was largely a two-player game console. I didn't know that this is another game based on arcade games of the 1970s. I didn't have this; but I got the similar Canyon Bomber, where you can fight sub v aircraft. I'd call Air-Sea Battle the 2nd or 3rd-best of the first 9 games from 1977. But I think eight should have been retired in 1981 to clear the catalog of bad old games; except for Indy 500 which I got in 1981 and had fun with, not knowing it was old (and also based on an arcade game).
Air-Sea Battle was so much fun, it's a pity that it didn't really inspire any great clones or expansions of the ideas. Like, imagine a wargame where you play out battles like Air-Sea Battle or Combat (in the case of tanks vs tanks or planes vs planes). Wouldn't that have been awesome?
Very enjoyable time-travelling videos. I heard from the programmer of Drop Zone IV (1975) and Bombs Away (1976), David Main, that his jaw dropped when he saw Air-Sea Battle for the first time, and how similar it was to his games. You can see some close similarities here: ruclips.net/video/45mhBa8zP4k/видео.html
1970s arcade games are such a fascinating and largely forgotten world! Hadn't even heard of these, but yes, they do really look like upside-down renditions of Anti Aircraft. I did talk about Ramtek's Clean Sweep in the Breakout video, so that might be up your alley!
Thanks! It's a convoluted setup - I've got a 2600 Junior running RF into an RF Demodulator to convert that to a composite signal. That's then going into a Framemeister upscaler to normalize it so my capture card doesn't freak out (and make that a 720p signal) and that in turn goes into an Elgato. I also have a composite splitter in there so that I can do my actual gameplay on a CRT, just to make sure everything looks "proper" in the original context.
![Let's Play Air-Sea Battle [Atari 2600]](/img/1.gif)
Wow! This is like Jeremy Parish but for my favorite 8 bit console! I’m about to watch every single one
These episodes are fantastic. So well written and spoken (and researched). Fantastic. I’m watching them all again for the second and third time.
wow seems like you're actually doing real journalistic & documentary style work speaking with the game designers & such. love the unique info on how the game was programmed on a teletype machine. Contextually game fans don't usually think about how 70s games relate to 70s computing. These 1st Atari 2600 games were developed before personal computers existed. But wow teletypes & oscilliscopes!
i know it's kinda off topic but does anybody know a good place to watch new series online ?
@Kash Chance lately I have been using flixportal. Just search on google for it :)
@Caleb Danny Yup, been watching on Flixportal for since march myself :)
@Caleb Danny thank you, signed up and it seems to work =) I appreciate it!!
@Kash Chance You are welcome xD
I love the SFX for this game, especially the ones with that "zipper" effect.
I liked it, especially as it was one of my first games for the VCS. I was kind of aware if was quite simple but still enjoyed it very much. Great memories!
The cartridge of this game was on top of the television in the film Videodrome, around 37:53.
I remember this. Pretty fun as a child of the 80's
Great to see a new episode! Air-Sea Battle was one I do remember having a lot of fun with too.
Doubly nice to see the original arcade machine - those versions don't really get talked about much, so nice to see its original context.
Can't wait for the next one!
Thanks! It's important to me to highlight as best I can the context around the games. I agree that 70s arcade games are frequently overlooked (as well as the 2600's early competitors) when people talk about the system, so I want to make sure they get their due in these videos. It'll probably get much wilder whenever I get to the 80s!
@@AtariArchive When people divide 2600 games into arcade ports and others, they often forget that so many of these simple, early titles were arcade ports! I hadn't even known about this one's arcade predecessor.
The graphics on that APF were amazing for the time - first game to show the 'stadium'!
I'm glad to see stories of these first pre-Space Invaders Atari games, when it was largely a two-player game console. I didn't know that this is another game based on arcade games of the 1970s. I didn't have this; but I got the similar Canyon Bomber, where you can fight sub v aircraft. I'd call Air-Sea Battle the 2nd or 3rd-best of the first 9 games from 1977. But I think eight should have been retired in 1981 to clear the catalog of bad old games; except for Indy 500 which I got in 1981 and had fun with, not knowing it was old (and also based on an arcade game).
Looking forward to more of these!
Love this series! Thanks for putting it out there and keep it up!
Air-Sea Battle was so much fun, it's a pity that it didn't really inspire any great clones or expansions of the ideas. Like, imagine a wargame where you play out battles like Air-Sea Battle or Combat (in the case of tanks vs tanks or planes vs planes). Wouldn't that have been awesome?
Another great video
Magnificent!
Great series :)
Very enjoyable time-travelling videos. I heard from the programmer of Drop Zone IV (1975) and Bombs Away (1976), David Main, that his jaw dropped when he saw Air-Sea Battle for the first time, and how similar it was to his games. You can see some close similarities here: ruclips.net/video/45mhBa8zP4k/видео.html
1970s arcade games are such a fascinating and largely forgotten world! Hadn't even heard of these, but yes, they do really look like upside-down renditions of Anti Aircraft. I did talk about Ramtek's Clean Sweep in the Breakout video, so that might be up your alley!
Good video. What are you using to capture video?
Thanks! It's a convoluted setup - I've got a 2600 Junior running RF into an RF Demodulator to convert that to a composite signal. That's then going into a Framemeister upscaler to normalize it so my capture card doesn't freak out (and make that a 720p signal) and that in turn goes into an Elgato. I also have a composite splitter in there so that I can do my actual gameplay on a CRT, just to make sure everything looks "proper" in the original context.
Good video
Combat