Atari Video Games (Part 3) James & Mike

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  • Опубликовано: 30 окт 2024

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  • @JamesNintendoNerd
    @JamesNintendoNerd  6 лет назад +24

    Like James & Mike Mondays? See more game playthroughs with Mike on Twitch!
    www.twitch.tv/mikemateilive

    • @benparker384
      @benparker384 5 лет назад +4

      all 6 people who have been here since 2013 lol

    • @batcat2338
      @batcat2338 3 года назад +1

      Ok

    • @jimdwyer8607
      @jimdwyer8607 3 месяца назад

      ​@@benparker384what are you on about? lol

  • @J-Dizzle95
    @J-Dizzle95 9 лет назад +308

    Watching James while mike was explaining and displaying kaboom to him was absolutely hilarious!

  •  10 лет назад +123

    Watching Mike play Kaboom made me wonder if Mike is even human. That was some impressive stuff.

  • @HackThePlanetNow
    @HackThePlanetNow 8 лет назад +266

    James's face during Kaboom is amazing

    • @ghouljoex8744
      @ghouljoex8744 7 лет назад +3

      Jason Becker. right

    • @HackThePlanetNow
      @HackThePlanetNow 7 лет назад +5

      ghouljoe x then left then right then left hahah

    • @aguyandhiscomputer
      @aguyandhiscomputer 7 лет назад +3

      Jason Becker
      My favorite part. Could see him laughing inside.

    • @DragonHeartHisMajestyX
      @DragonHeartHisMajestyX 3 года назад

      James' face during Breakout was just as priceless.

    • @CopiousDoinksLLC
      @CopiousDoinksLLC 2 года назад +2

      It's great because you can tell he's really just watching the guy at the bottom of the screen but the way his head goes back and forth just makes it look like James is shaking his head in disbelief

  • @AtlasBlizzard
    @AtlasBlizzard 9 лет назад +140

    Lol, James's face when Mike's playing Kaboom.

  • @deacon443
    @deacon443 8 лет назад +288

    Mike could be an MLG Atari player.

  • @ConnerTheWaffle
    @ConnerTheWaffle 11 лет назад +70

    Mike is a Kaboom wizard!!!!

  • @franklinblankenship8991
    @franklinblankenship8991 8 лет назад +45

    James' reaction to Mike's kaboom prowess was priceless...

  • @RORAMVS
    @RORAMVS 11 лет назад +128

    fucking beast at kaboom...my face was just like James watching this.

    • @rosstedfordkendall
      @rosstedfordkendall 10 лет назад +22

      That score would have qualified for an Activision patch back in the day.

    • @ObviusRetard
      @ObviusRetard 10 лет назад

      Super hexagon really reminds of kaboom

  • @kennypark
    @kennypark 11 лет назад +27

    As for Mike’s immersive Kaboom! effect, Aristotle called it eudaemonia, which Martha Nussbaum defines as “the unimpeded performance of the activities that constitute happiness.”
    [I got that from E. Gabriella Coleman. “Coding Freedom: The Ethics and Aesthetics of Hacking.” Princeton University Press, 2012-10-09]

  • @jasonmages4323
    @jasonmages4323 10 месяцев назад +3

    Years of content up to this point, starting in 2006 and now this one is 2013 with a decade of available content remaining. I'm literally watching James and Mike slowly age with the passage of so much time throughout out these videos.

  • @rbkahuna8192
    @rbkahuna8192 8 лет назад +70

    Kaboom is Atari's blast processing. XD

    • @aguyandhiscomputer
      @aguyandhiscomputer 7 лет назад +3

      rbkahuna
      Someone else just watched the Nintendo vs Genesis video.

  • @ElectronikHeart
    @ElectronikHeart 11 лет назад +18

    Not exactly Atari graphics, but one game that send me back to the old time was "VVVVVV".
    I absolutely loved this game !

  • @Mighty366
    @Mighty366 9 лет назад +15

    Atari video games games part 1-2-3-4 are the best James and Mike videos. They should do that kind of videos more often. Playing old video games, sharing their memories and sharing their knowledge on old consoles and games with us.

  • @charles_van_doren
    @charles_van_doren 8 лет назад +14

    I think this is my favorite James and Mike video. I keep coming back to it. Makes me laugh and I love these old Atari games so much. I'd love to see even more Atari videos.

  • @OALXI
    @OALXI 10 лет назад +10

    I like how James keeps following with his head the bombs going left and right so fast!

  • @jacob9538
    @jacob9538 Год назад +9

    i like how happy james is with himself with his "this was before circles were invented" quip. he actually like settles back into his seat after smiling lol.

    • @AtlasBlizzard
      @AtlasBlizzard 5 месяцев назад +3

      James is so cute whenever he quotes, whether it's his own work or not. 😄

  • @Ricardo-ns5hl
    @Ricardo-ns5hl 9 лет назад +8

    Its funny to see how their childhood memories are so similar to everyone else´s from th same age... so nostalgic cause all they talk about inmediately makes you feel so related... nice video as always

  • @Jinx_Skeel
    @Jinx_Skeel 8 лет назад +73

    guitar hero is just a re-skin of kaboom as well lol

    • @Xenoforge78
      @Xenoforge78 8 лет назад +8

      Holy shit, you're right. Lmao

  • @sologals361
    @sologals361 10 лет назад +45

    Kaboom is fucking mental. How can the 2600 handle so many sprites.

    • @tschak909
      @tschak909 9 лет назад +9

      +Solo Gals The VCS is a line oriented machine. There is not enough memory for a complete frame of graphics, only for a single line, and there are only two sprites, two missiles, that can be present on a line (besides the playfield.) If you notice, there is only one bomb on any horizontal line. The kernel (the part of the code that runs the display), is taking care of using both players to display the score, on one line, the mad bomber on another line, and using both players again to display the paddle buckets at the bottom of the screen. Since the kernel literally tells the TIA what to draw, right at the moment it needs to be drawn, once an object is used, it can be re-used again, further down the screen (and further tricks can be used, to both replicate up to three copies of a sprite, and to delay the changes to a sprite so that the writes can be interleaved during the scanline and therefore make more changes per line possible.) ...but I digress... point being, that since Kaboom is a vertically oriented game, the illusion of many sprites is quite easy to pull off.

    • @sspipes8739
      @sspipes8739 9 лет назад +1

      +tschak909 I was thinking you might have coded Atari as well, until I read "quite easy to pull off." While conceptually it's quite simple, in practice it's actually quite difficult. What makes it difficult is that you only have a 76 machine cycles per scanline (machine cycles essentially being a unit of time used for calling commands to the processor) and only about 22 of them before the scanline begins to be drawn on screen. This isn't enough time to check if a sprite should be displayed, to load the graphic data for each sprite for that line, load color data, and check if another sprite should be loaded, and then there are the playefield, missiles and ball to worry about too. Of course several techniques were developed over time to overcome these limitations, and many of the solutions are quite ingenious, but making it all work without glitching is quite difficult.

    • @sspipes8739
      @sspipes8739 9 лет назад +2

      +Solo Gals I'd add to +tshack909's comment that many games also implement "flickering", alternating which sprites are display each frame. Many games implemented this technique successfully to allow for the illusion of more sprites than two aligned horizontally. However, games like Pacman allowed sprites to be "off" for too many frames, making the flickering seem really bad. A successful example would be Joust, where sprites were alternated each frame, so that you don't even realize it's flickering. All in all, the biggest limitations were memory and processor speed, but over years of development, developers figured out rather ingenious tricks to overcome these limitations.

    • @tschak909
      @tschak909 9 лет назад +4

      +SSPipes 87 I am a VCS coder. Thanks for trying to out-hipster me, though. :)

    • @Glitcher2000
      @Glitcher2000 9 лет назад +6

      A better question: How can the human brain handle so many sprites?

  • @MrCactuar13
    @MrCactuar13 10 лет назад +30

    After seeing Mike play Kaboom!, I really want to see you guys tackle a bullet hell game. It'll probably be a pain in the ass, but getting a copy of a Touhou game and seeing you guys play will be the most amazing thing I think I'll ever see on your channel. Stay fresh guys, best of luck on the movie!

    • @ricosuaveon2
      @ricosuaveon2 4 года назад +1

      They could just download that shooter ransomware on a computer and make it an episode :v

  • @Xenoforge78
    @Xenoforge78 8 лет назад +15

    That Kaboom part was really interesting.

  • @Ryuzekia
    @Ryuzekia 10 лет назад +14

    Gotta admit, some of these games still look fun even today.

  • @RichardTroupe
    @RichardTroupe 9 лет назад +24

    I legitimately laughed at the 'hot pink' conversation. Haha!

    • @kobi005
      @kobi005 9 лет назад +4

      Richard Troupe it was awesome
      btw Marty's Hoverboard was Hot Pink

  • @AngieTaber
    @AngieTaber 11 лет назад +45

    I like Mike because he has no idea how freakin' awesome he is.

    • @grigoriymaltsev
      @grigoriymaltsev 6 лет назад +5

      Drew oh you bet he has the exact idea of how cool he is

  • @wildcard600
    @wildcard600 10 лет назад +4

    James face at ~17:03 is priceless. And Mike is like "ain't no thing" as he explains the game mechanics.

  • @msthecommentator2863
    @msthecommentator2863 10 лет назад +30

    So Combat was to the Atari 2600 as Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt was to NES.

    • @cannibalcris6875
      @cannibalcris6875 9 лет назад +7

      Pretty much. Most Atari 2600's or all, came with Combat.

    • @a.j8307
      @a.j8307 9 лет назад +2

      Or Wii Sports.

    • @Musicradio77Network
      @Musicradio77Network 9 лет назад

      And "Combat" was probably one of its launch titles for the Atari VCS/2600.

    • @MaximRecoil
      @MaximRecoil 9 лет назад +3

      +Cristian Hernandez (Chris181912) Newer versions of the Atari 2600 came with Pac-Man rather than Combat, and some Atari 2600s didn't come with a game at all (the most basic/cheapest sets; i.e., only 1 joystick and no pack-in game).

    • @Musicradio77Network
      @Musicradio77Network 9 лет назад

      That must be the 2600 Jr. since it was released in 1986 and it was a slimmed down version of the Atari 2600. Remember the commercial "The Fun Is Back?"

  • @JamesPlaysGames95
    @JamesPlaysGames95 11 лет назад +4

    i love how mike is talking throughout Kaboom and james is just shocked and shaking his head watching

  • @assassingio9847
    @assassingio9847 6 месяцев назад +1

    James reaction to KABOOM! was so funny i died of laughter.I love watching them having fun.It's so relaxing.

  • @White8989
    @White8989 10 лет назад +1

    Thanks James and Mike for this. This brought back memories when I was a kid sitting in the living room with the family at night. My mom and dad would play the breakout like it was their job!! Awesome video guys.

  • @Manabender
    @Manabender 9 лет назад +25

    16:25
    James: "This is how you body language."
    Mike: "Fucks given: 0"

    • @zayaannashrid1374
      @zayaannashrid1374 9 лет назад

      +Manabender XD

    • @LilShootDawg
      @LilShootDawg 9 лет назад

      +Manabender you realize that's he's following the bucket

    • @Manabender
      @Manabender 8 лет назад +2

      Sunny Burrito Yes, my point exactly.

  • @Steveypoos
    @Steveypoos 11 лет назад +5

    I once played Dig Dug for 3 hours straight. The same game without dying! I reached that same zen gaming state Mike spoke of. You don't even hear people in the same room as you.

  • @phxsns1
    @phxsns1 10 лет назад +17

    6:06 Mike has the most infectious laugh.

  • @LorenHelgeson
    @LorenHelgeson 5 лет назад

    8:20 - I have played this game on and off since the late 1980s.
    That clear screen still never gets old for me.

  • @Enternald1
    @Enternald1 11 лет назад +15

    This series is awesome!!

  • @JENDALL714
    @JENDALL714 6 лет назад +11

    The reason everyone had Combat because the Atari system came with Combat.

  • @malsell
    @malsell 10 лет назад +8

    On Kaboom, we used to try top bucket only or bottom bucket only.

  • @SleepyAdam
    @SleepyAdam 9 лет назад +3

    1:48 Jame's face is absolutely priceless I'm dying of laughter.

  • @jasonlassiter9229
    @jasonlassiter9229 Год назад +2

    I could play Breakout all day every day…Breakout, Super Breakout, and Ms. Pac-Man were my three favorite games on Atari…Oh, and Space Invaders. Can’t forget that game…lol

  • @rich1051414
    @rich1051414 5 месяцев назад +1

    8:20 If you were unlucky, your reward for finishing a level was an epileptic seizure. Seriously, it was one of the games that led to that warning being on everything.

  • @Bigdeezy74
    @Bigdeezy74 10 лет назад +10

    If Mike was sitting were James and had metallica on his shirt. We would have Bevis and Butthead

  • @ryanbarker5217
    @ryanbarker5217 10 лет назад +4

    'combat' came with most of the ataris until the later versions, as i remember. :)

  • @junethea8283
    @junethea8283 3 года назад +3

    I love that Mike knows the Kaboom meta

  • @suburbanindie
    @suburbanindie 6 лет назад +2

    The nonsensical conversation during Breakout was great haha

  • @jbond1224
    @jbond1224 8 лет назад +1

    James's face when mike is shredding in Kaboom is priceless. Shock and awe. He looks so impressed. hahaha

  • @wickedlester5320
    @wickedlester5320 7 лет назад +5

    This is before they invented circles. Good stuff.

  • @chriswestergaard4506
    @chriswestergaard4506 11 лет назад +12

    James' faces at 1:50 XD

  • @zacharyhammersmith7181
    @zacharyhammersmith7181 10 лет назад +24

    Screw Xbox one! Atari 2600 is where it's at.

    • @DNK-mo2lf
      @DNK-mo2lf 6 лет назад

      i got the mini 1

    • @ScytheOfBelial
      @ScytheOfBelial 5 лет назад

      agreed, imo atari is still the best system and stood the test of time

  • @MartinThorning
    @MartinThorning 10 лет назад +1

    The way he talks about KaBoom is exactly the way i felt about Dance Dance Revolution when I lived that game a couple of years ago. Everything else just faded away ...

    • @FallinBlocksRock
      @FallinBlocksRock 10 лет назад

      i feel the same bout Hatsune Miku projekt diva f

  • @chriscothran8744
    @chriscothran8744 7 лет назад

    I love watching James' head shake back and forth when Mike is playing Kaboom!

  • @e-is-for-edith
    @e-is-for-edith 9 лет назад +40

    I have one of those Atari flashback thingies.
    I need a real Atari.
    At least my flashback has tempest. It is fun. :3

    • @DreaminTeamin
      @DreaminTeamin 9 лет назад

      Get one. Great system and games.

    • @e-is-for-edith
      @e-is-for-edith 9 лет назад

      On it.

    • @Jayrod64
      @Jayrod64 9 лет назад

      Cocoa Puff I believe some of the older Atari Flashback consoles are big enough to do a cartridge slot mod on.

    • @e-is-for-edith
      @e-is-for-edith 9 лет назад +1

      Jared Armbruster I'll have to look into that ouo

    • @wren9713
      @wren9713 7 лет назад

      Cocoa Puff I have a flashback with Sword Quest: Earthworld and Fireworld

  • @hr1meg
    @hr1meg 11 лет назад +4

    I love how someone actually used the Berserk cartridge as a coaster 10:37.

    • @scottb2794
      @scottb2794 11 лет назад +3

      That's a shame. E.T cartridges should be used for coasters.

  • @TheBrainScratcher
    @TheBrainScratcher 8 лет назад +14

    10:40 i know at least 2 people that played berzerk to death ;)

    • @rzeka
      @rzeka 7 лет назад +1

      ayyyyy

  • @DigiKirky
    @DigiKirky 11 лет назад +2

    These guys never fail to make me smile (:

  • @BrandonRob206
    @BrandonRob206 9 лет назад +2

    This September 11th Atari 2600 will be 38 years old!!! :D Happy Early Birthday Atari!!!

  • @Charroshi
    @Charroshi 10 лет назад +19

    did you know that if u search atari breakout on google images you can play it

  • @cannibalcris6875
    @cannibalcris6875 8 лет назад +8

    I absolutely love Mikes explanation for why Kaboom is his favorite game. Pretty much says it all. They just don't make simple games like that anymore.

    • @aimfuldrifter
      @aimfuldrifter 6 лет назад

      There are arcade games, mostly on Steam, yet they aren't that classic.

  • @FurpNate
    @FurpNate 11 лет назад +26

    man classic games are the best, I have no motivation to buy Ps4 or Xbox one

  • @Thepocalypse
    @Thepocalypse 11 лет назад +2

    I really love these. You guys have such a great dynamic :D

  • @951258tike22
    @951258tike22 4 года назад

    mike's description of how kaboom makes him feel reminds me of playing guitar hero/rock band back in the day. expert mode had you completely engrossed

  • @PhelanVelvel
    @PhelanVelvel 10 лет назад +6

    Mike is fucking good at Kaboom.

  • @alexeyrusin4322
    @alexeyrusin4322 10 лет назад +4

    Kaboom is awesome!

  • @ignaspivoriunas5390
    @ignaspivoriunas5390 10 лет назад +7

    When mike is playng ka-boom he isn't blinking at all

  • @patrickmcdaniel4119
    @patrickmcdaniel4119 11 лет назад

    Aw man I Remeber watching all these vids on my other youtube account which got hacked.Sucks but I'm starting out fresh and I love seeing you guys!

  • @mrkraz
    @mrkraz 11 лет назад +1

    My favorite Atari game was Moonsweeper. Not sure many knew that game, but it had great gameplay, good graphics and an awesome game over music!

  • @sarahp1217
    @sarahp1217 9 лет назад +5

    Music at the beginning of this episode is awesome! Anywhere I can access it?

    • @mikesinclair2785
      @mikesinclair2785 8 лет назад +1

      +Sarah Jean Someone said this further down in the comments and apparently it's the right one. Draconus theme

  • @skudzer1985
    @skudzer1985 9 лет назад +7

    They still make Tang. Most dollar stores have it.

  • @MrChubhub22
    @MrChubhub22 10 лет назад +21

    mike has always been a better game player than james

    • @LuigiGodzillaGirl
      @LuigiGodzillaGirl 10 лет назад +12

      *****
      But Bootsy blows both James and Mike out of the water. He's the only gamer I know of who has legitimately beaten BTTF Part III on Genesis

    • @AnthonyShuker
      @AnthonyShuker 10 лет назад +5

      They're about the same. Mike didn't last in super c or DD2

  • @youdontsurpriseme
    @youdontsurpriseme 11 лет назад

    Your silliness has startled me.

  • @DeliciousHotShmoze
    @DeliciousHotShmoze 10 лет назад +1

    Dig Dug is my absolute favorite Namco game, and the Atari version is probably one of the best arcade ports ever made for the system. Whenever I play it, I'm always trying to kill the enemies more with the boulders than with the pump. You get more points that way, but it is easier to die trying to do it.

  • @kazaamoneal9816
    @kazaamoneal9816 8 лет назад +8

    Kaboom - it's like eating Pringles

  • @FiLpLokko
    @FiLpLokko 11 лет назад +12

    write atari breakout in google images and have fun!

    • @chilesuicmez
      @chilesuicmez 4 года назад +1

      just atari breakout images, not fun at all.

  • @owiseone1
    @owiseone1 10 лет назад +8

    How about Air-Sea Battle or Missle Command?

    • @rosstedfordkendall
      @rosstedfordkendall 10 лет назад +3

      They did Missile Command in their Atari in the Dark vid (part of the Star/Space games video.)

  • @pinebarrenpatriot8289
    @pinebarrenpatriot8289 2 года назад +1

    I love Combat. It has other stages aside from the tank and plane fights they didn't show in this video like the Jets fight stage I thought was the best in the game.

  • @VoidHalo
    @VoidHalo 9 лет назад +1

    I love Tetris for the same reason Mike loves Kaboom. I just go into a Zen state when I played and nothing else matters, or even exists.

  • @harukatakahashi8822
    @harukatakahashi8822 9 лет назад +5

    Trumps up If you play Kaboom and you actually have it for the Atari 2600

  • @KAMIKAZEKITTIES
    @KAMIKAZEKITTIES 9 лет назад +8

    Can I have a copy of combat?

    • @Musicradio77Network
      @Musicradio77Network 7 лет назад +2

      KAMIKAZEKITTIES "Combat" was a launch title for the VCS/2600 from 1977, along with "Air/Sea Battle" and "Star Ship" which was one of three launch titles were released that year.

  • @firebrandx13
    @firebrandx13 10 лет назад +3

    what song is playing at the 8 sec start?

  • @TheJonnJonnz
    @TheJonnJonnz 9 лет назад

    What i miss about playin these videogames at the time was that not everyone had the purchasing power to own one. So as a kid i had to go to my neighbors or my friends place to play. Playing together was awesome. Given that not everyone can afford the newer consoles nowadays still, but videogames are easily accessible to everyone now at this point in time. Before it was so limited, that's why sharing was (say it with me) ... MAGICAL ;D

  • @MaximRecoil
    @MaximRecoil 9 лет назад +1

    _"That one on the right is really hard to get to then ..."_
    In Frogger, it is the slot on the far _left_ that is hard to get to if you can't go through the side of the screen; the one on the far right is no harder to get to than slots 2, 3, and 4.

  • @CntrazZombie4
    @CntrazZombie4 10 лет назад +4

    Hey James, send me a copy of Combat will you?

  • @theboomerpride
    @theboomerpride 10 лет назад +3

    I guess hot pink was real hot back then

  • @xMisCHIEF138x
    @xMisCHIEF138x 11 лет назад +3

    there is no way they made this sober

  • @johnnyroche138
    @johnnyroche138 3 года назад

    I love that James is just shaking his head trying to follow Kaboom

  • @drunclecookie216
    @drunclecookie216 4 года назад

    That frogger music brings back memories.... I used to play the hell out of that game

  • @cyborgninja5489
    @cyborgninja5489 2 месяца назад

    The Atari has a certain charm to it. These games have a cool, retro-futuristic vibe to them.

  • @Lightblue2222
    @Lightblue2222 3 года назад +1

    Love these episodes.

  • @memermetalthemiddleagedaut99
    @memermetalthemiddleagedaut99 5 лет назад

    Loves James face whilst Mike was playing Kaboom

  • @KevinTwiner
    @KevinTwiner 10 лет назад +1

    enjoyed the walk down memory lane and all the laughing made my cheeks hurt..thanks guy's an stay cool.

  • @EmmettXIV
    @EmmettXIV 7 месяцев назад

    16:30 James reminds me of a little kid when he's watching Mike play Kaboom lol

  • @WithinBlindSight
    @WithinBlindSight 11 лет назад

    "Combat games are like pennies" I know the feeling. I used to play Combat over at my Grandma's.loved it =)

  • @gianniy
    @gianniy 11 лет назад

    Mike is owning the game as his rambling! He is like rainman!

  • @KarlMartell732
    @KarlMartell732 9 лет назад

    Combat: The power of simplicity. A timeless fun game !

  • @douayang8976
    @douayang8976 10 лет назад

    I agree with what Mike said about "Kaboom". To completely put yourself into a game and forgetting everything around you.

  • @AndrewPena94
    @AndrewPena94 4 года назад +1

    Watching Mike play Kaboom gives me anxiety

  • @grecorobert97
    @grecorobert97 8 лет назад +1

    Playing Atari can be a form of meditation.

  • @mikefrankovich8279
    @mikefrankovich8279 10 лет назад

    mikes faces are too good.... so glad he is on more!!!!!

  • @3van1993
    @3van1993 4 года назад

    My dad and I played Berzerk a lot when I was a kid. Someone made a co-op version for the NES that's definetly worth trying with a friend.

  • @ZorotheGallade
    @ZorotheGallade 7 лет назад

    At 10:33 it's like James has been startled by the transition.
    "(Gasp) Berserk!"

  • @TheMelon93
    @TheMelon93 10 лет назад

    James's face when Mike is playing Kaboom is fucking priceless...