I watched a channel reviewing and telling the history of Atari cartridges. Nearly all of them (starting with Combat) were arcade ports from the 1970s (like Artillery Duel he mentioned in this video), though I'd never heard of them. He's posting them in order and just got to Skeet Shoot(1981), a really bad game that looks like Nintendo based their Duck Hunt cartridge on. My point is that it's really hard to come up with a good game, and most of Atari's had been tested in the real world with quarters.
Artillery Duel, I heard was a successful 1970s' arcade game. Mike Schwartz didn't do a good job at that either, making the shots too slow, in the reviewer's opinion. Maybe he should have called in sick those three days, so he could have double time to come up with something better. What comes to mind with the title, Chase the Chuckwagon, besides the advertisement, would be something like Street Racer where you have to dodge items in your pursuit. Or where it takes paths like in River Raid or Spy Hunter that you have to follow or risk losing it.
I saw that. ruclips.net/video/v8oyDrjX19I/видео.html "Someday." I'd wondered why they didn't do it on Robot Chicken, but I guess they didn't want to repeat Family Guy.
Hope you enjoy it more than $110. I bought a hundred-dollar board game, Dark Tower ($200 complete, good shape and working), but at least I'd played and enjoyed it as a kid.
Yeah it's mainly a collector piece as you mentioned... although it is nice that it has multi levels. I managed to score a copy with the manual.. just need the box now ;-)
@James Campbell I have the game and manual from my father in law. The manual is super cheap and appears to have been typed up on a typewriter. Single page but still really cool to have.
I got some Kenner Star Wars by sending in proof of purchase. I think one or two were an action figure, and the other was an extras pack (backpacks for figures on Hoth, harness to carry Yoda, and a grappling hook).
Kid who ate dog food to get this..... Hahahah I ALMOST picked one of these up for $50 in the late 2ks. I have played it before and at the time i was a somewhat hardcore collector but i just couldn't bring myself to pay that much for an Atari game. Great review bud.
You don't have to eat the dog food (or drink the Kool-aid) to get the game! Proof of purchase is fine. Reminds me of Ralphie drinking all that Ovaltine for a decoder ring in A Christmas Story.
@e11aguru Except this game wasn't even sold in shops. Almost no one had it, and the same goes for a lot of Atari games published by small, unknown developers.
@@ChristopherSobieniak I was thinking of that one; I played it as a kid and it was OK. Whether it was good in a 1-player mode, I'll find out when I see his review.
There was even a RALPH LAUREN POLO Atari game.... they should've made CHUCK E CHEESE and NICKELODEON Atari games as they were also owned by Warner back then.
I have a Pound Puppy right next to me as I watch this.
It looks amazing for a game made in three days. Too bad it isn't fun.
I watched a channel reviewing and telling the history of Atari cartridges. Nearly all of them (starting with Combat) were arcade ports from the 1970s (like Artillery Duel he mentioned in this video), though I'd never heard of them. He's posting them in order and just got to Skeet Shoot(1981), a really bad game that looks like Nintendo based their Duck Hunt cartridge on. My point is that it's really hard to come up with a good game, and most of Atari's had been tested in the real world with quarters.
Artillery Duel, I heard was a successful 1970s' arcade game. Mike Schwartz didn't do a good job at that either, making the shots too slow, in the reviewer's opinion. Maybe he should have called in sick those three days, so he could have double time to come up with something better.
What comes to mind with the title, Chase the Chuckwagon, besides the advertisement, would be something like Street Racer where you have to dodge items in your pursuit. Or where it takes paths like in River Raid or Spy Hunter that you have to follow or risk losing it.
Reminds me of that Family Guy gag!
I saw that. ruclips.net/video/v8oyDrjX19I/видео.html "Someday."
I'd wondered why they didn't do it on Robot Chicken, but I guess they didn't want to repeat Family Guy.
I won a copy of this game in an eBay auction! It only cost me $110 overall!
Hope you enjoy it more than $110. I bought a hundred-dollar board game, Dark Tower ($200 complete, good shape and working), but at least I'd played and enjoyed it as a kid.
Yeah it's mainly a collector piece as you mentioned... although it is nice that it has multi levels. I managed to score a copy with the manual.. just need the box now ;-)
@James Campbell I have the game and manual from my father in law. The manual is super cheap and appears to have been typed up on a typewriter. Single page but still really cool to have.
I always loved the things you got with a proof of purchase and a few buck. Like the Star Trek 5 marshmallow dispenser
I got some Kenner Star Wars by sending in proof of purchase. I think one or two were an action figure, and the other was an extras pack (backpacks for figures on Hoth, harness to carry Yoda, and a grappling hook).
@@sandal_thong8631I remember getting BOBA FETT that way in the late Seventies...
I'm happy when I find be out games I will never see aren't worth looking for
There's a complete copy bidding on ebay right now, currently just over 400.00
My mom sent in for this game. I've had it since I was 2 it sucks
Kid who ate dog food to get this..... Hahahah I ALMOST picked one of these up for $50 in the late 2ks. I have played it before and at the time i was a somewhat hardcore collector but i just couldn't bring myself to pay that much for an Atari game. Great review bud.
Just saw a commercial this week for E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial going for $50 in Canada in Christmas 1982. No wonder they returned it!
@@sandal_thong8631
Most Atari games cost that much as well. What are you trying to say?
Definitely a collectors piece, although i wonder how many are out there. The labels look like they are upside down.
ROTFL! "I feel sorry for the kid who didn't have a dog and ate 25lb of dog food to get this game" ! (At time index 4:20)
🐶Lul!
You don't have to eat the dog food (or drink the Kool-aid) to get the game! Proof of purchase is fine.
Reminds me of Ralphie drinking all that Ovaltine for a decoder ring in A Christmas Story.
My friend owned a dog and got the game for whatever reason.... even if he owned a Coleco... he gave it to me as a gift.
you sure dont see many games from dog food companies anymore... lol
Cool
Thanks for the shout out!
Y'know, I can't think of anything more emblematic of the video game crash than this quick cash grab made to promote dog food.
A lot of companies did this back then. I recall an Atari game based on Kool Aid Man.
@e11aguru
Except this game wasn't even sold in shops. Almost no one had it, and the same goes for a lot of Atari games published by small, unknown developers.
@@ChristopherSobieniak I was thinking of that one; I played it as a kid and it was OK. Whether it was good in a 1-player mode, I'll find out when I see his review.
There was even a RALPH LAUREN POLO Atari game.... they should've made CHUCK E CHEESE and NICKELODEON Atari games as they were also owned by Warner back then.