Atari 2600 Games Marathon | Friday Night Arcade

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  • Опубликовано: 20 дек 2024

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  • @FridayNightArcade
    @FridayNightArcade  3 года назад +17

    23 Atari 2600 Friday Night Arcade episodes rolled into one for your binge viewing pleasure! These episodes are in chronological order dating back to when the channel first started all the way back in 2014.
    [00:00:00] - Starmaster
    [00:10:28] - Robot Tank
    [00:19:17] - Title Match Pro Wrestling
    [00:23:33] - The Atari 2600 Games I Loved
    [00:40:39] - Games that Pushed the Limit
    [00:52:11] - The Atari 2600 Games I Loved #2
    [01:01:13] - Awesome Atari 2600 Arcade Ports
    [01:11:31] - Atari 2600 Games You Loved
    [01:24:48] - Demon Attack
    [01:29:42] - Joust
    [01:36:12] - Venture
    [01:42:24] - Alien
    [01:48:05] - Keystone Kapers
    [01:54:25] - Dig Dug
    [01:58:43] - Awesome Atari 2600 Arcade Ports #2
    [02:10:13] - Frankenstein's Monster
    [02:17:24] - Secret Quest
    [02:27:03] - Spider-Man
    [02:32:15] - Atari 2600 Games with Endings
    [02:59:26] - Atari 2600 Wireless Controllers
    [03:12:03] - Games that Pushed the Limit #2
    [03:22:47] - Double Dragon
    [03:27:45] - Asteroids on Vinyl LP

    • @lexluthermiester
      @lexluthermiester 3 года назад

      This is very cool! Are you going to do a similar thing with your NES video's?

  • @kennghost
    @kennghost 2 года назад +2

    After a couple years of mindlessly looping AVGN the algorithm finally brought me somewhere new and I'm glad it did! Great channel

  • @williambrennan5701
    @williambrennan5701 Год назад +2

    i still have my patch from star master . I was just a kid but I remember the day I did it . i had a fever , chicken pox I think anyway I was completely in another world and I owned it . nothing else mattered I felt like crap so bad so I concentrated hard and was in the zone . I remember my mom taking the picture of the TV and everything. very cool

  • @DeathMetalDerf
    @DeathMetalDerf 3 года назад +15

    And my favorite thing about Space Invaders is how the programmers turned a system/programming limitation, the aliens getting faster as they get fewer on-screen, into a special feature! That's what I call quick thinking!

    • @jamesnoble8205
      @jamesnoble8205 3 года назад +4

      The last alien ship left going super fast left to right dropping down each time used to give me anxiety lol

  • @colourofthunder
    @colourofthunder 3 года назад +5

    this is the first time in history youtube has actually recommended something new to me that I like! subbed. outstanding content and presentation. cheers to you good sir

  • @unoclayGaming
    @unoclayGaming 3 года назад +3

    Starmaster seems like a first draft of Star Raiders, a game i discovered on 5200 and blew me away.

    • @FridayNightArcade
      @FridayNightArcade  3 года назад +1

      Kinda although it's way better than the 2600 version of Star Raiders.

    • @goldenphonautogram6141
      @goldenphonautogram6141 3 года назад

      I have 2600 Star Raiders and I think I’ve only had it on for 5 minutes. Starmaster, however, I was just playing earlier this evening.

    • @unoclayGaming
      @unoclayGaming 3 года назад

      @@goldenphonautogram6141 i cant speak to 2600, but on 5200 its one of the more complex games. Definitely benefits from the numeric pad and overlays if that's your cup of tea. Amazing it even exists on a system of that vintage.

    • @goldenphonautogram6141
      @goldenphonautogram6141 3 года назад

      @@unoclayGaming I’ve heard nothing but great things about the 8 bit and 5200 versions. I look forward to trying them out sometime in the future

  • @DeathMetalDerf
    @DeathMetalDerf 3 года назад +8

    The Atari 2600 VCS that I use now, is the same one my grandfather (God rest his soul) bought for me back in 1986, and it too amazes me that the unit does in fact still work without issue. Now that I've said that.... I'm sure it's just going to straight blow up in my face the next time I go to use it!

    • @Hologhoul
      @Hologhoul 2 года назад +1

      I bought a VCS this year (2022), my first in about 40 years! It's a light-6 model so pretty old, works great! Some light colours are weird and patchy but I think that's due to using a modern TV, I haven't tried it through a CRT yet.

  • @garyaldridge5574
    @garyaldridge5574 3 года назад +5

    for any kid getting ready to begin their gaming career, this should be required watching! followed with some demo play on each title, of course

  • @Kryfton
    @Kryfton 3 года назад +9

    This is awesome! I have a long workday ahead and needed something great to keep my sanity!

  • @killershrew1
    @killershrew1 3 года назад +1

    Dude! I absolutely LOVE your channel!! I love the Atari 2600 videos... so takes me back to when I was a teenager! Thanks for putting these together!

  • @gabster85
    @gabster85 3 года назад +1

    Awesome compilation video...almost had a seizure while watching Starmaster's part though 😆 Love your work man.

  • @googlehome8545
    @googlehome8545 3 года назад +1

    God damn that David crane.... genius.....he even got the copyrighted year in there too....pure magic... Take that warren

    • @googlehome8545
      @googlehome8545 3 года назад

      Didn't battlezone train army tank corps

  • @psychochicken9535
    @psychochicken9535 3 года назад +14

    And it's a good morning.

  • @bugsfrickingbunny
    @bugsfrickingbunny 3 года назад +2

    The Joust commercial was insane.

  • @shawnkintz1538
    @shawnkintz1538 3 года назад

    Love your Atari focused videos! Keep em coming! And thank you for all your hard work!

  • @jeremybowers3181
    @jeremybowers3181 3 года назад

    Hats off to you and your channel man there are so many hidden gems on systems I grew up I would have never played had I not found this channel.👊💥🇺🇲

  • @classicmikecade
    @classicmikecade 3 года назад +2

    Friday Ni.......no Friday Morning Arcade........Aaron your channel is the new retro standard my friend.

  • @neuromancer9k
    @neuromancer9k 3 года назад

    Great collection. I appreciate you putting this one together, not sure how much time was involved. Either way, cool move. Cheers, Aaron!

  • @candmmi
    @candmmi 3 года назад

    Your channel has revived my love for the Atari so much I just bought one 😆
    Now I just need to work on my collection (the nine games it came with are hit or miss)

  • @davidprice7162
    @davidprice7162 3 года назад

    Absoluelty amazing work man. You're channel is one of the best. The work you put into the starmaster video alone is worth watching the entire video. (You had me subscribed with your space quest III video. That's how long I've been a fan)

  • @lucianocostajuca9970
    @lucianocostajuca9970 2 года назад +1

    É um prazer conhecer este canal, pois lembrou muitos jogos que joguei no atari na minha infância.

  • @cavalleri
    @cavalleri 3 года назад +2

    Well, this has just made my day!!

  • @music101.
    @music101. 3 года назад

    Damn that thumbnail brings back memories , loved joust

  • @LoCoSHINOBI
    @LoCoSHINOBI Год назад

    This Game 🎮 Sounds and Looks Amazing still and I've never played it but just watching this video it tells allot.

  • @iankempster7007
    @iankempster7007 3 года назад +1

    Great video as always

  • @gabrielirlanda
    @gabrielirlanda Год назад

    The front covers of the cartidges were incredible, developers cleverly used to extract the essence of the game in just 10x10cm, although you were a yellow 2x2pixels in the game you could really imagine you were that brave Warrior that was printed in the front cover. 😄

  • @joseCalderon1976
    @joseCalderon1976 2 года назад

    Great stuff! Subscribed!

  • @Hologhoul
    @Hologhoul 2 года назад

    Just started delving into these great videos... Wow, Alan Miller was some talent. Starmaster is amazing, I'll be trying that via Stella. As for Robot Tank, I own that on my actual VCS and it's a brilliant game, so imaginative and full of atmosphere how the weather and day/night cycles come into play.

    • @FridayNightArcade
      @FridayNightArcade  2 года назад +2

      Thanks for checking out the channel! If you're going to use Stella for Starmaster, be sure to get familiar with the hot keys for utilizing the B&W and Game Select switches that are on the console since they'll be used frequently in that one. Good luck!

    • @Hologhoul
      @Hologhoul 2 года назад

      @@FridayNightArcade Advice noted, thank you!

  • @danjsilve
    @danjsilve 2 года назад

    I didn’t see this whole video. I still remember Indy 500 and Circus, both used the paddle controllers. Both great games

  • @jasonz7788
    @jasonz7788 2 года назад

    Great work Sir thank you

  • @trueakuma777
    @trueakuma777 3 года назад

    This was fun to watch. I've already commented on many of the individual episodes, so I won't repeat myself as far as specifics for each episode here, but I will say that I enjoyed being able to watch all these episodes together in one place. Perhaps you can do another compilation episode for other titles that go together like all the NES or Arcade game episodes? Feel free to steal that idea if you like! But anyways, thanks for the entertaining video and stay safe out there!

  • @forceinfinity
    @forceinfinity Год назад

    On Starmaster, I could regularly beat the game on the highest difficulty level, but ran into a couple of things in doing so. 1) I could never finish it without losing a starbase. No matter how hard I tried, I always lost a starbase along the way. 2) I ran into some scoring glitch where if you save 3 of the 4 starbases and do everything else right, you get a score that is lower than 1000 or something weird like that. I loved that game to death back in the day

  • @Anthony-qt8wv
    @Anthony-qt8wv 2 года назад

    Yes, I have beaten E.T. and I love brussels sprouts too! I actually first beat E.T. back in 1983. I remember going to Kay B Toys and getting it for like $5 I think? I see videos all the time about how this game was the reason the video game crash happened. I can tell you at that time there were games worse than E.T. . There were so many games discounted if it was today, i'd have my backseat of my car full of them.

  • @ulisesgomezd.3405
    @ulisesgomezd.3405 Год назад

    Great video, i see it's a compliation of many videos and i'm watching it. Another great game for the 2600 was Jungle Hunt; also Stargate (Defender II) Looks Amazing, and is insanely hard. Donkey Konk Jr. is well made and is very difficult. What to say about Activision, used to program the best games for the ATARI 2600; i love Sea Quest. There are more wonderful games for the ATARI 2600, like Pigs in Space; Klax, The Challenge of Nexar, Frost Bite, Pete Ross Basseball, Double Dunk (...) I must check what games i still own. I also still own my ATARI XE with games, you probably can make a review of it's best games, and it's Homebrew scene.

  • @aaronworthing1023
    @aaronworthing1023 2 года назад

    For the record, you can totally dodge the enemy shells in battlezone. I was an ace at that. He just had to learn to turn and move mediately when you heard the shot. It also helped immensely to attack your enemies by going backwards constantly. That’s right I constantly pulled back on the joystick and then I’d hear the shot And immediately turned the tank right or left wall still going backwards constantly. And then every now and then you turn in hit the enemy

  • @krisr1885
    @krisr1885 3 года назад

    Wow! Well there goes my friday night.

  • @jimmyrobbins4079
    @jimmyrobbins4079 3 года назад

    I remember playing Starmaster on Activision anthology for PS2 when I was a kid all the time

  • @jamesnoble8205
    @jamesnoble8205 3 года назад

    I always get Activison's Star Master and Atari's Star Raiders mixed up because both are pretty much the same exact game with the same first person perspective and a bunch of other things in common. But Star Raiders had a separate touch pad with an overlay included that plugged into port two and gave you several options like warp. I could never get far in that game or ranked higher than "cook"

  • @brianl3766
    @brianl3766 3 года назад +1

    Such a simpler time. Love it.

  • @RaposaCadela
    @RaposaCadela 3 года назад

    This was awesome! I'm really glad to have been recommended this, subscribed

  • @JoesFirewoodVideos
    @JoesFirewoodVideos Год назад

    Pitfall was my favorite 2600 game

  • @MultiScooter68
    @MultiScooter68 Год назад +1

    Great video although you forget to mention that there were TWO versions of Frogger for the 2600. The Starpath cassette version was far superior to the Parker Bros cartridge. Although the PB version is certainly OK - the Starpath version is just so much better - better graphics - esp on the turtles, less flickering, and finally sounds and background music very comparable to the arcade.

  • @alphaomega8373
    @alphaomega8373 3 года назад +3

    Activation was the Rockstar of game devs in the 80s. I think the remnant of it died just this year.

    • @literallyunderrated
      @literallyunderrated 3 года назад

      Three of Activision’s best developers formed Audacity Games and are releasing new 2600 games. The first one just came out

  • @zachmcclintock7431
    @zachmcclintock7431 3 года назад

    Nice Aaron I’ll definitely watch this, keep up the great work!!!

  • @TOxDx
    @TOxDx 3 года назад

    I somehow remember that the name of the those little critters that you have to save in the game "Cosmic Ark" were called "Beasties" according to the game manual.

  • @Jkoziol72577
    @Jkoziol72577 Год назад

    Well there is one issue with certain games that use the black and white switch and it's when you decide to play them on the 7800 for example when you try to pull up star chart or map because when the 7800 uses a pause button with technically replaces the black-and-white switch from the 2600 you literally have to hold down your pause button

  • @heloripascal8997
    @heloripascal8997 Год назад

    Best way to rack up points in Yar's Revenge was to nail swirls in mid-flight.

  • @demonsty
    @demonsty 3 года назад

    this is awesome. 2600 overliad!

  • @ZagnutBar
    @ZagnutBar 2 года назад

    While this may have been ambitious and innovative for the Atari, this was a fairly common style of space game from that era. There was a similar game that I liked to play on Intellivision, and I even remember there being a game like this on the Apple ][.

  • @davidradecky5399
    @davidradecky5399 Год назад

    I wonder if I can still send in and get a patch now that its 45 years later I have an original working 2600 and I have Star Master lol

  • @wackyworldofwindios3476
    @wackyworldofwindios3476 3 года назад +1

    Did you know that if you hold down the start switch and turn on Space Invaders at the same time you can shoot two lasers at a time instead of just one at a time,!,!

  • @Hawkeye26
    @Hawkeye26 3 года назад

    I think my family got Starmaster very very late, and it was just the cartridge sealed in a bubble plastic to a cardboard backing with a little folding paper manual...considering the complexity of the game, I now realize why I don't even really remember playing this one! The manual was probably ridiculously insufficient for the needs of the game!

  • @geneking6005
    @geneking6005 3 года назад

    My 3 favorites h.e.r.o yars revenge and aquaventure

  • @DTM-Books
    @DTM-Books Год назад

    I’m watching the Asteroids part and wondering, “Where are the spaceships? Does he not know about the UFOs? Why is he playing on easy mode?” Hah. This is a problem with playing 2600 videogames on an emulator, in that you don’t have the instruction manual and miss out on so much.
    So when playing Asteroids, set the difficulty to “A.” That introduces the satellites and UFOs, which makes the game far more interesting. You also have the option to select hyperspace, shields, or a 180-degree flip as your special move (press down).
    Finally, Atari Corp ripped off the Asteroids box set for Gates of Zendocon on Lynx. That’s the Tramiels for ya, always pinching a penny.

  • @ozwizardof5235
    @ozwizardof5235 3 года назад

    In combat if you fire in the corner and turn your tank you will teleport to another part of the screen

  • @spindoctor6385
    @spindoctor6385 3 года назад

    I loved the wrestling game so much as a kid, I guess I was about 9-10 and WWF was big. It was one of few games that leet you take on friends one on one. I was dissapointed you didnt throw your oponent out of the ring in the demo.

  • @ropyspoop8508
    @ropyspoop8508 3 года назад

    Never knew about the other modes on Berzerk

  • @davidprice7162
    @davidprice7162 3 года назад

    3:12:44 I smiled at the cute ass dog playing the atari...until I realized that he probably died 20 years ago 😭

  • @scottl.1568
    @scottl.1568 3 года назад

    God bless you!!

  • @captaincomedian6320
    @captaincomedian6320 2 года назад

    You talk up how amazing it is to have that extra "RAM plus" chip in Tunnel Runner to augment the gameplay, but you completely left out that the amazing soundtrack in Pitfall 2 was achieved pretty much the same way. That's right, each Pitfall 2 cart had an additional chip providing extra audio capabilities to enhance the game's sound and play those catchy tunes!

    • @FridayNightArcade
      @FridayNightArcade  2 года назад

      Briefly mentioned it in a different episode, ruclips.net/video/3cHLHjfL2vM/видео.html , but yeah... I'd left some of that out because I wanted to find out more about it and make a separate episode focusing entirely on that chip and how it worked (and other cartridges with built-in enhancement chips) but then never got to it lol.

  • @BenKlassen1
    @BenKlassen1 3 года назад

    It's no wonder that video games were dying out with the quality of games that Atari was putting out at the time.

  • @yaywhewclips242
    @yaywhewclips242 Год назад

    On Yars revenge I prefer game 7, because U have to touch the left side of the screen to load your cannon.

  • @fowlerprepress8865
    @fowlerprepress8865 3 года назад

    I owned copies of both Activision's Starmaster and Atari's Star Raiders for the Atari 2600 around 1982. By then, I was already familiar with Star Raiders because I had played it on a neighbor's Atari 400 computer. (My parents couldn't afford one of those). The original Star Raiders had been available for the Atari home computers for some time before either of the 2600 games were introduced. In fact, it was rumored at the time that many owners of those computers had bought them explicitly to play Star Raiders! Atari's version of the game for the 2600 was noticeably inferior to the 400/800 version, obviously owing to the limited capabilities of the game console. After playing Starmaster for the first time, it was immediately apparent to me that it was Activision's attempt to replicate Star Raiders. Activision's designers succeeded, and I thought it was clearly superior to the Atari game, with smoother movement, and without the flickering graphics that were typical of many of Atari's games from that era. Later on, I owned an Atari 5200 console, for which I bought the version of Star Raiders designed for that console. That 5200 version of the game was virtually identical to the Atari 400/800 game I had played years earlier, with the added benefit of fully utilizing the 5200's integrated analog joystick and keypad. which gave far more precise control over the simple joystick of the older console and computer. I still own an Atari XE Game System, and after having dusted it off and played a round of Star Raiders (the original Atari 400/800 version) recently, and found it to be just as exciting as I did as a teenager. Oh, and by the way, I actually did achieve the top rank of "Star Commander Class 1" back in the day, thanks to many, many hours behind the controls.

  • @johnwayne3051
    @johnwayne3051 3 года назад

    When we were young....

  • @MikeRavia-xp5ig
    @MikeRavia-xp5ig Год назад

    Krull, indiana jones, and tapper. Forgive me if you have videos on those. If not you should.

  • @shanecorning5222
    @shanecorning5222 3 года назад

    You need to LINE-in "RIP" those old vinyls? Separate your tracks very well nice and close. THEN? ... Load those into PC editor stuffs like, example, a HEX Editor? ..... Comb through it for Program code. :-) .... ESPECIALLY any tracks that play, but, do NOT seem to have sound? OR if they would really goofy YOU remember those sounds.

    • @shanecorning5222
      @shanecorning5222 3 года назад

      But yeah dood eastrr eggs on VINYLS. ... There was a recent punk band that did it. Thats why it popped in my head. It contains a hidden game program created by the drummer? HAHAHAH?

  • @JetScreamer_YT
    @JetScreamer_YT 3 года назад

    Intellivision had a bunch of stars too.

  • @googlehome8545
    @googlehome8545 3 года назад

    Everyday is a great day with newborn twins and a system that's 40 years old with 20 year old snes sim city scores

  • @richardmunoz4771
    @richardmunoz4771 2 года назад

    Love Star master

  • @shawncarter7188
    @shawncarter7188 Год назад

    Rader ... 😄

  • @fastdude2002
    @fastdude2002 Год назад

    I bought a used set from a co-worker and they didn’t work good for me, they had lag and glitches

  • @BigSleepyOx
    @BigSleepyOx Год назад

    I actually thought Phaser Patrol (Starcade/Arcadia) was the best of the 2600 Star Raiders clones. Then Star Master (Activision) and Star Voyager (Imagic). I never played the official 2600 version of Star Raiders.

  • @Mr3DLC
    @Mr3DLC 3 года назад

    The joust ostrich looks derpy

  • @danieldevries3230
    @danieldevries3230 3 года назад

    8 bit top gun ?? Coooool

  • @shanecorning5222
    @shanecorning5222 3 года назад

    Hahahaha , ACTUALLY that sound makes it sound like there is wind in "space". There cannot be, according to THEIR model. :-)

  • @lizzywingo25
    @lizzywingo25 3 года назад

    I HAVE BALLY AND ALL THE GAMES, AND ATTARI 2600 WITH SHOOTS AND LADDERS, MY BALLY IS GIVIBG ALL NONSCENCE CHARACTERS.

  • @justin188541
    @justin188541 Год назад

    OK, seriously. Asteroids... ON VINYL?!? What the heck is THAT? Did Tommy Tallerico do a "soundtrack"? Or was it all just looped game sounds?

  • @makaveli4205
    @makaveli4205 3 года назад

    The 5200 system was really good. Its the controllers that sucked. Graphics were awesome. I like atari games sometimes. Easy to pick up and play. Good for kids.

  • @jmogler
    @jmogler Год назад

    What the hell were they smoking when they made that Joust commercial? It went on about 5 minutes too long.

  • @luthiervandros
    @luthiervandros 2 года назад

    Yesssss

  • @retrogameroom9019
    @retrogameroom9019 2 года назад

    I don't think social services would give much a fuss if they found out their parents let them play tapper lol....just in case I'll throw out my 7 year olds tapper t-shirt......damn those classic games

  • @peterjna12
    @peterjna12 2 года назад

    I had this game. Lol

  • @ryanzmuda3167
    @ryanzmuda3167 3 года назад

    Looks like Solaris

  • @shanecorning5222
    @shanecorning5222 3 года назад

    what the hell they removed my plus bro. I Put it Back.

  • @grimfantastic1764
    @grimfantastic1764 3 года назад

    you sound like BOBBY from SUPERNATURAL :)

    • @FridayNightArcade
      @FridayNightArcade  3 года назад

      Jim Beaver is a fantastic actor. Thank you for the kind words.

  • @KoolKatDave
    @KoolKatDave Год назад

    Nothing wrong with the primitiveness of these games. A lot of the stuff today transcends games and may be a little too realistic so that it is not even a game anymore...or is it?

  • @gregledbetter5942
    @gregledbetter5942 2 года назад

    Please don't text and drive.. that's some solid advice bro

  • @NesNyt
    @NesNyt Год назад +1

    Come on aaron put the 2 kids down and finish editing and upload.we need some content here. U didnt come down woth covid20 did ya

    • @FridayNightArcade
      @FridayNightArcade  Год назад +1

      Workin' on it.
      Was literally gonna work on a video today but the babysitter called in sick. I can't win lol.

    • @NesNyt
      @NesNyt Год назад +1

      @@FridayNightArcade gosh darn it, it's okay. Just remember from one dad of twins to another....the greatest day on earth next to your kids being born, is the day they can wipe on their own.....I'm not kidding.....hope your teaching em how to play game boy or something. Start with the cheaper consoles lol

  • @InternetTAB
    @InternetTAB 3 года назад +1

    bro i turn ads back on to give creators support where i can, this has 0!

  • @lexluthermiester
    @lexluthermiester 3 года назад

    What ruddy twonk gave this a thumbs down? Seriously...

  • @lizzywingo25
    @lizzywingo25 3 года назад

    I WANT TO BUY YOURS

  • @benjaminbluhm6253
    @benjaminbluhm6253 3 года назад

    Baby bite

  • @malcolmjelani3588
    @malcolmjelani3588 3 года назад

    First

  • @MikesFutureRetro
    @MikesFutureRetro 10 месяцев назад

    Seems like a star raiders wannabe clone. Not a bad game, but not super original.