Brilliant video as always, Greg. There is something extra special about AA home brews. It's basically Albert making Atari's consoles as important as they should have continued to have been in the 80s.
Still waiting on my orders. I also went for Popeye and Draconian, and a bunch more. For the 7800 ones, now that I've got a 7800GD I'm not sure how much I'm going to want to give up its RGB out to play a 'real' cart. 🤣
The RGB video feature is a mixed option for me, cuz I really prefer to play retro games on my CRT cuz it looks great, but also no input lag. So playing through an upscaler kinda sucks IMO.
@@KrunchyTheClown78 If you don't go for an RGB CRT soon, it'll just get harder to do that later. The PVM/BVM market is already insane, but soon arcade CRTs are going to start climbing too.
I think it would be nicer to see 'period appropriate' enhancement CPUs, which is really the difference between the NES/SNES mappers and these. It's also understanable though, as ARMs are cheap, easily available, and 500x faster than anything you had back then; the majority of period chips are no longer in production. The Popeye purple background is as you see in one of the arcade revisions too, not sure why, but it's one of the supported sets in MAME
Popeye only uses a HOKEY (Pokey replacement chip). Right, Down, Right, Up, Up, Down, from the title screen, turns off the pink background. Rev F becomes "Novice".
Awesome games! I was worried when a year after I placed my "last chance" order, I still hadn't received anything. But out of nowhere the box came. I already had "Draconian" because Bosconian is one of my favorite games. They nailed it and I'm still super happy with it. This time I bought Mappy, Super Cobra, Zookeeper, Baby Pacman, Pacman collection and some others. All amazing. PS None of the CHAMP games work in the 2600+. I too am hoping a future firmware update can fix this. Though we haven't seen anything since January? So I'm starting to assume not.
I am bitter sweet about my last chance order. I was one of the first to see the last chance sale and therefore I got my games a long time ago. But in my haste I only ordered 2 games and there are a few more I should have ordered.
The Zoo Keeper thing is a NET, use the net to capture the animals back to the cage. In the arcade version the platform stages would occasionally offer up a free game....if you could get to it in time.
Trowel? Arrgh! It's a net! Geez! You can't catch animals with a trowel! Anyway. (Ahem.) I think I have a digital copy of the 2600 version of Gorf. Holy crap, it's so close to the arcade version it's nuts. I should probably follow it up with another Champ release, Wizard of Wor, which is likewise a kajillion times better than the CBS Games version.
Bummed out that "Rikki and Vikki" on the Atari 7800 , the created doesn't sell stand-alone roms 😕. Wait? the Atari 2600+ can't run ever game ? that what i hate about these clone emu , they should had made a fpga Atari HDMI , dose SD carts work ? This is relatable i bought 2 atgames sega genesis , the 2018 as a SD card reader but suck at reading cartridges , and the cheaper 1 works great with carts but emu sd cards don't work .
@@GregsGameRoom seen *RF to HDMI* , probably best way to play 7800 & 2600 🤔 . I get a kick outta these retro consoles getting new homebrews and rom hacks games 🎮
I've been wanting to get a Atari 2600 but everything is so different these days like seeing these games here but do I get a original system? Or one of those modded ones? And i only know of ebay to find games but I'm not able to get out due to my handicap so online is my only option. Any tips or advice???
I remember playing a version of that Popeye game, but wow, I’m honestly a little blown away at Draconian, that looked fantastic
Brilliant video as always, Greg. There is something extra special about AA home brews. It's basically Albert making Atari's consoles as important as they should have continued to have been in the 80s.
Albert is definitely doing it for the love of Atari!
Some day I’ll get my order lol
You definitely will. Albert is a stand-up guy.
Still waiting on my orders. I also went for Popeye and Draconian, and a bunch more. For the 7800 ones, now that I've got a 7800GD I'm not sure how much I'm going to want to give up its RGB out to play a 'real' cart. 🤣
Yeah, that’s what I need for good video captures.
The RGB video feature is a mixed option for me, cuz I really prefer to play retro games on my CRT cuz it looks great, but also no input lag. So playing through an upscaler kinda sucks IMO.
@@KrunchyTheClown78 If you don't go for an RGB CRT soon, it'll just get harder to do that later. The PVM/BVM market is already insane, but soon arcade CRTs are going to start climbing too.
@@Reaperman4711 yeah, I'm still kicking myself for getting rid of an RGB CRT years ago.
I bought 3 AA last chance carts as well. Great quality stuff. And, you’re right, the packing was well done. But the 13 month wait was EXCRUCIATING!!!!
I think it would be nicer to see 'period appropriate' enhancement CPUs, which is really the difference between the NES/SNES mappers and these. It's also understanable though, as ARMs are cheap, easily available, and 500x faster than anything you had back then; the majority of period chips are no longer in production.
The Popeye purple background is as you see in one of the arcade revisions too, not sure why, but it's one of the supported sets in MAME
Yeah, I bet sourcing those period appropriate chips would be hard. Better to use what is current and cheap today.
Popeye only uses a HOKEY (Pokey replacement chip). Right, Down, Right, Up, Up, Down, from the title screen, turns off the pink background. Rev F becomes "Novice".
Popeye is one of my all time favorite games! I played the 800xl version sooooo much!
Same. Although my skills don't quite translate here... ha
100% locked on! Great video, I loved it so much I subbed!
Awesome! Thank you!
Galagon looks great!
Champ games now sells cartridges for their games. No such luck with Popeye.
Yep! I'm looking at getting some more!
Awesome games! I was worried when a year after I placed my "last chance" order, I still hadn't received anything. But out of nowhere the box came. I already had "Draconian" because Bosconian is one of my favorite games. They nailed it and I'm still super happy with it. This time I bought Mappy, Super Cobra, Zookeeper, Baby Pacman, Pacman collection and some others. All amazing. PS None of the CHAMP games work in the 2600+. I too am hoping a future firmware update can fix this. Though we haven't seen anything since January? So I'm starting to assume not.
Yeah, I shoulda bought Baby Pac-Man since it's never been ported anywhere else. But my budget was tapped.
I spend too much on this stuff. :(
I am bitter sweet about my last chance order. I was one of the first to see the last chance sale and therefore I got my games a long time ago. But in my haste I only ordered 2 games and there are a few more I should have ordered.
This is awesome!! I only had the Atari 2600 and then I got the NES which became my absolute favorite. Seeing this takes me back to the 80's.
Get a 2600+ plays 7800 games also and HDMI's output you can get the 2 button 7800 controllers for it too
Greg's asking us if we too hear "lock on" instead of the intended phrase and meanwhile the only variant i hear is "lard up"
I never even heard of those last 2 games
Both are fun!
Thanks for sharing. 👍🏻👍🏻
Thanks for the video! Been wanting to check out some of these games. I hope they can eventually figure out how to make these games work on the 2600+.
If an emulator can do it the 2600+ should be able to also.
@@GregsGameRoomPopeye works on the 2600+ with latest firmware.
The Zoo Keeper thing is a NET, use the net to capture the animals back to the cage.
In the arcade version the platform stages would occasionally offer up a free game....if you could get to it in time.
That makes sense.
Trowel? Arrgh! It's a net! Geez! You can't catch animals with a trowel!
Anyway. (Ahem.) I think I have a digital copy of the 2600 version of Gorf. Holy crap, it's so close to the arcade version it's nuts. I should probably follow it up with another Champ release, Wizard of Wor, which is likewise a kajillion times better than the CBS Games version.
Hah! Yeah it’s a net, which makes sense. It just always looked like a trowel to me!
Appreciate the 10+ hours creating this content, thank you 👍
It's surprising how long it takes when you actually keep track.
I totally forgot about the Sea Hag. What the heck was the sea hag anyway?
I don’t remember her from the cartoon, I only know her from the game!
Every married guy knows her as the mother in law. Ha ha I joke (looks around to see if it's safe)!
@@urbanknish lol
@@GregsGameRoom I do remember her from the cartoon, but I never understood what her deal was.
Great games. Very nostalgic.
How could you not figure out how to open the boxes with a knife?
how about the bottom of the packaging? Is it the same opening or different like on snes boxes?
You should get a 7800+. I will too lol
Bummed out that "Rikki and Vikki" on the Atari 7800 , the created doesn't sell stand-alone roms 😕. Wait? the Atari 2600+ can't run ever game ? that what i hate about these clone emu , they should had made a fpga Atari HDMI , dose SD carts work ? This is relatable i bought 2 atgames sega genesis , the 2018 as a SD card reader but suck at reading cartridges , and the cheaper 1 works great with carts but emu sd cards don't work .
No, it doesn't run flashcarts either. I don't know of an emulator system that can...? I'd love an FPGA Atari 2600, but it'd be too expensive.
@@GregsGameRoom seen
*RF to HDMI* , probably best way to play 7800 & 2600 🤔 . I get a kick outta these retro consoles getting new homebrews and rom hacks games 🎮
I've been wanting to get a Atari 2600 but everything is so different these days like seeing these games here but do I get a original system? Or one of those modded ones? And i only know of ebay to find games but I'm not able to get out due to my handicap so online is my only option. Any tips or advice???
I have a modded Atari 7800 which plays almost all the 2600 games. It also plays almost all the known homebrews as well. I got mine on eBay
I want Popeye!!!! Can I still get it?????
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