Atari Acquires Rights to a Dozen '80s Stern Arcade Games - SEE THEM ALL!
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- Опубликовано: 31 июл 2024
- Atari has acquired the rights to 12 classic arcade properties including Berzerk and Frenzy.
After speculating on what the additional 10 games might be just one day ago, the full list is now here. Jon runs you through a quick overview of the full set of 12 titles for which Atari has now acquired distribution rights.
The publisher said the deal will allow it to create new games based on its newly-acquired franchises, expand the digital and physical distribution of those classic titles, and explore brand and merchandising collaborations.
Atari CEO Wade Rosen explained the acquisition is part of the company's broader strategy of "commercializing classic retro IP," and described top-down shooter Berzerk as a perfect example of the sort of title Atari wants to reinvigorate.
"Berzerk is one of those foundational games that so many people first encountered playing on an Atari console," added Rosen in a press release.
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Thanks! Great news
Thanks for watching - you're very welcome!
berzerk is the most charismatic game of all. In the 2600 version it misses more elaborate mazes, but it is still a classic of the catalog.
Aw man. Bagman was a missed opportunity. I know it was developed by a 3rd party, but was still hoping. I’m VERY curious and excited for the LD game. Being a GenXer myself, laser disc games hold a special place and niche in arcade game history.
For all the Atari haters out there, this news is great that Atari is going forward and spending towards the future. 😊
I'd love to see Atari make a proper comeback
"Atari haters"? People criticize Atari because they want to see Atari do better. They want games not Atari hotels and Atari crypto.
“Lost Tomb” looks like a several-years-later sequel to Berzerk/Frenzy, so the fact that it came out the same year as Frenzy is stunning.
“Minefield” looks really interesting. Looking forward to playing it and seeing what Atari does with it.
Arcade1up has to look a a Berzerk cab ! This was one of my childhood favorites. The cylon voices and evil Otto are embedded in my brain 42 years later! Great memories of from back in time !
Atari should release the arcade versions of these games as a collection on Nintendo Switch. The Stern Arcade Classics Collection.
Happy with this list. Now let's see what Atari can do with these newly licensed games. Keep up the awesome work!
Yes, sir! 😀
Atari should make a Stern Classics Collection for modern consoles and PC.
Scramble, Super Cobra and Gradius would be great to see on this list. Some or all of them were developed by Konami but Stern marketed Scramble in America.
As a Laserdisc fanatic, I can't wait to see one of the very last Laserdisc holy grails, Atomic Castle!
Yeah? Do you know more about this game? Ever played it? I'd love to know more.
Great to see Atari going forward this is great news as a retro and gaming enthusiast 👌👌👌
Berzerk and Frenzy - Two of my favorites! I am looking forward to this so much! Thank you for the video Jon!
My pleasure!
Man, loving this channel - appreciate the extra historical detail to these pretty obscure games, found out a couple tidbits that will be helpful in some vid game history research I'm working on!
Thanks for the kind words, and for watching. 😀
@@GenXGrownUp - you're very welcome. Double bonus points for not asking for subs at the beginning of a video, that is so refreshing to see. Hey, I've been getting some views for my video being suggested on some of yours; its my doc video on Atari consoles, clones and add-ons during the 2600's original production run. I posted this in a comment on your Atari B&W switch video, but I included a link to my vid and so it may have been held up by your spam filter, so I just wanted to mention it in a link-less comment. I'd love to hear any feedback on my video if you have time to watch it, and if you'd ever be interested in collaborating down the road, let me know. Anyways, looking forward to more of your stuff.
@@HeroJournalism Right? Call-to-action is fine, but deliver something first, and don't derail the flow. That's my philosophy, anyhow. That's the very vid of yours I watched when I went stalking you on your channel. 😁
@@GenXGrownUp - totally, preach it brother. I always saved my 'ask' until the end, and recently I stopped asking for subs completely; I just ask them to watch another video if they liked it. Hey, thank you much for checking my video out, much appreciated.
Question - I see Taito is listed as one of your tags; was one of the games covered originally a Taito game?
@@HeroJournalism No Taito. I coped some tags over from the first video on this topic, and Taito was mentioned in that video. Persisting key tags to ensure the algorithm connects the two as related.
Vwry cool! This is mostly new games to me. I have never heard of most of those. That’s very cool indeed! Nice scoop. Thanks!
An updated version of Berserk would just be fantastic. Looking forward to seeing what they do with these games.
I'm fessing up - I just realized Tazz-Mania isn't, in fact, a dual-stick shooter. Move with a single stick, and then fire with that same stick if you hold down the fire button. (Plus, there's a sort of "smart bomb" button.) 🕹
Love the classic twin-stick games too but they're tough to play with today's controller's. If you're aware of a controller that makes these games playable that would be awesome! Thanks in advance and for another great classic arcade game video my friend.
You're welcome, Chris. Myself, I use my good ol' Xbox One controller. Dual sticks mapped to dual sticks and you're golden!
Atari is finally back in action! Can't wait to play these on some modern compilations, even if maybe the game with the reflective screen could be a bit confusing to play!
Sweet lineup! Some odd games I've never heard of Id still love to play. I hadn't heard the entire list announced yet by Atari so I was happy to see it out, will def be reporting on this too ;) Keep up the great content my friend
My three faves of this bunch (aside from Berzerk) are Tazz-Mania, Lost Tomb, & Rescue. Lots of potential in those. BTW, I just discovered the forthcoming Jousting Heroes thanks to you. I appreciate you putting that on my radar, friend! 😀
I get is that Scramble can't be included (since it was a Konami title distributed by Stern( but it's disappointing that games like Tutankham, Bagman and Astro Invaders weren't included in the group.
Yeah, I know. All victims of the third-party license prezel!
I used to love Nintendo since I am from Kyoto. Even though I went to private college in US. Now I am 45, and begin to understand how cool Atari /Midway is. I want to built Atari hotel next by Nintendo hotel in Kyoto .
All of those twin-stick shooters look really cool.
Lovin it the Lost Tomb is one of 12 but a little fact is a prototype exists called Spy based on the Lost Tomb engine. It's a James Bond copy in buildings not temples. Look it up!
Spy, you say. I'll have to look it up. Thanks!
Atomic Castle was a game in development and never was released. It was believed that there was one or two prototype cabinets. It was supposed to use two laserdiscs to solve the problem of blank screens while the laserdisc player would seek a frame on the disc. It looked very cool. I would love to see this released.
Thanks so much for this news. Of course Berzerk is the "grandaddy" of this collection, but all of this games look like fun. Maybe Atari will package them in a "Vault Volume 3 Stern collection".
Most of that list seemed like pretty obscure Stern titles, many I wasn't familiar with. However, one I was was Rescue. I played this game for months on end at a laundromat when I was probably 6 or 7. The game is a brilliant two stick shooter merged with a horizontal style shootumup with the added complexity of dropping down Choplifter-style to rescue survivors. With increasing stage difficulty, the whole package creates very dynamic gameplay years ahead of it's time. I played this competitively years later in my 20s on the MAME highscore tables placing in and out of the top 3, over several months, and consider myself a bit of an expert at this game. Thrilled to see it on the list.,
That's a damned cool story. Thank you for sharing!
Nice work!
Thanks!
Atomic Castle is my favorite game I've never played or seen. So obscure, can't find any footage of it. I'd watch a whole video about arcade games like this that slipped through the cracks of history.
I love how you put that. Like you, I look forward to being introduced to this new/old title.
Some cool games there ! Apart from Berzerk and Frenzy, Lost Tomb, Tazz-Mania, Rescue and Minefield look really cool ! Still would have been sooo cool to have Scramble too... oh well.
Atomic Castle was a planned LaserDisc game, along with a Pinball called Lazer Lord that was also planned before Stern Electronics closed after the passing of Sam Stern, so I can only assume they only reached prototype stage. Stern Electronics big claim to fame was bringing Konami games to US Shores as the U.S. Licensee of Scramble, Super Cobra, and a few others while SEGA brought Frogger and Centuri Electronics brought Time Pilot & Gyruss to the States before Konami opened a U.S. Office.
Dual-stick games on the Atari give me fever-chills.
Anyone else remember the holder you'd sit on your lap that two joysticks would fit into?
I have the 5200 one that Atari released for Robotron and Space Dungeon. They sadly never released on for VCS/HCS.
Oh, boy. I lived through the Robotron box for my Atari 8-bit: www.flickr.com/photos/redbeardmathpirate/5669926066
Did you notice that Berserk and Frenzy have retro mini arcades produced by Coleco Toys? That project, AFAIK, has not been cancelled: Coleco's official RUclips channel gets fewer views than I do, so the news is not widely known.
I love Berzerk!!! Thank you, Jon for this psa...🙂
Haha! You bet, Mark! 😀
Would love to see an updated version of Berzerk for the VCS. Still have my Atari 2600 version of Berzerk.
Other than Berzerk and Frenzy I haven't played any of the others. I've been saying that conversions of arcade games to home consoles have one thing going for them: they were playtested in the real world with quarters. So I guess if they were arcade games and weren't successful there....
I'm excited for this because I'm a huge Evercade fan and Atari has a publishing deal in place with Blaze (the makers of the Evercade consoles). I hope that some of these titles find their way on an Evercade cart.
Nice. Getting these Stern titles in the hands of somebody who's actively distributing games can only be good, I think.
I know Berzerk and Frenzy of course, but never saw any of those others!
Mazer Blazer has a crazy cabinet with a light gun or something, but I've never seen it in person. Atari actually distributed it in Europe, or at least had a flyer stating that they would.
Interesting. It's just OK. Maybe there's more depth to it that I haven't seen yet. The dual-stick titles are, for me, the ones with the most promise.
That looks really promising! I wonder what Atari will finally make out of it. 🙂
A Frenzy/Venture crossover would be fun. Unsure who has Venture IP thesedays.
I want to see you do a deep detailed video about Buckner & Garcia.
That's an interesting suggestion. Thanks!
Minefield planes crashing is exactly like planes crashing in Irem’s Red Alert (arcade, 1981).
That too. It reminded me most of Two Tigers where the falling aircraft are used to damage the enemy ships below. Love that one!
These games look pretty good.
Have you checked to see if _Atomic Castle_ plays on your Game Station Pro, or to see if/how _Dark Planet_ handles the backdrop since this acquisition and the release of the AGSP... ? I’d imagine a simple flat layer .jpg, or even a slightly polygonal shape that mimics the pictured surface beneath would work, with the pic as a texture, and some random game modder could pretty easily that variant to the original game. I suppose they’d pro’lly having to flip the game vertically, too, ‘cause I think the monitor reflected off a mirror through which the background showed, like _Space Invaders_ did (speaking of games Atari should buy, because most people still associate it with the Atari VCS 2600, as opposed to the Taito arcade machine or any Greatest Hits Collection, not to diss Taito, of course.
Perhaps playing them on the AGSP and/or doing a deep dive into each of them could make a cool video (series)-to get people more familiar with the IP(s)-if you can maybe get permission from Atari (and sponsorship or even access to whatever archival stuff they might have (from Stern?) 40+ years ago would be awesome and really help the channel, I think)
Maybe I just have the idea on the brain, righ’now, ‘cause I actually just got done rewatching your video about Atari signing with APA (great content, btw), their multi-platform media IP rep, wondering if you’d thought of doing “Let’s Plays” (Do they still call them that? Is that still a thing? I guess maybe I just don’t watch Twitch or Cinnemasacre very often, anymore... ) or other “live action” and “unscripted” content with Atari? Looking into these 12 arcade titles’ backgrounds-and perhaps the 10 M(attel) Network set of Atari-acquired games playing on your 2600+-could make for some great content - maybe even the carnival shooter game. 🥸
How would I play Atomic Castle anywhere, let alone on the GSP. It's an unreleased FMV arcade game. 😜 Unless you have a source?
Well, this is a great development! Maybe the new Atari will get to work on remakes.
Atomic Castle would look great with todays 3D rendered graphics!
Those last four all using dual stick were probably conversion kits for Berzerk cabinets.
Could be. I was actually mistaken about Taz-Mania -- it's a single stick shooter with one button (stick aims for shooting or moves). Though it could easily have been a DS from its game mechanics.
I was a fan of both the original BERZERK and its sequel FRENZY back in the 1980s, so the news that the new Atari has acquired the rights to both BERZERK and FRENZY video games is fantastic news to me. I knew that Atari already had the rights to BERZERK in the 1980s during the original Atari 2600 VCS home video game console run, but they have finally gotten rights to FRENZY just seems to be the right thing to happen.
For sure, Wallace. Until now, Atari didn't have the rights to redistribute their great 2600 Berzerk port, and now they do! Thanks for watching. 😀
@@GenXGrownUp you are welcome.
Bezerk ate so many of my quarters in arcades in my youth, and I got it as a gift for my 2600 for my 10th birthday. Can I say I spend 3 hours playing that game that night?
Bezerk and Frenzy on the VCS? Take my 💰please!!
Hey, RC! I just spoke your name during a podcast recording yesterday (thanking you for your Patreon pledge). 😀
@@GenXGrownUp Thanks! Glad I can help the channel along! 👍🏼👍🏼🕹️
I played most of these in the arcades. I can only wonder if Arcade 1up will pounce on these titles, now, too. I'm surprised they didn't acquire Bagman and Astro Invader, too.
I know. Bagman in particular seemed like an odd omission. I saw it in a lot of arcades, so I expect it has some good recognition.
@@GenXGrownUp Stern licensed Bagman from a French company.
@@joysticksnjukeboxes Ah, that third-party trap. Likely not theirs to sell the rights to. Bummer.
Astro Invader (or as I like to call it, Attack of the Alien Vending Machine) was actually a Konami game, believe it or not!
@jessragan6714 Really? i thought it was made by company named Leijac
I’d like to see Atari use this as an opportunity to expand on the 50th Anniversary compilation. Offer these (and any Recharged versions) as DLC.
Hrm. That feels weird to me. 😀 Now, I'm all for adding cool titles to a package I already own, but these Stern games would feel out of place in that nearly-perfect stroll through Atari's history.
@@GenXGrownUp For me, the history of Atari is incomplete without the history of those early third parties. Activision, Stern, Bally-Midway, their games on the Atari helped make the Atari the pre-Crash player in the market. I get what you're saying about the package being a look at Atari's alone, but I'd like a more complete picture.
@@jedshaffer5956 That's an interesting point of view that I hadn't considiered. Maybe in a separate section, those third-party acquisitions could fit in there. 😀
I think I liked FRENZY better than BERZERK because of the variety of the mechanics. I had to laugh listening to your reading of the ATOMIC CASTLE description. You sounded just like Kevin, the announcer on STARCADE (now THAT was good Saturday TV watchin')
One of my favorites! ruclips.net/video/h9_j43rNykY/видео.html
@@GenXGrownUp Did you know STARCADE was originally going to be part of the NBC daytime lineup, and it was going to be hosted by Alex Trebek? He dud the unaired pilot.
Legend had it in the day that Berzerk was the first game that someone died playing (apparent heart attack) and was used to publicize the dangers of video games.
I vaguely remember hearing that.
Yup. Peter Bukoski died shortly after playing due to a previously undetected heart condition while at Friar Tuck's game room in Calumet City Illinois in April 1982. The same Berzerk machine at that same location was involved in a second death several years later. Two guys got into a scuffle apparently over money left on the bezel to reserve a game; they both got kicked out of Friar Tuck's and one ambushed and fatally stabbed the other not far from the place.
NOTE: The stories about a Jeff Dailey dying while playing Berzerk are false.
P.S. I wonder what happened to that particular machine? It would make for an interesting collectable...
Pandora Box DX comes with several of these games - Frenzy, Moon War, Dark Planet, Armored Car and Tazz-Mania. Dark Planet game play does SUCK as the background is "black". I downloaded the ROM for BERZERK sometime ago as I really enjoy playing that game. I'll have to look for the other games...especially the DUAL-Joysticks as I have a MAME Cabinet setup to play Dual-Joystick Games -- Robotron, Smash TV, Crazy Climber, Crazy Climber 2.
I had no idea about FRENZY...and it being "Berzerk 2.0". Thanks for the tip...I look forward to exploring that game play!
Hopefully the game play for the Dual Joystick games is decent...I'll search for the ROMs and try to add them to my Pandora Box DX - (Lost Tomb (82), Rescue (82), Minefield (83).
I'm sure it does. Those Pandora units don't worry too much about who has which distribution rights... 🤔
Atomic Castle was never released - it's very much a prototype. If it sees the light of day it's a great find for a game lost to history.
Never released? Wow! That makes this acquisition just that much more attractive. Thanks for the info.
Ok so Atomic Castle got me curious, and aparently "arcade games" started even way back in teh 19040s with Atomic Bomber? Something akin to a military bombmer simulator of sorts among others. An article as wikipedia for "Early history of video games" shed some interesting light on the concept. I didn't realize that style of "game" went back that far, I alwyas assume the 70s was where it started
Those electro-mechanical games always fascinate me. There's a small arcade museum just south of where I live that has a couple from that era. They cannot be emulated, so the only way to enjoy them is to find one working in the wild. Love 'em.
I'd get this for Berzerk & Frenzy alone. But WHY didn't they include Bagman?!
Berzerk is the most faithful reproduction on the Atari 2600. The characters are somewhat "fatter", and it lacks voice. But it is the virtual twin of the arcade classic.
I suspected as much that none of the Konami titles (or ones involving other companies as with Bagman, Pop Flamer, and more) would be present when I looked at the list of Stern arcade games on Wikipedia. Why? because there were just about 12 games on the list not involving other companies so I guessed those would be the ones Atari acquired (licensed?). Oddly, Atomic Castle is not on Wikipedia's list. Was it a prototype perhaps?
Yeah, the Konami titles were wishful thinking, but I'm still holding out hope for Scramble to get to us somehow. I know almost nothing about Atomic Castle.
@@GenXGrownUp except Konami already does that, in their Anniversary Collection Arcade Classics set. 8 games total, including Scramble, Nemesis (aka Gradius), Twinbee, and the arcade Castlevania game Haunted Castle. The game that's still missing from everything here is Tutankham, apparently the last time it appeared was part of a compilation on the DS where they somehow decided to rename it Horror Maze(??).
Want Berzerk FPS, all glowy and neon, like.
That moon game looks cool
Atomic castle sounds really interesting
I can find almost no info on Atomic Castle. Not sure if the laserdisc video is an integral part of the game, or just a backdrop for a lightgun game. I'm assuming lightgun based on the two images, where it appears roaming radioactive balls are on-screen, and a lightgun would be the logical way to take them out. All speculation on my part. I'm sure we'll learn more soon enough.
Great to see Berzerk get an outing but frankly, I'm tired of playing crippled games because of the lack of a paddle/spinner option with modern consoles. Sure the new VCS has that option but the controller costs a PACKET now - and we really need a viable solution for more mainstream platforms like PC or Switch. I remember playing Mazer Blazer in the arcade - it had a large two handed laser controller you used to aim at the screen - another game that really needs proper control options to make it enjoyable. The dual stick games look good though.
No kidding. Somebody needs to mass produce an Xbox-style controller with a standarized paddle/spinner on it somehow.
This is wonderful news! I used to play Berzerk all of the time growing up in the 80's. It was a fun game. I even played E.T. and I'm happy to know I wasn't the ONLY one to find that game incredibly dull & Boring!
Hey, don't malign my beloved 2600 E.T.! 😜
are these for PC or for a home system
I'm not sure I fully understand your question. All of the titles shown here are arcade games. How Atari will use them and on what platforms they will be released is still unknown. I can tell you that the Atazrai 2600 Berzerk was already made available on the VCS store, though.
These games look like they would be fun to play on the VCS.
Sure. There or anywhere.
If atari ever does another 50th anniversary collection i like to see berzerk and frenzy on it.
Hrm. That feels weird to me. 😀 If it's another Atari anniversary collection, Berzerk and Frenzy aren't part of that history and might feel out of place. The 2600 Berzerk would fit in perfectly, though.
@@GenXGrownUp True i just like to see stern catalogue of arcade titles in some kind of compilation.
Well, there goes my idea of Remaking "Berzerk" into an 3rd person shooting adventure... 😢😢😢
Do you think Atari will add these new acquired 12 stern games to there 50th anniversary package this year?...I'm a big Berzerk fan grew up playing it around 1980.
Hrm. That feels weird to me. 😀 Now, I'm all for adding cool titles to a package I already own, but these Stern games would feel out of place in that nearly-perfect stroll through Atari's history. Although, the 2600 Berzerk would seem right at home.
Around Christmas then do you see Atari releasing Berzerk in some retro way this year?
@@davidhancock4919 Too early to know for sure. But since they waited only one day before 2600 Berzerk hit the VCS, it doesn't seem they're beating around the bush!
Please keep me updated...Thanks!!
The moment you realize Atari is still up
And running.
Berserk and Frenzy recharged!
YES!
@@GenXGrownUp 🥷
Wasn’t Speed Coin part of the stern electronics family? Just asking.
It is. Did that ever go beyond just a prototype, though?
@@GenXGrownUp well, let’s just say that it went well past it. Say, how can I play those now-Atari-owned stern classics?
@@megatron8461 Nothing officially released by Atari yet. Your best bet right now is emulation via MAME or Retroarch.
Other than Berzerk I've never heard of or seen these games before which kind of works against them tbh. No nostalgia factor. Some look ok though.
It would appear that Atari wanted Berzerk and Frenzy. The other games were just thrown as part of the deal.
Interesting. Is this based on an article or source, or just your gut feeling?
@João Fernandes Have I heard? You bet! Thanks for pinging me about it!
Nightdive Video: ruclips.net/video/CID-ppGIvmg/видео.html
@@GenXGrownUp Oh, just speculating because those are really only popular titles included. No ideal really. :)
“Coin detected in pocket”
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Somehow, I thought Anteater would be on this list.
I wish it had. I played Oil's Well on my Atari 8-bit, which was pretty much the same thing. Not sure which came first, but both are fun.
$3!?!?! That would make an Atari Flashback around $430! That is insane. Especially when you compare it to most mobile games that are less than that. Talk about greed.
_Lost Tomb_ looks like a legit evolution of the Berserk formula, and there were too few. Do you know Shamus on the Vic 20? The final form of that game, also an evolution of Berserk, is on the GBC... with worse graphics than the Vic20, but more easily accessible in 2023.
I played a lot of Shamus on my Atari 8-bit computer. 😀
For $5 or less, you can add the GBC version to your collection. Again: _worse_ graphics than the Vic 20, but nevertheless…@@GenXGrownUp
i never held most of them just Berzerk
I’ve never heard of the other 10 games 😂
No? I knew Lost Tomb, Moon War, & Armored Car. The rest were new to me, but not unwelcome. Just goes to show how limited our exposure to games was based on distribution in our towns.
@@GenXGrownUp yh exactly especially in a pre internet era
Make these games dlc for the Atari 50!
Hrm. That feels weird to me. 😀 Now, I'm all for adding cool titles to a package I already own, but these Stern games would feel out of place in that nearly-perfect stroll through Atari's history. Although, the 2600 Berzerk would seem right at home.
@@GenXGrownUp that's exactly the one I'm talking about. The 2600 version. If you knew how many hours I sunk into that game as a kid. I had like 25 games for Atari. Out of those 25 I sunk ALOTonly 3. Berserk, cosmic ark and demon attack. Occasionally E.T (don't judge 😂) but if you racked up time played I probably put more hours into Berserk then Elden Ring (seriously). So I'd welcome it back with open arms 😁
@@twalchusky79 No judgment here - I'm also a defiant E.T. fan! ruclips.net/video/eODuuB4C6nY/видео.html
No Scramble? No Super Cobra?
Nah. They were kind of a long-shot on my wish list. Stern no longer has distro rights to those, as I expect they reverted to Konami.
They sure loved their tiny no-detail sprites…
Hahaha! You're not wrong. 😁
Alex at his Arcade Archive channel featured his Rescue prototype cabinet, including this video: ruclips.net/video/weabKpkQmCA/видео.html
Thanks for the heads-up.
Sheesh Atari just couldn't break free from their 80s gaming reputation. It's like their only market is those folks who played those old games in the old days.
Well, them and the millions who contintue to purchase and play the newer ones.
@@GenXGrownUp yeah there is a market for those old games but they're just bringing old stuff back. Nothing new. No innovation. They're the old fuddy duddy of the video game universe.
@@ronch550 Speaking as an old fuddy duddy myself, I see Atari exploring new ways to iterate on their existing IP (Atari 50, Recharged titles, licensing, acquisitions) to fund their restructuring. And also as a fuddy duddy who enjoys their existing IP, that's what I'm looking for.
@@GenXGrownUp ok, whatever makes you happy, man. But they gotta do something otherwise they'll be the next JVC or Sharp. They can't rely on nostalgia to carry them forever.
Coin detected in pocket.
I smell full blown console.
💨👃
@@GenXGrownUp lol
So these would’ve been arcade games? By the age I could spend pocket money the arcades had gone out of business 😢
These were/are arcade games, yes.
Atari actually seems to be kind of trying lately
Berzerk and Frenzy…..
Stern just got a new CEO. Looks like he’s a purely profit guy. That doesn’t bode well for customers. They’re gonna start nickel and dime’n their customers. My most recent Stern purchase, Rush Premium, had a slew of problems and issues that Stern has ignored. I was afraid to play it. Sold it and I’ll never buy another Stern.
Oh, no. Sounds like they may have been eagier to sell these rights for the cash infusion.
Basically Atari bought the rights to the non import games released by Stern Electronics? *stroking beard* Interesting...
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Great Guns is a little weird... I mean, you're supposed to shoot up an amusement park? Is it a terrorism trainer?? 🤣
Have you got a cold? your voice sounds different.
I don't think I do. I'll keep an eye on it, though. Thanks for asking. It might just be the microphone.
@GenXGrownUp I hope it's the mic, don't want you being ill.
A bit underwhelming.
What would a small underwhelming look like? 😉
i guess people just want atari to do aaa games, lol. funny. only the big 3 can do that. last i checked atari needs money to do that.
maybe people should lower there expectations. atari just cameback from the dead. thats why they are doing hotels. once society stop killing itself. hotels will do well.
I'm puzzled. Nothing here relates to a desire for AAA titles. Just enthtusiasm for 40-year-old arcade games.
@@GenXGrownUp wasnt directed at you. at others.
@@gondorianslayer4250 No worries. Thanks for watching.
@@GenXGrownUp your welcome.
Does Atari expect to make money off of this list? Except for Berzerk, Frenzy, and Atomic Castle this list is CRAP! We're getting 3 good games but the other 9 are pieces of garbage. Thanks for nothing Atari.
Seems a bit of an exaggeration. Give those dual-stick shooters & Tazz-Mania a try. They're good fun.
Ok, loved this video and I love sleuthing, so I dug and found gameplay of Atomic Castle (ruclips.net/video/dlRoh8Rh0NM/видео.html)