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For what it's worth, I am working on a new Jag game that is like a very popular space game... more to come

Xevious is very very difficult. I had it on NES as a kid in the 80’s. While I didn’t have too much trouble with most games either beating or coming very close too. Xevious gave me the straight up fits. You know with most games especially platformers rpg’s etc it was about the time you invested. Xevious was exhausting, I was always up for the challenge (sometimes lol) I remember the feeling of just getting to the 2nd stage or even the 3rd 😂. I never beat it, perhaps one day I will, perhaps.

Did I just witness an actual Ninja Golf game!? Uhg, Fighting Golf for NES was false advertizing! that race game looks really nice too, and that inside view of the car is really neat! the only 7800 games I have rn are Pole Position II, and the Artillary Duel/Chuck Norria double end cart, I mainly use the console to play 2600 games on, since I wasn't able to find any 7800 carts back in the day.

There are also folks that like BOTH Atari and anime. I have an interest in both, and it sounds like a bold move to experiment here! Played Atari over 21 years ago, and been into anime since around '04, so there's some advantages to this!

Sorry I miss the live. I'll watch the replay.

Stealing the Yars name for an anime platformer? Yah....that's a dumpster dive move on this company. I bet they just had some title kicking around and slapped Yars name on it to push it using the nostalgia vibe. Shame on them.

Credit to whoever's wearing the Atari cloak these days - they're still trying. Are they timeless? no; they're a business using a limited number of IP's most of which are over 40 years old and trying to make money with what they've got. The new games based on the old ones look pretty decent IMO (and I think the shift they did with Yars deserves some appreciation - who under the age of 50 will even know or care what yars revenge was and how does a platformer in the series spoil that?), and I don't see an issue with using anime style graphics (the word 'atari' is Japanese after all).

At least they aren't going for realism.

I personally would have gone more old school in the case of a Yars game. I wonder what Howard Scott Warshaw , the original creator of Yars would think. It was such a unique game about a mutant fly of all things. Howard was such a tortured soul with negativity surrounding E.T. I would think they would wanted to do more with an iconic game. I could see some use of anime. Of course I can see trying to appeal to a younger generation. But I think it can be done in a better way to harken back to a purer style of Atari. After all Minecraft is very popular with many age groups, but looks more pixelated. We already have Berzerk Recharged which is not real reflection of the original. I don’t want to just see vintage names thrown around, without a legacy to them.

The past is a place to learn, not a place to live.

The short answer is “depends on how you count”… kinda but not really. It has some of the most wonky architecture from what I read about it.

I'm looking forward to this game. This game will introduce many people to the original (and its previous spin-offs), so in a way, I see it as a positive. H.S.W. is working on the *true* sequel, so at least the purists will get the Yars sequel that they want.

No it's correctly rated

I have to disagree with you on this one. I actually think a bold direction is required to expand on some of their limited IP. We've already had the excellent Yars Recharged, so I think it's acceptable to attempt something different with the IP to create more interesting gameplay styles.

After having played the demo at NextFest this year, I honestly think that the problem with Yars Rising is that it's just a bad genre/gameplay fit. WayForward games is known for doing the kinds of games that Rising is, and I can definitely say after having played it that it IS a pretty standard WayForward platformer with an Atari coat of paint slathered on it, regardless of the overall visual aesthetic being provided. If I'm being totally honest, even though I didn't personally have a good time with the game and think that it wasn't very fun to play, I'm glad that the current Atari is allowing independent developers to have access to their library of IPs to experiment with while they just act as the publisher/rights holder. Atari is not the same entity that it was when it amassed most of its old guard audience. Hell, it's not even the same entity that it was when I was a kid in the late 90s and early 2000s, that was Hasbro. I think that the current entity to bear the name has landed on a reasonable venture that works without being too over the top, and while there will obviously be missteps because not everyone is going to see the same thing when presented with one of the company's IPs, I don't think that it's going to be ruinous.

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Dammit i missed it

It is a difficult balance, trying to innovate while remaining meaningfully recognizable enough to classic IP. Like many have said in the comments, and you also said in the video, most would applaud Atari's attempts to try something new or try to broaden its appeal. I applaud Atari as well. With regards to this new Yars game, it looks too generic. I agree with you that the art style is simply like many other games on the market. I think the Yars property could have been better utilized to make the game more recognizable (beyond in name and some in game mini games) while embracing modern aesthetics. I would have loved to have seen a humanoid protagonist design based on Yar (it's difficult to identify with a "fly") and develop Yar much as Nintendo has done with Mario is so common these days. Edit: “…is so common these days” was supposed to be “Girl protagonists are so common these days.” Not sure what happened 😆 I get that this isn't a game in the Recharged series, and that affords more creative freedom to the game and art designers. Kudos to Atari for trying. Keep going.

I understand your point but Atari seems to want to attract a younger with game like Yars rising and Lunar beyond , Atari want to evolve and I think it's a good thing but it's not easy for old gamers like us, I think a mix of old style and new style is the way to satisty everybody, thanks for the video Jon !

I do not like every choice Atari has made for the newer games but we will see how they turn out. I think the classics are the lifeblood of Atari and I personally doubt that they will phase them out even with the more modernized titles. I hope that they are just trying to branch out in several directions and not just take a new single path. Great video as always!

I see your "how do you do fellow kids," and raise you "old man yells at clouds." Anyway, style is always second to gameplay, and if the mechanics are still fun, I hope they do well.

If Atari sticks to just retro games or remakes, only us gen x old guys are going to be interested. They do need to go in this direction to interest new players. These are games that my son will pick up and play as well as myself. Atari needs to modernize and interest players, otherwise it will stay the blackberry of phones while PlayStation and Xbox continue on as the iPhone and galaxy of the world.

IMO, the Yars Rising trailer surprised the hell out of me. I thought about the bright neon of Yars: Recharged and how taking a spaceship shooter and turning it into an anime metroidvania felt... wrong? At the same time, Atari has been buying up old/retro IPs and I do think it's smart to offer up those IPs to smaller devs so they can do wild, unexpected things with them. Sure, it's a bit of the old throwing spaghetti at the wall, but *only* targeting an aging demographic isn't *growing* their audience either. My initial impression is the Yars IP was a bad fit for this style of game -- but maybe we'll be surprised when it comes out.

I think there's room for both types of titles. I like all the new Atari games. There's a few minor things i could pick apart about what they could or shouldn't do, but that's any game. I think overall Atari is doing cool things

Honestly it would be bad for Atari if they are forced to keep a certain "style" in all there games, this could cause restriction in ideas and creativity and can lead to stagnation. I can appreciate Atari for the experimentation with these new games and if it brings awareness of Atari to new players then it is a success as Atari does need to expand it's audience along with caring for those who have grew up with Atari. Yar's Rising screams Wayforward so I don't see that as a new standard but it does show they are trying out new genres in existing IP's and the story could end up leading into what older Yar's fans know about the series. Plus the original Yar's exists in the form of mini games so new players who enjoy Rising could decide to try out the previous Yar's games which introduces them into the more classic Atari.

I have none of these. Although two of them I bought during the AtariAge Last Chance Sale, which I have still not received.

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I actually don’t mind Atari to experiment more with their core franchises like this. Like how Namco & Tetris handle their IPs. For example, you can still have a game more faithful to the original arcade title, like Pac-Man Championship Edition DX, and have something completely different like Pac-Man World. Tetris would be pretty stale if they didn't experiment with games like Tetris 99, Tetris Effect, Puyo Puyo Tetris, etc.

Ah yes, anime graphics. Totally means it's for kids. Not like adults like anime. Such a bullshit video.

DUDE!!! I just got a idea for a reboot of nightdriver, your a undercover cop deep in a bank robbery gang hired as a getaway driver.

I usually like your channel and video but don't agree with you this time.I find it great if atari try to recreate some of their ip, I bough ,finished and liked qomp,pong quest and atari mania. I could be interested by haunted house and i did yars demo loving it a lot, as wayforward is usually a mark of quality and i don't think the game direspect the source as the original game appear as the hacking game who was clearly the gimmick at the center of this game.btw, i clearly could understand the attachment to what you liked like myself for the oldschool zelda and metroid but i think change is ok if their are good proposition.And i don't really seem the trouble with having a girl and anime graphic, would you have more loved the demo if the character looked like duke nukem and dark graphic.

Anime Graphics could ruin Atari? I actually liked Blade Kitten :/

Just a reminder, my hopes for this video is to inspire respectful debate in the comments. These are my opinions and admittedly some are cranked up to 11 just to meet that goal. In case I didnt make it clear though I want to reiterate that my points are: that Atari has been doing a good job lately but I don't want them chasing an audience that doesn't want them by mimicking more popular games and franchises. I think they are on the right path but I'm afraid they might be tempted to veer off course. So far I appreciate the respectful debate and I hope we can continue the discussion! Thanks guys!

Played the demo and i got to say i like the game play and the art style. But i see where your getting at, some people will not like not like that i deviates from rhe main story of yars. But it is a demo so we don't know the full story yet, so maybe it will go back to the main yars story. And that could be a plus for new yars players as well. In that it's a clean story that will get new people excited for Yars and that people will want to get the remake the first game to see why people are complaining. 😂

The whole premise of the video is "wrong" Atari doesn't exist and hasn't existed in decades. While I cannot really say anything about modern anime graphics, old "Actual Atari" embraced new technology as it came along. Atari is a stylized font and logo and some IP. Even if Atari hadn't folded and been sold every few years, it still wouldn't be 80s Atari. Just as Chevy isn't the Chevy of the 1950s or even the 80s. There is probably less than 20 people working for Chevrolet today who worked in Chevrolet in 1980. It's a different company even though it never ceased. There simply are not enough 50somethings who want to buy essentially skinned versions of our beloved 80s classics. Whether we like it or not, the people wearing the Atari skinsuit need a younger generation of people or it will fail.

When Atari released their own games they were made by in-house developers who didn't get paid sh1t and got no royalties for the games they made (sometimes single handedly) . Now they're made by independent developers who have the potential to be properly compensated for their work. Gen X, Millennials, and Gen Zers love anime so that's a good move. What I REALLY want to see will NEVER happen but I would love to see new Atari hardware (that isn't an over priced PC) I would love to an Atari computer running a RISC-V chip and sold at the same price or thereabouts as Raspberry Pi 400 (wedge case Raspberry Pi). Atari badged and something that isn't made for nostalgia but something made to embrace the future.

I think Atari is doing ok under the circumstances. But I do miss the lush paintings made for Atari 2600 games like Defender and Missile Command. More western style art is always welcome. (esp. with me being a Western artist)

5200 is fun, just... not with the stock controllers. Thank goodness there are better options out there now, even if they're janky in having to hook up with the pass-through adapter.

Sorry to burst your bubble, but Atari isn’t popular. Atari has the budget of 3 IOU’s and a ham sandwich, sales are often around 1K-10K. People know Atari, but they don’t know Atari still makes games. Anime is cheap, looks good for new comers, and most importantly cheap. Yars’ rising gameplay actually looks fun, and most likely takes place years after the events of revenge. Qotiles either won and now are using yars’ as slaves and you have to expose them, or the Qotiles lost and are trying to secretly invade a more advanced earth.🌎

That's a harsh view on things. I don't think they will forget who they are and what makes their core brand. After all, that's what made them what they are now. I see no reason why this game can't coexist next to the reimagined ones. I mean: Did Days of Doom change Ataris way? No. I wish them best of luck with this one, they're trying new directions with what they have, and why wouldn't they. I think the glas is half full regarding Atari, they are doing a good job so far.

Globomo slop art = No Thanks

I have zero interest in this new yars. .

Your channel is among the best, if not THE best out there with regard to reviews. However I have to respectfully, in a friendly manner disagree with you on this one. I've been an Atari user since age 7 in 1979 when I got my Video Pinball unit. Provided the game play is good, I see this new direction as a positive as a next step evolution for the company. After the excellent Atari 50 was released, I felt like it was time to turn the page and look to the future. Of course they can do this while still giving us the oldies but goodies at the same time, especially with hardware (2600 +, 400 mini).

I think Atari is doing a pretty good job as of late . At the very least their name is relevant again .

My problem isnt anime, its the "fake anime" style the art looks generic. If they would go full stylized anime it would be okay. But the art is as if A.I made it for Temu. Also i love wayfoward and what i do not understand is wayforward usually has its own distinct style, but in the yars game they ditched there own 16-bit style in favor of this "style". Plus lets be real the yars rising game is "dollar general metroid dread" . Dont get me wrong i love metroid, but this is a blatent rip off of metroid dread. Also why yars? Why not Trevor McFur, or some other jaguar property, yars just doesnt match. If it was a shoot em up i could see it but a metroid clone? Anyway great video keep it up!🎉🎉🎉🎉

Yes. And I am also waiting for Video 61’s soon to be released “Robot Holocaust” for the 7800…

have my original from 82' 4 port hooked up to my living room tv currently. lots of conversions and some homebrews that have breathed new life into the 5200