60 Best Atari 8-bit games

[@lurkerrekrul]

Here's a list of all the games. I had to use Google's reverse image search to identify 5-6 of them. Enjoy. :) 0:00 - Panther 0:06 - International Karate (AKA World Karate Championship) 0:11 - Ninja (AKA Ninja Mission) 0:17 - Karateka 0:23 - International Karate (AKA World Karate Championship) (beta?) 0:29 - Preliminary Monty 16k? 0:36 - River Raid 0:41 - Henry's House 0:46 - Alley Cat 0:54 - Bruce Lee 1:00 - Rainbow Walker 1:06 - The Great American Cross Country Road Race 1:12 - Pole Position 1:18 - Elektraglide 1:25 - Donkey Kong 1:31 - Boulder Dash 1:37 - Jet Set Willy 1:44 - Bough Dash II 1:50 - Alien Ambush 1:53 - Bristles 1:59 - Blue Max 2:02 - Blue Max 2001 2:08 - Archon 2:14 - Archon II: Adept 2:20 - Montezuma's Revenge 2:26 - Frogger 2:30 - Cavelord 2:36 - Bug Hunt 2:38 - Chop Suey 2:43 - Super Cobra 2:50 - Donkey Kong Jr. 2:57 - Dropzone 3:03 - Fire Chief 3:07 - Los Angeles SWAT 3:14 - Fort Apocalypse 3:20 - Ghostbusters 3:26 - Ghost Chaser 3:31 - Warhawk 3:37 - Gyruss 3:42 - James Bond 007 3:47 - Zaxxon 3:52 - Jungle Hunt 3:57 - Satan's Hollow 4:01 - Zybex 4:07 - Keystone Kapers 4:11 - The Last Starfighter (Unreleased. Released as Star Raiders II) 4:15 - Pitstop 4:22 - Miner 2049er 4:29 - Moon Patrol 4:35 - Mr. Do! 4:41 - Mr. Robot and His Robot Factory 4:47 - Pastfinder 4:53 - The Pharaoh's Curse 5:00 - Pitfall 5:04 - Pitfall II: Lost Caverns 5:09 - Rescue on Fractalus 5:17 - Crystal Castles 5:21 - Caverns of Mars 5:26 - Dimension X

[@CaptainRufus]

lurkerrekrul i

[@headbangermetal5929]

lurkerrekrul thanks

[@lurkerrekrul]

+Headbanger Metal - My pleasure. :)

[@elmariachi5133]

Thank you!

[@MrHodvig]

Very much appreciated! Good work

[@nolikeygsomnipresence270]

International Karate was so unique, and its controls were incredibly satisfying. It made your punches and kicks feel “light”, like it should if you follow the fantasy of being a karate champion. It provided an immersional that I have never found and probably never will again. I didn’t know I knew this, but I’m so high right now it’s coming out really easily.

[@MessiahHasReturned]

I've played about 80% of all those games. Boulder Dash 1 was my most loved game.

[@newcarpathia9422]

Pharaoh's Curse was one of my top games on that machine. So good to see a snip of that again.

[@JamesBond-te5wr]

C64 owner born n' bred here - but I knows quality when I sees it ;-) Thanks for uploading buddy.

[@mjp29]

Good video - showed me a lot of games I've played and some I want to try!

[@philippelafortune2873]

without naming the games this video is not useful at all !

[@davipeva]

totally agree

[@0.v.0]

yep!

[@sudacagamer]

It`s not supposed to be helpful, I knew 90 percent of the list and I had a blast watching the video. Video is mainly for people who owned and played all these games.

[@pauldavies2025]

I''d completely forgotten about Chop Suey! Classic! Cheers dude!

[@MelanieLaurentFan]

yo I liked this game too and this crowd lol

[@kevodowd5282]

I still have some of these games but I haven't played them in years, must get it all out one day.

[@Fahrenheit451.]

Channel owner should have put Spy vs Spy trilogy in this list, and Goonies just for being graphically well done for the time

[@christschinwon]

Great list. Played nearly all of those, even Java Jim which was one of the first 'tape loading games' I owned. My favourites have to be Rescue on Fratalus (the alien still freaks me out) and International Karate - fantastic music and the sound effects when you hit the opponant still stand up today! What was the first one with the helicoper around 2.45? - loved that!

[@clayman1980]

christschinwon I know it as Super Cobra. :) Those were the times... :D

[@christschinwon]

many thanks!!!! we were gaming pioneers, dont forget that!

[@christianjimenezcastillo5343]

grandes juegos que jugaba en mi computadora 800XL... y q no volverán.... muy buen vídeo!

[@CaptainScarlet67]

I managed to name every single game in that video, still have all the floppy disks.

[@pavelrakyta2688]

played nearly all of them, amazing games:)

[@christianbenoit2519]

Like the tune! :) Nice video!

[@paulmoholland6568]

my fav atari 800 games ..blue max...telengard...midway campaign....crush crumble chomp...had all the arcade games on carts...zork....archon...fort apocalypse.....the seven cities of gold...choplifter....karateka..../lode runner...montezumas revenge...star raiders....necro mancer....the dreadnaught factor....the halley project

[@CarlosPerez-xu1nd]

Miss draconus on this list!!!

[@infinitecanadian]

No Star Raiders? That was their signature game. Also, Galaxian, Space Invaders, and even E.T. had good ports (you heard me right; E.T. even had sampled speech!)

[@scottbreon9448]

E.T. Wasn't even that bad a game in my opinion. Yeah, it was a bit glitchy, and somewhat "broken" but compared to games like Fire Fly on the 2600 it was a masterpiece. Far from the worst game ever, hell, it wasn't even the worst game on the 2600.

[@buffalodebill1976]

I guess you mean "E.T. Phone Home" - yes, that was a fine little game :-) And thumbs up for Star Raiders - up till now it's my #1 game in the universe.

[@__marek__]

Music is a masterpiece 👍👍👍 Jet Set Willy, Draconus 🙉

[@maxtonysabx4879]

ni entiendo. estos juegos de q consola son?? de la 2600 no son .de family ???

[@Colonel-Llama]

I'm sad that i was born too late to experience this awesome computer (i was born in 1997). You should have added Jeff Minter's Hover Bovver. It's one of my all-time favorites.

[@capc1979]

Ufff!! Y todavia faltaron un monton! La Atari XL llego a sacar muy buenos titulos, y por lo menos, 300 son de los mejores de aquella consola (computador familiar)..

[@RelliKsReliCsTheBeerNinja111]

This video would be much better if he said the names of the games!

[@cybork12]

and Spy vs Spy , Dig-dug, Tapper ...

[@MrMartGonzo]

I played all but about 3 or 4 of these I must have spent most of my pocket money on games back then :)

[@punkydudester3]

Awesome video, thank you.

[@-Moonlight_luvs1212]

i remember many of them. missing jumpman and spyhunter! international karate karateka montezuma riveraid alleycat bruce lee pole position donkey kong boulder dash archon archon 2 montezumas revenge frogger spelunker? cobra donkey kong jr choplifter ghostbusters gyruss super zaxxon zybex!!!! miner2049er moonpatrol digger pitfall

[@TechRyze]

THANK YOU. I loved these machines. I need to get a 130XE at some point. Are any of the different models of this system the 'best', in terms of the number of games, and the quality that they run at? Cheers!

[@Funkyphresh]

Would help people more if you actually listed the games by title...

[@stephaniejoseph338]

I love karate games that play in slo-mo

[@bighuge1060]

So many memories! Thank you!

[@jomarmachado7546]

Cavern of Mars, GREAT!!!

[@Sr19769p]

Rob Hubbard and Ben Dagleish - what a duo

[@scottbreon9448]

*Daglish

[@krazycitizen]

5:08 Rescue on Fractalus, actually startled me when playing first time.

[@christschinwon]

still scares me to see that alien pop up!

[@AnotherUser1000]

What are the names of the games on 0:36 and 3:52? I am also searching for a game with a diver who was shooting some sharks by contact. I have seen all these on an atari with an external tape player in the early '80s, so I can' t remember the names. I don' t even remember the model of the atari itself. The video is half useful if you have to go and ask everyone for everything.

[@BrunoWars]

Gdfserdy Fgregnm is River Raid and Jungle Hunt :)

[@AnotherUser1000]

Thank you very much! Finally someone with some understanding...

[@MrPGT]

I know it has been a while, but if you are still looking for the diver game, one I vaguely remember which may fit would be Neptune's Daughters. I think that one was also on the C64.

[@MelanieLaurentFan]

Where is Joust? The best multiplayer game on Atari by far! Honorable mention: Centipede, Missile Command, ms Pac-Man, Tapper, Flax, Kickstart,

[@giannispappas3633]

..and alley cat,my best game in my atari 800xl.

[@scottbreon9448]

Too bad the sequel Kickstart 2 never got an Atari port

[@MorticianMusician]

What game is at 4:43? I was very young and remember watching my older brother play this. Would love to search it out.

[@sudacagamer]

Mr Robot

[@buffalodebill1976]

Hmm, I think Elektraglide wasn't a good game; I really tried, I wanted to like it, but I could never enjoy it. And the original Pitfall was frustrating due the 20 min time limit (but otherwise a fun game). The rest (besides Henry's House, which I didn't have back in the day, so I can't say) are timeless classics. E.g. Pitfall II here is possibly the best version across all platforms, as it had a whole extra adventure in it. One note - I may be wrong - but aren't Preliminary Monty and Montezuma's Revenge one and the same game, just in different stages of development / different publisher (maybe)??? I always thought Montezuma's Revenge was THE game and the prior was just the unfinished product.. Personally I'd add - just from the top of my head - Space Invaders, Joust, Quasimodo, Mercenary, Diamonds, Dan Strikes Back, Miner 2049er, Bounty Bob Strikes Back, Nadral, Shamus, Pole Position, Planetary Defense, Q-Bert, Robotron 2084, Star Trek, Starquake, the Spy vs Spy trilogy.. Yeah, all the additions to the list would require a triple-digit number in the video title. That's how good these games were - and still are. BTW my all-time-favourite STAR RAIDERS must be on such a list. And even the unreleased Aric Wilmunder's Star Raiders II. Atari 800XL forever :-)

[@chazbrennan9632]

That first one was a bitch once you got over the ocean part and the air attacks started coming. What was it called? The music for the first art of this video was from that game.

[@Tudrum2]

Panther

[@MelanieLaurentFan]

Great package but I didn`t played or recognise those games: before Chop Suey and one between Jet set Willy and Montezumas revenge. my top 5 alley cat boulder dash and river raid I spent months playing in those 3`s alone not to mention best multiplayer game Joust

[@gabrielmardones2451]

Great video guys!!!!! please what title at 0:35? thanks a lot!!! that was my first game i played at 1988!!!!

[@dekada1902]

+GABRIEL MARDONES river raid

[@gabrielmardones2451]

+Paweł Ż thanks guys!!!!

[@GShumway132]

Here I thought it was just a bunch of beefed up 2600 games

[@random_precision_software]

What's the second piece of music?

[@__marek__]

Jet set willy

[@BartA4K]

Guys, what's the name of the game 3:06-3:11? I remember playing it late 80's at my cousin's Atari 65XE :)

[@tommyradko1563]

Swat

[@TheEvilDindon]

good list, but misses HERO, ballblazer, megamania, flip and flop, encounter and few other classics !

[@andiarrohnds5163]

AMAZING LIBRARY

[@pureOwarrior]

whats the name of the fighting game at 0:15 ??? please could you answer

[@mkmot530]

Tekken 6

[@joseraulhokama2270]

+pureOwarrior Ninja

[@artmarkovich2790]

What's the tune beginning from 1:37

[@Tudrum2]

From "Jet set Willy" created by Rob Hubbard

[@andrewdavenport296]

What's the name of the vertical scroller game near the end, I used to watch my mom play that all the time in the 80's when I was little, its the four legged spider thing? Can not remember the name

[@THOMASSU63]

Pastfinder by Activision.

[@dZDW]

+Andrew Davenport Pastfinder.... heeey, there is no other answer yesterday! Thomassu63 cheater with time machine!!

[@StepanTrnka]

I miss only Mr. Robot And His Robot Factory.

[@sanguine111]

u missed gateway to asphia , zengi was fantastic, and i liked defender...played sum of these

[@scottbreon9448]

Anyone that spells you as the letter u should never be taken seriously

[@Adam_Lyskawa]

What this video doesn't show is almost all of them were rendered in 50 or 60 FPS super stable frame rate. No video really shows how smooth the animation was. That kind of smoothness was unachievable for PC for decades.

[@victorc2869]

It didn't make the list, but Necromancer was one of my favorites... I wrote a new fan-soundtrack for it. Hope you enjoy it! kzbin.info/www/bejne/gH2pmYOwmLGqpJY

[@punkydudester3]

Could you please list all of the games you are showing in the description. I would like to try some of these that I have never seen.

[@lurkerrekrul]

Here's a list of all the games. I had to use Google's reverse image search to identify 5-6 of them. Enjoy. :) 0:00 - Panther 0:06 - International Karate (AKA World Karate Championship) 0:11 - Ninja (AKA Ninja Mission) 0:17 - Karateka 0:23 - International Karate (AKA World Karate Championship) 0:29 - Montezuma's Revenge 0:36 - River Raid 0:41 - Henry's House 0:46 - Alley Cat 0:54 - Bruce Lee 1:00 - Rainbow Walker 1:06 - The Great American Cross Country Road Race 1:12 - Pole Position 1:18 - Elektraglide 1:25 - Donkey Kong 1:31 - Boulder Dash 1:37 - Jet Set Willy 1:44 - Bough Dash II 1:50 - Alien Ambush 1:53 - Bristles 1:59 - Blue Max 2:02 - Blue Max 2001 2:08 - Archon 2:14 - Archon II: Adept 2:20 - Montezuma's Revenge 2:26 - Frogger 2:30 - Cavelord 2:36 - Bug Hunt 2:38 - Chop Suey 2:43 - Super Cobra 2:50 - Donkey Kong Jr. 2:57 - Dropzone 3:03 - Fire Chief 3:07 - Los Angeles SWAT 3:14 - Fort Apocalypse 3:20 - Ghostbusters 3:26 - Ghost Chaser 3:31 - Warhawk 3:37 - Gyruss 3:42 - James Bond 007 3:47 - Zaxxon 3:52 - Jungle Hunt 3:57 - Satan's Hollow 4:01 - Zybex 4:07 - Keystone Kapers 4:11 - Star Raiders II 4:15 - Pitstop 4:22 - Miner 2049er 4:29 - Moon Patrol 4:35 - Mr. Do! 4:41 - Mr. Robot and His Robot Factory 4:47 - Pastfinder 4:53 - The Pharaoh's Curse 5:00 - Pitfall 5:04 - Pitfall II: Lost Caverns 5:09 - Rescue on Fractalus 5:17 - Crystal Castles 5:21 - Caverns of Mars 5:26 - Dimension X

[@punkydudester3]

lurkerrekrul Thank you so much.

[@lurkerrekrul]

punkydudester3 My pleasure. :)

[@Tudrum2]

lurkerrekrul Should be: 00:29 Preliminary Monty 16k, also at 4:11 can be "the last starfighter" too (that two games are nearly identical)

[@lurkerrekrul]

Tudrum2 To be honest, I didn't know what the difference was between the two Montezuma's Revenge clips, or the two International Karate clips. I knew that one of each was probably an earlier version or US/EU versions, but I didn't know how to tell them apart. I knew there was a copy of Star Raiders II designed as a Last Starfighter game, but I figured I'd list the official release name. :)

[@christiand1550]

un de mes favoris : Mountain King !

[@autotech1011]

What game was the first background song from?

[@Tudrum2]

First tune is "Panther" by David Whittaker, second "Jet Set Willy" by Rob Hubbard

[@ElPixelangelo]

Hans Kloss brakuje jeszcze,kochalem to

[@thearchiveable]

Never knew atari came this close to the C64. Many games are the same.

[@nickolasgaspar9660]

Atari 8bit architecture and customs chips were designed by Jay Miner, the father of Amiga. It was produced in 1979 and none of the above game really took advantage of the machines capabilities. Home brew games surprise everyone with their advanced features.

[@homebeep5166]

please teach me . what title at 5:20 ?

[@thedng3694]

+小林正国（BEEP） Caverns of Mars

[@AnotherUser1000]

LOL!

[@nigwelwhi]

Reacue on Fractalus the GOAT

[@maxtonysabx4879]

nombre de la cancion??

[@linkerloader47]

02:20 - PRELIMINARY MONTY, 03:36 - GYRUSS, а что за игра на 03:47 (What a game?)?! Классная была стрелялка, страх был - робот, которого нужно было расстрелять ! :)

[@karmaman4919]

смотри описание от чувака lurkerrekrul 2 years ago ! 3:47 - Zaxxon

[@cant1rac]

i think this shows the problem with the atari 8-bit, because they made such a cock up with the compatablity with the 800 to the xl range and because the ST was such a sucess. their wasnt any real market for it at all post 86, infact my msx which was all but dead in the uk as well post 86 seams to have far more release's 86-90 when some of the best 8 bit games came out. its probably because the zx spectrum was a zilog cpu so converting to the msx was easy but since the atari was mos based they never though it was worth the effort, real shame because my experienced with the atari 8bit suggest they were some off the most advanced hardware out there at the time. a shame they never got to shine

[@pureOwarrior]

do you know the game at 0:15 ?

[@cant1rac]

pureOwarrior i do, its called karateka, i have the atari 8 bit version, its a good game, controls fine, karateka originaly apeared on the apple 2 and then was ported to other 8 bit systems c64, atari. etc i have that and the atari 7800 version, who's controls can best be described as broken

[@pureOwarrior]

dude thanks a lot you really saved a lot of time on me! :)

[@cant1rac]

pureOwarrior no problem, happy to help

[@pureOwarrior]

if you can help me at these two please? 1- there was a sliding blocks puzzle in Atari, it had two or three levels of difficulty, first level allows you to pick the block up and put in order to solve it, the last level only allows you to move the blocks without picking them up, do you got anything like this before? 2- there was a game, that you make buildings, its like ''drawing'' but not with colours, its drawing the building with stones and steals you know what I mean? well, im sorry for being rude and disturbing you lol xD but you are my last hope for these games though! Thank you :)

[@laserowy1983]

4:55 remember! What was that game?

[@sudacagamer]

curse of the pharaohs

[@betonman9]

i played the crap of mr.do

[@Physics072]

I have all these games and 3 atari 800s. The reason I kept them is for one game and its not on the list. M.U.L.E the best 4 player gamer ever made and only can be fully appreciated in human player mode on a Atari 800. The XL XEs lost 4 joystick ports to get 64k of ram. I did not see MULE, Archon or Zombies on the list.

[@Physics072]

Scratch that you do have Archon. Great list but Mule and zombies need to be on it for sure.

[@ImHereFindMe]

You know titles are allowed in videos, right?

[@ibblecabibble]

Yes it is

[@doomelek22]

Zajebiste.

[@TechRyze]

List, please !

[@minduton]

Tak už vím, kde Franta Fuka obšlehnul tu svou hudbu.

[@cesarsanti4330]

Hola a todos, alguien sabe como se llama el juego que aparece en el minuto 3:12 ? Gracias.

[@Tudrum2]

I think it's SWAT

[@alexandhelen1981]

César Santi l.a swat hun

[@cesarsanti4330]

helen harker Gracias!

[@Nomby]

the game at 5:01 ? pls

[@arnolchuarseneger6327]

"Panther" from 1987

[@Nomby]

thanks

[@xucaen]

you dont even name the games??? 

[@monetize_this8330]

These examples are a poor imitation of what they really looked like on a CRT back in the 80s. I didn't notice Encounter! or Star Raiders shown here. Star Raiders shifted a lot of hardware.

[@born2heal164]

strange ??

[@afilexo]

список игр напиши

[@ZylonBane]

No Star Raiders. Fail.

[@pcasgo4456]

the game 3:28 pls

[@1979starscream]

Ghost Chaser

[@Tudrum2]

Little late but, "Ghost Chaser"