Atari 2600 Longplay [007] Enduro

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Played by: Mad-Matt
Another one of my favorite 2600 games which id spend hours with trying to get through more days.
"Strap on your goggles. Sink into your seat. And leave all your
fears in the pit. You're about to enter the race of your life.
You'll be required to pass lots of cars each day. Through sun
and snow and fog and ice, sunrise to sunset - as fast as you
can. Welcome to the National Enduro!"
The game makes nice use of sound which can suit the different environments you face in each day. A couple of sound bugs due to emu later in the video but I Hope it doesnt spoil it much.
The Game can be called complete after 5 days and winning the cup. You could send off for your badge from Activision. I continued onto 10 days just to see what happens with the score board Wink -
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[@kjrehberg]

This is one of the best Atari 2600 driving games. The snow, night, and fog scenes were breathtaking for their time. The night scene with fog is really hard.

[@Svenskaslaktare]

yes. it is really hard🥲

[@agapitojuliano5517]

The acceleration sound from Enduro is one of more exciting engine sounds 'till now.

[@RodDeWitt]

Yo tambien vengo de la pension, pero me deja impresionado el como han avanzado los videojuegos, este juego es del 83, osea que han pasado 40 años y se han logrado cosas increíbles, pasar de este juegutio a un forza motorsport... es asombroso

[@libraaljj]

Thanks for the memories, it was the early 80's, my parents was still alive... Good times. 🕹️🏎️

[@Felhek]

Whoever created this game deserves eternal happiness.

[@MamaAki]

Enduro was designed by Activision staff member Larry Miller in 1983 :)

[@GiuIiano1020]

@@MamaAki Unfortunately Activision nowadays deserves to die because of all that call of duty shit and high prices, and Overwatch and everything

[@MamaAki]

@@GiuIiano1020 True. The videogame industry bacame something lesa than desireable, the more it grew the worse it got.

[@MamaAki]

@ClawWing Thr past had its share of shitty people in the newly emerging industry, quick to shove slop onto the shelves. As far they were conserned games were a fad and opportunity to make mad cash I wouldn't say the actual blame lies with developers, never has. Investors with demands and CEO's with a boner for money stiffles the creativity of very talented people. These people who own the publishing companies have money in the billions and with no other goal than to earn more, aquire competitors to have monopoly in their field.

[@masterofremakes64]

Activision is also bad for many for other reasons: a lawsuit against Atari in the early 1980s for revealing an Atari 2600 trade secret that helped Atari be the sole publisher of games, closure, obscurity or sale of some studios and brands (including Radical and Sierra), transfer of Vicarious Visions to Blizzard (a corporate sibling), franchises dating back to the Atari 2600 or the days of European computers have been closed (eg Pitfall) or sold (eg Shanghai franchise sold to Sunsoft), harassment trial relating to Toys For Bob, Blizzard, in addition to Activision.

[@gabrielirlanda]

The fog and snow, that was spot on, and also the tail lights of the rival cars at night, that is just incredible, I remember playing this all night long, we are 4 brothers and when the game was over I had to wait for so long to play it again, damn.

[@muchi1465]

This game belongs in a military/aviation museum or semthing.

[@C4DeadCharge]

If you have Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War, you can play it again lmao

[@RafaelBorgesRDB]

Simple? Yes. Easy? No.

[@RaposaCadela]

Fun? Completely.

[@themissingbracket]

Hotel? Trivago

[@scarface822]

@@themissingbracket very funny :D

[@RanaRandom]

Enjoyable? YES Boring:? HELL NO

[@justanormaldefaultpfp9309]

@@RaposaCadela shut up furry

[@digikitty11]

Hands down my favorite Atari 2600 game, used to crank up the sound on the old TV and loved revving up the "engine." The console was my son's, and he used to have to push me away so he could play. I loved Enduro the best, with Pole Position being another good driving game. Pit Fall was also one of my all time favorites. The Atari is still working just fine as well as most of the old games. After coming across this video today, makes me want to get out the Atari and Enduro and have some play time this afternoon.

[@Boosted00]

When did you all play this? I was 10-11 yrs old in 1986/87 . I had a blast playing this with my dad, he was good at it too lol. He was 34 yrs old then 😁. I just showed him this clip and he said " wow haven't played that in a long time" He turned 70 in March. Damn how time flies. Gonna get me another Atari 2600 😁👍

[@NurIchSelbst.]

In 1987 😊

[@rupauksircar8947]

From a time when you couldn't pause a game, you couldn't save a game, all you could do was try to roll the score counter. Enduro was/is brilliant. Scaling cars, depth perception, visibility and weather changes, physics, timing .. a serious challenge to pass the required cars, that looks simple enough at the start, but gets seriously harder with each passing 'day'. When the game came out, the instructions included a challenge, where if the gamer got to the 5th day or beyond, to take a photo of their TV screen, and mail in the picture to Activision, who would in turn, mail you an Activision "Roadbusters" sew on patch. Definitely a cooler time for a company that's only known for the likes of COD and Guitar Hero etc. these days!

[@turboaltered]

I got that far once, my mom took a picture of the screen, we mailed it in and I got the patch!

[@madmax2069]

i got to it, but we didn't have a working camera at the time or i would have had my patch.

[@DavidWonn]

I sent a photo of day 5, as suggested in the manual, but I don’t recall whether they sent me the patch.

[@vahidmirkhani]

@@DavidWonn They probably did but your dad took it to brag about it to his colleagues.

[@CreeperGuyOnWeb]

Cool story man, I am with you all the way until you start to declare one time “cooler” than another for Activision. COD and Guitar Hero are obviously legendary games. So to diminish one time period in order to boost another, even in jest, is the wrong idea.

[@Shocksizzy]

Watching this still gives me the anxiety I had playing it. Shock!

[@samuelpierce2.088]

Super late to this comment, but I think it’s really interesting that you used “anxiety” to describe how the game made you feel; Mostly because I think that’s what makes it stand the test of time. Personally, I’d also use the word “atmospheric” to describe this game; The lack of any in-game music - combined with the sound effects and the day/night cycle - really helps to draw you into the game.

[@muchi1465]

Atmospherexaeity was not about the night n the day not.

[@BlueSnowShadowEscortMania]

@@muchi1465 then, what is it then?

[@muchi1465]

@@BlueSnowShadowEscortMania , the game put me in a muscular trance. That is what gave me the anxiety of not being able to beat it. Haha!

[@dizzychizzy1]

i love the sound for snow.... classic

[@carlosdepaula886]

Joguei muito enduro na minha adolescência, hoje com 51 anos jogo F1 2013 o que mais gosto pela dificuldade, mostrei o enduro para meus filhos ... ficaram pasmos! como conseguíamos jogar !!! Bons tempos!

[@RonaldoGazel]

THE classic! So much fun inside a 4 Kb cart - its absolutely wonderful.

[@De-M-oN]

Especially very impressive for me is the beautiful daytime and weather presence which makes the game so much better.

[@mapmoop451]

its actually 3kb! even better!

[@mikefernando5974]

A small size if you consider programming, graphics and sound

[@DG-sf9ei]

I didn't know this game existed, and i grew up in this era. Love the sound effects and the graphics seem beyond 2600.

[@francoforte-67]

This game is missing on almost every Top 10 list here on YT. Poor - because it was one of the five best games for the 2600 EVER!

[@vinnylovesretro]

Absolutely one of the best 2600 titles. Still a blast to play!

[@bifftannen2062]

Im so glad I have my Atari still hooked up to my old TV with my Sega Genesis next to it. These video games will never get old. I love Enduro.

[@DavidWonn]

I used to capitalize on a trick right from the start: Begin the game at a slow speed, let a few cars pass, then speed up to pass them back. The car counter never goes above 200 on the initial day (or 300 on subsequent days) so you could quickly have those cars count toward your total.

[@jorel6745]

This brings back alot of memories. I used to play this all the time. Still pretty good for its time.

[@DeefexNYC]

I had this, pitfall and river raid. so much fun in the 80s

[@Jolgeable]

3 pure classics!

[@mellowfellow6816]

The Holy Trinity

[@AshleyPomeroy]

I always liked the way your car's sound went all swooshy on the snow parts.

[@michaelleadingham317]

This is one of the hardest game ever made for the Atari and this guy makes it look easy he really good at playing this game really good wow

[@fabioramos1082]

Nostalgia pura. Jogava muito quando criança! Correu ate uma lagrima😭! saldade de quando as coisa eram boas. Nao tinha a tecnologia de hoje! Mas mesmo era tao divertido...

[@RodrigoLonguinho]

eu prefiro os jogos antigos do que os novos

[@eduardo64675]

@@RodrigoLonguinho eu tinha o atari e tinha esse jogo to vendo o video me deu uma saudade eu chegava ate na 5 fase nao conseguia passar a 5 ai eu colocava outro jogo o epoca boa era essa outro jogo que eu jogava tambem era street fighter 2 adorava jogar street fighter eu era bom nese jogo meu amigo vinha joga contra eu ganhava ai eu falava quem e o proximo eles ficava bravo por que so eu ganhava ai fui joga com um amigo que nunca tinha jogado comigo ele ganhou de perfect um monte de vez ai quem ficou bravo fui eu kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk na epoca eu tinha 10 anos de idade wo epoca boa que nao volta nunca mais

[@oficialmathias6715]

Vota no Mito então lol

[@RagShop1]

Quite probably the BEST racing game for the old 2600! Holds up amazingly well after OVER 32 years! AMAZING staying power due to superior game-play and variations.

[@fllor_dellotus5918]

Obrigada por ter postado este vídeo, o jogo Enduro e outras jogos Atari marcaram minha infância.

[@Alinktome]

Je suis né le 19 octobre 1971. Au collège, notre prof d'anglais m. De Rider, nous disait qu'il était pressé de rentrer chez lui pour jouer avec son atari à Enduro.

[@retropaganda8442]

The best thing is the sound that becomes way more powerful when you throttle up. This ends up like some sort of industrial music.

[@muzikdude1188]

I remember this game well. It had some really cool graphics for its time.

[@danielflorencio3683]

Muitos aqui comentam sobre a nostalgia, eu entendo,. Mas ninguém comenta de quem está jogando. é incrível!!!. Essa pessoa merece 1000 Platinas kkkk

[@amandaoutlaw1349]

Man Enduro was one of my favorite atari 2600. But there's one part that got to me.....THE FOG! 😀😣

[@SonicBoone56]

This guy is a master.

[@luisgerardoantequeravelasq99]

omg

[@chamako99]

not human

[@scarface822]

Skills

[@kinh0t]

no, its a emulator, and he is cheating

[@arkdov]

@@kinh0t Possibly. You can create the illusion of having masterful skills just by using an emulator, such as using save states and editing the recorded game play with any video editor. So there you have it.

[@gmaia7714]

Esse cara é bom!!!Lembrei da minha infância, meu irmão tinha esse jogo.

[@wasifshujaat3259]

This brings back so many amazing memories. Thanks for the upload.

[@0raffie0]

Got my first Atari 2600 (clone) in the early 2000's and played the shit out of this game, it's just a good fun racing game that you can keep improving at because of the potentially crazy high speed!

[@ulyssesoliveira8739]

O Ayrton Senna jogou muito essa jogo ..... Lembranças boas!!!!! Esse barulho das Banderadas. Dar vontade de jogar.kkkk

[@fhelcivic8012]

Me lembro que jogava eu e o meu pai ,mas ele era melhor do que eu kkkk . nunca vou me esquecer da minha "velha infância"

[@mastercat381]

At 32:54 I was like "OHHH SHIT." That got tense, lol

[@orincat10]

and they said NASCAR was intense. THIS IS THE SHIT!

[@mikeangelcortez8845]

I remember playing this game as a kid. Way back.

[@originalfred66]

Great game play! Someone supposedly made it 398 days, and it took 45 hours.

[@Lightworker444]

That sound is giving me flashbacks. This, River Raid and Pitfall, my 3 all time faves

[@GetLostGames1]

I didnt know that my atari 2600 had color/ for the first three years I had it because my parents gave it to me hooked up on a black and white tv 😂 when I saw this game in color for the first time I played it like it was brand new! This game, pheoniX, and jungle hunt lol. I was 7 years old. 1988!

[@Paulomedi]

I remember playing this one as a kid...never got after the second lap...great video!

[@De-M-oN]

The scoreboard surprisingly advanced and didnt bug after level 9. nice :)

[@jguy1930]

Loved this game, so kool to see this again..& u had to let of the gas to pass, I played this 1982 ,,12 years old...I was damn good at it lol ,, now I wanna play..

[@huseyinates3085]

This is the only game that challenged me to become a superior human being

[@mikemartin8495]

Haven’t seen this game since I played it back in 1982. Wow!!!

[@Gladson]

How does It feel to live in a cave?

[@PennsylvaniaHistoryBuff]

Great memories of sitting on the floor of my aunt and uncles as a kid about two feet from the tv in the ‘80s playing this.

[@youforget1000thingsaday]

Very impressive for 1983. Looks like a lot of fun still.

[@lucianoozorio7763]

Obra de arte, obra-prima da Atari.

[@jalaraswift5796]

Awesome playthrough of enduro world of long plays 💕

[@taskanawa9604]

this game on a crt is gorgeous, rf noise "texture" adds so much to atari games

[@minnesnowtizen]

Enduro has some really creative and good graphics for the Atari

[@bj1701b]

As a 9 year old, I was addicted to this game even after we got an NES

[@daemian2k]

Lol I can still feel myself twitching when passing. One of the if not the best racing game on the 2600. I used to gear down and stay with the pack when I passed the final car until the day reset to let my hands rest up a bit lol

[@jx3821]

Yeah this game is so tripped out. Played this so much when I was 4 and it reminded me of tv static, the sound and look of it so that a had a weird habit of whenever snow/static would come on the tv I'd point at it and go "look! Racing cars! Racing cars!" And jump up and down and get all excited. I was one unique kid. :D

[@victhorelguason935]

aqui de la pension

[@elenestv33]

El juego del Criss 😂

[@josesebastiani6239]

gracias a ese juego mis reflejos al manejar se agudizaron! y aprendi a esquivar carros motos para no chocar! y mi pasión por el rally, siempre cuando terminaba me dolía la mano sujetando el control era muy largo! HABIA QUE AGARRA ese control duro! la face neblina y de noche era mis favorita

[@faridmendez2401]

Jose Sebastiani ese lo puedes descargar ahora en el 360 bro

[@1985dossantos]

My childhood is in this game. Wonderful.

[@seiedeahmadi280]

I love this game so much

[@aaronespinoza6744]

Que hermosos recuerdos, lo más que llegue fue a 18 días.

[@fortybelownj]

i remember the crazy fog and night parts! awesome :)

[@alanrobert312]

Simplesmente nostálgico!!

[@hunyinshichaitian2018]

Relax And Peaceful The Background Sound. I Just Can Fall Asleep... :)

[@ClassicTVMan1981X]

Some of the sounds were later heard in the 7800 version of "Pole Position II."

[@ihabiano]

best memories! BTW, you're soooo damn good!

[@eduardokuroki8367]

(EN) This game was one of my favorites, I used to play several times when I returned from school and on weekends. I remember that I broke the joystick a few times trying to quickly avoid the cars that were approaching me. (ES) Este juego era uno de mis favoritos, solía jugar varias veces cuando volvía del colegio y los fines de semana. Recuerdo que rompí la palanca de control unas cuantas veces tratando de esquivar rápidamente a los autos que se me acercaban.

[@gersonribeiro7038]

Essa neve era phoda! O carro deslizava mesmo. Kkkkk. Show!

[@jeffw8218]

When I was a kid we didn’t really get that you had to pass a certain number of cars, we just raced against each other’s high scores.

[@jcmhgaming3670]

The pseudo3D that this game features is amazing.

[@requena007]

quase escorreu uma lágrima quando ouvi esse som.

[@NaldinhoGX]

This is like, one of the few games that don't need a soundtrack. xD

[@silviopozza8413]

Monstro, joga demais

[@johntempleton3560]

ive heard the game ends when you complete 99 days. however ive never seen any confirmation. my best was day 6. a little game came out several years later on C64 called the "Great American Cross Country Road Race" which seemed to find its roots from "Enduro". quietly was a gem

[@LipeNistelrooy123]

I never saw anyone hitting 99 days, lol

[@johntempleton3560]

@@LipeNistelrooy123 if i was trying all these years, i still dont think id make it to 99

[@mvcao9332]

One of the best atari 2600 games.

[@progrocker69]

I never made it past day 8, but now I know that it does continue on to day 10 and beyond. What an AWESOME game. An even cooler one Activision did for the Atari 800 computer was the Great American Cross Country Road Race, which sounded a lot like this but had a lot more content and options.

[@RailfanRenato]

wonderful game - I miss those times !

[@riverron99]

That engine rev sounds like some 80's slasher movie background score 😃

[@tomodonovan5931]

I think my best time was 11 days, and man those cars were zipping by then. One accident, and you were cooked by 11 days, so you had to put the pedal to the metal, and fly by the other cars in order to qualify for the next day. A lot of skill, and a lot of luck trying to make it once you got over five days.

[@jarosawwojtowicz9273]

Bad-Matt - You are the best!!!! :-)

[@osvaldojoseecheverriacolla2231]

...mi primera clase de conduccion(año 1986) "no acelerar en las curvas"

[@SamsonScorpio]

Unbeeeeeelievable!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The Enduro master!!!!!!!!!

[@carlosballesteromata3872]

que nostalgia me da con estos juegos yo tuve la dicha de jugar que lindo recordar me costó mucho comprar el atari pero válido cada pesó

[@georgef551]

Two mistakes being made in this gameplay (He used save states, so he could correct as needed): (1) Reckless speed. You don't need to pass them anywhere near as fast as you are. (2) When you pass the required number of cars, slow down, and find an easy set of 4 cars to pass (4 in a row the best). Slow to their exact speed, just short of passing the first one, wait for the next day to start, and you'll pass your first 4 cars toward the next goal right away.

[@TheItalianTrash]

It took me forever to realize the name of the racing game that consists of some of my earliest childhood memories at 4-years-old, but this is definitely the game! I wrongly thought the name of this game was Grand Prix which clearly looks inferior.

[@bifftannen2062]

Theres also Pole Position on Atari which is similiar, I like Enduro better but Pole Position isn't bad.

[@TheItalianTrash]

@@bifftannen2062 I've only played the arcade version of Pole Position, but I'd guess it's probably the 2nd best racing game on the 2600.

[@brunogullo6177]

Joguei muito na infancia no atari o primeiro video game do mundo

[@picardbs]

I LOVED this game

[@sheilahines4541]

I used to love this game

[@erikasegura5995]

It was one of my favorites

[@artthesmart]

Loved this game ...............

[@1RAMIRO]

I have been trying to find this game....its gonna be easier now that I know its name. I played it a lot when I was 11....I think I was this capable too. Loved this game. It was very responsive and not clumsy.

[@mikeangelcortez8845]

This game enduro and f zero are the best games about racing

[@IONILDO31]

incrível ver esses games que eu jogava com meus colegas na década de 1980 onde eu era moleque , na época ATARI, ODSSEY, MEGA DRIVE eram os TOPS e esse endura era uma das sensações . É espantoso o desenvolvimento tecnológico dos games de hoje em dia onde praticamente parece que estamos dentro de um FILME 3D

[@Twizzledoc187]

This was my GAME!!! Got it for my 10th birthday

[@muchi1465]

I was about that age too. I had it on some sort of console. It ws just this. World is crazy!

[@RickNYC2000]

Great driving brother!

[@matthawkins9983]

I loved this game!!!

[@bravocorreia5059]

Viagem da porra... O meu pai era viciado nisso, e todos os meus irmãos se reverzava pra jogar com ele... Hoje ele tá bem velhinho, mais vou comprar um pra matar a saudade, E quando for pro nordeste vou jogar com meus irmãos, Pena que minha irmã e mãe já partiram desse mundo.

[@RanaRandom]

Game of my childhood :D

[@SammyRenard]

I really like how that game simulates fog