Classic Game Room - ATARI XE Computer review

[@Quadraxis14]

Those little dance sequences are why I keep coming back to Classic Game Room. Marc is such a groovy dude.

[@DASH596]

Same lol

[@johneymute]

Mark is always in a great mood,that’s for sure,haha🤣🤣

[@electricadventures]

My favourite of the Atari 8-bit models and one of the most practical. It also has Missile Command built in, which you enable by turning it on without the keyboard attached and no game inserted. The game library is awesome, always discovering great games for it.

[@johneysupergd7796]

The most freaking awesome part of the atari xe was not only it’s practicality but also the fact that many nintendo games did came out for it,as a nintendo fan, i found that pretty cool because for decades i trought that there were no nintendo games on whether other system let alone atari systems,i always trought that there were atleast nintendo clone rip offs of it as an alternative such as let’s say donkeykong to be called ‘hero canterpenter’ or a’ngry gorilla hunter’ or let’s call donkeykong jr to be ‘baby gorilla hero’ while mario bros could be called ‘sewer crab chasing heros’ etc,,, But that was most not the case nope, these were official nintendo games on atari system,how wild is that😁👍

[@KetilEspens]

My first game system and still one of my favourites. Missile Command is built into the system. It will start up automatically without the keyboard attached and by holding select when starting up with keyboard. Great review!

[@johneysupergd7796]

You know what,the atari XE is just a f@cking AWESOME timeless with freaking AWESOME games such as mariobros,donkeykong,donkeykong jr,pac man, frogger etc,,,, And so i bought one along with those nintendo games for it with more to come ,i just wait till it will come across my doorstep so it will become another part of my cool awesome atari collection for it🙏😁👍

[@MrRetrogamingBard]

Never paid attention to that machine throughout my years of collecting consoles and handhelds... now I want one.

[@gamedoutgamer]

Did you get an XEGS or other A8 model? IMO they are the best Atari machine made. Well the 7800 has a much better graphics chip but the 8bit computer has a far bigger game library and much better sound and much more as it is an actual computer. New games coming out still to this day made by the community.

[@chadhartsees]

Mark did such a great job on these - I think he was unfortunately too ahead of his time.

[@fernandomcc7954]

This was my first videogame console/computer ever. Since I like simple stuff, I'm not going any further than the N64, and I wish I had that atari so I could play it again. Lots of memories.

[@megamarsonic]

"Nintendo has a toy robot, but only Atari gives you a keyboard for playing advanced computer games!"

[@MetalSonicodraco7342]

Nobody can lie... That its true.

[@Nestalgba92023]

This is actually a good point for their XEGS commercials.

[@johneysupergd7796]

Ahahaha🤣 This was definitely a good point from atari,the only thing atari did forgot to mention was that not only that robot did suck because of being slooow and requiring batteries but also that the atari xe was compatible with most atari 800 games & peripherals,hahaaa🤣

[@MetalHermit83]

Your playing mario on an atari, with a sega genesis controller. boom. ^ that was your mind

[@PlatinumEagleStudios]

Lol Your playing Nintendo on Atari with Sega.........BAM......Mind blown X_X

[@orokashin]

EpicEverythingDude75 You're*

[@PlatinumEagleStudios]

orokashin -.-

[@MetalHermit83]

EpicEverythingDude75 * - . -"

[@PlatinumEagleStudios]

***** * ........

[@mcrazza]

I miss my Atari XE. It was sold at a garage sale 12 or 13 years ago for a song. :'( It had some great games such as Archon, Bug Hunt (with gun controller), Donkey Kong, Blue Max, GATO, Desert Falcon, etc... That was a HUGE gaming faux pas to let my parents sell it.

[@johneymute]

I feel sooo bad for you,OUCh🥲🥲🥲, A diehard atari fan might be tempted to commit suicide if such thing will happen to him, i guess☹️

[@chrish3510]

Man I remember this system, we got one when I was a kid after are 800 series computer stopped working. Great system that worked well into the late 90's but then my mother gave it to good will or something. It outlasted my Nintendo by years and we got it like a year earlier. Pretty sure my mother gave it to goodwill or something, just remember being mad when I found out it was gone.

[@johneymute]

Whoooaaah that must,ve be a huge ouch for you am mean OUCH🥲🥲 Likely there is ebay to justify that terrifying moment for that🤣

[@PrimitiveBaroque]

It actually looks and runs really well. Very impressed.

[@iplayedataritoday]

I picked up one of these bad boys a few years ago. While my game library for it is lacking, it's such a great system. Unfortunately I did not get the keyboard, and am yet to get one.

[@gamedoutgamer]

For your XEGS you can easily have many hundreds of games using a modern cartridge emulator like AVG Cart or an SIO2PC adapter. No need to stick with the old retail carts.

[@J-Ball]

Man I miss this channel so bad

[@Designandrew]

Just backed the kickstarter, can't wait to get the DVD!

[@loveandrockets4life]

I love the War Games reference at the end. haha

[@MegaManNeo]

Suddenly, I feel all impressed by ATARI.

[@johneygd]

Me too since i have discovered that many nintendo and sega games were also on atari systems😁

[@tronicol235]

Found a Atari XE complete in like new condition for $120 at a thrift store. Planning on getting it!

[@BocaRetroGames]

Best 80's keyboard player scene ever

[@REPVILE]

By far my favorite Atari 8 bit

[@JLOCLamborghiniFan88]

So help buttons teleport you to a random location? I never knew that!

[@chrish3510]

I owned one of these and for the life of me I can't remember what the help button did.

[@willt6494]

+Chris H it erased your memory!

[@chrish3510]

+Will_6432X Apparently it did. Haha.

[@johneymute]

Ahahaha🤣🤣

[@RetroClash95]

Atari XE, "it looks like the easter bunny exploded" tm

[@IAmAleksha]

Watch out for that Help Button!

[@oneworldcommunity117]

hey i thought you were banished from earth

[@homeycdawg]

He obviously hit the HELP button again just in time to escape back into space.

[@oneworldcommunity117]

homeycdawg yea but im talking about when he got earth. what if he got caught or something and he got escaped idk

[@Bladsmith]

It's a simulation, duh.

[@Dragacane]

LegoGod663 It's the space station's holodeck

[@oneworldcommunity117]

***** oh

[@NeonAcrylics]

I have no idea why I'm so attracted to this thing. Maybe it's the obsolete 80s-ness. And the pastel buttons.

[@muhanc.a.9299]

Atari XE my first -kind of- videogame system!

[@FerraristDX]

3:09 Now is the time on Sprockets when we dance!

[@MarkTheMorose]

The Atari XEGS was a superior effort at repackaging an 8-bit micro as a games console. Compare and contrast to Commodore's half-arsed effort, the C64GS. They took out all the ports except joystick and RF, and left no provision for a keyboard. With no serial disk drive port, and no tape drive port, they ensured that all games had to be on cartridge. (What a shame that there were only a handful of games developed, and a few older games converted.) They then had the brilliant idea of selling it at the same or higher price than an actual C64. You had to hand it to Commodore.

[@VVhistory]

So it cant play atari 7800, 5200 or 2600 games?

[@ClassicTVMan1981X]

@@VVhistory No, but the XEGS could play the older 400/800 and XL cartridges. All of Atari's 8-bit computers already had TV hook-up, joystick support and cartridge slots, so despite them being marketed as home computers with built-in keyboards they could also be game consoles.

[@ClassicTVMan1981X]

@@VVhistory And as to the C64GS, there was a bevy of reasons for its short shelf life -- among them were: a. Limited software support. b. Relation to C64 computer -- essentially a cut-down version. c. Instantly obsolete -- the C64 computer first came out in 1982. d. Console market already saturated -- since the C64GS first came out in 1990, its chance of besting Nintendo's NES and SNES, and Sega's Genesis, was very slim. e. TV hook-up, joystick support and cartridge slots were all already available on the C64 computer.

[@martok2112]

Ahhh...back in the good ol' days, when, if you had a 64K computer system, you had a badass home computer! LOL! I think my favorite game, of the few I had for the XE, was Rescue on Fractalus.... which scared the bezeejus out of me one time....not bad for an 8 bit game that looked like an advanced Atari 2600 title. LOL! I loved speeding through the very, very basic looking mountains in first person view, listening for the homing signal and searching for places to set down to rescue my lost astronauts. I also enjoyed Star Raiders II, which was originally The Last Starfighter. I honestly did not know, though, that there were THAT many games available for it. Wow! I miss my old XE, and my Atari 800XL (with all the trimmings) from back in the day.

[@zudemaster]

Got me scouring Ebay looking for a Atari XE now.

[@gamedoutgamer]

Awesome. Did you get an Atari 8bit? They are great fun.

[@maverickbna]

Cool to see this, Karnage! It'd be awesome to see you review the Atari ST computer next! :)

[@Big_Tex]

The Intergalactic Space Arcade has trees? Must be like the Silent Running spaceship. Wonder where Bruce Dern is.

[@MarkTheMorose]

Bruce Dern was a survivor; it's Hewey Dewey I'm concerned for. Look after the trees!

[@kylem1112]

it's the outdoor simulation 5000 duh

[@mechanoid2k]

***** Outdoor Simulation 5000, Designed by MOS Technology, Brought to you by Atari.

[@DDRUTOU]

The War Games reference at the end!!!!

[@TheMamaluigi300]

0:50 you travel to 1950 or something (reference to back to the future) because the atari xe keyboard is like the delorean-howtospellit's interface

[@Mr_x_19922]

I love that big circle buttons

[@Bigbooster126]

you should review the atari 800

[@DeLisi.]

Happy 10 year anniversary to this video!

[@NTPhillips90]

Atari XE also has missile command built into the system!! :)

[@0002pA]

You know, you should REALLY try it with the Sega Genesis controller!

[@frigginjoe]

Aside from some memory configuration differences that the carts negated, the 5200 and XE were basically based on the same Atari 8-bit computer line. So they released the 2600, 5200, 7800 then 5200 again. Progress.

[@motonerve]

Gotta love Atari, lol. Don't forget them releasing the exact same games with some graphical tweaks with each console

[@GreatAwesomeReviewer]

+Andrew The Plebeian So Atari is EA?

[@kasperverweij9424]

Sega basically did the same thing with the master system an game gear

[@RetroDawn]

Except that it was a full computer, and compatible with all software and peripherals. And the 64KB made it easy for them to port disk games to carts, as it loaded the contents to RAM, just like the disk game code (otherwise they would require extensive re-coding to use bank switching), along with allowing all the software to run and the general ability to use 64KB in computing.

[@captainthrall]

alright karnage... your humor is usually kind of dry, BUT when you pushed that help button and disappeared I actually laughed pretty hard. well done sir

[@robintst]

Seems like those 3-button Genesis controllers remain pretty sturdy and awesome if you take care of them right. I tried using them out on my ColecoVision several times but I feel like that defeated the purpose of playing ColecoVision. Half the challenge is wrestling with it's awkward joystick... things. I do use the Genesis controller on my Atari 2600 though for the time being because I need some new 2600 joysticks. I only had one good one left and now it's starting to give up the ghost.

[@RAREDEATHMETAL]

Hey Mark, how about a review for Bloodshot/Battle frenzy on the Sega CD or Mega drive?

[@joystickjedi]

Mark, did you turn it on with no game cart OR the keyboard plugged in? You really should. :)

[@cidermanone]

Yo Mark!! Just got an Atari 65XE today! It's brilliant! What stick is best though for the system??

[@zudemaster]

I just thought i had to have one of these 2-3 years ago. I scrounged Ebay till i found a great deal and snagged it. Played it 2-3 times, then put it in a box and havent touched it since. Its time i dig it out and get my moneys worth out of it!

[@tikifire]

Great vid! That looks like a cool old system!

[@ianvallender7892]

Global thermal nuclear War actually was released for the 8bit Atari computers under the name Computer War

[@RetroDawn]

Also War Games by Coleco was released for them (only platform other than ColecoVision/Adam).

[@Tonny8318]

Ha ha ha ha!! LOVE the "WarGames" Movie reference Mark! Nice! XD

[@TheAMCampbell]

Awesome review dudes.

[@ShreyashUSA]

Console cold war of late 80's ended by Mark Bustler . How ? He played Donkey Kong ( Nintendo game ) on an Atari XE GS ( Atari system ) with a SEGA genesis controller ( SEGA peripheral ) .

[@illustriouscampbell994]

Love the War Games Reference!

[@steviepat01]

I love my atari's: XE & 2600

[@dlaroc]

I always had an Atari 2600 growing up in the early 80s. (I had 5 of them) I still remember when Atari released the slimmer model 2600.

[@ggp9690]

What's that song that starts at 3:04?

[@joemel2]

had missile command built in as well. what's not to love?

[@jasonmarkham2592]

Can you hook this up through the VCR like the Atari 7800? Awesome video.

[@gamedoutgamer]

Yes if your VCR has RCA composite+audio input plugs then you can select 'line in' video with your VCR remote that should work. It also has RF video output but most late 80's/90's VCR's prefer RCA audio/video.

[@eDDyL666]

i used to own this when i was younger loved the bug game with the zapper gun then the gun broke for some reason

[@johneysupergd7796]

You know what happened to me once i pressed the help button? I ended up,getting on the moon, so now i have watched youtube from the moon,hahahaha lol!!!

[@R4dm1n]

johney supergd You know what happened when I pressed that help button? I just teleported from another universe! Haha! Just kidding.

[@DennysFrancisco]

great Kenny G solo at the end lol

[@KiLLM4CE]

* presses help button * Now I'm on the Moon.

[@SuperDerek]

Don't forget that it'll work with the Sega Genesis Arcade Power Stick! :D

[@SuperDanny1212]

wow thats pretty rad what happens when you press the help button.

[@SpecterVideoGamer]

I miss this channel

[@NESfighter]

subbed cool system I remember playing the atari 2600 a while back

[@ShamrockParticle]

If the easter bunny saw the modification where they spray painted the chassis black but kept the buttons the same pastel colors, it would sing Jefferson Airplane songs 🤣

[@stevenlovesamy1]

no mention of the built in missile command game

[@R4dm1n]

"Be careful around that help button!"

[@KiLLM4CE]

Nope. **presses help button**

[@R4dm1n]

Clasher Slasher 2 (You are now teleported to outer space.)

[@ArchiveDart]

when I pressed it, aliens held me as a hostage, Oh no! there here! gotta go!

[@R4dm1n]

QUICK! PRESS THE HELP BUTTON AGAIN!

[@KiLLM4CE]

**presses help button** Ok where am I-OH MY GOD ITS TRUMP!!! HIT IT AGAIN **Violently presses help button** And now I'm in the intergalactic space arcade. Well, time to play Pac-Man!

[@aamake547]

"Design wise it looks like the Easter Bunny exploded" -CGR I better write this down in my awesome shit said book.

[@phroobar]

10 PRINT "Classic Game Room Rules!" 20 GOTO 10

[@clamssssssss]

Anyone else bingeing this playlist in 2021?

[@JetScreamer_YT]

You need one of my Gold Atari 5200 controller.

[@Pimpczar2011]

Let's see a Commodore Vic 20 & Commodore 64 review as well!

[@andymate2006]

Looks like a really decent console to play.

[@artdcora]

I'm a bit confused. It doesn't have any slot for disks, so how did it run programs? Or were the programs run on the same cartridges as games?

[@captstrugglebunny]

You could hook up floppy disk drives to the main base. I had two of them when I was a kid. Some of the games only came on floppy disks.

[@renofheavens2]

Haha, you're nuts! You always mention Zaxxon, Truxton and Vectrex.

[@tomarlyn]

Where can I get one of those hats??

[@victorcalderon007]

You should do a top 10 most enjoyable video game consoles from the 80' & 90'

[@mr.pavone9719]

do you get blast processing with the Genesis controller plugged in?

[@willt6494]

It crosses over from the Genesis. So you have blast processing and Atari power

[@johneymute]

Ahahaha🤣🤣

[@gamedoutgamer]

Great video and cuts to the chase. Warning though - using a Genesis controller puts 5v dc on the wrong pin and might damage your machine. Probably not but you never know. The Amiga computers are particularly sensitive to this.

[@oniglock]

How.... The heck he disappeared ?

[@efaustus9]

I had this system but I sold it long ago. I still play XE games from time to time using the free emulator colleen on android

[@EnaBBQ]

I love this video, why the heck is it age restricted? lol

[@Nestalgba92023]

Does XEGS has improved, more arcade faithful port of Qix?

[@samwyse2006]

It's cool now, but it didn't get good reviews in 1987. It was quite a bit outdated.

[@RetroDawn]

And yet, still fun and useful as heck! And cheap!

[@G4mingB0x]

I love your vids man keep it up I was wondering if you could do a Half Life 1 review as that be an interesting game to review it was revolutionary back then and I still play it now. I know that you did Half Life 2 review a few years back but really you should try the original it is so good!

[@82coxy]

My cousin had one of these back in the day and when he got a Master System for his Birthday he thought it would be funny to smash the Atari with a hammer. He was always a spoilt little brat.

[@Schmidteren]

Lord Karnage and Atari. The porn! :D

[@nathanbutcher7720]

Never talked about built-in missile command!

[@chrish3510]

Ha, I remember stumbling upon about six months after I got the system, had no idea it was on there. Plugged Jungle Hunt or something and didn't push it in all the way and missile command loads up. Made my day because I loved that game but had lost my old atari 800 copy.

[@dr3w399]

Atari should come back in the computer business With the Atari 1700 XL and a new internet Atari Net : )

[@casty59aj]

Cool Creeper 213 an atari running windows and atari os of course!

[@dr3w399]

heck yeah mate

[@GoldenGrenadier]

Rusty Retro Gaming I hope you've heard of the Ataribox.

[@dr3w399]

i have

[@jackjack121]

6:56 RIP 80's kids. Because I'm pretty sure no one got that reference.

[@lurkerrekrul]

Atari wanted to cash in on the video game revival, but they didn't want to have to design a new machine. The 5200 had some flaws, the 2600 was considered obsolete and the 7800 didn't have a very big software library. So all they did was take an existing Atari 8-bit computer, make the keyboard detachable, change the case and call it a game system. A new system with minimal work and it had a pretty large library of games. People weren't scared of it because the keyboard was optional and it was labeled as a game system, even though they could have done the exact same things with an Atari computer. I suppose it makes sense, but I still wish they had thrown their support behind the 7800.

[@johnbillson3767]

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOL this made me think of that commercial where they said this shit would have more games than the NES...god damn where they wrong

[@oscartristan7173]

well , i guess i am a lucky man since i just bought my Atari XE in near mint condition , 1 joystick, zapper and food fight for only 55 dls. 😊

[@rileystark4016]

Does he say banished or vanished from earth classic game room broadcast?

[@gdashafe1001]

Hilarious. Truxton rules.

[@segadreamer]

I love stereo pacman too!

[@gameboyfreak8079]

lol the Easter bunny exploded

[@ednardom.toledo9947]

Man, you rock!

[@natecw4164]

4:54 --- OMG SPACEQUEST III :D

[@katiejesse1562]

The Easter bunny exploded. {chuckle}