Craziest Atari Collection Ever - Cinemassacre

Mike Matei visits a crazy Atari collection. This guy Matt has a huge Atari collection that spans the entire run of the system. He even has a ton of imports, beta cartridges, and oddities. The original Atari, Inc., founded in Sunnyvale, California in 1972 by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney, was a pioneer in arcade games, home video game consoles, and home computers. The company's products, such as Pong and the Atari 2600, helped define the electronic entertainment industry from the 1970s to the mid-1980s.
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[@TheKilluminati714]

This is a cool idea. Show collections of other big unknown collectors

[@MorrisJoshua26]

Gotta find em all...

[@Ottophil]

Collectors are just organized hoarders

[@carpal08]

@@Ottophil sorry i dont speak broke

[@101Volts]

This is what Tips & Tricks Magazine was doing, starting in (I think) 2002. Joe Santulli of Digital Press was writing that classic gaming section, early on. The Nerd showed up in Joe's store in Clifton, New Jersey for that meet-up with the Nostalgia Critic.

[@Video-Games-Are-Fun]

the last gamer from australia!

[@harrisonosirrah]

"What is the difference between these two copys of Baseball?" "Uhhh one of them says Basketball?"

[@theannoyedmrfloyd3998]

*copies

[@biggoltestas5835]

This was really cool, but I don’t think you have to worry about the time being too long. It seemed like that was a big concern of Mike. If anything, I could’ve watched another 20-40 minutes of this. I would’ve liked to see the holy grail segment go on for longer. Please do more collections in the future!

[@REDDF1VE]

Yes, this video could easily be one hour for me!

[@Fanuc_Operator1990]

James is the same way in his videos and even the rental reviews they were time concerned. Never knew why they think people would turn away from a video being too long. Maybe if it went over an hour but most of the time they arent even close to that lol

[@hi_tech_reptiles]

Or a part 2

[@dundundata7603]

Agreed, maybe he didn't want to bother this guy too much. Matt could put out his own video too, it was great to see his collection and seemed like a cool dude. But it would be nice if they made some more videos together.

[@hectormaldonado8748]

It would be a great idea if you take some time to play those games cause most of them are really rare gems

[@evenglare]

Takes out top gun from the third position and puts it back on top and upside down.

[@pendaflux]

"We were inverted" I get it now.

[@hansolo9119]

Yes! And they let it stay that way! I felt physical pain from that and I don't even collect games!

[@pendaflux]

@@hansolo9119 Don't worry about it. Librarians and collectors know, you let the person taking care of the collection to refile it.

[@ThePixelProfessor]

I thought they would cut away and I could assume he fixed it, but they ended up cutting to another angle of it still upside down

[@ThanatosReaper]

@@ThePixelProfessor My OCD kicked in automatically.

[@Weird-City]

I love the enthusiasm here. You can see it in their eyes. I collect stamps and can talk for hours about them. Nobody ever comes back. God my life sucks! Don't collect stamps.

[@RhythmGrizz]

Gotcha. Won't start 👍

[@tgbplays658]

@John Jalas I mean on the topic of age demographic, the collection of NES and Atari games is so amazing to me as a 14 year old that just started high school. I have my own collection, not big or super expensive (at least for these two consoles) but these are so cool to me. Older games like this are so much cooler to me than someone having a bunch of Xbox 1 or PS4 games. The age demographic for a majority may focus on the next gen but there is still people loving the older ones forever.

[@Lynxx377]

A little brazilian trivia for you: the "CCE" company, at the time, had a bad reputation on its products. A common joke was to tell that "CCE" meant "Comecei Comprando Errado", which roughly translates to "I started buying wrong stuff".

[@LisztV]

Or even "Caixa de Componentes Estragados", "box of damaged goods"

[@kevinoconnor4582]

so Brazilian LJN

[@GustavoAparecidoBatistadaSilva]

@@kevinoconnor4582 LJN of hardware. Loved It hahahhahahaha

[@5roundsrapid263]

That’s hilarious. I speak Spanish, but Portuguese is similar enough I can get the meaning.

[@diogotorrestiodidi]

Aqui era "conserta, conserta, estraga".

[@Jakamo2323]

I'm sensing a new Cinemassacre series!

[@SiGhast]

I hope so!

[@JohnSTF72]

Probably the biggest 2600 collection i've ever seen. Definitely museum material. Thanks for showing this!

[@laisp.konigerente7089]

Mike, you asked about a brazilian collector of atari, a famous one is Antonio Borba. He have a huge collection.

[@matttajc3209]

Lais P. Konigerente many of these are from his collection 😎

[@IntyMichael]

Fuchs is German for fox, and the title of the game "Fuchs & Schweinchen Schlau" means "Fox And Practical Pig" (from the 3 little pigs). As you guessed I'm from Germany. ;) I don't have a German Atari collection, but a complete German Intellivision collection (amongst others).

[@Bruuuuuh620]

What does the fuch say?

[@OM19_MO79]

Fox and Pig... sounds like Pooyan.

[@NBAGreatestGamesonClassicCourt]

I would translate "Schweinchen Schlau" more like "Smart piggy" than "practical piggy"

[@IntyMichael]

@@NBAGreatestGamesonClassicCourt The English name is Practical Pig.

[@NBAGreatestGamesonClassicCourt]

@@IntyMichael I am open for corrections because i am not a native speaker but the dictionary sais practical=experienced, useful. Schlau=clever, smart

[@adm712]

I'm 48 years old. My 10 year old self was salivating watching this video Lol.

[@johnny711]

if this guy does not listen to brutal death metal i will be dissapointed

[@shaunn6971]

🤘😭🖖

[@jre-1337]

Look at him. 100% guaranteed he does.

[@justinmoody7012]

He looks like the lead singer of a brutal death metal band

[@jensensundance2418]

He listens to bands from Jersey exclusively

[@punkkid21]

Would be blown away if he listens to Kenny G

[@user-lr3zx9qi8t]

Hats off man, such a cool collection!

[@High_Caliber]

It's actually comforting to know that there's others out there that cherish the memories that only Atari can bring.

[@WeirdExplorer]

I love this series idea. If you want to venture out to NYC, I collect mass produced items where the designer snuck hidden messages in the artwork. Its not games, but definitely has nostalgia value.

[@LucasSampaioMaia]

That got me really intrigued. I see you make your own content, man, show us something!

[@pjm3005]

so that's the most niche collection i've ever heard of and i am intrigued. you have a website or fb page or some such?

[@WeirdExplorer]

@@pjm3005 I have a playlist called Cabinet of Curiosities. its on all sorts of things I collect, but there's a few on the items with hidden messages.

[@TakahashiRyosuke13137]

Ok, you got my attention

[@pjm3005]

@@WeirdExplorer umm, thanks for the heads up! watching the playlist now. the weir food videos seem interesting too.

[@vjschmidt]

Brazillian here. I grew up with an Atari clone called Dactari lol

[@Yetiforce]

This guy's collection will be in a museum someday, it's so satisfying and large.

[@BROTRRer]

That's what she said

[@reenTV]

BROTRRer I knew this was coming

[@TheJulioGulio]

@@BROTRRer i dont get it, can you explain? Thank you

[@Bleeperblopper497]

@@TheJulioGulio Are you a kid?

[@KingTheGermanShepherd]

Thats what my dad said

[@RafaelHefferCavaletti]

10:37 Nooooooooooooo... anyone else triggered? this video became out-of-order-upside-down-top-gun all over it

[@RafaelHefferCavaletti]

10:51 it is still there

[@RafaelHefferCavaletti]

13:04 That is it. I'm done

[@EverythingGeek]

I actually paused it when i seen that and went through comments because I was like no way I’m the only one that noticed

[@RafaelHefferCavaletti]

@@EverythingGeek 🤝 same here

[@ilj1259]

OCD kicking in...

[@GameSack]

Hey Mike I have a collection of dust on my Nintendo Switch that you might want to cover. We should compare to see who's Switch has more dust.

[@JamesNintendoNerd]

I set mine up for a few remote episodes of J&MM. So yours probably has more dust.

[@yadiggems]

Game sack is always on in my house. shouts out to joe

[@darrylcampbell4426]

Thinking of buying a Switch for a long time actually. It's the only console I would consider. I'm definitely master race through and through rofl

[@YamiVT]

Whoa, joe is here!

[@Diepzeevis]

JOE

[@Eva01-jy2qu7pu9r]

I love video game collections. It’s like revisiting a time period that you never lived in.

[@UltimateGamerCC]

there's definitely Nostalgia that comes with having retro games, that's a lot of the appeal to retro gaming and collecting.

[@ruraladventurer1884]

Or in my case, revisiting a time period that I DID live in.

[@intrudrgrey8969]

I collect vinyl, and I agree with not letting it rot on the shelf. Play ur media people!!

[@matttajc3209]

Who claimed it wasn’t played

[@copheart]

Agree X 1,000,000!

[@matttajc3209]

Clandestine Council it doesn’t matter. If someone sees games on a shelf they assume they aren’t getting played? There’s always one in the bunch haha

[@awarr9053]

Hellyeah!

[@nicholaslienandjaja1815]

"The Donald Duck game with the giant scorpion monster" Ironically, there is a giant scorpion monster at the intro sequence for the DuckTales reboot.

[@maguma3419]

Holy crap, this is nuts. I don't even think most popular collectors actually have this much games!

[@neogenesis7706]

You dont watch that many videos.

[@juansolo1617]

I do... on Steam, lol

[@yogsothoth6059]

yes,,, im german,, and yes,.. i have a collection like this,, and yes,, come over... and fyi Fuchs means Fox

[@glitchjob4555]

For Fuchs sake man

[@MegaManNeo]

Du musst davon selbst ein Video machen, sollte Mike Dich wirklich besuchen.

[@alexandercarder2281]

For FOX 🦊 sake man

[@5roundsrapid263]

Bongomaster It goes both ways. Germans laugh at English words like “fix”, because it sounds just like their f-word.

[@LordHorst]

@@luciolalazilia2189 Sternenfuchs. No space. Compound words für den Gewinn!

[@Kelloliver]

As a brazilian, i was surprised with so many BR things in his collection

[@IceBreak23]

we brazillians have a lot of old games that still appears around the world because some of the consoles were huge and that means mores games, you can still find Sega games in portuguese

[@lichewitz8905]

I wonder if he has Chapolin vs Drácula in there somewhere (still haven't watched the whole video, let's see)

[@eloiferreira7500]

O cara gosta mesmo tem itens dos br que nem aqui temos ou nunca vi

[@matttajc3209]

@@lichewitz8905 no I don’t!!! Brazilian games are so fun to collect!!! There is no end haha

[@secretysecret1551]

"I am Dactar" in a 60's robot voice made me laugh out loud

[@anachronologist2017]

This is a great idea. It reminds me of the time you guys showed off that awesome VHS store. These little expose's on other peoples personal collections is quite fascinating. It also gets some new personalities on the show which freshens things up a bit. Keep up the great content guys, one of the best channels on youtube.

[@justsurfing6679]

Let the guest talk more, let him share some of his stories.

[@vikingman4614]

He can do a second video with this guy even if its for the other channels and not the main one.

[@kozykraken1001]

The german game titles are nuts. "Tom's egghunt", "Snail vs Squirrel" or "Fox (Fuchs) and smart piggy". Grüße an den Nerd!

[@TankEngine75]

Does this means that "Fred Fuchs" means "Fred Fox"?

[@silkwesir1444]

@@TankEngine75 yes

[@paulkiefer3893]

Exactly

[@Morris1581]

@@TankEngine75 correct. Fuchs German Word for Fox.

[@TankEngine75]

@@Morris1581 nice

[@NBAGreatestGamesonClassicCourt]

Hells Angels Death Squad Member at Night. Atari Collector by day.

[@matttajc3209]

Hahahaha

[@christopermonteith5784]

I really enjoyed this and I’m not a collector at all! I love how the owner is so Alpha and has this geeky side to him! Really interesting! More please :)

[@Lenixionthegreat]

Rescue on fractalus..... the game that scared me as a child

[@sdh2383]

I would watch more of this. Also some cart hunting at swap meets etc would be cool too.

[@hi_tech_reptiles]

Splitting these into 2 parts, or having an extended version would be cool possibly. Great idea regardless!

[@kevinoconnor4582]

really a 30 min video could be made on one game, or a series of games like, Brazilian games, or German games, or unreleased games. in fact the owner could just hire a team to make a video series a rack in the profits probably

[@BobBobSquared]

One of my favorite episodes. Great work. Thank you.

[@traviss3913]

Nice work man! I'm not into Atari but I respect and appreciate a serious collector.

I was keeping an eye out on the shelves for my favorite Atari game of the rare bunch: Subterranea. And yes... he has it.

[@hockeyprofit19]

Do more of these Mike. Love seeing these collections.

[@MrJX3000]

I could watch Mike interview collectors bi weekly( any kinds of nerdy collectors cinemassacre is interested in) or however frequent they could find them. I love the Stuff you guys put out and look forward to it every week!

[@comradenapoleon7693]

I love seeing people's collections and all the different and weird stuff they have. Mike please do this again if you enjoyed it as much as I enjoyed watching it

[@ShootAUT]

Imagine the disappointment of your 8-year-old self when your mom gets you the wrong-colored Baseball game with the wrong number on the side of the box.

[@LordHorst]

"Mooom! I TOLD you I need 3456! I hate you!!!"

[@mgunter]

Now just need to wait until you and James can go to Australia to the biggest video game collection.

[@RockstarMazy]

I love it. you can tell he's passionate about what he does too. definitely tuning in to the next one of these

[@MarcelloTavares]

that brazilian supercharger was made by a company that stills exists here in my city. "Splice". they do all sorts of telecon related things and for a time they made a few Atari clones and peripherals. my uncle worked there and brought all kinds of Atari stuff to my cousin. we played with this COMP-K7 for years. he had pretty much the whole Atari collection on audio tapes. I thought I would never see this stuff again. thank you for that.

[@FunkMasterJunk]

Atari has the most beautiful art work on their covers.

[@Tom_Van_Zandt]

Yep...Among my favorite box art.

[@archangel5627]

I agree. It’s just like the movie posters that were drawn and painted by hand. The 90s were basically the last decade where companies used beautiful artwork. Now everyone uses generic images with everything.

[@davy_K]

Cliff Spohn's work is my favorite.

[@Taniniver]

Yes but thats where the positives about atari stop lol

[@archangel5627]

Tanin'iver I hear what you’re saying. It’s difficult to play Atari games now when the current gaming consoles have such amazing graphics! My experience with Atari was after it was obsolete during the 8 Bit Nintendo days. My cousin gave me his Atari as a hand me down. I still have it but I almost never really play it unless one of my buddies asks to.

[@DF-lk2th]

I'm sure someone else here will have said this but "IT BELONGS IN A MUSEUM" thank you, good day!

[@someonewithballs]

10:48 the way he put that game back really bugged me

[@stridermt2k]

That was truly amazing! Thanks to you guys and Matt big time! I have a flashback handheld that I've loaded a ton of stuff onto and I still enjoy the old games..

[@emmettcool4241]

did that guy start sweating because you put the game upside down?

[@benjaminmenken5693]

The old at atari commercials are weird.

[@TheJadeknight7]

That's a really fascinating collection and the owner is a really chill guy. I'd definitely would love to see more of his stuff some other day.

[@BriansManCave]

Nice to see Matt's collection getting more attention. I was fortunate enough to do a video on his collection a while ago! He is a cool guy!

[@matttajc3209]

Thanks buddy!!!!

[@fluxcapacitorproductions2064]

I am a huge fan of Atari, and I just started collecting Atari games, I just hope in the future my collection gets bigger

[@pavlo1207]

Respect to the guy and his dedication

[@matttajc3209]

Thank you!!

[@sunlord6165]

Would love to see more of these!

[@plufferfotts2454]

Please do more of this man this was amazing

[@OwnageMancer]

Wow. What a great collection.

[@gideonmele1556]

The Brazil-Argentina rival spilled over to even Atari games, won’t even use the same PAL ha!

[@HoroJoga]

Pal-M and Pal-N still give me the shills, I can't figure out how to play some dreamcast games since my console is pal-m!

[@karliekray8290]

Love this so much, thanks for the fresh content!

[@kosmicorchestra9470]

This was fascinating! I’d happily watch a part 2 of this

[@backloggedgamer9338]

Game Preservation is so important. One day these games are either not going to exist and just stop working. Gone forever. Really sad to think about.

[@laos85]

Digital games were and will never be the same as the physical copies. It felt like you didn't really owned them. Ps2 era is the last best console. Everything after is going down hill

[@Fire_Token]

The nature of time is that nothing lasts forever, not just video games. This too shall pass.

[@Fire_Token]

@@laos85 All video games that use a cpu of any kind are 'digital games', not just downloaded ones. It's a bad term. These cartridges aren't somehow analog games.

[@DIZZYFP187]

Dope ass Collection. Mike was in heaven I'm sure. Same as I woulda been. Atari is Finally getting it's Due Respect after Soo many years. I'm Proud to see such an amazing Collection

[@vitaAutLetum]

Really enjoy seeing collections like this and hearing stories behind the games and what they meant to so many people. Even though I wasn't super into this particular generation as it was somewhat before my time (born 1980), I still find the evolution and history of gaming very fascinating. You should do more videos like this.

[@kingdilly8906]

That was a very interesting watch! I can’t wait to see more of these!

[@StonerJames]

The one Atari title you mentioned in this video "E.T. Go Come" sounds like it should be in the Atari porn series.

[@RufusTheRed]

I feel like if this guy made content he would be like a more chill and less content starved MJR

[@rustyfinds7154]

I love Atari and I have never seen some of these gems. Great video. Would love a part 2 showing off more.

[@AlyxxTheRat]

Extremely impressive collection. I am on board with the idea of making this a series too, would love to see more impressive collections. :D

[@Awtysm000]

Wow that is a huge collection!

[@daseal1479]

The Wii music confused the f**k outta me, i had just come from another Mii Channel video to this one, lol.

[@reagandow850]

This is the greatest collection video so far. Way to go and what a great idea as well. Good job Mike.

[@joehooley7124]

Really cool video, Mike! I'd love to see more collection videos like this!

[@JakeMcaulay]

Really enjoyed this definitely wanna see some more videos like this. You should go see John Hancock's collection.

[@divinesonic2243]

Have you seen Last Gamer's collection? Australian youtuber that has an amazing collection

[@mythrashylife]

He has the most epic collection of all game systems too!

[@TheNewRobotMaster]

He has an amazing collection but lacks an amazing personality. I personally don't like the secrecy he maintains. I mean what kinda work does he do? It's a seeeeeccccrreeeeettttt

[@tvgeneration2338]

He has this super long video series called story mode about his 'amazing' life 🙄 but only a handful of videos on his actually amazing collection.

[@stupus4417]

He doesn't have an atari collection close to matts!

[@R3TR0R4V3]

Beautiful collection! The most complete VCS/2600 collection I've ever seen, especially with import/foreign stuff. I saw he had a small stack of SuperVision & SpaceVision games - my favorites!

[@naclcreep2505]

Always excited for a new video!! Thanks fellas

[@thedownfallparodist1145]

0:02 Atari Logo

[@LuckyLeverVIEJO]

yes

[@CMILF]

E

[@Koboldfunnywow]

The guy often forgot history on his own stuff. His collection is so large he's probably forgotten where he got a lot of it.

[@DEADEYESTUDIO]

this should be a series of its own. just mike talking with other game collectors and all. honestly if this was 2 or 3 hours long i'd still watch it.

[@andypayne243]

This was great. Could have watched a few 2 hour episodes of this going into more detail about individual things and seeing the games being played.

[@discworldandknownspace4491]

Remember when Nintendo recreated Smash-Bros in Live Action?

[@Cludensyo]

this is what the internet is about

[@DrWho2008t101]

Thanks for the video! I really appreciate your work!

[@THECOMICBOOKMAN]

I love videos like this! Definitely find more collections!

[@JamesBond-pu6qf]

Guy looks like he has a Harley collection... but Atari?

[@gideonmele1556]

Seems like the guy to have both tbh lol

[@derekstronf1837]

Thats dedication

[@JamesBond-pu6qf]

Maybe he has an Atari Harley

[@Nope2479]

You’d be surprised how many old school gamers look like metal heads. Metal heads were huge nerds.

[@laughingbeans7715]

A few young Metal Heads got together in the 90’s. Then we got DOOM.

[@Vice3707]

James should do an AVGN episode on the MDickie games

[@marksnexus]

Amazing collection! Never seen anything like it. Seems like a super cool and knowledgeable guy.Thanks for sharing, Mike. 🔥🔥👍🏽

[@MikaelMarius]

This dude... just damn. It's great when someone who looks like a rock enthusiast ALSO has a huge Atari collection. 😅

[@precoius]

14:00 Reminded me of Mike as the Joker yelling, “RETURN, REVENGE, RETURN, REVENGE!”

[@sepheronx]

It didn't feel long enough! Fantastic video Mike.

[@gduhate]

Thanks for sharing Matt!

[@corporalkills]

His cases are pristine. Such a cool collection

[@XX-lt6ky]

Kaboom is a classic. Of course, it's hard to praise Kaboom without mentioning Beat em and Eat em, lol

[@EdPlaysGames]

This was such a excellent video! Please do more videos like this please and thank you 😂

[@NikZelge]

Really cool video. Need more of this. Thx. ))

[@MonjeBedeiah]

The ColecoVision controller is functional with Omega Race. It's not practical, but it does work.

[@TheJeremyHolloway]

Then that means the Colecovision Super Action Controller should also work. Well, 2 of the buttons that is. That might be more comfortable than the stock Colecovision controllers.

[@MonjeBedeiah]

@@TheJeremyHolloway By George, I think you're on to something!

[@retromediaguy]

Really cool. I have tons of Activision Patches..

[@seanyourhero1765]

Please keep doing this series i think your really onto something here

[@brandong.1857]

What a joy to watch. Thanks. What an impressive collection!