Everyone else already reviewed this.... - Atari VCS Console

[@ShortCircuit]

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[@OrionFH]

Hiiiiiii

[@bakernation]

Anthony needs his own weekly channel that focuses solely on retro games and tech.

[@Leetshifter]

Imagine sending the message that your audience can't spell or use proper grammar. XD

[@LeMartinOG]

Balls

[@rarerubber]

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[@sebastianmaltz8105]

Ltt releases a new video: “I’ll watch it later” Ltt releases a new video with Anthony on the thumbnail: clicks ferociously

[@coolevlo1]

not ltt

[@imedjendoubi6401]

Exactly!

[@ranuastika9847]

Some people like it so much, that they press the like bottom twice.

[@indigaming6431]

@@coolevlo1 ShortCircuit is run by linus media group so it kinda is ltt

[@MadChrisp]

Facts

[@jahcrispie7676]

*Pulls out silica packet* Anthony: "A snack for later" You've just gotta love Anthony

[@ChrisD__]

Bag of dry rocks.

[@matasa7463]

@@ChrisD__ Drying rocks. These have extra functions!

[@aryanjha8841]

he's planning to leave the matrix

[@ChrisD__]

@@matasa7463 Bag of dry drying rocks, sometimes used to leave the matrix.

[@bread9276]

Crunchy

[@beau-urns]

Anthony + “retro” tech is a win any day

[@asavah]

Anthony + "anything" is a win.

[@kaimatsu.]

ong

[@thefray123]

1-2 punch combo for the ages

[@iminfinite8282]

"Can you put a price on memory?" - Well yes 8 GB DDR4 RAM will cost you about 40 usd...

[@michaelpopp4419]

I knew someone was going to make a joke about that! Good one :)

[@ksavage681]

"you'll never need more than 64k RAM."

[@Randcarlo]

Super-Sized review of everything the VCS has got, take it apart, do all the mods possible and do it all on LLT. Thanks in advance plus have Anthony do it, cause he's the best. More Anthony everywhere would be great.

[@drew5988]

Agreed I love Anthony. Best of LTT. Need more Anthony.

[@joelp7775]

^This

[@nneeerrrd]

Love that obedient cynical jerk?

[@joelp7775]

@@nneeerrrd yes.

[@Rayvearn]

please

[@atarivcs2541]

Thanks for the great unboxing Anthony! We love your channel and sincerely hope you lads will dig deeper and show off more of what the Atari VCS can do!

[@electricshrapnel4368]

Please send him an appropriately sized T-shirt.

[@rogueturtle9338]

I wouldn’t mind a full review there was a lot more things to cover

[@daw5268]

Yes please

[@tristshapez]

Anthony is 100% my favourite member of Linus Media Group. He's incredibly knowledgeable and charismatic. Just felt like sharing some Anthony love :)

[@dimnimrod2978]

He didn't even know how to defeat the Qotile in Yar's Revenge smh

[@B727X]

He is the GOAT

[@godsstrongestschizo]

he’s gross looking

[@basedgodkyon]

@@B727X*She

[@B727X]

@@basedgodkyon I know now. I saw the memes.

[@maxhunter6493]

“Back door, best way to get in” - Anthony 2021

[@geologik7500]

A man of exquisite taste and nuance.

[@TamarinPamarin]

Anthony must be a Steel Panther fan. ”Sometimes the back door is the only way in.” 🎼

[@cuboid5513]

"Could you?" - Andy 2021

[@samueljameskennedy3093]

UwU

[@PR0XIDIAN]

No surprise, linux users always take the road less traveled!

[@Dovarcraft]

"Can you put a price on memory?" PSVITA flashbacks

[@dabigbadwolf5081]

Sony Ericsson cybershot flashbacks

[@andietiffany4300]

Well ps2 memory cards were expensive

[@danielpurdy9328]

Name a console that deserves a successor - it's the Vita, it will always be the Vita

[@DeclanCunningham]

Corsair says yes.

[@The_MEMEphis]

@@danielpurdy9328 I do agree kinda I think the system was limited by it's games

[@thomaswelch9147]

Silicon shortage = Anthony + retro gaming Anthony + retro gaming > E3 2021.

[@Solongster]

quick math

[@javieravila5229]

Then the silicon shortage is greater than the E3?

[@NonsensicalSpudz]

E3 isn't for gamers anymore its just a marketing convention

[@spotty91]

I just cant get enough of Anthony. Such a humble, funny guy! You just want to give him a hug and chill out with him.

[@sosokratos]

This brings a lot of memories and tears. My past away siblings had Atari but by the late 90s they had only the broken console and a joystick. They'd been talking highly about it when I was a child and I've always wanted to play the games they had played. Love Anthony and the retro time

[@igorgiuseppe1862]

"they have the back of the box for some games but not all of then" its almost like we had an preservation issue :P

[@biggSHNDO]

"I'm touching real wood, right now." -Anthony, 2021

[@norapper6182]

“Wood”

[@mcdonkeylips]

The Atari "800" model means that it comes with 8 gb of ram. The "400" model comes with 4.

[@omrojasm]

The 400 model wasn't even manufactured

[@danielh.8836]

Atari: sending XL shirt. Anthony: visibly disappointed

[@eurogael]

Story of my life too lol

[@megami215]

He was hoping for the medium

[@TroopperFoFo]

One of the really cools things eventually coming to this is an program that will allow you to make your own 2600 style games for it and share them on the games store. That seems really cool to me.

[@traindawg21]

We can all agree that we love when the Big Guy is doing a video

[@simplysunari8414]

Anthony: no Big Guy: yes

[@ironsm4sh]

We all love tech shrek

[@sammiches6859]

Joe Biden?

[@telengardforever7783]

Warlords was a damn good game. That one cart entertained me and my family for years back in the 1980's. What sucks is that it's hard to play it on a modern system because paddles don't exist anymore as a standard controller. Looking back, that was probably the very first game in which I spent over 100 hours playing. I didn't hit that many hours again till the Xbox 360.

[@ian_b]

I started writing a version for my ZX81, and while it was possible in a somewhat graphically limited form, I soon realised that without paddle controls it loses its playability.

[@doomedtoobscurity3965]

100 hours on warlord sounds like unbearable pain to me haha

[@telengardforever7783]

@@doomedtoobscurity3965 That's after years and years of having that game. The last time I played it was in 1999 before I left for college. And we got the game right when it first came out around 1983?

[@M1Cr0sOfT]

It’s Anthony time!

[@cocobean8332]

Is it ever *not* Anthony time?

[@Teraplexor1]

@@cocobean8332 well when he isn't in a video it isn't Anthony time 😔

[@jameslarge434]

@@Teraplexor1 ITS ALWAYS ANTHONY TIME!!!!!

[@Light-Rock97]

It is *beautiful.* Love the materials, the console, the controllers and the *wood.*

[@rakhanreturns]

Grammarly: "You better give us a sweet segue!" ShortCircuit: "What if Anthony hosts instead?" Grammarly: "...okay, you got us."

[@RYUQ2000]

This was cool. I had a 2600 and loved it. It'd be great to see an in-depth review.

[@MikkieBakker]

Do a full LTT video about, this is a fun little machine!

[@Lianpe98]

yes

[@GareWorks]

Why? It's just a glorified low-end PC...

[@sammiches6859]

​@@GareWorksYeah, but it has the Atari logo on it.

[@TheThorns]

I am just curious why are there no Atari Jaguar or Atari Lynx games being released on the newer Atari VCS? I find it a bit odd that Atari would not take advantage of the older games. Many people do not or have not ever tried/owned a Lynx or a Jag and would love to try out some of the older games. Personally I think Atari might want to take a page from Nintendo's playbook like Nintendo's eshop. I see no reason why the Atari VCS would not be able to handle the emulation. I understand that perhaps it could be a licensing issue if Atari no longer owns the rights to the games it created for those consoles but if not a license issue than it is a missed opportunity.

[@ShoelessJP]

Upvote is solely for Anthony.

[@emilycampbell6375]

simp

[@emilycampbell6375]

@doomer boy i like anthony but people are *too* nice to him, it's a little weird tbh, every time he shows up 90% of the comments are about how great he is, it comes across as obsessive

[@nneeerrrd]

Why put on review this cynical guy who has no sentiments to the 8 bat era?

[@nneeerrrd]

@doomer boy literally every straight intelligent person. Surprised?

[@Norweeg]

@@nneeerrrd I didn’t see a single bat in this video. Maybe try a channel about baseball?

[@GreenLantern814]

Definitely want to see an in depth on this! I nearly backed it, but I was skittish over the hardware and how well it would run in PC mode.

[@AdriaOliSal]

I would love a complete LTT video about this! Maybe exploring the upgradability and using it to emulate other consoles or something like that.

[@jampster1012]

I need more of that Atari in my life. Would love to see what it can fully do.

[@skywz]

Original title: ATARI is back as a PC? - ATARI VCS Console

[@johnpederson8748]

It's so nice that Linus saved this man. When he found him he was passed out behind a Boston Market dumpster, now he's an internet celebrity.

[@benzhere]

Definitely want a full review. This thing is SICK! I owned the 2600 for a while along time ago and absolutely loved it! It was a big mistake selling it.

[@pointlessco.6363]

You could probably use this as a multi media/home theatre PC because it's pretty well designed and would fit in with most 'designer' speakers.

[@kenappleby8481]

I think the real question that needs answered on LTT - can it be overclocked and water cooled?

[@BoviDaze]

It can be overclocked yes, but Atari doesn't want you too.

[@xenonnati]

i'd say i can never get enough Anthony ... but you know what i really can't get enough of? all the love and support from the community for Anthony!

[@Nyexcellente]

Our boi Anthony's hosting again, Noice!

[@DuneRunnerEnterprises]

I remember playing "Last Starfighter", loading from tape. 8)

[@peterj1979]

Hell yeah. I love Retro Time!

[@JuxZeil]

Got mine as an early backer for just over £200. Well happy with it as a modding project, and already have the Alphacool PS3 waterblock on it with liquid metal. The only problem I've found with it so far is the restricted BIOS Power and DRAM settings. It'll only run JEDEC timings for the DDR4, and doesn't have hardware control for a standby/off through the installed "other OS". Makes installing windows a pain really. 😠 Should see the work the engineers put into the PCB too. Nice little Easter eggs all over it. 👍😎

[@xplodingmojo2087]

I was like “why is AMD in there?” Then I remembered what ATI is now... I feel like a moron...

[@little-wytch]

I want it just for Yar's Revenge. This really took me back lol.

[@Z64sports]

Yeah a good game for sure

[@keithfulkerson]

You can get one of those atari plug-and-play systems and save about $400.

[@lwbga666]

@@keithfulkerson came here to say that. Basically the same game set, minus the sub par PC , can be gotten in those for about $10-20.

[@12345airlock]

My brothers and I played the **** out of Yar's Revenge . Such great memories of our childhood together !!! I love my brothers

[@mjk012579]

If you have a ps4 Xbox or switch they have those Atari flashback games . I had the same nostalgia bug and found it for my ps4

[@travisbounds4746]

God himself has decided to grace us, automatic upvote. Tho, I still want Anthony teaching madison about linux. just chaos. I WANT IT

[@xenonnati]

that would be both endlessly infuriating and endlessly enjoyable as well!

[@AndrewTyler]

I liked the little lights around the Classic Controller stick, and doubly so after noticing the little fade effect when you successfully returned a shot!

[@ironsm4sh]

"do not return it to the retail store" I did business with the retail store. It sure as hell is going back there when its not working. The retail store may deal with you, Atari.

[@JasonZakrajsek]

Things always say that.

[@xenonram]

They're basically saying that most people will try to return a broken product to the store past the return period. Then when the store tells them tough luck, they don't go any further with get the problem resolved. A huge prob of people don't inquire about warranty through the company, and they just chalk it up as a liar, and then it hurts the brand. Almost ever person I know, when I ask about something and they say it's broken, they almost never take advantage of the 1+ year manufacturer warrant.

[@atarivcs2541]

Actually, what we totally mean is that 95% of the time whatever is happening can be troubleshot with the Atari support team to get you up and running quickly. (Probably more quickly than a trip back to the store.)

[@David_Quinn_Photography]

id like to see a review of this for sure, would love other companies to do something like this as well.

[@ThePizzaDevourer]

Would love to see a more in-depth review. I'm intrigued by this new area of pc/console crossovers.

[@CheekyChunt]

Yes we want a in-depth review. Just to see more Anthony. Little is good. More must be better!!

[@tehcupcakes]

As a VCS developer, I wish decent-sized channels would do something like a "best games on VCS". I understand the focus on the hardware. But for someone considering the console, the decision to buy it is pretty questionable without knowing the games on it BESIDES the classic Atari games. The library is quite small, which is something that gets mentioned often when talking about game streaming services, but that sometimes gets ignored with the VCS. It's a fair criticism. But I'd like to think you could take a positive spin on it and try some of the obscure indie games that are on the system to get a better sense for what you can expect to show up on the VCS down the line. It's obviously indie-focused, so it's important to know if there are games worth playing on it! (Spoiler: I think there are if you look for them.) Granted, I think the market for it is probably more in line with a Raspberry Pi than a typical game console. It's going to appeal to tinkerers because of the PC mode. But that's been covered by other reviewers. The big gap in coverage is with the games available on the VCS shop. It might not be the primary thing to attract people to the VCS, but as an added bonus for people who are on the fence, it's worth mentioning. And it certainly gives a better sense of the console's performance capabilities than showing off retro Atari games!

[@basshead.]

I see no compelling reason for this thing to exist other than to cash in on the (ridiculous) rose tinted nostalgia of the 'Baby Boomers' & 'Gen X' types who grew up playing the 2600 in the 70's & early 80's and who now have money to burn.

[@FroyourHistory]

Id just love anything Atari related to become more relevant lol

[@TheMrlittletooth]

@@basshead. Is that a problem?

[@shoofly6834]

@@basshead. I'm thinking of getting it as my daughters first console and PC and I'm a millennial.

[@lyndza1989]

@@shoofly6834 get the kid a switch my god

[@NeoSlashott]

Ah brings back the good ol' stuffs. River Raid, Missile Command, Asteroids, Yars Revenge, Pitfall, Space Invaders, Adventure, and Combat ( it's all about dueling two players with tanks etc, Good stuffs haha )

[@thaaqib89]

"Can you put a price on memories? I lose mine all the time." -- That's some Mark Twain level wit right there!

[@pofijanika]

"That's a classic... I've never played it." Classic!

[@HamerReviews]

Missed opportunity to give Anthony the Gold controller to compare it against!

[@ahorserunning]

I would love to just try this thing for a weekend so I could relive some of these classics with the vibrating controllers. that's a really nice touch honestly.

[@Splarkszter]

I love antony unique essence.

[@Khan-wf3mi]

I started my gaming life on the Atari 2600 and now playing RPGs like Skyrim in VR is just a dream come true for old gamers like me

[@gamechamp19]

I want to see more, i'd like to know if Atari has added any more games or anything interesting since it initially rolled out. Maybe you can test if ut can be overclocked or watercooled...

[@proller14]

All right, thanks... Now the fact that I know it exists, I need to get this to replace my HTPC in the living room :D It looks soo good!

[@philtkaswahl2124]

Anthony about the carboard box with tabs: "That's cute." Anthony simps: "God, I wish that were me."

[@AntonPMD]

Need an in-depth review - let’s go!

[@rufuspilula247]

2:33 - 800 means it's the 8GB model. They also sell 4GB models and label them as 400.

[@justclaws4222]

FYI - there is no 400 model, because they upgraded the chipset mid-project, and the base-spec is 8GB. Maximum RAM is 32GB.

[@djGreenALERT]

When playing 'pong' as you did there the reason it may not have been precise enough was they use to have paddle controllers (2600) which were perfect for that game.

[@xeno4162]

We will 'really' appreciate an in depth review.

[@h0l0gh05t]

I'd love to see you guys do a full review! More Anthony please!! :D

[@ZxhirZ]

ANTHONY 😍😍😍 my king

[@NightFoxXIII]

If Anthony continues that schtick for anything retro related I'd be happy to watch the video again and again

[@TAP7a]

Still want Anthony Linux Tips - Linus Media Group's new ALTernative channel

[@dogeymon83]

I love my Atari VCS especially since Atari released the pc mode dongle with all the emulators preconfigured to download. And it’s fun to get the few but fun little games off their eshop

[@over7532]

I want to see this thing upgraded to the max. A little sleeper atari running pcsx3 & shit. I would buy a pice of merch to see that.

[@matthewjuarbe5826]

I Honestly don't see this Running RPCS3 now maybe in the far future when the Emulator is optimize but given how weak the CPU is i just dont see it. RPCS3 is very CPU Heavy and loves High Cores and Threads. i just dont see this 2C 4T Zen 1 AMD Cpu doing the Job.

[@over7532]

@@matthewjuarbe5826 yeah, it'd be cool to see them build a little ryzen apu system in it

[@matthewjuarbe5826]

@@over7532 i dont think the APU in the VCS is upgradeable just the ram and storage. Its sad they went woth such a weak APU i guess to keep cost down but for $400 they could have a zen+ or even zen 2 APU. I just dont understand why ATari went so cheap

[@dellairam]

Prove it

[@scoon2740]

We need more linux / open source videos, Anthony!

[@JoeStuffzAlt]

I've seen other reviewers and they were just talking bad about it, and this is one of the few that liked it. Please go more into depth! The fact is that it's small, it might look good in an entertainment center, and people really underestimate what you can do with a CPU that doesn't have a lot of power. Even the weakest of today's dual-core CPUs can be used for some nice things.

[@thelegendaryklobb2879]

GN review was quite positive, at least on the hardware level. It looks good, build quality isn't crappy, and the teardown showed good overall PCB and cooling design. What wasn't great was the intention of marketing this as an actual console, which it isn't. It's just a mini PC with an Atari shell for its retro games, and you can do that on any PC. You pay for the aesthetics and the convenience of it being already configured for you in a pleasing way, that's it.

[@whoever_81]

@@thelegendaryklobb2879 Yup. It's an expensive, under powered mini PC with a bunch of retro games.

[@lemmy154]

If only it costs less than $300......

[@moonlacer386]

Anthony needs his own LTT spin-off channel called RetroTime

[@Alovon]

You guys should build a custom Atari VCS with something like a Ryzen 5000G APU in a low-profile Mini-ITX motherboard if possible.

[@nickadimouse1]

Hell yeah, the 2600 was my childhood. Let's see what it can do

[@kelvvinny4660]

I'm a simple man. I see Anthony, I click.

[@simonworthington7979]

Yes please full review these are very interesting. I had a 2600 back in the early 90s.

[@KibSquib48]

I definitely wanna see a full video with the PC mode maybe even with SteamOS

[@martini7454]

I would love to see more from Anthony on this!! Very cool unboxing.

[@clayfreed16]

I would like to see this on LTT!

[@quinnwall5771]

Yes!

[@user-yq7hd9wg5o]

Anthony has a very calming presence that contrasts with Linus’ chaotic aura

[@JamesSmith-sw3nk]

I got my first Atari 2600 in 1979. I was in elementary school. Good memories.

[@ChaosAngel209]

Full review! I want to see what kind of potential this console has.

[@realracer0353]

I would definitely like to see this in more detail on LTT! To have an idea of how powerful it is, could you try to run Grand Theft Auto V on it in PC mode?

[@Flying-Bunny]

A deep dive would be welcome, this device looks pretty awesome for the price

[@jon_franklin]

I'd love an in depth look at this thing on ltt. Let's see them internals

[@BrianDavids]

Please do more. I’m 59 and totally nostalgic now!

[@joshuawoodbridge6267]

You guys should upgrade this and see what games it can play in PC mode

[@axe693axe]

Editor: Real Wood I see you're a man of Culture as well.

[@maxwellrider9705]

I’d like to see if this can be “hacked” to run linux to be used as a low powered server or even just a cheap linux PC

[@linkthehero1234]

doesnt even need to be hacked afaik you just need to use pc mode

[@yanayana5408]

Very happy knowing the Console Great Granfather is still around.

[@NakedMan2829]

Anthony ❤️

[@unlimitedbitsgaming]

Yes PLEASE do another video on LTT on this. I wanna see everything it can do.

[@BurakNAydn]

I am a simple man. I see Anthony, I press like. 'Cause he's great. Oh, also Atari. Reminds me of my childhood. So that's good too. :D

[@BoviDaze]

Please make a full review. Looking forward to it, even if it has been done already.

[@EricdaRED95]

Well clearly it needs water-cooled still so I'm sure it will be on LTT

[@Norweeg]

Overclocked to 2.4 MHz!!

[@joggetur]

To play cyberpunk

[@Arron__]

We need an Anthony lore page that keeps track of what he says. Knowing that he sometimes loses his memories is an important piece of information when we need to overthrow him.

[@londongaz2]

Legend!

[@foshifonuki]

Yes! Anthony should do a full review of the Atari VCS on LTT

[@RevansMinion]

Everyone else may have, but it's the Anthony Review we've been waiting for.