*43* Homebrews for Atari 2600! Episode 2!

I'm still going through all the Atari Homebrews! There are just so many! I applaud the programmers of all of these, such a great accomplishment to make an Atari 2600 game!
Games Featured: 21 Blue, AStar, Atari OS, Because It's There, BLiP Football, Block In, Boing, Chaotic Grill, Colony 7, Connect The Dots, Dead Planets, Deimos Lander, Draconian, Elevators Amiss, Fall Down 2600, Four Play, Go Fish, Go-B, Gunfight, Hunchy, Hunchy II, Hungry Rectangle, Jetman 1k, Knight Jumper, Kung Fu Combat 2, Laser Assault, Lead 1k, Medieval Mayhem, Mega Man, Ooze, Pac-Man 4K, Pac-Man 8K, Punch Out, Push, Qb, Rainbow Invaders, Razor's Edge, Space Rocks, Space Treat, Strike Zone, Terminator, Vault Assault, Xanthiom 2600
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[@GregsGameRoom]

Thanks for watching! Here are some other interesting videos: 34 AWESOME Atari 2600 Homebrews: kzbin.info/www/bejne/j37dnJqKgK-gbpY 10 Things You Don't Know About Atari: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f4GzXoJ4eN2Kg7c Atari 2600 Arcade Ports - Space Invaders, Missile Command, Millipede! kzbin.info/www/bejne/q6eoeH6Il76hhc0

[@atarileaf]

7:48 I believe it's condition alert. Draconian is my personal favorite homebrew

[@GregsGameRoom]

Ah, that makes sense. Love this game!

[@Cafeman_2D]

I've played many of those, own a few. But the Bowling game was a surprise to see (how'd I miss it?) and it really uses the 2600 in an appealing way. 32K sure helps with the graphics.

[@GregsGameRoom]

Strike Zone is fairly new. Blew me away for sure!

[@chadsmith66]

ohhhhh brings back the memories

[@GregsGameRoom]

Some good ones!

[@punkrockkarl8220]

I love these videos so much. It's so amazing to see how far people have pushed the 2600. So many clever programming tricks and hacks to push the system far beyond it was ever I tended. Please keep these going

[@GregsGameRoom]

Plenty more homebrew to try!

[@Metal_Maxine]

Hunchy is based on the British arcade game Hunchback - the aim is to rescue Quasimodo's girlfriend Desdemona. [They attempted to make it a franchise with Hunchback II and Hunchback at the Olympic Games] There were a lot of clones on the British 8 bit micros and most of them were awful.

[@GregsGameRoom]

That’s it! I knew it was an arcade game!

[@angelriverasantana7755]

Ya mean HERO? Hunchback-Esmeralda Rescue Mission? The Tutankham clone? The actual Hunchback 2 on micro computers was an actual worthy sequel to the original. Especially on C64 and Spectrum

[@Metal_Maxine]

@@angelriverasantana7755 Yes. That was a sprite swap with bells on.🔔

[@JustWasted3HoursHere]

The nice thing about homebrews is that they have an unlimited amount of time to code and finetune their creations. This is in stark contrast to the tight deadlines that original 2600 coders had, less than 2 months in some cases (like "E.T." which Howard Scott Warshaw only had FIVE WEEKS to program). If you know anything about programming on the 2600, you'll know that it is an extremely challenging platform with very limited resources.* Anyone who can create any kind of game whatsoever on that system has my respect. * For example, it only had 128 bytes, yes BYTES, of RAM and had no video memory in the same way we think of it today. The video drawing was mostly controlled by the program itself, drawing things and moving things just behind the video beam.

[@Breakfast_of_Champions]

Stunning quality. I didn't know these things were possible on the old 2600. With the typical gfx and sounds long ago deeply burned into my young impressionable brain I gotta get these ROMs now!🤩

[@IdentityCrisis1581]

I always wondered just how good an atari game could look.

[@SinistarPro_Mike]

Great video showcasing another batch of amazing homebrews for the 2600... I love it! ❤Four Play was one of the first homebrew titles that I picked up for the Atari many years ago. The AI can be fairly aggressive at times, but it's still beatable. I loved ConnectFour growing up, and I'd say this is a pretty close representation.

[@GregsGameRoom]

Four Play and Medieval Mayhem had relentless AI!

[@JeremyLeePotocki]

12:35 Hunchy is based on a popular 1983 UK arcade called "Hunchback" from Century Electronics. While Hunchy 2 is based on the ZX Spectrum (also on C64) of Hunchback 2 Quasimodo's Revenge from Ocean Software. Jetman is loosely based on Jet Pac by Rare (at the time called Ultimate.)

[@schigischo]

Nice video! no1 is MEDIEVAL MAYHEM of these. :)

[@GregsGameRoom]

It’s tough to beat the computer. Probably better as a 4-player game!

[@schigischo]

@@GregsGameRoom I was talking as a 4-player game. It is our favorite party-game since more than 10 years! Even on top of Bomberman, Mario Kart and Micro Machines :)

[@MarquisDeSang]

This console is IMMORTAL Just bought this week the 2600+, Atari Game Station Pro and the Atari Flashback 12 Gold because my love for the Atari has no bound. The saying

[@Derddy]

Some of these are truly impressive.

[@MasterNinjaKF]

Awesome 😎

[@HerculesMays]

Chaotic Grill and Strike Zone are so appealing! I could never get into the original Burger Time on Atari 2600 due to just how rough it looked...the food looked like slinking flashes and all the food items looked like buns The homebrew is such a nice improvement! And Strike Zone I really need to get :)

[@GregsGameRoom]

Prior to this, the NES and 7800 versions were my favorite home ports of Burgertime. Chaotic Grill takes the prize now.

[@HerculesMays]

@@GregsGameRoom I can imagine! Do you know if Chaotic Grill is available to purchase as a rom yet? I'd love playing it on my Atari

[@ryanyoder7573]

Unbelievable how good those looked.

[@GregsGameRoom]

Really amazing!

[@Boswd]

I agree that Space Rocks is outstanding.... I just received the Chetiry ,Tetris , home brew cart... That's one is fantastic.. the music is unreal

[@GregsGameRoom]

I gotta try that one. Tetris is one of my favorites!

[@johneygd]

Praconian is definitely mind blowing with great graphics and cool voices😁👍

[@opa-age]

Damn so many mind blowing games

[@legendsflashback]

Great video

[@IntoTheVerticalBlank]

ASTAR is a pathfinding algorithm uses in game development. It's pretty amazing they used it for this game. It's supposed to find the shortest path between to "tiles" on a grid, so you can use that in your strategy.

[@pskoen]

It's difficult to tell sometimes what the actual game audio and/or music is, because you seem to randomly add music for interest (I guess?) But there are times when Im just like "no way, it's too sophisticated to be rendered realtime on the 2600" and it made watching the whole video a little distracting cause I was never sure. Otherwise, thanks for the series!

[@IntoTheVerticalBlank]

Sorry for multiple comments, but I love this video =) (and I have time today) Some notes: (not criticisms) Hunchy is a clone of a C64 / Spectrum Game, Hunchback. It was in the arcade like you said and there is an A8 prototype. Jetman is a clone of Jetpack for various 8bits Kung Fu II is amazing Lead 1K is cathartic blasting OMG Medieval Mayhem is awesome! Look like the Castle Crisis Homebrew for the 5200 / A8 Mega Man is really good. BTW BTari Basic is just a game engine and Kernel. Games van Be made with it that use DPC+ and other Kernels that don't all look and alike. QB is pretty genius of a puzzle game Space Rocks is Absolutely the best Asteroids Game on the 2600 Strike Zone is Wii Bowling for the vCS! Xanthium look really fun. Great video!

[@GregsGameRoom]

Make as many comments as you like. :-) You provide some good info!

[@DoctorMikeReddy]

Not finding Push anywhere. Where did you get it from?

[@SchardtCinematic]

I was just on Atari Age yesterday looking at 2600 homebrews now that I have a Retron 77. I don't think alot of these were on there. I did download some that looked interesting if a rom was available. I know alit are sold and not given away and I truly undetstand that.

[@Savagemister]

That one with Pac-Man looked hard.

[@GregsGameRoom]

Ready to challenge???

[@Savagemister]

@@GregsGameRoom I can't get the game and I don't want it lol

[@AloanMoreira1]

the thing with some graphics here (on most of the games shown) is that these Devs have used Batari Basic to make their games, which by being an easier language, it also limits what you can do on the hardware. Hence the single inexistent scan lines on the playfield graphics and the double stacked pixels on the sprites (2 pixels taller). I can make atari 2600 esque games with no programming at all (but the downside is it won´t play on the console)

[@ThatWriterGuy]

Elevators Amiss appears to be a clone of an old computer game called Spy's Demise. The constant movement is by design as the main difficulty mechanic.

[@GregsGameRoom]

Interesting. Haven't heard of it.

[@yogibear2k220]

So, what OS do you use? Windows? Nope, Mac?, Nope. Linux? Nope, I use Atari OS! Thanks for posting this video, Greg.

[@dad7275]

I really want a cart version of Chaotic Grill, and Strike Zone!!

[@viajjjante]

Hi there, Greg... Where can I get all these Atari homebrews?

[@bruceleggett568]

I bet Draconian is this good because it doesnt have the old cart size limits. Most of the 2600s life was spent with VERY small carts.

[@paulmodjeski8958]

I love the pac man 8k and burger time clone games for the atari 2600. I wish someone go back remake a new Donkey Kong Jr. for the Atari 2600 like they did for the intelvision.

[@Christianpreaching]

Can Block In be played with paddle controllers?

[@dinnerfor1540]

How much memory does Draconian use? I’ve noticed the bigger the memory the better the game.

[@madmax2069]

If you want to see something that'll really blow your mind, look up lord of biscay for the 2600.

[@user-do6xy9rc2t]

Atari 2600 FOREVER!!!

[@mrman5439]

The Transformers (2004) game based on the show Transformers Armanda....!!! It's a ps2 exclusive...!!!

[@jimvac77]

Greg needs a friend.

[@SchardtCinematic]

If companies would have had the money to invest in having 32k sized games made for the Atari in the mid 80's they could have competed better against the NES.

[@JustWasted3HoursHere]

That Pac-Man game is amazing. I believe the author worked on it for more than a year (one of the nice things about homebrews: no tight deadlines!). Anyway, here's a young Tod Frye (original 2600 Pac-Man creator) explaining why his Pac-Man turned out the way it did: kzbin.info/www/bejne/i4WnhnWVfM6HgaM and here's a much older Tod admiring the homebrew version (Pac-Man 8K, which also has the title and cut scenes): kzbin.info/www/bejne/iKLIq3mVgdtja7s

[@harlockmbb]

I very annoying that some homebrew only get cartridge release. Is very expensive to buy this one overseas. 2600 homebrew has this kind of behavior to make the cartridge more valuable. But makes the news 2600 reach far less people.

[@greggmar7954]

how cab i plan atari2600 homebrewa?

[@greggmar7954]

sorry, how can i play 2600 homebrews

[@SechsFluegel]

Gunfight, finally Fortnite was ported to the Atari 2600.

[@whoeverest_the_whateverest]

So, will I be the first one to point out that he completely misread the word 'Deimos' as 'Demios'?

[@chrisandrea4963]

Atari 2600 can beat the nes

[@GregsGameRoom]

Sometimes!

[@madmax2069]

Now if you was to say the 7800 then I would believe that, but the 2600? no.