Thank you so much for your continuous support and allowing us to box your entire cartridge collection! It's so much fun to see all of the games that you have and which ones are your favorites! So many Atari games I used to play just because I liked the box art so much!
@MetalJesusRocks Жыл бұрын
You guys make great boxes! 🤘
@bmwmd110 Жыл бұрын
Any MJR promo code? I want to order roughly 50 boxes. Is there a better way to list the games I want? I'm having to add each box individually. Can I just add 50 of one N64 box and then list the games I want separately?
@thejunkman Жыл бұрын
I didn't even know what you are doing was a "thing". I am not a regular MJR viewer but a casual OG Atari collector. I will be tallying up what and how many of each type of box I want now. I have bookmarked your site.
@miniboxgamingdotcom Жыл бұрын
Awesome! Can't wait! @@thejunkman
@-RH80- Жыл бұрын
@@miniboxgamingdotcomhi, I went to the website but is only showing atari lynx boxes. Are you still working 2600 boxes?
@JohnRiggs Жыл бұрын
So many Atari games are still just as fun today. All the love.
@MetalJesusRocks Жыл бұрын
You know it, Riggs 🤘
@allenbrooks4625 Жыл бұрын
Atari 2600 is my favorite Second Generation Console
@rodrigofigueiredo8341 Жыл бұрын
@@MetalJesusRocks reading this, in my mind all I can imagine is Danny Glover shouting "RIGGS
@MrNoirocla Жыл бұрын
not really, unless you're blinded by nostalgia
@richneedre48 Жыл бұрын
Ive enjoyed your Utah Series mr. Riggs! Keep it up. ✌️
@TheGorillafoot Жыл бұрын
Atari was my first console experience. It was the 80s and I went over to stay with my aunt for the summer and I would go to the neighbors house with my cousin and he had an Atari. We were blown away. Good times.
@DanielandYuka Жыл бұрын
Was so awesome to meet you both today in Tokyo!!! Your haul was amazing!! 😅
@paultaylor1899 Жыл бұрын
Glad you gave Enduro a shout out. It was my very first racing which also started my love for racing games. And I still think it holds up today like quite a number of Atari 2600 games. They have what's most important in a video game - gameplay.
@fernandorodrigoscaranare1534 Жыл бұрын
Metal Jesus, it's incredible but Atari games never go out of style, year after year, it's always nostalgic to play these games! Really cool! 😎 I follow your channel here in Brazil, it’s always a pleasure! God bless you always 🙏 Big hug!
@hectormontalvo5565 Жыл бұрын
¡Legal irmao!👍
@kurtpaulsen6579 Жыл бұрын
Got to agree my dude.. when I heard about Game Room coming out on the XBox 360, what sold me most was that they were going to have a large selection of Atari games available on the frame... and yes, I bought them all...
@MegaDeth859 Жыл бұрын
I love your positivity. Its true that we see/saw these 2600 games through a different set of eyes, they still look awesome and bring back a lot of memories.
@kurtpaulsen6579 Жыл бұрын
This brings me back... I have all 3 Atari anthologies on PS4, and am getting the Atari 50 collection next week, mostly so I can finally finish the Swordquest series (been waiting since I was 10 to play Airworld)
@MartiniBlankontherest Жыл бұрын
Not even an Atari fan. Just love your energy, i watch any and everything you do man. Thank you for being yourself❤️
@a.i.privilege1233 Жыл бұрын
When it comes to the 2600 I was blown away when I got my Supercharger. That was peak 2600 for me.
@RNGGamerYT Жыл бұрын
Great video! I loved the format of this video and how you put it all together. Also, those mini-boxes are really enticing! Thanks for all you do. I really enjoyed meeting you at SEGE a couple of years ago. You were a huge inspiration for my own channel.
@JosephLamb1989 Жыл бұрын
Nothing against you're last few videos. But these are the ones we love
@MetalJesusRocks Жыл бұрын
Glad you like them!
@sprint2938 Жыл бұрын
I was thinking the same. Its like a throwback hidden gems video. Really enjoyed the content in this one.
@aidenpatino347 Жыл бұрын
YES! A new MJR video!!!❤
@synthseb Жыл бұрын
Haven't played any of these games but love watching your content and it oddly feels nostalgic for me haha
@rodrigofigueiredo8341 Жыл бұрын
Never miss one episode since 2011, gotta say that this is one of the best episodes ever on this channel. More episodes on Atari artbox, who's in?
@Skillboy9 Жыл бұрын
This is the one we've been waiting for!
@Andrew_Thannen Жыл бұрын
I have my dad's old 2600, and still play it pretty frequently! From what I've personally played, Empire Strikes Back is my favorite from his collection. And funny thing about Pac-Man, my dad and Grandma have distinct memories of trying to find it but it kept selling out, because Pac-Man was/is obviously one of the most popular retro games of all time. He finally got it from his uncle who worked as a department manager, and found an "unsellable" copy, since the box had been heavily damaged during shipping, so it would've otherwise been thrown out.
@Zoiskon Жыл бұрын
Dude, this is awesome ! Again, you've blown us away and inspired me to collect for my Jaguar series !
@Zoiskon Жыл бұрын
(Typing this while sipping from my "Hidden Gem" mug!)
@chasetheplayer7481 Жыл бұрын
I got into gaming after the Atari, but there's still something relaxing about sitting down with a simple game where the plot is "you're a space man, shoot the aliens". Brings me back to simpler times as a kid in the 80s.
@WillM. Жыл бұрын
I would love to get a 2600 to add to my collection! Great video!
@ninjazhu Жыл бұрын
I was playing Solaris yesterday for the first time, it is really awesome! hard to believe it is an Atari 2600 game
@mjdf122 Жыл бұрын
Atari taking it way back I’ve been blessed to see all of gaming from 1980-Now
@Gamer_Man_Bathwater Жыл бұрын
I've never played Atari, but strangely I played a lot of these games on the Mac when I was a kid. In the 90s there were tons of Mac games that were clones of Atari games and arcade games from same era, but they just called them something different and updated the graphics and gameplay. I never even realized that a lot of the games I played back then were clones of Atari games, and watching this video, I recognized a bunch that I played back in the 90s. Watching this video makes me want to go find all those games on Atari that I played on Mac and also find the Mac versions. Great video Metal Jesus!
@snoleygames Жыл бұрын
Ah man, talk about a nostalgia trip! Thanks for doing videos like this man. Demon Attack, Space Invaders, and Pac-Man were my first 3 games back in the day. I agree with you 100% that Demon Attack was the better SHMUP on the VCS. Also thanks for spotlighting Mini Box Gaming. I've been looking for a service like that so I can have a nice box for my old carts. Much love MJR, thanks for all that you do.
@rayforceaddict Жыл бұрын
Always happy to see more Atari love. A lot of these arcade ports also shine when you select the more arcade-like difficulty settings. Entire elements are missing by default in a lot of cases, and I bet a lot of players have never seen the other modes.
@AzraelDarkness64Gaming Жыл бұрын
Love it when you show your game collection no matter what systems it's always awesome to see.
@MetalJesusRocks Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoy it!
@-RH80- Жыл бұрын
Im an 80s kid and Atari is one of my earliest memories when I was 3 years old. Love the system, love the cover artworks and it was the beginning of my favorite hobby. To this day I still playing their games, some havent old very well, others still as fun as before but revisiting them again is so much fun no matter how good or bad they are today.
@dapplebaumer Жыл бұрын
I'm an 80s kid and my mom passed me down her atari and was the reason that I got into gaming. I just see these as this is what we had to get by because all the games now look and sound like pure computer vomit. Id be more inclined to collect and play them now but I don't bother because Computer vomit.
@subzzero8270 Жыл бұрын
This is awesome,I always look for atari games to add to my Collection and now because of this video,I have a ton to look out for. Great Collection.
@SolidNate99 Жыл бұрын
Now that's a nice collection
@MetalJesusRocks Жыл бұрын
Thank you kindly
@kylejohnson3579 Жыл бұрын
As someone who was born in 1990 I grew up with a sega genesis and the N64 shortly after that. For some reason my grandpa gave us his old Atari 2600 when he was cleaning out his house. With the genesis N64 to compare it to I distinctly remember being put off by how archaic it felt at first. That being said, I still have a surprising amount of nostalgia for the game Combat.
@steveroberts7080 Жыл бұрын
Frostbite is my 3rd favorite game of all time, and that in a personal collection of over 9000 games. Demon Attack has always been great also, it even became popular again with my firends in the late 90s since I took my Atari with me when I left home for College.
@JLL12345 Жыл бұрын
This was before my time, but I can absolutely appreciate your love for the system. Very interesting video.
@MetalJesusRocks Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@cclarke10able16 сағат бұрын
What an awesome video! I have fond memories playing Bump and Jump with my bro in the 1980’s! It was my introduction to video gaming and the beginning of a life long love affair!
@Zumii Жыл бұрын
I got an Anbernic RG35XX recently and H.E.R.O. was the first Atari game I tried, simply because of how often and how highly you talked about it. And yep it really is still brilliant, I couldn’t stop playing it. It’s one I’ve been going back to every so often. Great collection, amazing box art.
@darcyska Жыл бұрын
What a fun video! I LOVE the box and cartridge art for the system. I'm totally happy to keep my Atari games digital-only through a variety of means, but that collection looks amazing. Berzerk is one of my faves.
@Des_Zee Жыл бұрын
Atari 2600 provided my earliest fun memories with home console video games. Defender, Asteroid plus that 2 player tank battle game were so great.
@bmkretrogaming7634 Жыл бұрын
Great video MetalJesusRocks! You give an excellent thorough overview, and your collection is quite impressive!! My channel actually did a review video on Halo 2600 some time back. As you said it's a primitive game, but I felt as though it still has all the elements of a Halo game though down ported to the Atari VCS/2600's level.
@mancavehobbies6213 Жыл бұрын
Awesome i'm from the uk and the atari 2600 woody was massive i got mine in 78 i was 12 still got it still working after 45 years. Also have a factory sealed 2600 woody never been opened .
@EngineHeadCW Жыл бұрын
I love the Atari! You have an awesome collection, too. I have maybe half that many, but I love each and every one of them.
@PaulMcFadyen Жыл бұрын
Love those mini boxes! H.E.R.O is also my fave, so many memories of playing that but had no idea it had been released on so many different systems.
@78zappaf Жыл бұрын
Always loved the box artwork. The book called "Art of Atari" is really great, showing some unreleased alternate cover art, or promo items. This system was really great, For me the next system was Coleco.
@mrlevity1984 Жыл бұрын
I adore this video. My first console was the NES, but my Dad bought his Atari 2600 when he was a teenager and let me play it in the mid 80's. I loved Adventure, Indiana Jones: Radiers of the Lost Ark, Surround, Air Sea Battle, Haunted House and Yar's Revenge in particular. Thanks for sharing your collection and for the great video, as always.
@rionugroho1403 Жыл бұрын
Most of your Atari collection still looks neat! Great stuff 🤟
@MetalJesusRocks Жыл бұрын
Thanks! 😁
@aircraftavs9510 ай бұрын
Thanks for the video! Brings back many great memories my brother and I playing together for hours. Especially collecting the patches for many Activision games.
@marccarter1350 Жыл бұрын
Atari 2600 was also my first console. It was also my last. I was bought an Atari St the following Christmas. I have been a PC gamer ever since! People forget how respected Activision use to be years ago! Thankls for the very found memories, excellent video as always, really enjoyed this one!
@KhaidenTajigen Жыл бұрын
What I also like about these videos is that they end up being a history lesson through your collection, MJR. I didn't know cassette games were a thing! I learned a lot of fun facts with this!
@MetalJesusRocks Жыл бұрын
Glad you like them!
@hulkomania Жыл бұрын
metal jesus, you are national American treasure. i sent my buddy one your videos the last day. he is just as cynical and jaded as i am and his response was "wholesome as f**k, i like this guy". love your work. greeting from Ireland
@benhulme2863 Жыл бұрын
Metal Jesus just me and you playing video games for eternity. That is a dream worth keeping. Hate aside your channel rocks.
@urmie Жыл бұрын
Hope you do a review of the upcoming Atari 2600 + and put it thru it’s paces. What a time to be alive with all this retro goodness! 👍🏻
@MetalJesusRocks Жыл бұрын
That's the plan!
@jakekubow4308 Жыл бұрын
You’re my fav metal Jesus. I really appreciate your vids. Been watching for years. Love your intro, love the reoccurring guests, and the wide variety of content. You’re a legend
@MetalJesusRocks Жыл бұрын
I appreciate that!
@itsaPIXELthing Жыл бұрын
Man, I'm so addicted by Enduro! What a blast! Also played a ton it's conversion to the ZX Spectrum micro computer :)
@caffeineadvocate Жыл бұрын
In my collection is a factory-sealed Defender. Found it in the toy isle of a junky thrift store for 90 cents :) So many memories playing Atari 2600 at my grandparents’ house.. I think Pitfall was my favorite.
@The_Game_Juggler_ME Жыл бұрын
Great trip to memory lane thanks. I’m happy you mentioned Cosmic Ark , Chopper command, Jungle Hunt & Moon patrol cuz I spent countless hours playing them.
@theconsolekiller7113 Жыл бұрын
The 2600 was my first console in 86, at 6 years old, after playing it at a cousin's house. Was blown away, but it did require more imagination. At the time I didnt realise that NES existed and had not seen arcades. The 2600 was 8 years old by that point but to me it was new. Pac Man was one of the early games I owned and really liked it (there was nothing else to compare to). Yars Revenge was the pack in game and found it really mysterious, played it alot, even though I didnt really understand what to do. The good thing was that youd find these games super cheap which allowed me to build a nice early collection. I really used to enjoy switching between the different games , and all the variety.
@AngryCalvin Жыл бұрын
If your around 50 or older and a gamer you definitely appreciate this video. These were great times. Adventure is one of my all time favorites. Still played Hero and Pitfall years later.
@joshuagorman2191 Жыл бұрын
Even younger than 50. I remember going to my local highschool garage sale in the mid 90s and getting a literal garbage bag full of Atari games and joysticks. All for 5 dollars!!
@andrewdriver3318 Жыл бұрын
@@joshuagorman2191 You could still buy Atari games new in the early 90s. It had long been a zombie budget console though.
@joshuagorman2191 Жыл бұрын
@@andrewdriver3318 you learn something new everyday 🥂
@drewdman10 Жыл бұрын
Mid 30s and my Atari 2600 was my first console when I was a kid, so you don't have to be in your 50s
@richneedre48 Жыл бұрын
Myself included...and im only 45 (next mo.) Lol ✌️✌️✌️
@qqq1701 Жыл бұрын
161 games, nearly 1mb of data.
@SamplersAndThings2 ай бұрын
Only around 644kb! That’s wild!
@Vampiranhador Жыл бұрын
A friend o' mine had a 2600 just right before the NES and Master System swept our marketplace in Belgium. Things such as the DC/Atari co-op I never knew about but sure are interesting to discover. Great vid!
@EpicSalokin Жыл бұрын
I still remember goin to Toys R Us in NYC and choosing the Atari Jr over the NES for my bday, at 6 yrs old the games box art is what sold me, I can still hear my dad trying to Convince me to get the NES, i was like "nah, these Atari games are way cheaper so I can get more". When I got back home to the C'bean, I realised the box art fooled me but i played my 2600 until i got my nes in 88'. 1st consoles are the best. TY MJR
@tonycoffee7335 Жыл бұрын
My first system was an Nes, but I have grow to love the 2600. The box art is awesome. I got Hero in a lot but. So fun and I didn't know it was worth anything. Thank you for the great videos. Been watching for a long time.
@vibesandstuff76 Жыл бұрын
Brings back so many memories. I spent a lot of time playing Chopper Command, Moon Patrol, Buck Rogers, and so many others.
@Supersmallchibiwolf Жыл бұрын
I have heard many people talk about classic Atari and how they grew up with it and loved playing it. I knew a guy who was younger than me and he had a classic Atari collection and I was surprised. I personally go from Nintendo Entertainment System and up but whenever i see Atari in stores or conventions free to play areas I usually play some of the games for fun. Cool video. ^_^
@itsdeonlol Жыл бұрын
Amazing collection!
@Veggiephill Жыл бұрын
Atari is way before my time and I had just assumed the games were garbage, but a lot of these look so fun. It’s making me honestly want to pick one up
@dvdknight1 Жыл бұрын
Great to see the old Atari games, my friend had a Atari console. I also really enjoyed playing Jungle Hunt!
@johnsimon8457 Жыл бұрын
I can appreciate the simplicity of the 2600 - no Text, no Interface, to title screen, just GAME. It starts instantly and you can be playing as soon as you hit the button. Wish you went into exactly what the ‘game variations’ were. I had a 2600, but these days it’s all roms and no manuals And yes- moon patrol is pretty much the same as the arcade gameplay wise. Lots of emulators use “Mouse for paddle controller” so it’s close ish One month until Portland retro!
@worf7680 Жыл бұрын
Dude, MJR, you are a youtube LEGEND at this point. Up there with the greats!
@MetalJesusRocks Жыл бұрын
Wow, thanks!
@g2-d2 Жыл бұрын
Amazing! The Atari 2600 was my first console too. I still remember when my uncle brought it to our home and left it for the whole summer. I was 5 maybe. And I've become a gamer since then!
@infectedguili Жыл бұрын
My first console experience too. So much time and so much fun ! And so much difficult games for kids ! Where's Dig Dug ? One of my favorite games on this system. Great video as always !
@nbrowser Жыл бұрын
I lost all of my 2600 stuf years and years ago...missed the fun of it all. About a decade ago I was in a used game store and found my fave 2600 game on the shelf, MegaMania for like $5, I bought the cartridge with nothing to shove it into to play...until about a year ago when I traded a PC motherboard and CPU for an early functional and complete Atari 2600...got that bad boy home and hooked up to my TV with the classic switch box and I jammed that cartridge I bought 10 years ago into it and flicked it on...transported back to my childhood and blasting things again...gotta grow the 2600 game collection again! Next game on the hitlist is QBert!
@wouter1930 Жыл бұрын
The Atari 2600 Junior was my first game console as a Child. I remember playing games like Moon patrol and Dark Chambers. And i was impressed by River Raid playing at a friend.
@alexdoran2385 Жыл бұрын
Same, and I loved dark chambers
@CP-ih6zq Жыл бұрын
Great video. I too grew up on the Atari my parents bought the Sears Telegames version which came with Target Fun instead of combat. Target Fun is a great early Atari game for 2 player. I eventually got combat. I know Pac-Man is not that great but as a kid with the whole Pac-Man fever I wanted that game so bad it’s hard to explain how popular Pac-Man was back than, everything was Pac-Man. We got it and I loved it and it was the first game that my mom played. To see her name written on the manual with her high scores nothing can beat that feeling. The memories of playing it with her are so beautiful. she figured out a pattern and everything. I think a hidden gem is The Fantastic Voyage game, River Raid meets Asteroids I find it still holds up today. Atari games I can see how people that are younger that have no nostalgia for it can think it’s pretty bad but when I played Surround with my son he kept saying one more time. It shows how just great gameplay even with primitive graphics still triumph. Again thank you for a great video I am looking to get some more games especially with the new Atari plus coming out.
@nightwingnl5354 Жыл бұрын
You now look like the guy in the commercial who buys the atari and everything that goes with it
@badboy-gn8fu Жыл бұрын
atari 2600 was my first game console. i was around 5yrs old. i didn't really fall in love w/it. i really got into gaming when i got my NES in late 80s.
@davistobia1425 Жыл бұрын
Excellent video. I remember playing the VCS in my friends basement in the late 70s on a tv in one of thise wooden cases with built-in speakers.
@drewcorbin3322 Жыл бұрын
My sister was one of the first GenX and I was one of the last. In 1983 when I was 5 I was getting all the hand me downs and these were among them. Love the nostalgia trip
@jrascoe514 Жыл бұрын
As a fellow child of the 70's and 80's, I grew up with an Atari 2600 as well. It was something that kept us entertained, especially in the winter where I grew up (Northeast part of the US). I am surprised you didn't cover any of the M Network aka Mattel games. Those were a big part of our collections with some really good games like Tron, Frogs & Flies, Bump 'n' Jump, Burger Time, and Dark Cavern. While everyone remembers the popular classics like River Riad and Pitfall, I'd love to see some love given to the forgotten M Network games that were also so much fun.
@CrookedCrowGaming Жыл бұрын
Got mad respect for the Atari just not a collection. Great video MJR always love your work and passion
@EstevenHeartlove Жыл бұрын
Excellent video! I share many of the same favorite games and opinions from back in the day!
@TheMultiGunMan Жыл бұрын
Very cool video and collection. I really enjoyed this video.
@kurtpaulsen6579 Жыл бұрын
There's a reason Imagic was so good... they were an offshoot of Activision, sort of their "B List" game company... the same developers who made the most classic Activision games made the cream of the Imagic crop as well... you mentioned Demon Attack, which was a side project of Pitfall creator David Crane
@HiNRGboy Жыл бұрын
The best Imagic games are on the TI-99/4A. 😉
@GDLarcade Жыл бұрын
Christmas 1980 was a watershed moment for gameplaying in my life. Like thousands or even millions of kids all over we got an Atari (in our case a Sears Telegames) and Space Invaders. I did practically nothing else the entire Christmas break but play Space Invaders. We had a Coleco Tel-Star a few years before that but it couldn't even begin to compare. Great Memories! Thanks!
@ericpeterson7148 Жыл бұрын
Another great and informative video!
@MetalJesusRocks Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@lalocastellanos Жыл бұрын
I respect your longevity on KZbin !
@TheDrisk Жыл бұрын
ooh this is perfect, cant wait to watch as I recently modded my Atari Flashback 50th anniversary Gold to device with the entire library... Also got the Atari 2600+ on pre order for my own small original cart collections. I came to the Atari late in the late 80's but it was the machine that made me start collecting older machines at that point. A mate sold me his Atari 2600 Jr with a stack of games... and I remember playing Crystal Castles on the Atari, and realising gameplay wise is was as good if not better than many of my Amiga games I owned... At that point I decided to buy older machines and the games cheap whenever I could.
@wasakawakawaka2028 Жыл бұрын
Thanks to your videos a couple of years ago, I too started collecting for the 2600. Man I had a ton of games for that system back in the day, but I gave it away to someone and I regretted it. anyways, got a pretty good collection on the go, so thanks for the additional tips!
@Mark-mu4pj Жыл бұрын
Great video so many amazing games, loved the Atari growing up.
@8bitrocketstudios Жыл бұрын
Those mini-boxes are really cool!
@1337schall Жыл бұрын
This Video ROCKS! Thanks for sharing dude!
@MetalJesusRocks Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@SeafoodKilla1 Жыл бұрын
Awesome video..Thanks for the nostalgia love Jason
@Henjo29 Жыл бұрын
My aunt, who is only seven years older than gave me her Atari 2600 back in the early 80's. We had most of the classics, but I totally forgot about Demon Attack. There's something about the animation of the enemies forming. So cool!
@JudeSturman Жыл бұрын
I’m getting into collecting home brews for the 2600. Would be great to see a video featuring these especially with PRGE coming up!
@twistedgaming5102 Жыл бұрын
Wicked collection dude
@MetalJesusRocks Жыл бұрын
Thank you kindly
@mjretrogamer4819 Жыл бұрын
I signed up for a game competition at an expo and one of the games was Frost Bite. I was instantly addicted. People dump on Atari because the graphics but it proves its the game play that really matters!
@HamburgerOnlyMustard Жыл бұрын
The graphics aren’t even bad tbh
@HamburgerOnlyMustard Жыл бұрын
Alot of nice colors
@andoryuu74 Жыл бұрын
A friend of my parents had a 2600 back in the 80's. I used to love going over to his house as a kid and once asked to stay over and he let me stay up until 2am glued to that big wooden 80's fishbowl TV. My favourite games were H.E.R.O. and Pitfall 2.
@Oldsukerbole Жыл бұрын
Very cool episode!! Thanks MJ..
@MVLGAMING Жыл бұрын
I remember when I was younger my hand to eye coordination was much worse. So I find these kind of games alot more manageable than I did back in the day! But for sure, some of the early eight bit games are still some of my favorites! Astroids, Bezerk and Phoenix have, and will always be some of my favorite games!
@pnvgordinho Жыл бұрын
9:48 Those fuel things are not to destroy. :)
@gevaliasvittne7150 Жыл бұрын
THIS ONE WAS EPIC METAL JESUS !. 👌👏👏ONE OF YOUR BEST EVER ! (your O G Xbox related editions are generally excellent too, as well as the PS3 buying guide with Kelsey and that one with the potato comparison. Next it´s about time you dedicate a video to the subject of "Wolfenstein games" now, with its rich history that goes way back to 1981/the Atari 800 era !). I was born in 1971 too and your feelings about the Atari brand ("The REAL company", not the current semi professional project) could have had come from myself as well. That goes for "Hero" too. Doubtllessly the single 2600 game i did played most (i beated its 20 levels a couple of times, but it takes practice for at least 5 days a week during each period to accomplish it. Without any preparing training, i doubt anyone would make it beyond level 15, cos it´s getting REALLY HARD after that !). Now, i really, really wanted a 2600 so bad when it showed up here in Sweden in ´81-´82, but all i had then was a pong console and three "Game & watch":es (typically, a very common situation for working class kids at the time). When i finally got one, it was early ´84. Happy times arrived, altough with just "Air sea battle" only for while. But during the calendar year of 1984, the bastards released the "Colecovision", "Intellivision" and "The Vectrex" nationwide, and there i was, stuck with a console that was concieved for the american 70´s in mind !. But don´t get me wrong, I LOVED MY "DARTH VADER" BLACK 2600 DEARLY, and i still have it somewhere ("connect a RF device to HDMI ?!"..hmm...yes i know, it CAN BE DONE, but i just don´t have the drive to actually do it. Instead, with huge informational help from John Hancock´s video, i succeded with the bought of an "Atari Flashback" console with an added SD card input). About the games you mentioning/showing up. The traditional 2600 games "Asteroids" and "Combat" , never was my favorites. I owned "Defender" and "Centipede"(= that psychotic f¤cking spider ruins the whole game !), but never liked them either. "Super Cobra" was awesome but the difficulty was WAY to high !. "Pitfall" was very, very repeating and therefore, boring. "Demon attack" was definitely a favorite though !.-The fact that it was a version for the 2600 makes it "A masterpiece" i think !. "Action force" was kind of the same concept, and also the game that first presented me with the "ONLY FOR PADDLE CONTROLLERS SYNDROME" !.The paddles, oh, that paddles. It reminds me of "Circus Atari", another favorite !. I never had "Phoenix" on my 2600, but the arcade version was one of the very games that woke my passion for real gaming (beyond the mentioned Pong and G&W´s), to begin with. It´s an obvious rip off of "Galaga", but i still love it yet today. I had both "Breakout" and "Super breakout" though. Very entertaining for shorter periods of gaming. But "Star raiders"..-What the heck was that one really ?!. "A space ship simulator with included control panel for 70 bucks" in 1983 ?!. I never got any grasp of it, and neither any of my buddies at the time !. "Sky diver"..had it, I LOVED IT, and i think it´s relevant as entertainment in 2023 as well. No, i didn´t had "Berzerk" nor "Space invaders", but damn i wished i had ém exacty as much as i did with "Moon patrol", "River raid" and "Battezone" as well !. "Jungle hunt"..i thought that was an "Activision" title, but i obviously remember it wrong then. "Enduro"..wow...that game was ALWAYS active when any of my pals was visiting !. Awesome game for its time !.I did´nt had any "Pac man" titles, but i had the slightly similar "Dodge ém", and i actually preferred it. A two players highlight on the 2600 that you´re missing here is "Outlaw". Me and my buddies laughed our pants off when we fought on that game ! 😂. Very exotic these "Atari 2600 games on audio cassettes" of yours !. (ok. so they loaded BIG games over to the console, just like C64 or such machines. But if the ROM was so big that it didn´t even fitted on a standard cartridge, how could there be space enough on the console´s own system to handle it from ?). By the way, "The double flip side" cartridge is very special too !. About "new games for the 2600": Yes, there´re sure awesome, at least most of them !. But some year ago, i saw a youtube clip here with "new games" on the "Atari yada yada emulator". I watched it and i could immediatelely tell it was way to advanced for being "Atari 2600 gaming". I wrote and told ém exactly that, and they replied: "Yeah, but these games are for the ""Atari 2600 yada yada emulator"" ONLY !. Meaning, you could never run these homebrew´s on AN ACTUAL 2600 MACHINE !". What f¤cking bullshit is that ?. It´s either a Atari 2600 ROM or not ! But as said. If "new games" means "actual 2600 ROMS/cartridges", i´m definitely positive to it !.
@SoulforSale Жыл бұрын
Sweet pile. Love 2 see it. Thanks for sharing.
@chriscorsello Жыл бұрын
Metal Jesus is so humble. H.E.R.O. was once only $5... until a certain content creator went on and on about what a great game it was for the 2600 in numerous videos! I appreciate he does not claim credit for driving up the value of the game with collectors, but iI really believe it is true. The fact that he will never sell his sealed copy though, shows the pureness of love for the game. He wasn't trying to drive up the value, just wanted to share with collectors the greatness of that game.