Sporting my Music Band T-shirt: Water Ski & Super Skateboardin' [7800] | NES Works Gaiden 69

[@BradTheProducer]

Wait, hear me out…what if we remade Impossible Mission, but on a SKATEBOARD!

[@EvilCoffeeInc]

It's funny that you mentioned speedrunning for super skateboard: This was on Kusogrande, a mystery tournament for kusoge. I think the layout was what got it the honours - very difficult to map out in a single hour in a race format. But it did make for an interesting and challenging race as a result!

[@tipulsar85]

Absolute is best known these days for a game that NEVER officially published for the Sega CD. Welcome to the early days of the studio behind Desert Bus.

[@makaveli4205]

I like that episode of angry video game nerd. A few years ago.

[@tipulsar85]

​@@makaveli4205 Nerd was NOT my first exposure to Desert Bus. That would be LoadingReadyRun.

[@thejackal007]

9:47 That was a smooth cut between games.

[@analogmoz]

God Speed to the Froggo Triumvirate!

[@biscuitsgiblets2166]

Almost spit out my beverage when you did the Butt-Head laugh. Jeremy, you are my spirit animal.

[@alex_-yz9to]

5:54 at last the footage of toobin has been summoned, now they do not need tank command to come to their rescue

[@larryb5677]

They truly had their finger on the pulse of what kids in the 80s were into: water skiing

[@makaveli4205]

Most people don't own a boat. Otherwise it would be more popular. It looks kind of dangerous though. Gotta be good at swimming.

[@ginormousaurus8394]

Water skiing had its moment in 1980s pop culture thanks to "Vacation" by the Go-Go's and Jaws 3-D.

[@mattirealm]

"Episode 69, huh huh!" Love the reference, ha.

[@jamesmoss3424]

Super Skateboardin' looks radical. 😀👍🎮

[@SatoshiMatrix1]

Water Ski is by far the most interesting game on the 7800 and is also the most frustrating. The problem is the difficulty curve is through the roof - with level 1 being what should be an end-game level. I would love to see a romhacker adjust this game to double the levels from 4 to 8 - and make the original levels what comes _after_ a set of four progressively more and more challenging levels. Because with fewer hazards, Water Ski would be a hell of a lot of fun. Genuinely. The issue is that the difficulty is so extreme.

[@JeremyParish]

Oh my god. It’s the 7800 equivalent to Seta’s Tom Sawyer.

[@makaveli4205]

It does look kind of cool. Just needed to be a little easier.

[@MAYOFORCE]

nice

[@jasonblalock4429]

9:07 Well, that's the most 1988 thing I've seen in awhile.

[@Ratralsis]

You go pretty hard on the soundtrack for Super Skateboardin', but I'd be willing to wager that if there were a vinyl version of it, you'd be the sort of person who'd upload it for the sake of history.

[@JeremyParish]

I would, but I wouldn't feel good about it.

[@lifestream_real]

I deeply appreciate you covering this system. It makes for a nice break from the Gakken line of systems. Plus, you just don't hear people documenting, or discussing, the Atari 7800 at all. I mean, I get why, but still, it deserves to be recognised as part of Atari's history. As always, thank you so much for showcasing these things, and being the amazing historian and teacher you are! 😊

[@ValkyrieTiara]

If nothing else, it's good to understand why people don't talk about it lol

[@lifestream_real]

@ValkyrieTiara: True, that’s also important. I guess I juat really appreciate Jeremy Parish’s devotion to preservation and education about things that rarely get any attention. To quote another educator on KZbin: “history deserves to be remembered.”

[@JeremyParish]

Honestly, I'm doing this because I'm curious about the system myself. Every episode is a learning experience for me.

[@lifestream_real]

@@JeremyParish Awesome! So, we get to learn along with you? 🤩 That's seriously fantastic. Thank you so much for including us in your journey to better understand the story of the Atari 7800. 🤩

[@sunwentai1]

Just realized that Froggo Games did release one of my Atari 2600 games, Sea Hunt. Apparently, it was released in 1987.

[@nBasedAce]

Alternate title for Water Ski, River Ride.❤

[@ZeroCrystal]

3 Things I wish to bring to one's attention: 1. Episode 69. Could've been good with just a simple "Nice," but extra points for the Beavis and Butt-head reference. I suspect that required a few takes to get right due to snickering in the outtakes. 2. Sweet Nixie Tube clock in the lower left hand corner of the desk. Nixie Tubes are always good. 3. The river in Water Ski has to be somewhere near a Superfund site. Honestly, i wouldn't be surprised if it wasn't terribly far away from the Duwamish River near Seattle if you're on the West Coast, or between Hudson Falls and Battery Park in New Yark if it's on the East Coast.

[@sneakyskunk1]

Seeing the dignified Jeremy Parish speak in that highly educated voice while wearing a backwards ball cap was funnier to me than was likely intended.

[@JeremyParish]

No, that was the intent

[@DigitalCoinOp]

I grew up playing Super Slateboardin' on my 7800 and honestly I loved this game. Every once in a while I would try to get faster and faster. Great game ahead of its time, more like a mini-game today since there is only one building

[@curtmack]

Why does the boat in Water Ski look like Optimus Prime's face doing his best "sad clown" impression? Or possibly a Moai head impression?

[@expendableindigo9639]

We have to give credit to Froggo Games for inventing Redditspeak.

[@Alairne]

I truly enjoyed Super Skateboardin'. It was a game that was fun to figure out the best path forward. Typewriters were super annoying though, picking up some speed makes them difficult to dodge. Also, you can hurt yourself in this game. By making your way to the roof and jumping off either end will cause you to drop your board and impact on the ground. There's no actual animation there, but it's an immediate game over.

[@JoshSmith-ff8dw]

Again, you're the best

[@MaidenHell1977]

Oh man, the music in Super Skateboardin almost made me choke on my lunch with laughter, hahaha

[@balaam_7087]

Radical intro bro, real boss!

[@robertlauncher]

Weirdest part for me is how Froggo predates the Doggo meme by decades

[@hwogrillo]

I really want to know what kind of business this is even supposed to be. 1/2 of the rooms are completely empty, devoid of even lights, and the rest have giant circular saws, movie projectors, squashing conveyor belt things, computers and its printer in adjoining rooms. Not to mention that the employees have to travel through pipes Mario style to get to their office.

[@kamulecPL12]

I wager that it's a front for one huge funds embezzlement scheme

[@piratapequeno]

I take it none of the people behind Froggo have ever stepped forward?

[@evenmorebetter]

Yeah, you can DEFINITELY tell on sight that the same people who made Super Skateboardin' also made: 1 Pitfall 2 2 A Boy and his Blob 3 Heavy Shreddin'

[@ValkyrieTiara]

I think it's important for people to remember that, while it seems obvious to us here in 2024, back in the 80s the idea of making console specific games tailored to a console market was still pretty novel. Which is to say that the 7800 being focused on bringing forward a wealth of top end (if aged) arcade hits didn't NECESSARILY indicate bad or complacent leadership. At least not on its own. At this point Zelda had only been out in the US for about a year and a half, and while Nintendo had certainly found great success with deeper console focused software, it was not yet clear that this was any more than a fad. Deep, rich, intricate experiences were for adults! Worse, adult nerds! People who built their own computers and knew what a motherboard was. Consoles were for kids, and kids wanted action. It's also notable that the majority of the notable "console focused" software for the NES at this point was developed in-house at Nintendo, and the rest came from Japanese developers (mostly Konami and Capcom). That kind of talent and know-how isn't something you can just manifest. The point being that, while the direction the 7800 had taken to this point seems ridiculous to us Future People gifted with the power hindsight, in the context of the time it made a lot more sense.

[@TheDansonT]

Anyone here pre-order or planning to purchase the Atari 7800+? I did it on a lark and am excited to replay some of these 7800 games they are reproducing.

[@MiguelPaulettePerez-bj8ml]

After years of viewing, I know that Sweet Child O Mine was planned for this episode.. possibly for years.

[@makaveli4205]

I like Patience better

[@ernestolandin8019]

i love the narrative you gave Water Ski. To me it sounds like Jackass the game.

[@HybridAngelZero]

I dunno, I personally think you can rock the backwards cap look. Also, I was baffled as to why a skateboarding game would have pipes as a main mode of transport, and then I realized... it's because it's... Tubular

[@starlightwitch12]

I wondered why this got reuploaded.

[@Eve619]

Removed a spot where he mispronounced Captain Planet. Small oops

[@JeremyParish]

No, I needed to upload the fixed version that had the Toobin' footage. I edited the corrected video weeks ago, but my internet was being fussy at the time and I forgot to upload once it was working properly again.

[@MJFallout]

when you want to say 'Captain Planet' but 'Micronics' lives rent free in thine head.

[@DavidRomigJr]

I have both on my watch playlist but there’s only the later on the channel. I guess the former was simply delisted. On that note, I have a very similar video to watch. :)

[@JeremyParish]

Yeah, I didn't delete, just set to "unlisted."

[@jbanks979]

It just always amazes me for a machine made for 1984 That came out in 1986 Finally in 1989 the Tramiel Atari said “well I guess we better release some more games for this thing” Super Skateboarding looks well put together……….but you could play Megaman 2

[@jarvis8559]

oh my lordy lord jeremy i IMPLORE you to PLEASE enlighten me on where you got that kickass shirt !

[@JeremyParish]

Ah, sorry, I looked it up and it was a Yetee one-day sale item from more than two years ago.

[@urmie]

Will u be getting the 7800+? It’s great to see Atari back at its roots, even the launch lineup is impressive. 7800 4 life! 😅

[@raafmaat]

Gnarly to the max!

[@gunslave99]

Nice

[@jpdunphy1]

Love your stuff, man. Love SNES Works Vol. I. It's my current bathroom book. When might we ever get to buy Vol. II?

[@JeremyParish]

Aw, it’s gonna be a while. Sorry. But I’ll dabble in SNES stuff from time to time starting next year

[@MJFallout]

Anyways, ... Nice!

[@Ripcord715]

Nice!

[@mattcruea]

Yeah yeah great retrospective as always blahblahblah where did you get that Parappa shirt!?

[@JeremyParish]

I think it was a Yetee shirt?

[@owlyus]

A water skiing mini game in a Yakuza game with dual analog controls would be great

[@goranisacson2502]

A radicool 80's kid skating around to turn of electricity to save the environment.... I'm actually a little mad this isn't available on NES npw where I could have played it, or any formst where it would have been popular / infamous. I wistfully imagine the episode of AVGN that could have been made about that game... but we have to live in the world that is, not the one we wish for.

[@FallicIdol]

Noice

[@stoneagegamer]

Fantastic video, as always.

[@XanthinZarda]

Okay, a step in the right direction is cool and all, but I've never once heard an Atari 8-bit game that I'd want to sit with for more than 5 minutes that wasn't just a port. Plus the whole burning calliope that is the TIA/POKEY.

[@c64customs]

There's aTAS playthrough of water ski, finishing the game at the end of level 3 kzbin.info/www/bejne/lYDFaHiujLeWY7Msi=GrB4Z8-xgUq4bl4F

[@elbowgoose]

Why is Jeremy dressed as Middle Aged Kevin Smith? I don’t get it…

[@highscores8593]

Try Water Ski by Taito.

[@broy8172]

i wish we could clone you and get a vid every day

[@TheLohoped]

Is it a true Super Skateboardin' experience if you turn off the music? It even gets faster if you manage to speed up your skateboard on a conveyor belt.

[@apollosungod2819]

I don't know based on Froggo Game's Tank and Water Ski having a little bit of that arcade like game design plus bad game design, I feel Froggo should have signed up to make games for the Sega Master System instead and even though that's a bust given the lackluster 80s Sega of America weak marketing maybe Froggo would have survived and made games on the Sega Genesis and evolved... or that's just wishful thinking because Atari Corp's marketing focus was a mixed bag... you didn't know what Atari Corp really wanted you to buy... either the 7800 or the XEGS (imagine if the XEGS was a better 7800 compatible with 2600) or the people who purchased them and were confused by what to buy. However if they had made these games on the NES then probably Froggo Games would have really survived to become a Nintendo 64 game developer.

[@JeremyParish]

N64 Dream Team material for sure

[@todesziege]

The games sure would feel at home on the Master System.

[@KehHs-l8b]

God you look like your about to be interrogated for serial graffiti

[@cavemandrew5565]

I see intellivison in this game (and system)

[@digamejh]

Love seeing that Jeremy has the same (dis)respect for the "69" meme that I do.

[@tsvtsvtsv]

while i respect your commitment to remain an island of solemnity in this increasingly ridiculous world, i'm afraid you are missing some crucial context

[@jamesmoss3424]

Froggo games sucks.

[@makaveli4205]

It's a cool name. I never heard of them.

[@zombiegeorge749]

Nice!

[@kayceecheshall2818]

Nice

[@georginabensley9453]

nice

[@scootmcgee42069]

Nice!

[@perpetualgrimace]

nice