Bruce Lee's estate refused to license the game anymore. They don't own the game, only the name. So bye-bye name.

I’m always excited for your Atari computer content! Crossing my fingers for a series of Atari computer history videos from you!

@ecernosoft3096

23 күн бұрын

Same!

@TheSulross

22 күн бұрын

casting a vote for an Atari series as well - at the quality level of the Commodore series. Am not a Atari fan boy, but just would like to learn more about them - 8-bit Guy style

@LMacNeill

22 күн бұрын

Ooh -- that would be fun!!

@thinkingfield

14 күн бұрын

Hear hear!

M.U.L.E was our favorite game for the Atari 800. Fantastic game for up to 4 players. I still have my Atari 800 and my copy of M.U.L.E.

@Renville80

14 күн бұрын

I think that has to be one of THE best 8-bit era games! I played the C=64 version myself.

@tygattyche2545

2 күн бұрын

And not to forget, that M.U.L.E was originally written for the Atari (IRATA).

I think it’s very cool how there are mini retro computers like the amiga 500 and commodore 64 and now Atari 400! It introduces these old computers to a whole new generation! And also being nostalgia to people that owned the original computers in the 80s

@PHSPictures

22 күн бұрын

Forget them. I like these minis because they let me re-live my youth.

@hfric

22 күн бұрын

Well , just get yourself a BlackView 16 Tablet ... add Emulators on it of Vice for C64\Atari , UAE for Amiga and you got the same deal + more since its so beefy it can emulate N64\PS1\PS2\Xbox1\Dreamcast\SegaCD... with a inbuild battery that can last for 18h

@PHSPictures

22 күн бұрын

@@hfric Too much fricking work.

@WinterInTheForest

22 күн бұрын

These are being marketed towards a specific age group for the purpose of nostalgia. Maybe be a few younger people but it's a niche product.

@hfric

22 күн бұрын

@@PHSPictures Too much Work ? Its easy as 123... google Play , find those emus and install those , then go to the rom site David mentioned in his video ... and your set , 3min tops and you will transform a tablet into a gaming console ... that even can play PSP and Vita games ...

Encounter was written by Paul Woakes, who went on to create one of the most important bits of software on the Commodore 64 called "Novaload". He also wrote "Mercenary" which still is a massive classic on the c64.

@CasperHulshof

22 күн бұрын

I still play Encounter, it's my go to first game testing an emulator. Still an excellent game.

@DTM-Books

22 күн бұрын

Mercenary was also available on Atari 8-bit. I played that one a lot back in the 80s, even though I could never figure out what I was supposed to do besides wandering mazes and flying that giant cheese wedge.

@CasperHulshof

21 күн бұрын

@@DTM-Books I was able to finish that game. I remember discovering the building in the air (flying the cheese), that was a wonderful moment. Paul Woakes was a great programmer (RIP).

@another3997

17 күн бұрын

​​@@DTM-BooksMercenary and the follow up, the Second City were incredible 8 bit games. Paul Woakes was a huge Atari fan, he originally created them on the Atari. He provided two versions, one for the 48K Ataris and one for 64K machines. Amazingly, you could play the exact same game, just in a lower resolution on the older 48K machines. I still have my official Mercenary map and hints pack which was available to order from Novagen. 😀

My uncle had an Atari 800 back in the early '80s -- actually I think he bought it for himself for Christmas of '79. He had this game for it -- not sure if it would've run on the original Atari 400 or not, but I guarantee it'd run on your 400 Mini there, if you put it in 800-mode. Anyway, you were in a spaceship -- first-person PoV from inside the cockpit looking out at space all around you. You had to hyperspace-jump to different sectors and shoot at (and hopefully blow up) the enemy space ships in each sector, to try take over the whole galaxy. You had to defend your star-bases, too, or else you lost points if you let enemy ships destroy them. I think it was called Star Commander or Star Raider or something like that. You should definitely try to find a copy -- guarantee you'd enjoy it. Heck, I might buy one of these just to play that game, if I can find a copy of it. LOL! EDIT: Star Raiders. That's the name. I was close. Not a bad memory considering I was 10, 11, 12 years old when I played it. EDIT2: Oh, the 400 Mini comes with Star Raiders II -- I didn't know there was a sequel. Neat! Anyone know if it was any good?

@RCAvhstape

23 күн бұрын

Star Raiders. We had a copy of it for the Atari 5200 console, and maybe the 2600 as well. I played the crap out of that game.

@elbiggus

23 күн бұрын

Star Raiders II is *awesome* and probably one of my favourite games for the system.

@chrisdonovan8795

23 күн бұрын

My friend and I played it at the same time. One person was the pilot, and the other handled speed, and everything else.

@Mrshoujo

23 күн бұрын

Star Raiders 2 was supposed to have been The Last Starfighter. A version of it with movie references leaked back in the day.

@emmettturner9452

23 күн бұрын

Some copies are actually mislabeled “Star Raider” so you were right even before the edit. :) Another game in that vein that goes a whole lot deeper is Elite.

Omg, Zombies is the same as C64 Realm of Impossibility. I loved that game!

@PaulMiller-mn3me

23 күн бұрын

I had both games on my Atari 800.. they’re slightly different, it felt like Realm was a sequel or expansion

@robanderson5673

23 күн бұрын

It was called Realm of Impossibility on Atari as well. At least I'm the United States. EA game. Came in a flat package kinda like a record.

@seanmrtwo272

22 күн бұрын

Realm is a reworked Zombies sold by EA. The was new audio music, additional levels and the difficulty was tweaked. Zombies was the original sold directly by Bram and completely created head to toe by Mike Edwards.

@iou0

21 күн бұрын

Menu screen of Realm of Impossibility shows how to play. Great music too!

@moomah5929

19 күн бұрын

I actually sold my C64 copy of the game like a year ago as I'm trying to reduce my game collection because moving house was a pain with 80+ big moving boxes of full of games.

I found an Atari 400 at goodwill back in the 90s. i forgot how much i bought for it. i still have it today

@TheSulross

22 күн бұрын

those early Atari home computers had a build quality as though they were milspec equipment

@Okurka.

22 күн бұрын

@@TheSulross No wonder they went bankrupt.

@absalomdraconis

18 күн бұрын

​@@Okurka.: I believe the bankruptcy came afterwards. I vaguely recall that unreasonable drama (or maybe that was _just_ Commodore, instead of including Atari?), and the _results_ of stereotypical business skeeziness (trying to anonymize programmers and thus inspiring 3rd party competition, ET + infinite PacMan releases, etc.) were what ultimately killed them (and in fact hindered them all throughout, as they didn't fully recover after the initial 80s console crash).

@thohangst

17 күн бұрын

@@absalomdraconis Atari had an opportunity to effectively be Nintendo of America (a little more complicated than that, but yes). It's kind of like Netflix proposing their model to Blockbuster (I hope I got that generally right). Well, hindsight, etc.

Wow, your full size 400 is super clean, looks great!

The Time Rift Arcade vids have been great! But please (continue to) promote that channel more on here, David. A few weeks/months ago I remembered Time Rift was supposed to be a thing (as mentioned in the end of one of your videos earlier this year, I believe), but I couldn't remember what the new channel was called. I'm happy to report that I was able to figure it out by digging through this year's videos, but I'm sure there's a bunch of your fans who are missing out. Anyways as always thank you for another great video!

Ah, so you were one of the enemies, haha! I grew up on Atari, and you could say that an Atari 400 that a friend got for Christmas back in 1979 (IIRC) is what started me down the Computer Science path. While my friend was solely interested in the games, I became fascinated with HOW the games worked under the hood. I was able to get myself an 800XL not long after release after a season of mowing lawns, and that’s how I became enamored with programming. To this day, I still have a copy of the Atari BASIC book, not to mention the very famous Atari Bible, “Your Atari Computer”. Atari stopped painting the joysticks around the time that the black variant of the 2600 was released (the “Vader” model, if you will). Aside from matching that console’s aesthetic, it was actually a cost-cutting move (the trim around the control panel of earlier 2600 models also used to have that same orange trim around it). Glad to see that the retro versions of this iconic controller brought back the Orange paint!

@basicforge

23 күн бұрын

I was more of a Commodore user back in the 90s. However I have always also loved the Atari 8-bit computer line and consoles. I have plenty of Commodore and Atari stuff now, and a couple of Apple IIs.

@jcchaconjr

23 күн бұрын

@@basicforge Nice! I personally had nothing against Commodore back in the day - but before there was Nintendo vs. Sega, there was Atari vs. Commodore. Some kids took it that seriously, haha!

When I heard the announcement for this, I snarked that people might think THE 400 is a prequel to THE A500 even though they're based on different lines, but from what I learned about the history of Atari and Commodore computers on this channel, that actually isn't wrong.

@Chordonblue

22 күн бұрын

No, it's not. The Amiga continued the Atari (Jay Miner) practice of trading off more color for resolution, having multiple display lists, 4 channel sound, etc. The ST, likewise, was more similar in it's approach to the C64.

@NotATube

22 күн бұрын

Spot on. The Commodore Amiga is ironically- in effect- far more the true spiritual heir to the Atari 400/800 than the Atari ST was. Before Commodore bought it, the Amiga was designed by an independent company which included ex-Atari designers (including Jay Miner). The design and its use of custom chips was arguably a next-generation evolution of the 400/800 architecture (which in turn had been a development of the VCS/2600 design). And the Amiga was- like the 400/800 had been- state-of-the-art and very expensive when first launched. Whereas its rival, the Atari ST, was effectively the baby of Jack Tramiel... the guy who had originally founded Commodore! After acrimoniously leaving Commodore, Tramiel bought out Atari Inc's former computer division to form "Atari Corp." Then almost straight away he got rid of virtually all the existing staff and hired a new designer to build a 68000-based machine from much more off-the-shelf-parts following his very different "Power Without the Price" philosophy. So, yeah. The Amiga was created by ex-Atari designers following the same approach and philosophy as the 400/800, and the ST was the product of a very different "Atari" run by the ex-owner of Commodore following the same ruthlessly price-focused philosophy.

@Chordonblue

22 күн бұрын

The first time I had heard about the Amiga, I was in high school, a 1984 graduate. A friend of mine told me about some computer called the Amiga Lorraine which was displaying 4096 colors at the same time. I told him that there was no way that was happening yet. But he insisted. Two years later I bought an Amiga 1000. Having been an Atari computer fan for years up until that point, I could see, even then, that the machine was clearly a more advanced version of what I'd already been using. The same year I graduated, I went to a computer show where the Macintosh was displayed. I was blown away by the mouse and the GUI. But the price made me very angry at the time. There was absolutely no way I could afford a machine like that, close to $6 or $7,000 today's money.

@NotATube

22 күн бұрын

@@Chordonblue I'm afraid you're mistaken- the Amiga didn't trade off colour for resolution. With one *major* caveat (below), it offered pretty much the *same* resolutions as the ST, but- as far as I'm aware- allowed more colours on-screen in every case. For example, both offered 320 x 200 (NTSC) or 320 x 256 (PAL) modes- the one most common for games and graphics. The Amiga could have 32 completely-independent register colours (from a palette of 4096) on screen at once versus 16 (from a palette of 512) on the ST. (*) "Medium" resolution (640 x 200/256) on the Amiga allowed 16 colours versus the ST's four. The Amiga's "interlaced" versions of the two modes above, offered the *same* number of colours at 320 x 400/512 and 640 x 400/512 respectively. The caveat above is that those interlaced modes flickered *horribly* on a regular TV, so weren't very usable unless you were willing to invest in a "flicker fixer" *and* a new monitor. Whereas the ST's corresponding "high resolution" mode was only monochrome and still required a separate monitor, but didn't have that problem. So I'd probably chalk that specific area up as a win for the ST. (*) And this doesn't include the Amiga's 64-colour 'Extra Half-Brite' mode (offering an additional 32 non-independent registers), or HAM mode (4096 colours, but with limitations).

@Chordonblue

22 күн бұрын

@@NotATube What you say is true, but you have to keep things in context. The trade off of color for resolution (and there's ALWAYS a trade-off due to memory/budgetary constraints back then), also made the Amiga more suitable for NTSC video. What you got in return was the FLEXABILITY of using half-bright or other resolutions. I don't deny the flickery resolutions, but given earlier 8-bit 80 column attempts on TV (to varying degrees of success), this was not a surprise. Remember, in 1985, color monitors were EXPENSIVE. The ST was terrific for Midi and desktop publishing - so long as you had the monochrome monitor. My earliest 1000 used a TV because that was all I could afford at the time, having barely been able to afford the computer in the first place. Later? Sure, I got a 1080, and then a 3000/flicker-fixed w/a VGA-style monitor. But with my 2000, it was all about the Video Toaster - a device that played to the Amiga's strengths as a GREAT NTSC video device.

Great stuff! My first computer was an Atari 400, and hearing the sounds of certain games in your video reminded me of me vividly of the many hours I poured into that little machine gaming, learning BASIC, writing music, etc. Good times indeed! By the way, I accessorized my 400 with an external keyboard. It was called the Sidewriter, and greatly facilitated typing on the 400. Thanks! I’m a longtime fan of your channel.

Great review. Also, loving your work moonlight over at the Time Rift Arcade channel! Thank you 🙏

My first computer was a 400. Star raiders still gives me flash backs. I would play until I fell asleep. I can still hear it to this day. Amazing stuff for its time

Fun review. Always happy to see more content from you.

It would have been pretty cool and a differentiator from the other mini systems if they had squeezed a cheap membrane keyboard in there.

@another3997

17 күн бұрын

The original Atari 400 keyboard was awkward to use, so a miniature version would be a nightmare to use. The only keys they could sensibly have enabled are the 4 function keys on the far right of the computer. But joystick buttons are a better solution, and any USB keyboard works way better. I do hope they do a 'Maxi' version like they did with the 64 and Vic20.

@caseycu

17 күн бұрын

@@another3997 I don’t think it would matter, no one would be word processing on the thing, it would be 2-3 letters for high score initials and a fun way of interacting with the system.

@gearsgamer7115

15 күн бұрын

@@caseycu I don't particularly enjoy membranes, infact, I don't like them at all, they are horrid even for typing one or two lines.

@caseycu

15 күн бұрын

@@gearsgamer7115 cool story man

@nathanahubbard1975

15 күн бұрын

@@another3997 Calling that keyboard awkward is being kind. I remember how bad it was, and they had it beep each time you pressed a button, since there were no real keys to click. Just horrible.

Ballblazer is the best test for it. Make sure it is the NTSC version

My dad had an Atari 800 back a long time ago, I'll think about getting this for either his Birthday or Christmas and see how he enjoys it!

@stevenposey

23 күн бұрын

He'll definitely enjoy it. I got my 800 in 1982 (now dead), my 130XE (still works) in 1985/86, and just got my 400 Mini a few weeks ago. The controller is a bit clunky with those extra buttons but you can put just about any USB controller in the Mini and just use the Atari one in a different port for the menus. The Mini really shines when you put the (up to 32Gig) USB stick in the back with all your disk and cartridge images on it.

Thanks for the great content David. I’m loving the new channel as well. I love all things Atari!

The original 400 didn't come with any games either. You had to buy them one at a time with your allowance.

@volvo09

18 күн бұрын

Hahaha

You are definitely a part of the nostalgic story that all of us who were able to experience this time carry in our hearts and minds. Thank you for investing so much time and effort. Many greetings from Europe/Germany

This is a very cool machine. I didnt get to play with these when they were still in production. Wouldnt mind getting my hands on one to check it out.

In high school my best friend bought a VIC-20 and we were excited because we wanted to run programs from the PETs we had in the computer lab. Unfortunately, the low ram and inferior display meant that most didn't work. Over the summer he returned the VIC-20 and got an Atari 800. By coincidence, I got the 800 as well. This set off some great game piracy. Didn't know about the C64 until later. I often wonder what it would be been like if we both stayed with Commodore.

We loved M.U.L.E. on our Atari 800XL

That "zombies" game was called "Realm of Impossibility" on the C64. It's pretty much a multi level maze game where you gotta grab certain Items before you solve each maze. The crosses only purpose is to block the enemies from chasing you. I used to play the heck out of that game!

@kjyost

22 күн бұрын

I played it a bunch too (& watch my buddy - who owned the c64 - play it even more). Came here to say just this :)

@NotATube

22 күн бұрын

"Realm of Impossibility" was apparently an expanded and reissued version of "Zombies" and also came out on the Atari.

@onlysublime

20 күн бұрын

it's also Realm of Impossibility on the Atari. the Zombies version is more of a hack.

@NotATube

19 күн бұрын

@@onlysublime No, both versions came out on the Atari. If anything "Realm of Impossibility" is the "hack". "Zombies" came out first and (according to Atarimania) was released by Bram, Inc. in 1983. "Realm of Impossibility" was a slightly improved reissue released by EA the following year.

@CharlieDramatic187

15 күн бұрын

@@NotATube Sweet! I had no idea, I never played zombies. I'm gonna have to revisit those games

Thanks for the review Dave!

I've definitely been enjoying the restoration videos! Keep up the good work!

I swear the intro music for Henry’s house is literally Rule Britannia

@AnalogX64

23 күн бұрын

It tottaly is :)

@Akira625

23 күн бұрын

It is. The game was made with Prince Henry in mind, and came out some time after he was born.

@theotimeyt

23 күн бұрын

@@Akira625Yes

@TheAlphaWoomy

22 күн бұрын

When are you going to restore the Odyssey 200 I sent two years ago?

@AnalogX64

22 күн бұрын

@@TheAlphaWoomy he's going to keep it

Thanks for the vid! Waiting to get out of the hospital before I try my Atari 400. Looking forward to it!

The arcade restorations are beyond radical! Amazing work to you and the team!!!

Is this David’s first ever 400/800 video?

Here's the thing about Atari Computer Software: Many of the very BEST Atari games came at the end of its lifespan. I particularly remember 1983/4 being EXCELLENT between Master of the Lamps, Rescue on Fractalus, Koronis Rift, Alternate Reality, BallBlazer,, Pitfall II, and many, MANY more. The C64 was a literal open book, whereas Atari was close-lipped about their custom architecture. Towards the middle of its life, Atari finally opened up, but, much like T.I.'s 99/4a, it was MUCH too late. The amazing thing to think about is that the 400/800 was designed back in 1979, and was STILL competing w/the C64, years later. Commodore KILLED Atari with on-point advertising, better software and documentation, and pricing. After all, the 400/800 was using an MOS (Commodore) chip at it's heart!

Seems like a pretty neat toy that easily fits inside your TV cabinet and will be good fun when you break it out for old Atari fans.

When I was a teenager, a good friend of mine had an Atari800xl, while I was in the C64 team. The 2 machines were on par about gaming. Next we followed different routes, he has an ST and I had an Amiga, obviously

@Chordonblue

22 күн бұрын

And the hilarious thing about that is that the ST was more of a 16/32-bit C64, whereas the Amiga was more of a 16/32-bit Atari computer. Weird how that worked out! Having owned both of them, as in the previous generation, they all had their strengths against each other.

Thanks for the cool video Dave, really impressed with this mini Atari 😮

In the 80s Eastern Europe was all Atari, and I mean Atari65xe, 130XE, XEGS, or 800. Best games were Monty (version of Montezuma's revenge), River Raid, International Karate, Zybex, Karateka, Ninja, Panther, Draconus, Ninja Commando, Boulder Dash. And of course, a masterpiece from Poland, Robbo

@igorperuchi2114

22 күн бұрын

Robbo is so cool!

I had entered the pre-order for the 400 mini, but canceled it a week later as I was getting a bad vibe. After seeing the problems as reported on AtariAge, I'm glad I did.... I still have my original 800 I bought new in 1983 with the help of a Home Improvement loan :) I am also one of the guys that assembled a working Atari 1450XLwith the modem and Speech Chip. Thank you for all the videos you have produced, I enjoy watching the 8-bit PC reviews / repairs. I'm also the proud owner of the X16 Dev Board #0069 :) Also have 2 C64c's and a C128...

The membrane keyboard brings back a lot of memories, most of them very frustrating!! However, I did love playing Star raider on a friend's 800!!

@NotATube

22 күн бұрын

From what I heard, the reason that the 400 only had that cheap membrane keyboard is that it was really meant just as a console and originally wasn't even going to include a keyboard at all... until the people in charge realised that Star Raiders was going to be a "killer app" but it'd need a keyboard to play it.

@davidmartin8211

21 күн бұрын

@@NotATube in reality, I think the real issue was production cost as a 400 was about 1/2 the cost of the 800. There were membrane keyboards on other inexpensive computers and they were all very difficult to use!

@NotATube

19 күн бұрын

@@davidmartin8211 Yes, I'm aware of that. (The first computer I ever used was a Sinclair ZX81 with a flat membrane keyboard!) And yes, it would have been to keep the cost down since mechanical keyboards were expensive back then. But my point was that the reason Atari assumed they could get away with including that cheap- but suboptimal- keyboard was that it was only ever meant for minimal gaming use on a machine that wasn't even intended to have a keyboard- nor to be a "serious" computer- in the first place. Or more that they wouldn't even have bothered at all if it hasn't been for Star Raiders.

Zombies is basically Realm of Impossibility on the C64, a game that I to this day love and which in two-player mode is especially fun! There is also the catchy intro tune on the C64 version that I remember. Great times.

Videos like this bring me back to my childhood, especially friday nights. My friends mom would take us out for 33 cent tacos, then to the video store. We would get a Nintendo game and a movie. Get back to his house, swim for a bit ,watch the movie, play Nintendo and then play around on his Amiga 500 and laugh all night. I feel bad that kids really have nothing to do these days and yes I myself have a ps5 and play online with new friends, but it was nothing like the 80s and early 90s.

In 1993 and 1994 (when I was 14/15/16) me and my friends (oh, God, talk about the social rejects!) hung around outside a room with some kind-of social work techers (who, honestly, were among three of the nicest people you'd ever meet, teachers or otherwise). In that room, just because they had nowhere else to go, was the last three working Apple IIe computers. And we used to play on them. Mainly because there was this awesome game "Prince Of Persia". Many, many lunchtimes were spent playing (what we didn't know was) the original version of that game on the machine it was written for.

man, seeing the 400 takes me back to when my pops was teaching me basic. They keyboard was absolute trash, but I loved the damn thing to be able to play games and code them all in one unit.

I had an atari 800. I learned to program BASIC on it in 1983 when I was in 5th grade. In 7th grade I spent the summer dialing up BBS's on my 300 baud modem. Takes me backl

commenting to vouch for the restoration of the arcade machines (the other channel) - I like the additional dimensions of things to deal with and very much like seeing the restoring of the cabinets to their original arcade glory and splendor.

The only tragedy here is that they didn’t make the 4 control keys work on the 400 itself. Being able to open the door and see the giant metal bay would have been awesome too. There’s 1000 ways to play old atari games and I think the only point of this is to feed into the nostalgia. Thanks for the review!

@BoltRM

22 күн бұрын

I was really let down they didn't bother to make a working membrane keyboard 😞

@paulstubbs7678

22 күн бұрын

Yes, I agree with the function keys, way better than a super custom joystick bodge. As for the lid, even a picture under there would have been better, if I end up with one of these I may just take a Dremel to it and 'make it so', to steal a line from Star Trek

Thank you for mentioning Stellar 7 I have been trying to remember that game for the past few months and it was driving me crazy!

Interesting. My first computer was the Atari 800 XL, Then I bought the 130 XE and upgraded the ram in it. These hold some fond memories for me. I learned how to program in basic on the 800 XL I think. Played a lot of games on them both. I ended up trading them off to a friend for something that I don't even remember. I with I'd of kept them. Been trying to get them back over the past few years.

Great job with the arcade cabinet restorations on the other channel! Love em!

Man the part where you showed the included games reminded me so much of the old "the best 8 bit gaming machine" video

I am stoked to visit Time Rift during VCF SW! WOOOOOO

Really appreciate the time rift arcade channel.

And, as always, Thanks for Making, David.

C64 RULES! Loved that PC. Had it through all of high-school. Love your show... so much nostalgia. I got the C64 Maxi for my youngest after hearing about it on your show!

@richy69ify

22 күн бұрын

Imagine playing Star Raiders in 1979 though. Atari owners were damn lucky. Commodore PET and Apple II, then VIC 20 was the Atari's competition.

If you still have your TheC64 you should be able to put it in Vic 20 pal mode which should allow you to play Prince of Persia

Let's go. Always a treat these uploads.

Great review! I had encounter on the 800XL and played it a lot. Master of the Lamps! I forgot about that game! Also good fun :)

A nice quick video showing everything

One day someone will make an acorn mini. Hey a man can dream!!!!

Really would love to see you do a history series on Atari 8-bit computers like you did for the Commodore line. That would fantastic. Thanks for reviewing this product!

I didn't even know this was a thing

I miss my Necromancer.

@BoltRM

22 күн бұрын

That really had impressive graphics & sounds

@Chordonblue

22 күн бұрын

I likewise wish they'd included Rescue on Fractalus and Koronis Rift - two of the most impressive games EVER on an 8-bit. But since those are probably owned by Disney/Activision, whoever the hell it is now... 🙄🙄

As always, thank you for making a video !

Loved my Atari 400!!! Now I want this!!!

Good video! I got one of these Atari Mini's and I like it! I grew up on Atari computers, my first one, was the Atari 130xe system! Nice!

Thanks for the Saturday upload!

I actually watched one of your videos on the arcade restoration channel nice content.

Nothing like a new 8-Bit Guy upload as soon as I open KZread

@basicforge

23 күн бұрын

We need more of Dave!

@txtworld

23 күн бұрын

Sadly, this one was lightweight and half-baked

@jean-jacquescortes9500

22 күн бұрын

It would be nice to play with any game from original cartridges or SD Cards.

@jean-jacquescortes9500

22 күн бұрын

Online only 3 hours ago, and more than 18000 views 😊 👍🏻 Only 70 000 followers more to access the 1 million and half level 😅

@basicforge

22 күн бұрын

@@jean-jacquescortes9500 I agree, or they could sell a cartridge loader as an accessory.

I still have my Atari 400 in a box in the closet with all my games. I should hook it up. Sadly the disk drive and tape drive both died long ago. I modded mine up to 48k of memory. It's weird they included Star Raiders 2 but not the original. Star Raiders was the game for the 400/800 back in the day. It actually came with mine.

good video....and David takes the best pics ....and doesn't hesitate to show one...when ever he can......

Thanks for taking a look at this. The stock/out of the box software seems average at best, but it's great to know you can load up whatever you want with a USB stick. I may eventually get one of these!

keep up the hard work that goes into the videos

@Okurka.

22 күн бұрын

I doubt this took more than an hour to make.

The mention of Miner2049er brings back memories as I had it on the ColecoVision as a kid. Miner2049er and Gateway to Apshi stand out as favorites.

I was an Atari loyalist and it always seemed like their 8-bit computers never quite got the level of commercial success they deserved. The Atari 800 was about 90% of the way to being a Commodore 64, but in 1979--kind of an amazing achievement. (In *some* ways they were better than the 64--the disk interface was much faster, and the BASIC, while it was less sophisticated as a BASIC, did a far better job of exposing the system's graphics and sound capabilities, which was fantastic for people learning programming.) But it seemed like they were just a little too slow to move with the times after the initial release, and a lot of ambitious projects got announced and never shipped. The game on the platform that I got most addicted to was probably their port of Defender, which was brilliant, but doubtless not included here because it's a Williams license (now part of "Midway", owned by Warner I think). The port of Missile Command is closer to the arcade version than the 2600's except that it still has only the one missile base. That Asteroids port is actually quite different from the 2600 port but not in a way that makes it much better; I think that was one of Atari's earliest 400/800 games, and it shows. The game selection here is kind of odd. I understand the relative lack of non-Atari arcade ports (like their terrific ports of Pac-Man and Donkey Kong, far superior to the 2600 versions), but including Star Raiders II but not Star Raiders seems like a crime. The original Star Raiders was a monumental game, arguably the birth of the whole space-combat-sim genre, the games like Wing Commander and X-Wing. Star Raiders II was a largely unrelated game (though there was an unreleased Star Raiders II that really was more of a sequel to Star Raiders--it resurfaced recently).

8bit guy, you da man bruddah!

Always a pleasure to see another video David. It's not to my taste, but it has tons of potentially addictive games. I have the C64 and Amiga consoles by Retro Games UK. A GREAT COMPANY.

Best theme song on KZread.

Time for retro technology in 8 Bit Guy on KZread 👍

I find it amazing that games like Prince could run on those older platforms - it makes me think about what COULD have been possible back then seeing games like yours and these ports. Prince of Persia on a VIC-20??? Like that's not insane. I don't remember any VIC-20 games even CLOSE to that good. Stuff like Cosmic Cruncher comes to mind.

The only game I played from their game list for this system is Missile Command, and that's only because it was included with the XEGS. The games I played were pretty esoteric though, it was mostly just stuff out of the $5 bargain bin at target, and things in Compute! magazine in source code form. I probably would have ended up with a C64 if it wasn't for my parents finding someone selling a 130XE when I was a kid, along with a whole heap of random floppies and software for it, a monitor, printer, a couple indus floppy drives, a tape drive, a stack of Compute! magazine and random books, all for $100... He was getting into the Atari ST and needed some cash...

Love the large amount of usb ports. I did pull out the xe the other day to check the weather with the fujinet. I have been going down the rabbit hole of the Vic 20. I will be using it for a project in the fall so its getting lots of attention from me. That being said I would love to see this Artri as a Maxi as will as the Amiga one.

Genuinely impressed by that controller. I'd like to try giving it to someone and challenging them to find all the hidden buttons 😂

@VampireJack10

23 күн бұрын

I had to figure out all the buttons myself, and when all had been depressed imagine my surprise when chains flew out and Pinhead turned up!

I still have an Atari 800 and 800XL that I picked up from a second-hand store many years ago, as well as most of my software for it. This Atari mini was tempting for its compatibility with new I/O hardware, so I’m glad you reviewed it. One thing that may be a deal breaker for me is the fake keyboard; the main issue I have with Atari emulators like Colleen is they don’t support some of the Atari-specific keys like Break which lets you interrupt BASIC programs or the Atari logo key (/|\) which switched characters to or from inverse video, and control characters don’t type out graphics characters like they should.

0:37 - Sorry to be the guy, but if this photo was unedited, it couldn't have been taken in 1980. The game on the screen is Pitfall, which was released in 1982.

@w.w.7148

19 күн бұрын

Just wondering why he is lying to us.

@PeacenikHippie

19 күн бұрын

@@w.w.7148 I wouldn't use the word "lying." I doubt it's malicious.

@bened22

18 күн бұрын

@w.w.7148 Chill, dude. Not everything is a conspiracy. Actually few things are.

@volvo09

18 күн бұрын

​@@w.w.7148 lying? More like he probably forgot when the picture was taken.

@jorgelotr3752

18 күн бұрын

@@volvo09 or he's just a reptilian gaslighting us forr nefarious purposes /s

Whatever else is wrong with the Balde Runner universe, at least in that alternate history Atari is still around.

8:45 - I did the same thing with the tone matching puzzles in Impossible Mission… except I used a crayon.

7:48 What are you saying David! The 130XE shares little in common with the 7800. The graphics systems are completely different from each other!

This is a great video, and I'm pleasantly surprised to see that Prince of Persia works fine. I had read other reports on that one. I also agree that USB support is the main attraction for me, in addition to having MULE and Seven Cities of Gold included among the 26(28) games. But then we discovered that MULE is glitchy and Seven Cities won't allow us to create new worlds (only exploring the original Western Hemisphere from the original disk). And there are also issues with the joystick, although the fact that you had no problems is very comforting news. I think if you want to play Atari 8-bit computer games, this is probably going to be the cheapest option, as buying and upgrading the vintage computers is getting very expensive. I do hope the few problems with the 400 Mini will be resolved (if they could include paddle and 5200 analog controller support, that would be great), but this does deliver as promised, which is to play the vast software library of this computer lineup, from the 1970s to today's indie scene. Hey, 4-player MULE! That has to count for something, right?

Henry's House was one of my favs in the Commodore64! was something different from the typical platformer. Nice vid!

Oh, I'm going to check out those restorations!

I long for a day when "it's hard to track down the rights" = "you can just use it, nobody's going to stop you, they had the responsibility to make tracking them down easy and they voluntarily gave up that right"

@another3997

17 күн бұрын

It won't happen, for several very good reasons. The copyright holder has no responsibility to advertise their position as such, and in fact when companies are split up or sold, the parties concerned may have no immediate knowledge of every copyright or patent they now own. They do have the right to stop people infringing their rights, just as you have the right to stop people taking or using your property, even though you don't inform everyone in the world about every item you purchase or already own.

@KairuHakubi

17 күн бұрын

@@another3997 bollocks. lawyers make copyright holders do all kinds of things e.g. attack others needlessly, to 'defend their property' If you let someone live at your house for a while, even if it's because you "Didn't see them there" they still have the right to stay.

4:41 I‘m from Germany and at the time this game came out I was about 6 years old. My mum was an enthusiastic computer nerd and bought an ATARI 800. What a machine. Little did we know English BUT: We called it “Miner Twenty Fourty Niner” which - call me wrong - to me sounds much more like a rhyme and cooler than “Miner Two Thousand Fourtyniner” 😜 However, great channel, I am watching you since the beginning and you are great. ❤ This is just one minor story where I somehow think I know something better than you do. Which is pretty rare! 😂

I'm really enjoying the arcade restoration channel.

Thanks for allowing blaze to put your game on the evercade 8 bit guy now it gives me a excuse to buy the computer games for the system!

Zombies is Realm of Impossibility for the C64, a real gem (the C64 version at least). One of the first 2p collaborative game, great menu music and enjoyable gameplay trying to get to the end of the dungeons to get the scroll or crown and return -alive. Crosses stopped the bad guys snd scrolls gave you 3 spells -confuse, freeze and fear if I remember correctly. Great one!

I spent the first day with my 400 mini confused about input until discovering the extra control buttons on the joystick. Fun times.

Had me at the mention of Mule. I have the updated version on my wishlist on steam. It’s said releasing soon for awhile now.

I hope if they do a full size version of it, that they do the 800 or 130xe with a proper keyboard. Like you, I was on Commodores (and Apples in school), so an Atari 8 bit computer would be new to me. I have used the Atari ST, but that's a different beast altogether.

Great review! I wish the RM 800XL wasn’t vaporware. Having an Atari 800XL case with keyboard and a mister style fpga baked in would be the ideal retro machine. Even for a commodore fan.

Had an 800xl and tons of fun with it too. Love the aesthetic of the 800 and 1200xl.