I remember I got a score of like 3500 on Kaboom. My mon took a Polaroid and sent it into Atari. Few weeks later I received in the mail a package from Atari. It was a patch confirming I was in the Kaboom high score club. My mom sewed it onto my denim jacket and overnight I became the coolest kid in my hood. At least in my eyes. 😁

@DougGlendower

Жыл бұрын

Sent it to Activision. It was their program. I had the ones for Pitfall, River Raid, and Robot Tank.

@jasongCLJ

9 ай бұрын

woa thats cool. thanks for the story (: . Come Lord Jesus Romans 10:9

Adventure will always be #1. It was the first free roam game. It was the introduction of fantasy/adventure to video games. Pitfall was circular.

Two thousand six hundred. I've never heard it called that. I grew up with one. Twenty-six hundred. Nice list of games.

@1q34w

2 жыл бұрын

How do you get twenty six hundred from 2600? Where is that twenty?

@jtsdeals

2 жыл бұрын

@@1q34w can't tell if you are trolling or what. The year right now is twenty twenty-one. Same exact concept. Just line 1984 is nineteen eighty-four. Added the hyphen to twenty-six if that's what you are confused about.

@1q34w

2 жыл бұрын

@@jtsdeals Like military time. I just imagined 20600

@Vintiqueture

2 жыл бұрын

@@1q34w uh what? Military time isn't five digits. Twenty six hundred or 2600 is correct. If it were 2,600 then yes, two thousand six hundred would be the verbage.

@davidprice7162

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah JT, I grew up in Australia, then lived in America for 17 years, never ever heard it called anything other than an Atari 2600 myself.

It's really astounding what they were able to do with the 2600.

I never forgot the awesomesauce of Pitfall 2's BGM... :)

Solaris is still one of my favorites from the 2600 days. It pushed the stock system to the limit, doing the seemingly impossible for such humble hardware, with a huge amount of gameplay to boot! Pitfall II was a good one as well, though it used a custom chip for some of its tricks. That did allow for one of the best soundtracks for the system. Too bad something like it wasn't included in the 7800. it sorely needed a better sound chip.

River Raid was my number 1. Also, Jungle Hunt, Battlezone, Galaxian, Decathlon and Joust, they were all awesome too!

Thats the sacred place where my youth goes time to time

Finally some love for seaquest! That was one of my favorite games as a kid. Also really loved starmaster. Definitely in my top 10.

Grew up with the 2600!! Good list of games!!! And I still have all my games,,at least 100.

@oldstylegaming

4 жыл бұрын

they worth a bit money now... get them wrapped up and dont let them get broken :-)

Star Raiders, Asteroids, and Pole Position were the games I played the most. Heck, I even kept notebooks of my scores for each game!

My #1 nostalgic Atari games: Kaboom for Paddles, Galaxian for Joystick.

Great list, some games I never heard about, and some I have totally forgotten. I recall playing Kangaroo and Crystal Castles for weeks. And also recall how watching that enduro stage where "cars" drove at night blew my mind. Other honorable mentions I think should go to moon patrol and taz.

I was born in 83 I had the pleasure of owning this growing up, good memories 👍

You hit the mark on each and every one of these games, my friend! I may have changed the order a bit, but your choices are perfect! Great video as always.

I had an Atari 2600 and ColecoVision as a Kid. Had friends with Intellivision and Oddessey. Some games I have picked up in the last several years that I did not have as a kid and enjoy include: Spider Fighter, Frankenstein’s Monster and PacMan, Jr. SW-Empire Strikes Back IMO is a top 30 game.

The Atari came out more than 40 years ago. This is the first time I've ever heard it called the two thousand six hundred rather than the twenty six hundred. Cool video though :)

@oldstylegaming

4 жыл бұрын

We all called it 2 thousand 600 round our way

@pedecia

2 жыл бұрын

2 thousands 600 all over Europe too

Some good choices here. If you haven't done so already, I also recommend checking out "Pigs in Space". It may be a Muppets game, but the graphics are good, the gameplay is fun and varied, and it has a silly tongue-in-cheek vibe to it.

One cool trick to River Raid was flying over the fuel while slowing down... you were able to fill up a little more. It had the same look as Spy Hunter, but without the cool music.

On Circus Atari; if the seesaw is on the far left or far right in the wrong position; you can change the position by pressing the red button on the paddle control. That will allow you to play longer and get a higher score.

@sandal_thong8631

9 ай бұрын

This is probably the one early-game (pre-1981) that I should have gotten, instead of Canyon Bomber. I played it at another kid's home and liked it but didn't buy it. I did get _Clowns_ or something for my VIC-20 when I got that computer.

@gordongraham7

6 ай бұрын

My entire family loves Circus Atari. When you miss and goes splat with his legs in the air, we would howl with laughter.

GREAT list, MUCH better than most I've seen. My personal list is VERY similar to yours. I'd work in Activision's Megamania and Chopper Command, Atari's Vanguard, Galaxian, Battlezone, and Pac-Man Jr (even better than his Mom). Especially pleased to see your list include the inexplicably often ignored Enduro, a GREAT game, and the visually stunning Defender II, SO much better than the original 2600 Defender, and which I NEVER SEE on lists like this. It was downright PREPOSTEROUS that they did such a creditable port of THAT game. I'd also work in Jungle Hunt, Mario Brothers, and Joust. Startling how many GOOD arcade ports it has, particularly late in the console's life. Maybe they learned a lesson when Pac-Man was such a critical debacle.

@SaanMigwell

4 ай бұрын

I know it's a year old. Pac-Man/ET debacle was just a symptom of a company that thought it had no competition. Pac-Man was coded in something like four weeks, in fact all those 1983/84 games were rushed garbage. Then atari lost all of it's software engineers in a mass walkout to form activision. Atari was never the same after that.

Wow, flash back to my youth. Never had it but played lots of those games. Thanks.

Asteroids was my first favorite game, so I was thrilled to get it for my Atari for Christmas. Later on, my favorite became Defender. I find Atari 2600 to be the best version for me out of the six versions I've played. I never played HERO until this year. It's really growing on me. I heard of Pitfall II for years, but didn't get it until this year. It's incredible for this system. I'm a big Star Wars fan, so I love Empire Strikes Back and consider it the best movie based game.

i recover Atari console and games only last month after 45 yrs of desire and i bought most of the cart on the video with the beautiful "Laser Gates" a great shooter in space game, you have to add on this video is really great game.... thanks!

jungle hunt, that final boss music is so worth the wait getting there :) once i get there, i put the remote down and dance along :)

Excellent Job, thanks !! Atari....warm remembrances from childhood....❤️❤️ Cheers from France.

Great list. I agree Dig Dug was a great port. River Raid had always amazed me, so perfectly nuanced, so smooth, still so great to play now. I would definitely have Atlantis on my list, I've also discovered Fast Eddie recently, great game. So many excellent ones on the VCS.

Another great vid. Loving your content :)

Excellent video! Concise and to the point!

These are all great games. Here are some of the ones I enjoyed most. 1. Space Invaders 2. Star Ship 3. Asteroids 4. Air Sea Battle 5. Yars Revenge 6. Surround (has the grafiti on games 13 and 14 for endless designs). 7. Sky Diver 8. Kamboom 9. Laser Blast 10. Combat 11. Breakout 12. Black Jack 13. Human Cannonball 14. Slot Racer 15. Cosmic Arc 16. Stampede 17. Freeway 18. Enduro 19. Video Olymics 20. Circus Atari 21. Indy 500 (used special steering controls). 22. Minature Golf 23. Donkey Kong 24. Frogger These are some of the games I would play from my personal collection. There are probably more but can't think of them off hand.

Great video!! I love tapper and dig dug especially dig dug 2

Great list and video thank you dude!

I was there mate! Me and my brother had one of these wonderful machines......happy days! Cheers

My very first playing machine. :-D My first Game was Frogger. How many Hours i used to Play with it before the C64 enters my room. Thanks Mr. OSG for the memories. :-)))))

@patsfan4life

4 жыл бұрын

Wyvern for me it was the 2600, then ColecoVision, then the mighty c64.....

@oldstylegaming

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching mate as usual...yeah this console is all about the memories

I'm glad that Solaris and Pitfall! made it into the list as they are my favourite Atari 2600 games.

Glad to see your selection. Atari 2600 is so underrated and has many hidden gems. You have to play stampede and empire strikes back. Those 2 are amazing. I also felt that a few 2 player games could be in the list (hockey, boxing,etc).

@sandal_thong8631

4 жыл бұрын

2-player games are so different from solo that it needs its own category.

@patsfan4life

3 жыл бұрын

@@sandal_thong8631 agreed

Good list, lots of Activision classics on there. They really did push the system to its limits. I would have Chopper Command, Indy 500 and Dragonfire in my favourites list for sure, and maybe Pressure Cooker and Empire Strikes Back. Definitely check those games out if you haven't played them 🙂

Adventure is my #1 2600 game..first Easter egg..change level of difficulty..

@sandal_thong8631

9 ай бұрын

I played it a lot. I'd win and then play it again. I realized in game 3 the black key is never in the white castle which limits the random options. Also sometimes the gold key is in the gold castle so you can't win (1/29 chance=3%) and sometimes the keys are mutually locked. But putting it on difficulty A can be a good challenge.

A hidden gem is Flash Gordon, a space shooter of course and based on a sci Fi movie from the time, but it's really well made and fun

Nice list of games, will have to play these games again too.

I have zero idea why Pitfall was so amazing to me when I was five...but it was.

@CynnaAel

2 жыл бұрын

Pitfall was always fun- even as an adult.

Great video dude

Loved tanks, air and sea battle, keystone Kapers, pitfall, cosmic ark, frogs, one where you're a fireman putting fires out and rescuing people, bezerk.... so many were great.

Thx for the great upload. Nice channel en vids.

@oldstylegaming

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate

My most favorite Atari 2600 game of all time is SPACE INVADERS 👍🕹️

Selecting the 30 Best Atari games is no simple task! I've selected, a solid, 16 best that I would take with me in case I had to "bug out" 😦. The reason it's the 16 best, is due to the size of the box - it holds exactly 16 cartridges. Selecting an additional 16 (box) is very problematic for me - so many great/fun games!!

Some absolute classics there mate, love kaboom, hero and river raid. I always liked ice hockey, boxing, mouse trap and warlords Was surprised you didn’t have E.T on the list😂

@oldstylegaming

4 жыл бұрын

Erm....ET is the game that has been credited for the video game crash...haha ...after having the Spectrum in the wrong place on my last video I was never gonna be so stupid as to include that ...I was gonna use it in the thumbnail though as clickbait lol

@Sinisteve

4 жыл бұрын

old style gaming 😂that’ll get people clicking

@MrDogmeatman

3 жыл бұрын

@@randylejeune yup, it definitely isn't even the worst game on the 2600 let alone of all time...

@sandal_thong8631

9 ай бұрын

@@MrDogmeatman There are games that are unplayable. _E.T._ vies with _Raiders of the Lost Ark_ and _Donkey Kong_ and _Pac-Man_ as a best-selling (1 million+) game that was most disappointing.

One of my favorites is Boing! Nice list!

Back in the day my grandpa used to ask me to play Circus Atari when he came over because he loved watching the little guys go splat

Was big in to Activision and Parker Bros. games in the 2600 era, myself. I would have included The Empire Strikes Back, and Q-Bert in this list myself, but............ certainly not knocking the list. Those are 30 pretty awesome 2600 games. Some absolute "must haves" in there, like Yar's Revenge, Frostbite, and River Raid. Nicely done.

@sandal_thong8631

9 ай бұрын

"Best Atari games" is highly subjective. You have the best-sellers that might not be the best as _E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial_ and _Raiders of the Lost Ark_ sold over 2 million and 1 million, respectively but weren't fun for a lot of kids. _Pac-Man_ was the best seller (8 million sold + 1-2 million included with consoles in 1983) and _Donkey Kong_ was the 3rd-best seller, but both were disappointing. Still, Pac-Man fever made kids want to play it and any clone, while Donkey-Kong was a must-have game at the end of 1982, too. Then you have games that you played a lot as a kid. So many said they liked Combat, and other 2-player games. One-player games like _Space Invaders_ with 6 million sold was the must-have game that made Atari and delivered! _Missile Command_ and _Asteroids_ followed up in 1981 and sold 2 and 3 million, respectively. Finally there are games that were good, I played for hours but I'm done with now, like _Adventure_ and _Pitfall!_ If you were to play Atari 2600 games now, you might pick different ones. I would play _Q-Bert, The Empire Strikes Back, Frogger_ which I didn't have back in 1983, and a few others that I got on the cheap later.

Good list . I enjoyed seaQuest and Keystone Capers, very underrated

One of my all-time favorites was Chopper Command. I see it on most "top __" lists so I'm a bit surprised it wasn't on this one. I didn't have River Raid as a child but I recently got it for my 2600+ and it really is addictive! The only thing that forces me to quit is that my hand hurts after a while from the joystick.

Love that, thanx a lot.... I Play this Games at the moment on my raspberry

very much enjoyed this. I loved M Network Baseball, made by Mattel for the 2600, as it was the closest to a real game, and was so much better than either of the Atari games. I loved Combat, Warlords, Maze Craze, Space Invaders, Keystone Kapers, as well as some others. I never understood why everyone loved Yar's Revenge. However, it was so popular, it must have just been me that didn't get it.

@sandal_thong8631

9 ай бұрын

M-Network _Super-Challenge Baseball_ was good, but the "super-challenge" was to find opponents who'd be willing to learn the controls to get good; same with _Armor Ambush_ and probably _Super-Challenge Football_ if I'd gotten that M-Network game too.

My dad bought a 2600 in 1977. I was so young then, I didn't know anything about video games. Combat was immediately impressive, though.. Those early 1970's games that came from Atari, bought for the family, I remember them a little bit - Combat and Bowling were played a lot. But I was a bit young to really be nostalgic for it now, those are more early childhood memories. I got into 8-bit computing in a big way. As it happens also Atari, but it's not really important that it was Atari, because for me it was a computer and hadn't bought it for games. I bought it, so I could take part in that world that I discovered from creative computing magazine, and I spent countless hours programming and typing in programs from magazines.I have to say, for me River Raid, Pitfall, and Ms. Pac-Man are games that represent the 2600 well.

Awesome list, good to see River Raid in there

@oldstylegaming

4 жыл бұрын

It had to be in mate its so good and timeless as i played it for ages the other day while sorting the order out

@JoshuaGanoTyraxLightning

3 жыл бұрын

River Raid was among my most played back then... :)

Jungle Hunt and Montezuma's Revenge are two of my favorites.

Glad Phoenix made the list.... one of the best arcade ports for the system for sure 😎

Good choice of games. There are a few of my favourites included.

@oldstylegaming

4 жыл бұрын

there are some other good ones but i think these are the 30 best ...well for me anyway :-) thanks for watching

Cool list! :) Personally I miss Front Line, but my memories of it atr probably very rose tinted :)

@rogerwennstrom6677

4 жыл бұрын

Aw man, just saw Frostbite in the list. The memories :) Quite the flashback :)

Very good list

Nostalgia overload deffo! The Atari was a big step up from the B+W pong 'TV games' that was around at the time. The console and cartridge prices was way out my parents budget. My only chance to play on it was the display models in Dixons/Debs and round a friends at weekends. Loved Asteroids, Frogger and Warlords. Pitfall 2 was great, spent hours on that, deserves top spot. I vaguely remember a Star Wars game with ATATs in it?

@oldstylegaming

4 жыл бұрын

Empire Strikes back?

@Lucasrainford

4 жыл бұрын

@@oldstylegaming yeah, just checked ;)

@oldstylegaming

4 жыл бұрын

i never really like the star wars games until Rogue Squadron ...i know you love the arcade cos i was watching you on it in Bury ;-)

@Lucasrainford

4 жыл бұрын

@@oldstylegaming Man I love the SW arcade game. Yeah I remember that in Bury, the force was with me ;)

@Lucasrainford

4 жыл бұрын

Pity ya can't make Blackpool m8. Xyphoe n Nova are on a panel :)

Lots of great games on this list! Personally, I would also include Fast Food, Jungle Hunt, Pole Position, and Galaxian.

@oldstylegaming

4 жыл бұрын

Galaxian just missed out in 31st and jungle hunt was a great game too

@JoshuaGanoTyraxLightning

3 жыл бұрын

I liked Jungle Hunt as well, but personally I think it was more 'Top 50' then 'Top 30'...

@supermariofan772003

3 жыл бұрын

Looking back, I would probably remove Pole Position and include Gyruss and Moon Patrol in my top 30. Gyruss especially is a fantastic arcade conversion that almost never gets the recognition it deserves.

Yars Revenge is my favorite 2600 game. Solaris looks incredible for the 2600

5:20 Cosmic Ark is the one I was hoping to see. Still fun, especially the asteroid reflex part.

@AudieHolland

3 жыл бұрын

I liked how the planetary defenses got more and more frantic.

@1q34w

2 жыл бұрын

It's weird that Atlantis wasn't mentioned.

@sandal_thong8631

9 ай бұрын

The asteroid part was based on the arcade game _Space Zap!_ which I played next to the 7-Eleven.

Yars is easily #1 -- Of course maybe if I had played Pitfall 2 originally, I might would think different. Younger generations won't be able to ever experience what we did back in the day. Kind of a shame really, because it was like magic :-)

So many great games for this system, played Demon Attack so much, possibly most played, I certainly don't disagree with numbers/ order in anyway, all great games. I do have a real liking for: Stampede, Plaque Attack both by Activision; Cosmic Corridor, by ZiMag, and Reactor by Parker Bros,. Whilst I do have an Atari flashback, sadly I struggle to use that joystick but I do have a set of original and working paddles, for that. I play more via emulation, I will specifically recommend a complete but non-released to market prototype game called Meltdown, I find the gameplay is very addictive, and it gets very intense, especially when the grid gets close to becoming critical.

Wow that's an awesome list buddy 😁 I'd have to have super breakout. Jungle hunt and galaxian in my list 😁 I absolutely love yars and kaboom

@oldstylegaming

4 жыл бұрын

hey mate long time no see...you ok?

@steve36207

4 жыл бұрын

@@oldstylegaming all good here buddy 😁 hows tricks?

@oldstylegaming

4 жыл бұрын

@@steve36207 good mate just plodding along ;-)

Very good list. I would probably include in it Battlezone, Joust, Chopper Command, Pole Position, Combat, Super Breakout, Qbert instead of some of the titles in this list such as Raiders of the Lost Ark, Circus, Kaboom, Frostbite, California Games, Defender 2. But hey, that's my humble opinion.

Good list

Great list! Loved Yar's Revenge (a great take on the arcade game Star Castle by Cinematronics), Pitfall, River Raid, Demon Attack, Keystone Kapers, and many others you noted. Some of my other faves are shooters lol. Atari's port of the Vanguard arcade game is really good... one of the best arcade ports for the 2600 I think. And 3 Activision shooters. Spider Fighter, Megamania (a ripoff of Sega's Astro Blaster), and Chopper Command (a ripoff of Defender).

Pitfall was #1 to me, while Pitfall2 was #2. Great video.

@oldstylegaming

4 жыл бұрын

thanks man for the kind words glad you enjoyed it :-)

The games you mentioned that I have played are Circus Atari Enduro Sea Quest Frogger Ms Pac-Man Asteroids Space Invaders Hero Kerboom River Raid Adventure Pitfall Yar’s Revenge My children grew up with Atari but I had very limited money to spend on games so I think we only had about 30-40 games. My favourite games were River Raid and Bowling.

Postman was really fun i played that with my sister alot. Carnival was my dads fav

#1. Indy 500 #2. Football #3. Kaboom! #4. Asteroids #5. Air Sea Battle

I know this should be obvious, but with Missile Command, you don't kick ass by aiming at where the warheads are. You aim at where they are going to be.

@orenmauritzen8674

3 жыл бұрын

Lol at dumbas comment XD

Mum and dad has the 2600 before I was born ... must of heard space invaders going on from the inside ... mum sold the Atari to her brother when I had the spectrum and master system ask him if he still had it about 5 years ago but he sold it off years ago .night rider a driving game which you used the paddles I spent many hours playing .. one of my 1st system I picked up the joystick when I could sit up proper nostalgia didn’t get on with yers revenge quite similar to return of the Jedi from memory.. empire strikes back blowing them atcs atcs up frogger superman combat space invaders astroid’s never know what to do with E.T really enjoyed this Paul cheers

@oldstylegaming

4 жыл бұрын

At the time the best thing to do with ET was put it in the bin...now though worth some wonga I think. I have an Atari Vader that was mine then my sisters...then they have me it back a few month ago :-) thanks for watching mate :-)

@amigaoldskool

4 жыл бұрын

we had the heavy sixer woody of the 2600 .....but least you still got your orginal ;) I managed to get another around 22 years ago from a carboot think for £1 gave it back to my mum and got back again with a bundle of games paddles and joystciks .. just the socket at the back for the power is a little faulty which I need to fix .. would'nt mind a composite mod on the juinor which I got from my cousin instead using the woodys on rf

Those games were a breakthrough. Before my time but I got my own breakthrough with the jump to 3-D in the 90's. There were no other big breakthroughs besides those two so young people now can't relate. Any new game you can find it in the 90's. Crude and clunky and possibly unplayable today but it's still there. I doubt another breakthrough will happen with the shape of the technology we got. Next breakthrough will probably be virtual reality or holograms or something.

We used to play superman endlessly...lol......cheers

@sandal_thong8631

9 ай бұрын

Three years ago I was trying to see if I could shave a second or two off my best times for B, one A and both A difficulties.

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Yep I agree!

Pitfall is a game I have not played on any system I had a copy for Atari but never got round to it but nostalgia has been getting me lately I streamed outrun the other day and I think I'll try pitfall live 1st time playing 😆

Demon Attack is en epic one. Try it out if you havent. Each wave of enemies looks different, and the moving animation is impressive for the system. If Galaga and Space Invaders had a baby.

@SoulforSale

2 жыл бұрын

That lawsuit sounds interesting

@ManekiNeko1972

2 жыл бұрын

I have to admit Demon Attack is pretty neat, even if you were limited to 84 levels.

@Lightblue2222

2 жыл бұрын

@@ManekiNeko1972 the world record holder played over 5 hours straight! But the difficulty might max out on 84, and after that its just about endurance.

Millipede and River raid are my top 2 2600 games.

Soooo many memories here. These games are far more fun then a lot of the garbage that gets made today. ;-)

I never had a 2600, but I played most of these games either on the arcade or in my MSX. The Pitfall II music from the arcade is still engraved in my mind. Can I ask you where your accent is from? I am spanish working everyday with people from the UK and many other countries but I can't guess it.

Pengo Q-bert Popeye Real sport boxing What a beautiful memories... I got the Atari 2600 in 1986, and still works!

Berserk may be the game I played most? such great sounds!

@user-ih5jr8rt5q

Күн бұрын

Joust didn't make the list?!

H.E.R.O. , River Rider, Atlantis, Sea Quest, Frost Beat, Bean Rider, etc

It would be interesting and frustrating if someone made a list of the best Atari 2600/vcs games and all were from 1984 onward. After the crash of '83, I don't think I bought any new games made in '84 onward. Heck, I never got a new catalog after '82. So, if I was making a best of it would be through '83, even though I played a couple after that.

Backgammon, adventure, target fun i still play

Yars' Revenge, oh yeeeah.

@oldstylegaming

4 жыл бұрын

yeah..weird but great game :-)

Absolutely love frostbite - still my goto 2600 game!! Hate those sodding birds

Never seen some of the games on the list. I missed other games, not for being too good but because I played them a lot: soccer, boxing, decathlon, freeway, superman, megamania, XMan.

My favorite is Winter Games!

Good games! Here are some more. Subterranea! Radar Lock! Taz! Asterix! Telepathy! Rabbit Transit! Missile Control! Space Raid! Robot Tank! Wing War! Sir Lancelot! Gauntlet! Tennis activision! Stronghold! Surround! Polo! Deadly Duck! Assault! Cross Force!

what about Joust, that was ace! I always used to play Battle zone, Chopper command, and Commando!! I still have Double Dragon for 2600 Boxed but its garbage lol

@theyamo7219

4 жыл бұрын

Well, it is Double Dragon...for a system that came out in the 1970s and only had 128 BYTES of RAM....WTF were they thinking?

@amuzulo

4 жыл бұрын

I Am The Greatest Man That Ever Lived They were thinking it would make them money. And it probably did!

Pac-Man JR was really well done also.

I would also like to add Beamrider. That game is great. I played it more on the Commodore 64 than the Atari itself, but my fave still stands the test of time.

Frankenstein s monster for some reason I loved