Atari’s Sprint Finish - This Week In Retro 173

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  • @andrewgordon8706
    @andrewgordon8706 Před 3 měsíci +8

    Super sprint was in the Atari ST Summer Pack. I got it in 1987 (I think). Loved Super Sprint. Hard and frustrating, but superb.

  • @jeremyc7786
    @jeremyc7786 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Loved the sprint series and super off road!

  • @ctrlaltrees
    @ctrlaltrees Před 3 měsíci +7

    I say Amico, you say Amico, something something Tommy Tallarico

  • @ches74
    @ches74 Před 3 měsíci +3

    We switched from Atari 2600 to Intellivision. Our neighbour was an Intellivision salesman so we got a good deal and he gave us a load of games and a test cartridge. Marketing wise I can't remember seeing anything about it in the UK, never saw it in shops. I still have it today and continue to expand my collection.

  • @nickwallette6201
    @nickwallette6201 Před 3 měsíci +1

    For me, the turning point was a game that doesn't get a lot of attention these days -- Sierra's Jones in the Fast Lane.
    I was in 5th grade, and a friend's dad was a real gadget freak -- always had the newest toys. I had a Commodore 64 at home. His dad bought a high end 386 mini tower ("Tower?? What's a tower?") with a fancy NEC digitally-controlled monitor, and soon after, a multimedia kit. This was _early_ in the multimedia days, where you would spend HUNDREDS or even a thousand on a kit with a Pro Audio Spectrum or Sound Blaster (and no, I don't mean SB16, or even SB Pro... I mean Sound Blaster), a 1X caddy-loading CD-ROM, a SCSI or proprietary controller card, and a bundle of software. It came with Jones in the Fast Lane, one of the first CD-ROM games available for PC.
    I spent the night at my friend's house, and he talked his dad into giving me a few minutes to see it. I wasn't allowed to touch it, much less play it. But this was my first time seeing 320x200 VGA graphics, complete with a little pop-up window with the character's animated mouth moving kind of in time to the digitized speech, along with FM music in the background. It was certainly a leap up from Radar Rat Race!
    When I got home, I delivered a full report of what I had seen, and how pale in comparison was our poor old C64. Within a year, we had our own 386DX/33 tower. No sound card, and no CD-ROM -- those would come a little later. But it was enough to ignite my passion for computers beyond something I wrote school reports on.

  • @8bitsnkboy472
    @8bitsnkboy472 Před 3 měsíci +1

    I remember first seeing the intellivision in boots and Currys in the high-street, usually having soccer playing to show it's graphical superiority over the Atari VCS (it was the pack-in game here in the UK). I never had a console at all back in the day, but only one of my friends had a system (everybody else went with Atari). That said, the games I played back then, were good enough to ensure that I always wanted to pick one up. I finally picked one up about 8 years ago, along with a box of 56 games!! I can honestly say that I still enjoy playing many of the games even now - I've become addicted to Advanced Dungeons & Dragons and Burger Time in particular!!

  • @mitchyk
    @mitchyk Před 3 měsíci

    So Hudsonsoft is as old as me? Brilliant. They were one of my fav developers growing up.
    I spent so much money on Bomberman and Multitaps for my SNES and played with my friends for hours.
    All on one screen! Remember that? lol

  • @scotchnichols
    @scotchnichols Před 3 měsíci +1

    I'm so happy your "surprise" busy cave visit worked out so well! Phew!

  • @Midcon77
    @Midcon77 Před 3 měsíci +1

    I was one of those initial backers of Amico and I know that I’m never going to get that $100 back. I had Intellivision as a kid and really liked it, and was looking forward to getting that back (and honestly the new games looked pretty fun too). I didn’t know about all the drama but it doesn’t surprise me now. I *am* glad Atari is acquiring the Intellivision assets as that means there’s actually a chance now that I’ll be able to get that Intellivision game library back!

  • @ches74
    @ches74 Před 3 měsíci +1

    I found that where my friends iPhones might struggle my N95 didn't. Symbian was a capable operating system. The iPhone was the start of something new but the capabilities of the N95 made it a top end device.

  • @G7ennx
    @G7ennx Před 3 měsíci +1

    I owned a Nokia N95 when I bought my iPhone. Switching to iPhone meant losing the video camera, GPS, FM radio, 3G and installable apps including a podcast app that worked over WiFi. It was worth it for the ‘huge’ multitouch screen though.

  • @nickdaniels5892
    @nickdaniels5892 Před 3 měsíci +1

    In the states, besides the TG16, Hudson is probably best known for Adventure Island and Master Higgins.

  • @staggerwings
    @staggerwings Před 3 měsíci

    It turns out I have the same FX2000 joystick showing on the shelf in the right side of Neil’s virtual shop background. Mine’s even in box as well!

  • @Maraka77i
    @Maraka77i Před 3 měsíci +1

    The new Neo Sprint has actually been available for the new VCS for quite a while. Completed the game about a month ago. It also kind of supports steering wheel on that platform as you can play it by using the Classic Joystick's spinner feature. Hopefully something similar comes available for other platforms aswell. And yeah, Neo Sprint is a super fun game to play and also features scrolling gameplay by zooming the track.

  • @delwood3111
    @delwood3111 Před 3 měsíci +1

    The Nokia N95 definitely was the first smartphone. As someone who had one (the N95 8gb variant), it was a big jump on previous phones (especially the camera and video). And I seem to remember Apple settling out of court with Nokia. After they "borrowed" a good few patents from the N95 for the IPhone. Obviously the Phone's better software and touchscreen shoot it ahead. But I have great fondness for the Nokia N series phones. Great hardware. If only they'd went with Android at the time 😪

  • @mrt.7146
    @mrt.7146 Před 3 měsíci +2

    THE ADOPTION??? 😍😍😍😍😍😍

  • @HappyCodingZX
    @HappyCodingZX Před 3 měsíci +3

    Being a tad older, I remember when the Intellivision came to the high street - it was part of a very short lived but quite exciting console bubble that happened around 82 / 83 that alongside the 2600 also include the Videopac, Colecovision and Vectrex. For a while it looked like this was the way gaming in the UK was going, but all these consoles were American and the great crash soon put paid to that - a vacuum that was quickly filled by home computers.

    • @GarryGri
      @GarryGri Před 3 měsíci

      I can't remember ever seeing a Videopac in the shops in the UK but I do remember seeing the ATARI 2600, Intellivision, Colecovision and Vectrex.
      I have a 2600 and Vectrex.

    • @HappyCodingZX
      @HappyCodingZX Před 3 měsíci

      @@GarryGri We can't go back in time to browse those shops, so the closest we can come is to browse things like the Argos catalogues of the time. Obviously they tend to represent a slightly more middle class demographic, but it's interesting to look at what gaming tech was in there from 1982,83 and 84 - in particular for the second half of the year where they are aiming for the Xmas market. A lot of consoles, which were more mainstream, and not so many computers, which were still quite niche.

    • @GarryGri
      @GarryGri Před 3 měsíci

      @@HappyCodingZX I can't say I remember any computers being sold in the Argos, or Index, catalogs... Then I wasn't looking for them ether, so not saying they weren't there..

    • @HappyCodingZX
      @HappyCodingZX Před 3 měsíci

      @@GarryGri they are available on the internet archive, comparing 1983 with 1984 is quite interesting.

  • @ajeba98
    @ajeba98 Před 3 měsíci

    According to Wikipedia, "Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards" came out in '87.

  • @robleavold84
    @robleavold84 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Great show as always gents, if you want to go down the Amico rabbit hole DJ Slope has a 4 hour deep dive that I’ve watched twice to absorb all the info.

  • @AtariLegend
    @AtariLegend Před 3 měsíci

    Great show! Super Cars 2 FTW ofcourse ❤

  • @RobCrowtherUK
    @RobCrowtherUK Před 3 měsíci

    My family had a console in around 1980/81 which I think was an Intellivision, or possibly some sort of European clone. Certainly the controllers looked the same. My memory is a bit hazy because I was 9 or 10 at the time. Before that we'd had a Colour Grandstand so a system with cartridges was a big upgrade. We didn't have it for long though, it was replaced by a VIC-20 sometime in 1981.

    • @lasskinn474
      @lasskinn474 Před 2 měsíci +1

      colecovision was sold in europe as cbs-something,. it looks similar (but is not same)

  • @JesterEric
    @JesterEric Před 3 měsíci

    I was certainly aware of the Intellivision. The Soccer game looked good and the speech in B17 Bomber was impressive at the time. I remember looking at imagic catalogue and thinking Microsurgeon looked amazing. As a loyal Atarian since 1980 with full faith in the company never seriously wanted an Intellivision . There was a craze for home computers in the UK 1983-84 and consoles went completely out of fashion.

  • @proteque
    @proteque Před 3 měsíci +2

    actually! I think you'll find you don't talk about the Amiga more than you should!!111

  • @lasskinn474
    @lasskinn474 Před 2 měsíci

    tommy implicitly said that it wouldn't be crowdsourced when he was announcing it first.
    then he crowdsourced it with multiple rounds in multiple fashions including preorders that the company promised had the money put aside, but it wasn't put aside so they had hard time refunding(still have apparently).

  • @paultaylor9477
    @paultaylor9477 Před 3 měsíci +2

    VR pinball is pretty cool if you don't want all the bother.

  • @ballistik_coffee_boy
    @ballistik_coffee_boy Před 3 měsíci

    Thanks for covering all the Atari goodness ;) Love you guys! Keep up the great work

  • @TerribleFire
    @TerribleFire Před 3 měsíci

    Love the drill boxes lying around at Daves

  • @MrJakeTucker
    @MrJakeTucker Před 3 měsíci

    I was 14/15 in 1981. Had a 2600 as did my circle of friends. I wasn't aware of the Intellivision at all at the time. I think I first saw them at carboots in the 1990s! Good luck with the adoption process Neil.

  • @aaldrich1982
    @aaldrich1982 Před 3 měsíci +1

    *won't somebody BEES buy Hudsonsoft a birthday cake

  • @cassiel1970
    @cassiel1970 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Amazon don’t charge until the product is about to ship so no one would lose any money on the Amico anyway. They can’t charge you if the product isn’t scheduled to ship for 18 months!

  • @GenerationPixel
    @GenerationPixel Před 3 měsíci +1

    Don't worry Dave, I caught the Teradrive gag 😂

  • @airjuri
    @airjuri Před 3 měsíci

    djhoffman mentioned, boom!

  • @Asteroids-i8h
    @Asteroids-i8h Před 3 měsíci

    Hi Dave, good luck with the Virtual pinball project. Having built a low end one a few years back myself (720p with 2 screens), I can agree you need a stupidly fast PC if you want to enjoy all the latest tables and the silky smooth animation in 4k!. I was thinking would this system work in the CAVE museum? so, maybe once yours is built you could pass your knowledge towards Stroud? Anyway, looking forward to hearing about your VP progress.

  • @mechamania
    @mechamania Před 3 měsíci

    Intellivision also only got 1/10th the “space” of the 2600-with most 2600 sales were after it came out, in 1979-and so the dev support/focus on pushing the 2600 made up for the few ways it were “better.” Not the flaccid disc/rubbe camp button controllers, to be sure. It made _Demon Attack_ marginal... The AD&D games were it’s biggest contributions to gaming, which weren’t small, except compared to the contemporary Atari 400/800’s and, three years later, the Commodore 64’s contributions.

  • @TheJeremyHolloway
    @TheJeremyHolloway Před 3 měsíci

    The Atari Games Corp, not to be confused with Tramiel’s Atari Corp, made Super Sprint, Championship Sprint, and Badlands in the arcades. Their Tengen consumer brand sold the excellent NES version of Super Sprint while their partnership with Domark/US Gold saw versions created for the Atari ST and other computer platforms. I’d imagine Current Atari, which traces its IP rights from Atari Corp, probably gave WB Games - owners of Atari Games/Tengen IP - a call before starting the Neo Sprint project. Although Atari Corp clearly owned the consumer rights to all Atari arcade games prior to the breakup of the original Atari Inc in July 1984 by Warner. Thus Current Atari owns the consumer rights to the original Sprint 2, Sprint 1, Sprint 4 & 8. What a mess.

  • @cassiel1970
    @cassiel1970 Před 3 měsíci

    I always wanted an Intellivision because the graphics looked so good compared to the VCS. Every Saturday I would go to Selfridges in Oxford Street, 3rd floor I think it was, near the toys and games and I walk around and look at all the VCS stuff and then the Intellivision. They always had a football game on it and it just looked brilliant. The only problem I had with it was I always thought the controllers would be a bit rubbish. But I already had a VCS so I couldn’t get one anyway. Plus it was too expensive. Then at some point the Coleco turned up and that always had The Smurfs running on it which just instantly made you want to buy it for that alone! Good days. 😁

  • @8bitsnkboy472
    @8bitsnkboy472 Před 3 měsíci

    Regarding the intellivision - Great to see the EGS mentioned (a computer add-on that's almost completley unknown, even to many intellivision fans), but odd to see the controller described as 'a spinner or paddle' - Nope. It's a directional disc and you press the edge of it to move in the desired direction. To be fair, it is an unusual controller and most intellivision games are better played on the original system, as emulation lacks the 'feel' of the original games. The games often make use of multiple buttons on the keypad are not easily and comfortably emulated.

  • @belstar1128
    @belstar1128 Před 3 měsíci

    To answer the community question. basically I moved from pc to game boy to play Pokémon and Wario land. and then back to pc to play runescape and browser games because they were free. I know I am very young by this channels standards but I also was behind the curve.

  • @gsestream
    @gsestream Před 3 měsíci

    dj in the ho-ho-house. :) very well kept. no more jump scares plz mate.s. n95 is around 2007 meh, iphone is about 2008. what timeline was I living in. what was during 2001. there was a nokia that is like the n95. 3650 was quite similar to iphone but a 2003 model. I barely remember n95. micro machines /2 is fun.

  • @TheRestartPoint
    @TheRestartPoint Před 3 měsíci

    Super Sprint (and the new one by the looks of it) are 3/4 view rather than Captain Birdseye view, so I dont think they would totally suit a cocktail arrangement with people around all the edges would they? I rememeber the N95, it was a great pre-iPhone smart phone, but it wasn't the only one. I think people forget that there were touch screen "big" screen smart phones before the iPhone that basically had all the main functionality of the iPhone, just nowhere near as attractively-presented.

    • @lasskinn474
      @lasskinn474 Před 2 měsíci +1

      they had more functionality than the iphone1 had. 7710 was a thing too. had a scummvm port too. p800 uiq series from ericcson/sony.. treos. the list is quite long of pre-iphone smartphones that filled the definitions of being a smartphone, while iphone1 when it came filled the definition of a featurephone(for an obscene price)

  • @NorthWay_no
    @NorthWay_no Před 3 měsíci

    I think you have skipped two of the best stories recently submitted to the Reddit: There is a new ULA for the Electron, and Prince of Persia has been ported to the VIC-20!

    • @GarryGri
      @GarryGri Před 3 měsíci

      Prince of Persia on the VIC-20 looks very good.

    • @ThisWeekinRetro
      @ThisWeekinRetro  Před 3 měsíci +1

      We record on a Monday and it takes Duncan a few nights to edit, we have not skipped those stories

    • @NorthWay_no
      @NorthWay_no Před 3 měsíci

      @@ThisWeekinRetro So glad to hear that, I was thinking of "accidently" re-submitting the PoP story as it's been more than a month since it popped(hah!) (I searched the Reddit).

  • @Chris_Adams1
    @Chris_Adams1 Před 3 měsíci

    Tommy Tallarico is his real name.

  • @Mentski
    @Mentski Před 3 měsíci

    I'd question if "Atari Interactive", IE the shambling corpse of Infogrames wearing Atari's skin as a suit - who's Atari heritage follows through the home computer/console arm actually own the rights to Sprint.
    After the computer crash Atari split into two distinctly separate entities, Tramiel's Atari Corp and the arcade company Atari Games (AKA Tengen in the home market). Super Sprint, Championship Sprint and Badlands were by Atari Games, who have over the years been owned by Namco, Warner Bros, finally Midway, who absorbed them whole, before going tits up themselves and their entire catalogue going to Warner again. That's why Gauntlet, for example, is now a WB game.

  • @StRoRo
    @StRoRo Před 3 měsíci

    Was the turbo grafx cancelled in the UK? I've seen them

  • @Savagetechie
    @Savagetechie Před 3 měsíci +1

    Don't terraOnion make some kind of IDE CD emulation?

    • @nickwallette6201
      @nickwallette6201 Před 3 měsíci

      There is also a USB gadget that emulates a CD-ROM drive from ISOs on an SD card.

    • @KhalidYousif87
      @KhalidYousif87 Před 3 měsíci

      @@nickwallette6201 but can you hook it up to an IDE interface?

    • @nickwallette6201
      @nickwallette6201 Před 3 měsíci

      @@KhalidYousif87 No, it's a USB device. So if you're trying to emulate the drive on a console or other special application, you're out of luck. But for generic PC use, it'll do.

    • @KhalidYousif87
      @KhalidYousif87 Před 3 měsíci

      @@nickwallette6201 I do not think it would be useful for older PCs that do not have USB support.
      Where do I get it from though? :)

    • @nickwallette6201
      @nickwallette6201 Před 3 měsíci

      @@KhalidYousif87 Not sure, sorry. I've seen it on a couple of the regular haunts (I think Adrian or Shelby or Clint or some combination of the three have one) so it's out there somewhere.
      At any rate, seems like the hard work is done -- responding to all the packetized SCSI commands and all that -- so it would just need to change the interface from USB to IDE. Not trivial, but certainly within grasp.

  • @bazodee2
    @bazodee2 Před 3 měsíci

    I still to this day havent owned anything else but Nokia phones.

  • @Trawets9215
    @Trawets9215 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Dave needs to centre the padding at the top of his headphones 🙄

  • @justice4g
    @justice4g Před 2 měsíci

    I had an intellivision and wished I had an atari, I barely used the thing.. I don't think I liked the controller

  • @cbaxter6527
    @cbaxter6527 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Tommy Tallarico is done with "Intellivision" Amico and Intellivision Entertainment. He has sold all his toys and house to pay his debts and was fired as CEO. Intellivision Entertainment died from bad management (Tommy) keeping people and buildings with their expenses eat away the investors' nest egg to zero (millions of USD). I believe there is only two people left for the Amico handling capital sell off like the Atari 200+ legacy game software and Intellivision logo deal. There is an Amico console but the system OS software is slow and buggy (unfinished).