Even simultaneous......you can change the color on every line. So displaying all 256 colors at the same time was no problem. Even changing the color in the mid of the scanline was possible.
Gotta love Mike! He's funny and often more knowledgeable than James on them old games. James and Mike are the best lets play duo ever! Keep up the good work guys!
The pacman atari game has an interesting history. Apparently, they were rushing the developers to meet a release date. When the head of the project heard that they had a prototype, he decided to not wait until they finished the game, and just sell the prototype as the finished version.
I find it interesting that at the beginning of the current "game collector" craze, Atari games topped the list of most expensive and sought after video games (the rare ones) and the last few years interest has dropped off and the prices have fallen dramatically. Now the NES seems to hold the title for most expensive rare games (little Samson, Bandai Stadium Events, etc). I wonder if it has to do with the timing of the generations of gamers who grew up with the systems coming of age and having more disposable income to collect games from their childhood. IE, gamers who grew up in the late 70's/early 80's were getting settled into their career's in the early/mid 2000's looking to recapture memories from their youth. Flash forward 8-10 years and now its time for the NES to have its time in the spotlight with those in their late 20's early 30's who remember the NES growing up in the late 80's/early 90's. I guess time will tell in another 7-10 years if the SNES and Genesis libraries start to dramatically appreciate in value. Some rares have already begun to but not to the level of rare NES or Atari games have in the past (to my knowledge at least). Though its possible that as the newer generation games become older, they are not as rare comparatively due to larger print runs ?
For those wondering about the movie, according to his last update it is entering post-production. As for the release date, he's hoping to have it out for Christmas 2013, the 30th anniversary of E.T. on the Atari 2600.
As a kid, when I was playing Smurfs for the Atari 2600 I really saw the smurfs there. It's magical what your imagination is when you're a kid. Many, many years after I played it on an emulator and... well, the "graphics" were not quite like I remembered. But I guess that's the magic of the childhood.
This video brought me back guys. I even remember doing the vertical flying on asteroids like that where the ship goes faster and faster. My dad was a nerd too luckily so my brother and I had all these games to play on the Atari home computer...3200xe I think.
creeper2112 I thought it was just randomness myself. They talked about a game that didn't exist and said it was brilliant. I thought it was the same thing for the Left handed Mattress maker documentary. Saying it was great even though it didn't exist.
Dude James I've been watching a lot of your older episodes and I found that you love 80s cartoons because of the gore and violence. Believe me you would love this newer show called "Sym-biotic Titan". It's amazzzzzzing , action packed, has great characters, story, and development. It's a masterpiece, trust me you will not be disappointed
Arcade Asteroids was a early vector game, so what it lacked in colours, it made up for in smooth movement. Everything was drawn like the Vectrex. 2600 Asteroids used sprites, so the game objects - the ship, for example - doesn't rotate smoothly, but yeah. Limits of the system.
These games really rocked for the temporary retro gaming age , the concept of these sort of games are already seen coming back in the contemporary for the coolness of them , just with an addition of modern architecture design and newly cool concepts , these games were inspiration for all.
I remember I had a Atari with the casettes. My dad played it and had a record, then when my bro has beaten that record my dad was playing through the whole night just to beat this record :) he did it :)
You'd be surprised how hard it was on the 2600. The extent of the system's capabilities was a single background layer and 5 tiny objects, so to create the illusion of more they'd have to manually make their code sync with the TV's refresh rate, down to the pixel. I'm a decent programmer and the things they managed to do back then just blow my mind.
Shoga san Thanks. But really, it is called the Gond. In the Vanguard from the arcades, the lettering on the top said "Vanguard: Test Your Skills To Defeat The Mighty Gond" So, therefor, it is Gond not God. And yeah, my picture is pretty cool, isn't it?
Yknow James, when I played PacMan on Atari when I was 4 [I'm 16 now] I asked my dad why he collects the lil squares, he said that PacMan really loves gum. XD
The Asteroid port to Atari 2600 was probably the only time a port was better than the original arcade version. Depending on the game setting, you can choose for your special ability to be hyperspace(default setting which gives you random teleport & a good way to get killed), shields(very nice noobie setting) & flip mode which is also nice. I think i remember point rolling the score at 99,999 points.
The Pac Man they released was a prototype. They released it as it was with a huge marketing campaign, it pissed the programmer off, a great deal. You can read about it in The Ultimate History of Video Games.
I feel like Mike got that part wrong. I am almost 100% sure that "Mario Bros" was originally released for the Famicom and then shortly after that was released for the Atari 2600.
Yes!! The Jungle Hunt riff is probably my favorite on any pre-Nintendo consoles. After Nintendo it is the Lil Mac running through the City riff, in Mike Tyson punch out.
In terms of my favorite retro gaming experience - apart from MAME - the old Atari 400/800 versions of all the classic games are worth a revisit. Many of them became 5200 games, with small enhancements for the new system, so the 5200 console had many titles right at the time that it was introduced. The quality and creativity of those Atari games is impressive. Many Amiga games were just more bombastic versions of the well-rounded Atari titles. C64 had great stuff too. 6502 is still the king!
frozenaorta Never mind, I did some research. It seems that its normal to keep your shoes on inside in US, but in here (finland) I and anyone else takes their off when they come outside
nesfan8 I go barefoot inside the house too, and I live in the US. It actually is better for your feet if you go bare foot a lot. It helps prevent flat feet.
+nesfan8 Probably because they're in the basement. Ever heard of anyone walking in the basement barefooted? (Even though the basement looks surprisingly tidy)
I don't agree with mike on pacman being all that hard to port to the Atari 2600. I could get over it looking and playing like shit if the level design was atleast good but its just plain weird, anyone else agree?
Clyde isn't just odd in name but also in how he pursuits you. While the other ghosts more or less home in on you with slightly different pathing from another, Clyde only moves towards you until he's in a certain radius around you. He will then stop hunting you and instead go to the lower left corner of the maze until he's out of that radius again when he'll start going towards you again. If only Clyde pursuits you and you stay still he'll go towards and away from you indefinately.
I played the original arcade Asteroids a year or so back, and I have to say that there is nothing, ABSOLUTELY NOTHING, like playing it on a real Quadrascan vector graphics monitor. It is truly something else.
James is the one who makes the AVGN videos. Mike make glitch videos. Anyway. I thought this was interesting. Gives a real insight into the gameing eras of yester year. Can't wait for more!
Like James & Mike Mondays? See more game playthroughs with Mike on Twitch!
www.twitch.tv/mikemateilive
Many more Mondays, many more games
Cinemassacre: How are you guys so skinny? You’re like couch fries instead of couch potatoes.
i can imagine an AVGN episode on the Atari 2600 console
Scrolling down to see 2697 dorks telling James and Mike that it's Gond, not God.
Was not disappointed.
13:47 Mike's face when James takes the cartridge, lol
LELFACTOR34 Да он нахуй упорот)
LELFACTOR34 YESS but it would be more on 13:50
psshh nothin personnel kid
@@STRING3R "Personnel" would be like a list of staff in a company.
@@keeleye7225 guys, he doesnt know
Inky, pinky, blinky, and Clyde always reminded me of my dad and his brothers: Larry, Terry, Jerry, Gerry, and Daryl.
@James Lakeman well no one told that to poor uncle Daryl, cause he's been getting shit for years lol
Mario on Atari with Sega genesis controller=mind blown
I thoroughly enjoy just watching these two having a genuinely good time.
Mike doing his Joker impression when mentioning "Jungle Hunt" put a smile on my face for sure. :D
"No wonder Luther could beat it!" Oh my freakin' xD
You know what is interesting? Atari 2600 is capable of more colours than NES (Total, not simultaneous)
Even simultaneous......you can change the color on every line. So displaying all 256 colors at the same time was no problem. Even changing the color in the mid of the scanline was possible.
I gotta say I didn't know this. And I genuinely appreciate you guys' knowledge on this.
I think that Inky, Pinky, Blinky, and Clyde, has to be one of the shortest comedic statements ever.
Adyman I get it....
...I don't get it
13:48
Mike: Here we got Asteroids, one of the most famous Arcad-
(James takes cartridge)
Awkward Silence...
15:42 EPIC JOKER FLASHBACK! Mike rulez!
Gotta love Mike! He's funny and often more knowledgeable than James on them old games. James and Mike are the best lets play duo ever! Keep up the good work guys!
Jungle Hunt sounds fucking awesome. Gameplay and literally in sound.
Not only sounds, but it's really fucking awesome. :) it's my favourite Atari 2600 game along with Asteroids and Pitfall.
13:47 Mikes reaction to what just happened there is priceless.
I just watched that vanguard commercial and I'm pretty sure they ask, "who destroys the GOND?" not God.
+Phil V you are correct it is Gond
then what the fuck is a gond?
aawww a teal kirbyyy ^^
Hexagonal Milo 10 A Gond is defined as, "that thing that Luther destroyed".
We will never know because Luther destroyed iy
The opening "Luther Destroys the Gond!" was way too damn funny
In Pac-Man, According to the Manual, the thing in the middle is called a Vitamin
Really, Wow. I'm gonna have to check it out!
i have the manual from a lot of Atari games i bought
I love Mike's bit as the Joker about Jungle Hunt. Good times.
The pacman atari game has an interesting history. Apparently, they were rushing the developers to meet a release date. When the head of the project heard that they had a prototype, he decided to not wait until they finished the game, and just sell the prototype as the finished version.
I find it interesting that at the beginning of the current "game collector" craze, Atari games topped the list of most expensive and sought after video games (the rare ones) and the last few years interest has dropped off and the prices have fallen dramatically. Now the NES seems to hold the title for most expensive rare games (little Samson, Bandai Stadium Events, etc).
I wonder if it has to do with the timing of the generations of gamers who grew up with the systems coming of age and having more disposable income to collect games from their childhood. IE, gamers who grew up in the late 70's/early 80's were getting settled into their career's in the early/mid 2000's looking to recapture memories from their youth. Flash forward 8-10 years and now its time for the NES to have its time in the spotlight with those in their late 20's early 30's who remember the NES growing up in the late 80's/early 90's.
I guess time will tell in another 7-10 years if the SNES and Genesis libraries start to dramatically appreciate in value. Some rares have already begun to but not to the level of rare NES or Atari games have in the past (to my knowledge at least). Though its possible that as the newer generation games become older, they are not as rare comparatively due to larger print runs ?
I'm from 9 years in the future and you're 100% correct
13:46 Look at Mike's face when he is interrupted!
Man this feels nostalgic to watch this again after a long
For those wondering about the movie, according to his last update it is entering post-production. As for the release date, he's hoping to have it out for Christmas 2013, the 30th anniversary of E.T. on the Atari 2600.
"Miss Pac-Man Is Hot"
- Mike Matei (2013)
at 13:51 Mike is thinking "WTF James I'm in the middle of talking"
Lol...."It couldn't of been over that quick. I didn't even do anything" Classic ATARI
As a photographer I totally got James’s Vanguard tripod joke.
River Raid, F16 Fighting Falcon, Mario Bros, Ballblazer and Jordan Vs. Bird were amazing games!
As a kid, when I was playing Smurfs for the Atari 2600 I really saw the smurfs there. It's magical what your imagination is when you're a kid. Many, many years after I played it on an emulator and... well, the "graphics" were not quite like I remembered. But I guess that's the magic of the childhood.
Luther kills the GOND. That E is energy, and it gives you temporary invincibility.
The more i watch, the more i realize how much James needs Mike.
The Gond, not The God was much harder to kill in the arcade version.
What about the God though. Was he easy to kill?
Rick Occulus Nietzsche did it.
Not really
This video brought me back guys. I even remember doing the vertical flying on asteroids like that where the ship goes faster and faster. My dad was a nerd too luckily so my brother and I had all these games to play on the Atari home computer...3200xe I think.
That sound is top gun
What's the joke about the left-handed mattress makers?
That's a good question
Its like when someone tells you to find a left handed stapler. Another one of those jokes.
creeper2112 I thought it was just randomness myself. They talked about a game that didn't exist and said it was brilliant. I thought it was the same thing for the Left handed Mattress maker documentary. Saying it was great even though it didn't exist.
Icewolf2 You're killing independent George!
"Inky, Blinky, Pinkie and Clyde! We're the marshmallows, who hide inside! Of Pac-Man Cereal..." - some corner of my memory
Pause at 0:20
+toby56 uh duh...lol
I really like the casual atmosphere of these videos
At 17:37, the music reminds me of a slowed down disco bass line. Love it!
The Asteroids Arcade cabinet is actually vector-based, so everything is monochrome.
The ship on the cover of the Vanguard game looks like the ship from Disney's The Black Hole.
SPIDERS!!! PUNCH EM!!!!!
SNAKES!! YOU WANT SOME TOO??
@@stephlass5253 boo! haunted house
”Dodge ’em” really is the original ”Minecart Mayhem” (in DK64).
11:55 James' description of the Atari explosion sound effect is so nice, and I totally agree.
Easily one of the best episodes of James and Mike Mondays
River raid, what a great memories...
I don't care how many stomachs you have I don't have time for this
Fun fact: In _Ms. Pac-Man,_ Clyde is gender-swapped and renamed Sue.
Dude James I've been watching a lot of your older episodes and I found that you love 80s cartoons because of the gore and violence. Believe me you would love this newer show called "Sym-biotic Titan". It's amazzzzzzing , action packed, has great characters, story, and development. It's a masterpiece, trust me you will not be disappointed
I love the ACDC shirt, the scenes where mike is looking at james really reminds me of beavis and butthead
the AVGN and the white stripes, awesome
Arcade Asteroids was a early vector game, so what it lacked in colours, it made up for in smooth movement. Everything was drawn like the Vectrex.
2600 Asteroids used sprites, so the game objects - the ship, for example - doesn't rotate smoothly, but yeah. Limits of the system.
...Is it just me or does Mike shave his legs?
yes!
@@Stuit3rb4l nah hes a surfer dude@!
mans not shave legs
These games really rocked for the temporary retro gaming age , the concept of these sort of games are already seen coming back in the contemporary for the coolness of them , just with an addition of modern architecture design and newly cool concepts , these games were inspiration for all.
I love how deeply they analyze the Vanguard commercial.
Clyde, the Raphael of the group.
Danny Parray “All the good ones end in O.”
I like Raphael coz I got a temper problem like him
I remember I had a Atari with the casettes. My dad played it and had a record, then when my bro has beaten that record my dad was playing through the whole night just to beat this record :) he did it :)
Bartosz Wróblewski
The hardest button to button!
You'd be surprised how hard it was on the 2600. The extent of the system's capabilities was a single background layer and 5 tiny objects, so to create the illusion of more they'd have to manually make their code sync with the TV's refresh rate, down to the pixel. I'm a decent programmer and the things they managed to do back then just blow my mind.
Ahhhhhhhhhh, nothing like the good ol' days! :) Thanks for the video guys!
Umm... in Vanguard the level boss isn't called 'The God' it's called 'The Gond'
+Will Nachand Judging by your pic I'll take your word for it. Lol
Shoga san Thanks. But really, it is called the Gond. In the Vanguard from the arcades, the lettering on the top said "Vanguard: Test Your Skills To Defeat The Mighty Gond" So, therefor, it is Gond not God. And yeah, my picture is pretty cool, isn't it?
What is your pic now? Megaman Ryu? Lol =)
Naw. It's still the Mega Man custom pic. LOL =)
+Will Nachand Thank you. You can hear this in the commercial. They say Gond, not God.
Yknow James, when I played PacMan on Atari when I was 4 [I'm 16 now] I asked my dad why he collects the lil squares, he said that PacMan really loves gum. XD
I think it's tic tacs
Its potato chips
I just now realized that Mike's Joker sounds kinda irish. Anyone else hear it?
The Critical Nerd actually in BTAS, The Joker IS supposed to be Irish.
Great video guys. I love the James and Mike Play videos. it is a lot of fun just to see you two kick back and have some old school fun.
Jungle Hunt used to be one of my favorite games too! I can't get the final song out of my head now!
Gond... Gond.. Gond... GOND!! IT'S GOND!!!!
Just bought an Atari 2600 Darth Vader from a game store!
My score in 2600 asteroids was so high that my score actually reset the score to zero.
Did you score 9999?
Ian Noah
Yep.
WOW...I never got the chance to play an Atari 2600 (I wasn't born yet when it was a huge thing) but WOW man....reset the counter..
ZilkenianDagger its actually possible for most games ive done it in a few games on Atari including asteroids.
TheKulteska Like I said, I wasn't born yet by then, so for me is a big thing. I missed so many good games, movies and books.
The Asteroid port to Atari 2600 was probably the only time a port was better than the original arcade version. Depending on the game setting, you can choose for your special ability to be hyperspace(default setting which gives you random teleport & a good way to get killed), shields(very nice noobie setting) & flip mode which is also nice. I think i remember point rolling the score at 99,999 points.
I love seeing you guys play the game and talk. You guys are amazing together.
is actually the gond
Guys, it's Luther kills the Gond...not God.
gond means "problem" in hungarian lol.
It's Gond, not god
6:28 When nobody laughs at your joke and you need to try to recover:
The Pac Man they released was a prototype. They released it as it was with a huge marketing campaign, it pissed the programmer off, a great deal. You can read about it in The Ultimate History of Video Games.
oh Luther, what a potato
I can't believe that AVGN knows of The White Stripes! That is sick!
Wow, I bet he knows about other obscure bands like nirvana and the beatles
The Who ??
NotaRealFish XD
Wait what? Nintendo made the first mario game for a console that wasn't Nintendo?
What's the story behind that???
I feel like Mike got that part wrong.
I am almost 100% sure that "Mario Bros" was originally released for the Famicom and then shortly after that was released for the Atari 2600.
Yes!! The Jungle Hunt riff is probably my favorite on any pre-Nintendo consoles. After Nintendo it is the Lil Mac running through the City riff, in Mike Tyson punch out.
Love these guys! Mike's laugh is funny. LOL
God Mike is such a DORK!!! He's my idol ;D
Where's Galaga? That game, and Pac Man, are still in every arcade I know of.
You guys are really over thinking that vanguard commertial XD
Ms. Pac Man is always the first game I play at the arcade. Fed that game so much of my allowance. lol
I think part of the charm of James' AVGN is that when he looks shocked he takes on an air of one of Jim Henson's Muppets!
It's not "God" it's "Gond"
How could they dare to call this video classic atari titles and not include "Adventure"?! Shameful!
for both nerds they're both kinda cute.
I'll take Mike and you take James.
There was a spiritual successor to Frogs And Flies in development called Frog Pond. It got canned, but it comes with the Flashback consoles.
In terms of my favorite retro gaming experience - apart from MAME - the old Atari 400/800 versions of all the classic games are worth a revisit. Many of them became 5200 games, with small enhancements for the new system, so the 5200 console had many titles right at the time that it was introduced. The quality and creativity of those Atari games is impressive. Many Amiga games were just more bombastic versions of the well-rounded Atari titles. C64 had great stuff too. 6502 is still the king!
Wait....shoes kicked out.......he wears shoes inside the house O.o ?
nesfan8 Why is this blowing your mind?
frozenaorta
Never mind, I did some research. It seems that its normal to keep your shoes on inside in US, but in here (finland) I and anyone else takes their off when they come outside
nesfan8 No it's not normal. Where I live in the US its very rude.
nesfan8 I go barefoot inside the house too, and I live in the US. It actually is better for your feet if you go bare foot a lot. It helps prevent flat feet.
+nesfan8 Probably because they're in the basement. Ever heard of anyone walking in the basement barefooted? (Even though the basement looks surprisingly tidy)
I don't agree with mike on pacman being all that hard to port to the Atari 2600. I could get over it looking and playing like shit if the level design was atleast good but its just plain weird, anyone else agree?
Derek Cunningham
That last game was like the Uncharted of its time. Quite impressive graphically and pretty nice gameplay variety for 2600 as well.
Clyde isn't just odd in name but also in how he pursuits you.
While the other ghosts more or less home in on you with slightly different pathing from another, Clyde only moves towards you until he's in a certain radius around you.
He will then stop hunting you and instead go to the lower left corner of the maze until he's out of that radius again when he'll start going towards you again.
If only Clyde pursuits you and you stay still he'll go towards and away from you indefinately.
I want a 10 hour version of the jungle guy dancing back and forth
I played the original arcade Asteroids a year or so back, and I have to say that there is nothing, ABSOLUTELY NOTHING, like playing it on a real Quadrascan vector graphics monitor. It is truly something else.
I used to play River Raid all the time! Two other favorites of mine were Zaxxon and BC's Quest for Tires.
This series is fast becoming my favourite on youtube. Excellent work james and mike :)
15:46 - That Joker laugh though!
James is the one who makes the AVGN videos. Mike make glitch videos. Anyway. I thought this was interesting. Gives a real insight into the gameing eras of yester year. Can't wait for more!