Playing some Atari 2600 - Mike Matei Live

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  • Опубліковано 14 жов 2024
  • Just a stream playing some Atari 2600 games. Demon Attack, Space Invaders, Asteroids, Kaboom, Jungle Hunt, Frostbite.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 107

  • @CharlieKraken
    @CharlieKraken 4 роки тому +16

    I love Atari 2600 games! There's something about the pure and super straightforward nature of them that always sucks me in.

  • @szopaj
    @szopaj 4 роки тому +3

    I love Atari 2600. It's my childhood! Thank You Mike!

  • @TheTogoRojo
    @TheTogoRojo 6 місяців тому +2

    484 0:12 Demon attack world record attempt
    50:00 game dies
    52:24 jr pac man
    1:10:13. Kaboom!!
    1:55:32 as-teroids
    2:24:19 space invaders
    3:03:37 jungle hunt (one of mikes first games)
    3:24:14 more space invaders

  • @skijumpnose
    @skijumpnose 4 роки тому +10

    Atari games really are the type of games to play at night with crickets in the background, Classic console

  • @golden_eldorado
    @golden_eldorado 4 роки тому +3

    I played Atari 2600 in the 80's but actually my favorite memories are from 95/96. My best friend and I were saving money to buy a PS1 and someone gave me his 2600 jr. We played it 'cause we were bored just to find out that we loved it. None of my other friends understood why or why we kept playing it even after getting the PS1.

  • @jimmyfoppiano2822
    @jimmyfoppiano2822 4 роки тому +12

    I would have loved to have been part of the live chat. Atari is legendary!

  • @slimbroco572
    @slimbroco572 7 місяців тому +1

    River Raid is what got me started. It was my moms favorite game n was watching her play at like 3 years old. She let me play n that was the day I became a gamer. Still remember it too. Keystone Kappers was another one I loved.

  • @retrosean199
    @retrosean199 4 роки тому +2

    Belated answers to your questions about SMS games and pause: the Power Base Converter for the Genesis (model 1) has a pause button on it to allow pause. The Mega Everdrive cartridges are compatible with SMS games and have a button on the top that lets you pause. Not aware of any mod or controller that lets you have the pause button on the controller.

  • @kingerikthegreatest.ofall.7860
    @kingerikthegreatest.ofall.7860 4 роки тому +5

    Demon attack, one of my favorites. The artwork was hilarious on the box. Plastic dinosaurs painted silver with missiles glued to them.

  • @skijumpnose
    @skijumpnose 4 роки тому +6

    Jungle Hunt is a classic, When i play it and hear the music i am always reminded of when you were imitating the music as the Joker

  • @jonyak1221
    @jonyak1221 4 роки тому +5

    The 2600 is still one of my favorite systems, theres been a lot of great new games that have come out for it in the past couple years.

  • @kurtshastany1945
    @kurtshastany1945 4 роки тому +7

    My apartment has a dry erase board w high scores names n dates. Its the way to go

  • @davy_K
    @davy_K 4 роки тому +2

    I like the 2P modes in Demon Attack where the control switches between players every few seconds.The early builds of the game crash after wave 84 - but there's a ROM hack that fixes that and makes the bw/color switch pause the game.

  • @pex_the_unalivedrunk6785
    @pex_the_unalivedrunk6785 4 роки тому +3

    Imagic games had really nice colors and contrast and controls in general...some of the best Atari 2600 games were made by Imagic(and also Activision and Sega and CBS games, and well...jeez). Their unique cartridge shape and silver label makes them stand out when looking for them at a thrift store ;)

  • @rugxulo
    @rugxulo 4 роки тому +8

    50:06 He hits 130,000 points, but the game crashes. 🤣

    • @golden_eldorado
      @golden_eldorado 4 роки тому

      Spoiler alert***

    • @retrosean199
      @retrosean199 4 роки тому

      The fact that it crashed at EXACTLY 130,000 pts is suspect. Bad cart?

    • @marcusringer3810
      @marcusringer3810 4 роки тому +2

      @@retrosean199 That's the Atari-way of saying "You need a break!"...
      ... and then it broke. 🤷🏻‍♂️

    • @WilliamPorygon
      @WilliamPorygon 4 роки тому +3

      @@retrosean199 It's a known bug actually, in fact there's two revisions of the game. The original version always crashes after beating level 84. Later copies of the game have the bug fixed. atariage.com/forums/topic/161476-how-long-to-test-if-demon-attack-is-the-one-that-crashes/

    • @alternity28
      @alternity28 4 роки тому +2

      @@WilliamPorygon So in essence, Mike beat the game. Cool. I hope he sees your post though so he can hunt down the later Demon Attack copies.

  • @mrbaz1155
    @mrbaz1155 4 роки тому +2

    i remember mailing in poloroids of my hi-scores for iron-on patches. some of my fave gms were: Atlantis, Plaque Attack, and Spider Fighter. good times!

  • @freakinflax
    @freakinflax 4 роки тому +3

    Dude this is pretty sick. I just picked up an Atari Flashback that has all of these games and seeing you play Kaboom is amazing

  • @Pathos312
    @Pathos312 4 роки тому +3

    Even though the graphics are primitive af, the fluid animation compensates and the vibrant flashing colors go a long way.

  • @szopaj
    @szopaj 4 роки тому +1

    I love atari 2600. I've played a lot with my grandfather years ago..

  • @8-BitEric
    @8-BitEric 4 роки тому +4

    Good ole fashioned atari.

  • @kellinwinslow1988
    @kellinwinslow1988 4 роки тому +1

    Funny,I was just playing my 2600 and Colecovision the other day with my 9 year old niece. Moding a 2600 seems a little extreme. I actually play it on my 4k set using the cable input and it looks pretty good. All the Imagic games were great. All ex Atari employees along with the Activision guys. The Intellivision version of Demon Attack is far better than the 2600 version. Could be seen as a better remake if you want. I have 100 or so of the best 2600 games that I got when I was a kid. A few games like River Raid,Kaboom,Chopper Command and Cosmic Ark really hold up.

  • @tripperjoe1699
    @tripperjoe1699 4 роки тому +1

    Don't know if you know this but Demon Attack crashes on a certain wave. I think it's like wave 70 something

  • @ErinPlays
    @ErinPlays 4 роки тому +3

    Yeah this is the Mike Matei content I like to see! 😍

  • @strumdogg1
    @strumdogg1 4 роки тому +1

    40 minutes of Kaboom!
    This is why I watch.

  • @WilliamPorygon
    @WilliamPorygon 4 роки тому

    Space Invaders, when you reach the point where the invaders are starting one row away from the bottom, clear the bottom two rows, not three, and then go back for the leftmost column.

  • @granthelas4468
    @granthelas4468 2 роки тому

    My asteroids game doesn't act like that, did you adjust the difficulty?

  • @handsomebrick
    @handsomebrick 4 роки тому

    Nintendo actually did have some hotels in the 1960s. There weren't any video game museums in these hotels (Pong didn't even exist yet), although there was a lot of love.

  • @sgt.rudolf3811
    @sgt.rudolf3811 4 роки тому +1

    Fantastic! And thank you very much!!!

  • @mrselection7814
    @mrselection7814 4 роки тому +3

    is anyone else amazed at how good Mike is at Burger Time? like Jesus Christ

  • @extragirth64
    @extragirth64 4 роки тому

    _Some of my favorite Atari games:_
    *Star Trek: Strategic Operations Simulator* (it's made by SEGA and it's incredible)
    *H.E.R.O.*
    *Adventure* (every classic Zelda fan should play this)
    *Xenophobe* (it's my favorite port, even prefer it over the arcade version)
    *Chuck Norris Superkicks*
    *Montezuma's Revenge* (possibly the first Metroidvania but who cares, it's fun)
    *Dragonfire*
    *Ikari Warriors* (don't laugh, I have more fun playing it than the NES version at least)
    *Enduro* (great racing game)
    *Dragonstomper* (interesting turn-based RPG)
    *Dark Chambers* (a neat Gauntlet-clone)
    *Crystal Castles*
    *Pitfall* (duh)
    *River Raid*
    *Snoopy and the Red Baron*
    *Spider-Man* (it's infuriating sometimes)
    *Tutankham* (watch SGF play if you are having a hard time playing this one)
    *Nightstalker*
    *Battlezone*
    Never owned a Atari 2600, I only do emulation but if I were to own the console, I would look for these games (except maybe Dragonstomper, I think it needs a cassette player.)

  • @jimbrumbaugh616
    @jimbrumbaugh616 4 роки тому

    Hello Mike, I have an Atari 2600,and 7800.its 2020 and TVs are different now then when I played it 22 years ago.how can I get it hooked up to a new modern 2020 tv? And make it look good on a 2020 tv? Thanks in advance for your help.!!

  • @bellyjam7774
    @bellyjam7774 3 роки тому

    The wr highscore of Jungle Hunt on Atari 2600 is 90,480 points! When this was streamed it was at 70k points

  • @masterlee1988
    @masterlee1988 4 роки тому

    54:25 You're going back to play Gradius 3 again? Nice, hope you do so Mike. I been playing Gradius games recently.

  • @Vincenttobia
    @Vincenttobia 4 роки тому +1

    Demon Attack! Seriously my fav 👍🏼

  • @TheTogoRojo
    @TheTogoRojo 6 місяців тому

    482 1:29:41. Epic Wii rant about taking a break. 1:34:51 and a cut scene rant about the mad bomber hahahah

  • @yekker2245
    @yekker2245 4 роки тому

    Some of my favorite Atari 2600 games:
    Defender
    Berserk
    Sea Quest
    Gyruss
    Solaris

    • @alternity28
      @alternity28 4 роки тому

      I loved Berserk. Solaris too. The latter had an ending.

  • @PrivateOGITH
    @PrivateOGITH 4 роки тому +3

    you Forgot Raiders of the Lost ARK...

  • @raineyhayes3821
    @raineyhayes3821 4 роки тому

    I wonder if this is where S.M. Stihrling got the idea for alien space bats.

  • @4thcoming
    @4thcoming 4 роки тому

    Mike thanks. Awesome video, games, gameplay!!!

  • @chadgordon9690
    @chadgordon9690 4 роки тому

    Mike, you going to do some more of that link to the past batman randomizer

  • @johnrussell8086
    @johnrussell8086 3 роки тому

    I had a video meeting with work and forgot this was on. Call was recorded and all you heard is Asteroids phew, phewing in the background. 😂

  • @SerpentNight
    @SerpentNight 4 роки тому

    Space Invaders is a classic game I honestly don't much care for. Its an important game for its genre but later ones like Galaga were done much better so a skilled enough person could keep going as long as their hands hold out. But with Space Invaders that doesn't work; a few levels and its down to how long your tokens hold out, regardless of skill.

  • @rileyhall9320
    @rileyhall9320 4 роки тому

    the 2600 was before my time but I love collecting for it. games are cheap and pretty fun

  • @FleetStreetBarber765
    @FleetStreetBarber765 2 роки тому +1

    First gaming system I ever owned 😀😀

  • @slack37
    @slack37 4 роки тому

    Art of Animation is the budget hotel at Disney. Do people that stay there really expect anything? Also, who cares about the hotel at Disney, you're there to go to the parks.

  • @thegreatwhitesnark36
    @thegreatwhitesnark36 9 місяців тому

    William Shatner's best movie is Kingdom of the Spiders.

  • @ramoncgtc
    @ramoncgtc 4 роки тому +1

    Great stream mike, thank your content

  • @chickenjoe6716
    @chickenjoe6716 4 роки тому +1

    Demon attack done the same thing to me. It just goes black.

  • @Hashtag_Laser
    @Hashtag_Laser 4 роки тому

    I had a dream about DOOM last night, and then I woke up and you had just posted a DOOM mod!

  • @marcusringer3810
    @marcusringer3810 4 роки тому

    Actually I don't hate tutorials if done right. But sometimes they get really annoying: You play for ten Seconds and a text box pops up. Then you play another fifteen seconds and another text box pops up. Five seconds later another box interrupts the game. That's when I want to throw the controller at the TV.
    The best thing is a manual in the game's options menu, which you can look up if necessary. Or even better: a printed booklet! 😮
    But I already said goodbye to the latter. R.I.P 😒

  • @TheTogoRojo
    @TheTogoRojo 6 місяців тому

    481 20:51 favorite monster madness discussion 5 minutes of history

  • @Metal-Skull67
    @Metal-Skull67 4 роки тому

    Played the shit out of Space Invaders back in the day 👍

  • @4thcoming
    @4thcoming 4 роки тому

    Atari themed hotel will open here in Chicago. I live in Mt. Greenwood, beautiful area by Saint Xavier University and Wojo's. I hope to go there. I hope you guys go there to someday if it really opens that is 😀😀😀

  • @TheTogoRojo
    @TheTogoRojo 6 місяців тому

    483 2:10:29. This is video games right here... and a zelda reference

  • @jasonjlaw
    @jasonjlaw 4 роки тому

    This is Phoenix commodore 64. Love it

  • @maggs131
    @maggs131 4 роки тому

    Can someone point me in a credible direction to rgb mod a 2600?

  • @pex_the_unalivedrunk6785
    @pex_the_unalivedrunk6785 4 роки тому

    I'm gonna blow Mike's mind someday with Atari 2600 games and also beating him at MK II on Sega Genesis-with me having handicap of using a 2600 controller as player 2. Heeehee!
    Guess i should start my own channel, LOL

  • @jimmytanner5007
    @jimmytanner5007 4 роки тому

    I really liked turmoil on c64 as a kid

  • @wallpin6468
    @wallpin6468 4 роки тому

    1:29:51, What was the whole point in that?

  • @vesalampinen
    @vesalampinen 4 роки тому

    ...and one thing is sure: no unskippable cutscenes. 😏

  • @Mr.madmight266
    @Mr.madmight266 4 роки тому

    I do play Atari VCS/2600 games every now and then,and i do have fun with them. And yeah it's inevitable that a console with a huge library will have some bad games too. Too bad i missed this stream,especially because i'm sick of seeing people on twitch playing nothing but Pokemon.

  • @NIProductionsLLC
    @NIProductionsLLC 2 роки тому

    I find it interesting that the moment you hit 130000 in Demon Attack... the game locked up. I wonder if there is something to that?

  • @chrisdickey4641
    @chrisdickey4641 3 роки тому

    I'll give you a fuckin back story. Holy frijoles.

  • @prankmonkeyxs650
    @prankmonkeyxs650 4 роки тому

    Far as I know George allegedly said he will only return if he gets full control.

  • @WilliamPorygon
    @WilliamPorygon 4 роки тому

    Todd Rogers could probably get 1 billion points in Demon Attack in under 2 minutes

  • @kingerikthegreatest.ofall.7860
    @kingerikthegreatest.ofall.7860 4 роки тому

    Love kaboom as well.

  • @TheCastellan
    @TheCastellan 4 роки тому

    1:11:55 It's BOUQUET!!!!!!!!

  • @whitemage024
    @whitemage024 4 роки тому

    Awesome Mike!!!!!

  • @СергейЗвездунов-щ1ч

    From Russia With Love)

  • @DoubleAAmazin
    @DoubleAAmazin 4 роки тому

    I played demon attack so much as a kids it gave me nightmares

  • @brentgraham2481
    @brentgraham2481 4 роки тому +2

    😴😴 Qbert and Frogger

  • @JonGee420
    @JonGee420 4 роки тому

    Mike....I know you are a fan of kaboom. Have you ever played "Eggomania"?

  • @shaunmattson8935
    @shaunmattson8935 4 роки тому

    Atari was just as fast as genesis or snes but behind times

  • @x-greenthumb-x9570
    @x-greenthumb-x9570 4 роки тому

    Wait? I thought Activision bought out Blizzard and make the COD games.

  • @peteallyn412
    @peteallyn412 4 роки тому +1

    As much as I’d like to see Lucas return to the franchise, I agree with you. Even if he came back, I’m done with Star Wars. The only way I’d give a crap is if they gave him complete control over the creative direction of the film/films.

  • @wjrg7180
    @wjrg7180 4 роки тому

    10,506,650 high score for asteroids

  • @Blinkcub
    @Blinkcub 4 роки тому

    James And Mike 2020

  • @jalaraswift5796
    @jalaraswift5796 4 роки тому

    Mike matei you should try pitfall on Atari ☺️

  • @jalaraswift5796
    @jalaraswift5796 4 роки тому +1

    Mike matei have you ever played enduro on Atari 😊

  • @Bwelrick
    @Bwelrick 4 роки тому

    Atari Twenty Six Hundret .... ;)

  • @michaelgage3633
    @michaelgage3633 4 роки тому

    Ouch that F u know what Sucked "No Signal", Where's your couch when you need it.....

  • @horsecorpse
    @horsecorpse 4 роки тому

    Let's be honest. None of us searched this but we're glad we found it. Just kidding. So sick of that comment on everything I watch lately.

  • @realtrisk
    @realtrisk 4 роки тому +1

    I was VERY pleased with the Star Wars prequels. Episode 2 is my favorite of any Star Wars movie. The only people that don't like them are the internet echo chamber copying the critics which hate Lucas and review them poorly no matter how good they are.

  • @txretrogaming
    @txretrogaming 4 роки тому

    I have a light sixer atari 2600

  • @zach4thlife
    @zach4thlife 4 роки тому

    hit it.

  • @doodoostickstain
    @doodoostickstain 4 роки тому +2

    show us the controller :D

    • @doodoostickstain
      @doodoostickstain 4 роки тому

      oh i guess you can't lol

    • @Mr.madmight266
      @Mr.madmight266 4 роки тому

      I'm pretty sure it's just a Megadrive/Genesis controller,because he always says that he usually plays Atari 2600 with a Genesis controller.

  • @almostliterally593
    @almostliterally593 4 роки тому

    Can you play some 7800

  • @davidegalliussi1979
    @davidegalliussi1979 4 роки тому

    Wow your retro-consolle in rgb 😨

    • @masterlee1988
      @masterlee1988 4 роки тому

      TBH I'm surprised an Atari 2600 can be modded for RGB seeing how RF was it's only video output and needs mods for even composite.

  • @irkmcspamtroll2556
    @irkmcspamtroll2556 4 роки тому

    In my opinion the only good thing about Atari is when Mike plays it.

  • @efaustus9
    @efaustus9 4 роки тому

    9:55 a game is not retro unless it is pushing half a century, e.g. computer space ;)

  • @jalaraswift5796
    @jalaraswift5796 4 роки тому +1

    Mike matei can you do a playthrough on Michael Jackson’s moonwalker on sega genesis please thanks 😊

  • @marcusringer3810
    @marcusringer3810 4 роки тому

    I'm done with Star Wars too. George Lucas abandoned it, Disney gave it the final kick to balls, milked it and fucked it up beyond all repair. The whole franchise with all the movies, toys and merchandise and all that shit, can die for all I care.
    btw: What's an "Assdroid"?

  • @atheismcrew1524
    @atheismcrew1524 4 роки тому

    I'll be honest, I hate Atari.