What game do you wish had been included with this system? Or does it even matter considering you can add your own? Why I love Atari: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/j6tnecV937OlZIU.html Donkey Kong! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qruHfrudtLPTqas.html Miner 2049er & BBSB: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bcqPhdueyrOcc30.html

By the early 1980s the Flymo hover lawnmower was threatening to take the crown from the more traditional cylinder mowers in the UK. Qualcast, one of the larger cylinder mower manufacturers, hit back with an advertising campaign where the tagline was 'It's a lot less bovver (bother) than a hover'. This could have been where Jeff got the inspiration for the name of his game, which is pronounced like Hovva Bovva.

You sound like a wholesome kinda guy!

Didn't even know this existed till this video. The 5200 compatibility adds an extra layer of interest to me if it happens to be easy and plug n play. I went to website and they are only allowing US customers to order, so that's that for now at least, unfortunately (I am in Australia). I'll be keeping an eye out as I do want this. Another great vid, cheers! You are becoming the retro gaming Lord of KZfaq!

I will get this thing solely for Wavy Navy. I played this game to death on my C64 back in the day!

Great video. Thank you for covering this! 👍

A+ video! Thank you so much for going through the games!

Henry's house, hovver bother and miner 2049er were 3 of my favourite games on the Atari 800XL and the reason I really want this now. I wish jet boot jack and zybex was on here too.

Cannot wait for this one to come out. I love the games that came with it, but I look forward to adding my own. Ordered two of these.

Thanks as always Greg.

Man, I've been waiting for any news on the full-size Amiga and instead they came up with this. Such an anticlimax.

Dan Kramer, who worked at Atari back in the day and is THE TrakBall man, had a hacked version of Missile Command with three bases that you can play with a hacked (extra buttons crammed in it) TrakBall controller.

4 Player MULE! 4 Player MULE! That's all that really matters. Having the ability to load my own collection of games is just the icing on the cake. You can just pronounce it "mule" as in the animal. And it's arguably the greatest videogame ever made. Multiplayer is a must. Just practice on Tournament mode for a while and you'll get the hang of things after a couple matches. Seven Cities of Gold is an exploration game, one that actually inspired Sid Meier to create Civilization. You build a crew and supplies and then explore the New World. It's very open-ended, so how you play is up to you. You can make nice with the native peoples, or you can fight and conquer them. You can build forts or missions (although they cannot live on their own without supplies), you can steal as much gold as you can carry. Best part is that you can create new worlds to explore, and I'm not sure how that will work here, but I do hope that feature will be included. This game was created by Ozark Softscape, the minds behind MULE, and was an enormous success in its day. Highly, wildly recommended.

Good video

I would have liked to see Bandits, Centipede 5200 (instead of Centipede and Millipede from the 400/800), Fort Apocalypse, Dandy, Picnic Paranoia, Alley Cat, Dropzone, International Karate,...

These games seem like they would be good games for me to start with. 😂 or something like these. I am sooo not tech savvy. I appreciate your sharing. Fun vid friend!

Very interesting selection with Berserk. That game was never officially ported to the 8 bit back in the day. They are giving us the 5200 version which is a fantastic port. I just find it interesting they would include this.

I want: Gateway to Apshai Montezuma’s Revenge Space Dungeon Countermeasure Galaxian

i loved Kangaroo on the 5200! my older step-sister bought it for me for Christmas

I loved Electraglide - some say it's like a tech demo with all the colours and some 16 bit sound (rarely used of the 8 bit?) but I find it a fun challenge though. Maybe you can improve that handling slipperyness a little by selecting a different steering control envelope on the title screen?

I think it’s a decent collection with a good mixture of classics and more graphically impressive but less well known games like Yoomp or Capture the Flag, but… too few? Especially if you don’t like every game or every type of game. Arkanoid, Ballblazer, Pole Position, HERO, Archon, Dropzone, Alley Cat, Pastfinder, International Karate would’ve been nice - and more homebrews! Last Squadron and/or Atariblast spring to mind. But I get that they can’t licence whatever they want for however much they are willing to pay.

Great choices by Atari. You'll need to try 7 Cities of Gold and Mule, Greg.

This at $120 versus a $45 Commodore 64 Mini hmmmm.....................

I was hoping for Caverns of Mars.

Spare Change! LOL Forgot about that game. I played it a ton on the Apple ll. Bruce Lee was great too. They should have Lode Runner (or was it available on Atari computers?).

If you’re looking for a great way to play Star Raiders, I’d go with the version that’s in the Atari 50 collection. They came up with a good control scheme for modern controllers, and it has some nice options including the ability to overclock the game to disable slowdown.

Thank you for going through this. Any luck side loading 5200 games and what control options did you use as fast as analog and autocentering etc.

I feel like they should have had a bit more from the proper Atari 400 period, caverns of mars, mountain king, canyon climber, etc.

I'd love to see the Lucasfilm Games brought back: Rescue on Fractalus Koronis Rift The Eidolon Ballblazer

Seven Cities of Gold was a great game! (hint: once you sail you need to go West as the goal is to conquer the New World). Other great games worth playing: Rescue on Fractalus, Fort Apocalypse, Ghostbusters (but requires a keyboard), The Quest (but also requires a keyboard)

You need a keyboard to play Miner 2049'er too You need to press 1-4 for the elevators

MULE was one of my fav games!!!!

I sort of think that Rebellion, owners of 200AD, are rather tight fisted once they get their hands on a new IP, such as Battlezone

I like this computer

I want Realm of Impossibility

i believe the first game you need to point the button upwards

Wish they had added my favourite game of all time - Activision H.E.R.O !!

Greg, hi. Does this Mini accept actual Atari 8 bit cartridges in addition to the included games? If no, that would be a deal breaker for me. Thanks!

I refuse to pay for Atari Basketball again 😆. One-On-One looked so much better . As far as cart games go I played the heck out of Q-Bert , Archon , Deluxe Invaders , Dreadnaught Factor , Wizard of Wor .

Lot of great games, just a shame Atari never took the opportunity to update the video resolution, the standard colour palette in a single video mode (16 on the C64), nor the sprite system, even adding enhancement to the sound chip. Should have done this with the 800XL, 130 range. Sprites should have been 24 or 32x32, and should have had 32 of them.

You didn't need the voice modulator for voices in intellivision games. Intellivision Baseball had voice when you got out.

Well they must own, or have the rights to use BattleZone or they wouldn't have. I want to know the story behind Henry's House.

Try and play those 5200 games. I tried… 😢

Did you say the graphics for Atari Basketball are better on the 2600 version? 400 had way better graphics than 2600 all around. Definitely that's the case with Atari Basketball.

Seven cities of gold is a strategy exploration classic, you basically set off in spain to the new world build bases discover secrets and take over the new world! Not an action game hence you probably were thrown off the rails, the selection is very action centric leaving the other genres out, the atari had several excellent rpgs (Alternate Reality, Ultima 1-3 etc...) and a ton of adventure games, but they are not included! Seven Cities of gold is the only strategy game included in the list!

river raid, moon patrol. D.O.S. but if it can use thumb drive, golden. if it can read thumb drives USB, it should see track ball and paddles, USB printer? if not then it is a 5200 console not a Atari PC

I love the Atari, but come on, full-size Amiga!

Umm, I disagree with your Astroids comments… I love this version of Astroids, how many other 8 bit versions (or any) let you play 4 player at the same time !!! Also you can select to have shields, hyperspace or flip over as your defence option when you pull back in the stick… Which brings me to another point I do hope that the include the manuals (even if just electronically) for all the games as you did struggle to know how a number of them actually worked while you demoed them… Any suspect many others will too… great review otherwise 😊

TIMESTAMPS, pls!

What do you think would help you get into MULE?

You keep saying "I wish Atari would do this and Atari could do that." This Mini has ZERO to do with Atari. The machine is made by Retro Games Ltd and they have licenced the name, design and games from Atari and others.

Atari is awful