Atari 2600 Games You were Playing in 1983

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2 жыл бұрын

The infamous 'video game crash' was in 1983. However, some of my favorite Atari 2600 games also came out in 1983. Here is a look at just some of the games that were released on the Atari 2600 in 1983.
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@JohnRiggs 2 жыл бұрын

Here's a look at some of the best Arcade games of 1983 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rs5yZ7dl2cu9iWg.html

@jasonblalock4429 2 жыл бұрын

I'm always so impressed by the graphics in late-era 2600 games. Like the pseduo-3D in Battlezone or the 'parallax' scrolling in Jungle Hunt. You really wouldn't think a **1mhz** system could pull off things like that.

@harleyn3089 2 жыл бұрын

And only 128 BYTES of RAM. The RAM was a bigger limitation than the clock speed I think. Programmers had to get really creative to work around the limitations.

@zackschilling4376 2 жыл бұрын

Solaris is another quite impressive game

@MetalJesusRocks 2 жыл бұрын

I love seeing Atari 2600 videos in my KZfaq Subscription. I remember many of these from my childhood as well 🤘

@GAMECLOSET 2 жыл бұрын

Haha! Then you would love my Atari insanity, Jason! Atari is the KING.

@philbjackson 2 жыл бұрын

I got mines in 1984, and I can say how I miss playing Ms pacman and Indiana Jones. Its crazy how small the controllers are when your older.

@datassetteuser356 2 жыл бұрын

Snoopy vs The Red Baron is just awesome, it's so fun even today! Great game!

@chiefthunderhorse4430 2 жыл бұрын

Man now I feel old, Jungle Hunt, Kangaroo, Pole Position and Mario Bros were among of my most loved games on the system

@Invidente7 2 жыл бұрын

Both Kangaroo and Pole Position had cartoons.

@youmayberight 2 жыл бұрын

@@Invidente7 According to the U.S. Geological Survey there are currently 34 populated places named Springfield in 25 U.S. states.

@JohnRiggs 2 жыл бұрын

All good. Growing old is a huge practical joke and we're all in on it.

@D-Fens_1632 2 жыл бұрын

My high score on Pole Position is 1632.

@dewback88 2 жыл бұрын

Joust was a very well done port.

@MatCaveGaming 2 жыл бұрын

I still play "Pigs in Space"! Lol. Atari 2600 is where it all started for me and is one of my all time favorite consoles. I highly recommend the Hyperkin Retron 77. It gave a whole new life to my Atari 2600 collection.

@TheLastLineLive 2 жыл бұрын

Wild how they had some rudimentary parallax scrolling on Jungle Hunt. Didn’t even know there was any Atari games that had that.

@MrClawt 2 жыл бұрын

So many good ones. I really loved Taz and Battlezone.

@elmstreetfan1633 2 жыл бұрын

I just remember being super jealous of anyone having one. I was stuck with colecovision yet till the NES. Thanks for the memories Riggs 👍

@DuckMcKrush 2 жыл бұрын

This took me back to my barracks in West Germany when I was stationed there. I bought my Atari 2600 to play on my new Sony Trinitron 15" tv. All night video game binges with Pole Position, Galaxian, Gunfighter & Jungle Hunt. Kept us out of trouble. Thanks for the flashback @JohnRiggs. Good times

@MrDuneedon 2 жыл бұрын

I know that it came out in 1982, but in 1983, I was very much still playing Spider Fighter as often as possible. I was completely addicted to that game, and wore my thumb absolutely raw because of it!

@JohnRiggs 2 жыл бұрын

I did play me some Spider Fighter. Activision made some great Atari games.

@matthewlane518 2 жыл бұрын

Spider fighter is my favorite 2600 game of all time!

@jeremiahthomas8140 2 жыл бұрын

According to Random Terrain's release date website, Spider Fighter is a January of 1983 release.

@MrDuneedon 2 жыл бұрын

@@matthewlane518 Yeah, I would definitely say that it was my favorite as well. There was just something to that game that was so much fun. It definitely was my most-played 2600 game, and it wasn’t even close.

@MrDuneedon 2 жыл бұрын

@@jeremiahthomas8140 Hmm, interesting. I have found other sources that say 1982. I probably still have my original game cartridge around here, somewhere…

@GKitz211 2 жыл бұрын

In our youth everything was new and exciting. Now, decades later, we love the old days. This is how we change. Great channel!

@schwartztastick 2 жыл бұрын

Krull was one of my favorites, actually. If you remember from the movie, the villain’s castle moved every day. So you go to the spider lady so she can tell you where the castle is. When you get to the door at the top one of the webs at the side of the screen will get an indicator to let you know it is the exit. You have to get the guy back to that web strand before the time runs out. If you do it right you will be taken to the final battle, where you can save the Princess. Victory is yours. Also I wouldn’t recommend the movie, it hasn’t aged well. Nostalgia value only. Glaive rocks though!

@johnw8578 2 жыл бұрын

Love that movie -- it could be remade if done right.

@schwartztastick 2 жыл бұрын

The movie still holds a special place in my heart. I tried to show it to my kids and they were bored stiff LOL

@MontviewBlvdBabiez 2 жыл бұрын

Atari was a little before my time but I do own one. I think all gamers should definitely pay homage to the console. My earliest memories as a kid with the Atari 2600 were Smurfs and Mash. Currently I love playing Donkey Kong on my 2600 there's just something about Donkey Kong and using that Atari joystick... 📺🕹

@scottcolston9117 2 жыл бұрын

Hi John. I loved Krull as a kid. 49 now and still a top 10 on my favorite for the 2600. Once you understand it...very satisfying to complete...not Raiders satisfying but still.

@jacobwebb2623 2 жыл бұрын

Great review! "Jungle Hunt," "Joust," "Taz" and "Mario Bros" are some of my most favorite games on the system!

@Vallee152 2 жыл бұрын

With swordquest, from my little time trying it and reading the manuals, you're supposed to find a secret code and using certain items will allow you to do certain things and unlock information about the message

@Vallee152 2 жыл бұрын

My favourite game on the 2600 is Pole Position

@jeremiahthomas8140 2 жыл бұрын

Of the ones on your list, Mario Bros., Jungle Hunt, and Joust are my favorites. Of ones not on your list, Q*bert, Tac-Scan, Solar Fox, Moon Patrol, Star Trek: SOS, and Omega Race are some of my favorites. I also played a lot of Swordquest: Fireworld as a kid.

@jeremiahthomas8140 2 жыл бұрын

Also, keep the 2600 Video Computer System content coming. How about doing those publisher ranking videos on 2600 publishers?

@trevagraham1605 2 жыл бұрын

I remember having to choose between Pole Position or a Bike. I chose Pole Position and never looked back.

@timpize8733 2 жыл бұрын

I had Joust and Kangaroo. Both great games. ^^ Never heard of Gravitar, it looks like it renders Asteroids pretty much obsolete. I have to play it, as well as Jungle Hunt. So many cool classics on this console.

@The_Badseed 2 жыл бұрын

These videos alway bring me back to the golden days of the 2600, jeez all the hours playing pole position

@harleyn3089 2 жыл бұрын

My absolute favorite Atari 2600 game was Keystone Kapers, which came out in 1983.

@loreabiding 2 жыл бұрын

I like this series of videos you are doing! Great content! Thank you!

@SomeOrangeCat 2 жыл бұрын

The Battlezone port was a pretty impressive. They were smart to go with a different graphics style than try to do fake wireframe vectors.

@TheMaskedheel 2 жыл бұрын

I own Battlezone, we bought it at a Lowes hardware during the crash at 1/5 of the price.

@mikem7005 2 жыл бұрын

I wasn't born until 1985 but my earliest gaming memory was Circus on the 2600.

@dwightdixon8508 2 жыл бұрын

Jungle Hunt was my favorite, runner ups: River Raid, Tutankhamen, QBert, Dig Dug & Frogger. My honorable mentions: HERO, Pitfall II, Frostbite, Freeway, Keystone Kapers, Plaque Attack, Crackpots....LOL list goes on and on.

@sshamon72 2 жыл бұрын

Jungle Hunt and Pole Position from this list. I should have kept my Atari 2600. Such magical times.

@hectormontalvo5565 2 жыл бұрын

I don't know if they were released in '83 but I had Name This Game, Mountain King, Congo Bongo, the Xonox double enders and Jr.Pac-Pam. I had a ton of fun with the 2,600 but I don't collect for it. Mine failed and my mom never bought me another one. Cool video John!👍

@allnamesaretakenful 2 жыл бұрын

I think the things Miss Piggy has to dodge are tumbleweeds.

@microJUBEI 2 жыл бұрын

Love this series!!! Please continue 🙏 all the way up to the Millennium (2000). Your takes on the time periods are great, and the games you pull to show are fantastic. It walks the line between being very personal, yet general enough that it makes me think of those times and my favourite games of that year. Awesome, awesome vid/series! I can't wait to watch them on chronological order! Superb Video sir!

@Retrosys 2 жыл бұрын

No one was playing Gravitar in 83 unless they mailed away for it. Hopefully you held on to that Waterworld.

@TheMultiGunMan 2 жыл бұрын

My cousin had an Atari 2600 when I was a kid. I use to go over there on Saturday mornings and it.

@chrispantaleo633 2 жыл бұрын

Completely forgot about that Taz game. I use to love that game. Thank you for another great video.

@Carlb328 2 жыл бұрын

Seaquest and Enduro were apparently 1983 too.

@danielespeziari5545 2 жыл бұрын

Some of these games look impressive for the 2600, and they look fun too!

@robertross8243 2 жыл бұрын

Love your videos. Favorite person.

@TheLastLineLive 2 жыл бұрын

I have a feeling that 1983 could have been averted in a few ways, such as more video game rentals, more game publications to review games, and Atari embracing 3rd party developers more instead of trying to block them. Plus I think consumers were ready for a new generation and Atari didn’t exactly do a great job of giving them that.

@takehirolol5962 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, those are lessons learned from an Industry that at the time had less than 10 years. The review culture is still applied to few geographical areas...

@harleyn3089 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, the Atari 5200 was terrible, especially the controller. And when they came out with the Atari 7800, they removed the sound chip so the sound was back to 2600 quality. Atari just didn't push things forward enough to pull the audience back in. It took Nintendo and Sega to do that a couple of years later.

@mtshark7 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome videp John! I really enjoyed Galaxian on the 2600.

@fresnokila3 2 жыл бұрын

My favorite Atari 2600 game that I still enjoy playing today is Megamania.

@TheMaskedheel 2 жыл бұрын

The commercial rocked harder than a truck full of bricks.

@TheMultiGunMan 2 жыл бұрын

Battle Tank is AMAZING on the Atari 2600. It's my personal favorite on the system.

@OG-SherlockHolmes 2 жыл бұрын

Got a 2600 in 3rd grade , had E.T. , Combat, Pac-Man, Barnstormer, and Stampede. Played it til the wheels fell off( of the pad). Except for E.T. Just had no idea how to play it back then

@NESDwayne 2 жыл бұрын

I had jungle hunt and pole position. I had played jungle hunt all the time but was blown away when the Nintendo came out!

@MrLuckytrucker21 2 жыл бұрын

Played pole position and frogger so much in 85, that sound takes me back in time!

@zamiadams4343 2 жыл бұрын

Great John, just subbed.

@Xanatos21 2 жыл бұрын

I loved Pole Position! I used to have that on my old 1996 Pentium 133 in some arcade hits collection that I got for Christmas of '97. Unlike the Atari 2600 version, the version that I played actually looked and played EXACTLY like the original arcade version. Played that and Dig-Dug in that collection A LOT.

@medicinemansworld6462 2 жыл бұрын

Jungle Hunt. Krull looked interesting.... never had a chance to play it.

@JohnRiggs 2 жыл бұрын

Jungle Hunt has always been a favorite. Love the Arcade game.

@lynchie137 2 жыл бұрын

Joust, Kangaroo and Galaxian... I remember getting all three brand new at either K-Mart or Zellers back in the day. And I absolutely played the crap out of them. Even now nearly 4 decades later, I still like to fire 'em up and play through them a few times here and there, as all three are just fantastic...

@TheMaskedheel 2 жыл бұрын

As an adult look back with sadness no one would play Joust with me. Such a good pvp next to Combat.

@pizzamike4420 2 жыл бұрын

To many awesome games to pick one my top 4 would be joust, pole position, jungle hunt, and galaxian.

@jeremysteelman2900 2 жыл бұрын

So the Dizzy boss fight in Buster busts loose was kinda based on the Taz game on Atari. Nice

@jimmcclements979 2 жыл бұрын

They actually had a National gaming event for Swordquest Earthworld.

@hectormontalvo5565 2 жыл бұрын

For the Sword Quest you need the instructions and the mini comic that came with the game.🤔

@brandyboutwell9388 2 жыл бұрын

I loved Battlezone. Played it in the arcade and at home.

@blakeharvard5841 2 жыл бұрын

Pole Position and Mario Bros are my favorites besides Vine swinging game. NES 1985 is superb in every way in comparison to Atari 2600. If you like the simplicity and vague characters and unique art for environments as well as the characters in Atari 2600 then go for it. Some games I like for the Atari 2600 10 at most or maybe more. I was born in the early 90's so SNES and N64 PS1 GB series and I like NES and Sega Master System Sega Genesis Sega Game Gear Sega DreamCast and 80's arcade games and 70's arcade games are great too. Atari Jaguar Lynks are great.

@TheHighestGodisGood 2 жыл бұрын

Loved Jungle Hunt and Pitfall!!!

@Tenkai917 2 жыл бұрын

I remember being a little kid and playing Atari 2600 at my neighbors house while they and my parents were snorting coke in the back room. Ah, the 1980s.

@JohnRiggs 2 жыл бұрын

sounds like the 80's to me!

@zombiedave5055 2 жыл бұрын

Loved Battlezone both in arcade and 2600. Those Vector graphics games including Red Baron were just awsome at the Chuck e Cheese I worked at in the mid 80s

@KristianWontroba 2 жыл бұрын

Growing up , I had no idea there was a video game "crash". Ah childhood. LOL

@crithon 2 жыл бұрын

Jungle Hunt is so under rated, great video

@seethransom 2 жыл бұрын

The 2600 was my passion! Adventure was my jam! My parents played Colossal Caves. They called it Adventure. I couldn't get too far at it when I was ten. So Adventure to me was that, but with graphics. Electronics were a new thing as I was growing up. That was great for me. I wasn't a big action figure kid. Erector sets, Radio Shack electrical/electronic kits, batteries, and blank tapes kept me quiet for hours. Today, I still play video games. I play a lot of retro. I love Mario Golf. But Beat Saber and Rocket League take up most of my gaming time.

@BlUsKrEEm 2 жыл бұрын

Kangaroo is my all time favorite arcade style game. It along with Tanks but No Tanks were my go-to games when the rest of the family was hogging the NES, and I can still play it mindlessly for hours.

@velvetdogg7375 2 жыл бұрын

Brings me back to 84/85 summer yard sales and the availability 2600's and it's game's. The year after the JR. Came out was pretty good to but the Toaster was out and I think that made the one's still holding on to let go of of there 2600's finally.

@trevorbarnhill3399 Жыл бұрын

We got our 2600 on Christmas Day back in 1983. We got Space Invaders and Combat with it. A couple of weeks later, my older brother picked out Pole Position for us, while Mom and my older sister picked Megamania, and I picked out Pac Man. We got Jungle Hunt a few years later. We had and played our 2600 until my older brother got the NES in the Spring of 1990. I had to wait to get my own NES until Christmas of that year.

@RCfromtheNYC 2 жыл бұрын

Nice list! A few games that I loved which came out and I played to death in '83 and beyond, we're Ms. Pac-Man, a huge upgrade from Pac-Man, Space Shuttle that used console overlays to control the shuttle, and Decathlon, and if you only knew how many times I broke and reglued/duct-taped my controller playing this game.

@STEVEHEROLD 2 жыл бұрын

I had Coleco Gemini back then. Had and loved Joust, Kangaroo and Mario Bros. Also remember liking Return of the Jedi Death Star game that year.

@blackenedheart9592 2 жыл бұрын

Pigs in space was great! I loved that as a kid

@GAMECLOSET 2 жыл бұрын

I think all of the 1983 games, Galaxian was the one I played most. Jungle Hunt was fun, but Galaxian was it. Great video, John! Love me some Atari.

@kornsin 2 жыл бұрын

Joust. Days and days of Joust was played on our 2600. That and Kangaroo.

@dirgenmeister4018 Жыл бұрын

i knew a family that had an oldschool joust arcade cabinet. it was pretty sick

@troystrain2436 2 жыл бұрын

Galaxian was my fave of that group, but to be fair, I hadn't played many of those besides Krull. Always loved the 2600 back in the day, and I really wish I'd played more of these games. That Battlezone looked pretty good.

@WebVManReturns 2 жыл бұрын

I love Battle Zone, however Galaxian and Jungle Hunt are also two 2600 games I enjoy a whole lot.

@hardkoregamer1981 2 жыл бұрын

I had a hard me down Atari 2600 with the plastic woodgrain vinyl panel lining with ribbed black plastic everywhere else with 4 metal switches. I had 100 games with it and all of the accessories with it and I enjoyed the hell out of it.

@timesplitter8040 2 жыл бұрын

John Riggs videos are the best to watch while mega BBQ Apollo 420 blasted. Thanks for the content.

@josepha3805 2 ай бұрын

1983 was the greatest year of my life. I love you Scott.

@nerdcraftercoley7305 2 жыл бұрын

Pole Position will always be my favorite Atari game

@kevinmercado9944 2 жыл бұрын

Pitfall, bong, Tanks

@michaelfitzsimmons8393 2 жыл бұрын

I actually owned Krull back in the day. The Easy mode makes the Crystal Spider's webs static and much easier to jump over :).

@mcorleonep 2 жыл бұрын

I missed out on a lot of these since we had upgraded to Colecovision back then. Perhaps a Colecovision 1983 episode is on order…

@CP-ih6zq 2 жыл бұрын

In Krull you also need to press down when riding the horse over the weapon icons to grab them it is a bit of a timing game but you need those for the final level. Some hidden gems for the Atari is Mash, great game where you save soldiers with a helicoptor then a game like operation where you remove items in the human body. And the game Fantastic Voyage is a great game where you shrink into the blood vessels and shoot bad blood cells a lot of fun, great at that time.

@patg108 2 жыл бұрын

i was around then but idk if i was playing atari, maybe apple II barely. Still do have a 2600 (gave away then later reacquired a few) Up in the attic in a plastic tote at the moment.

@scottcolston9117 2 жыл бұрын

I have 2 words of pure addiction. BARN STORMING!

@Xanatos21 2 жыл бұрын

Gravitar kind of reminds me of that one very old PC game called Gravity Well. Loved GW as a kid, but sadly, it has not aged well at all over the years.

@shunt5001 2 жыл бұрын

Jungle Hunt was my favorite late-era Itari game

@rileymcdonald2777 2 жыл бұрын

Kangaroo and jungle hunt were my jam back in the day! Have a nice day!

@retrogaminghippie3720 2 жыл бұрын

Retro gaming hippie approves! Always great stuff here! Snoopy vs Red Baron ps2 is a solid title as well. We needed krull toys! Better mega force ones as well.

@Addaesir 2 жыл бұрын

There's Chuck Norris' Atari!

@fredhill5379 2 жыл бұрын

I loved my 2600, I still have it with all my games. I remember playing space invaders with my mom.

@originalfred66 11 ай бұрын

The 2600 games in 1982-1983 made a quantum leap in graphics. The programmers finally figured out how to put a lot of objects on the screen with minimal flicker. They made a lot of games that the machine was never designed to handle.

@blazed85 2 жыл бұрын

In the 80s I played haunted house, soccer, some star wars game where you flew left or right shooting things and not touch the ground. I was 5 so memory is a lil hazy lol

@michaeljordan6008 2 жыл бұрын

Great video. Was Venture released in 1983? Always loved that one.

@chefjrmz 2 жыл бұрын

I didnt have the 2600, but I but had the 5200. I loved Joust and Kangaroo. Galaxian and Mario was ok.

@pdeeds0138 2 жыл бұрын

Battlezome was used the the US military as a training tool for tank combat. They created their own version for training knows as the "Bradley Trainer".

@esmerylan 2 жыл бұрын

Maybe this is just my nostalgia but I didn't remember the hardware struggling so much with Joust and Kangaroo. So many disappearing sprites!

@johannmartineau2216 2 жыл бұрын

for me Joust and Taz were the best. I think you forgot Ms Pac Man... Great Video.

@Fektthis 2 жыл бұрын

By 83 the bell was tolling for the 2600 regardless of games released. Same year that the Famicom/NES released in Japan. At that point the Atari was pretty well done for. The game quality was just to big a difference between them. The 5200, it was just an awful machine and not worth bothering with. The controller, ughh...

@pocketstationman6364 2 жыл бұрын

Loads of good fun there

@WillyRosado 2 жыл бұрын

I even had Mario bros as well

@daveperry3186 2 жыл бұрын

I got my Atari for Christmas in 1983 so my playing was more in 1984!

@BBfanfun 2 жыл бұрын

ironically , Atari was the only survivor of the Crash ( no more ColecoVision nor IntelliVision ) even though NO new ATARI 2600 games where released in 1985 !