Atari 2600 Keystone Kapers from Activision | The Third Time REALLY IS the Charm!

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Keystone Kapers is a platform game developed by Garry Kitchen for the Atari 2600 and published by Activision in 1983. The game involves a Keystone Cops-theme, with the player controlling police officer Kelly, who traverses the many levels of a department store, dodging objects to catch the escaped thief Harry Hooligan.
Kitchen designed the game after working on Atari 2600 games Space Jockey and a port of Donkey Kong. He wanted to develop a game similar to the latter game, and began developing what would become Keystone Kapers. On the games release in 1982, it received positive critical attention for its graphics and gameplay. It was later ported to other consoles such as the ColecoVision and Atari 5200.
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@gkgamemaker Ай бұрын

Hey Jon, Garry Kitchen here. Great video, my friend. Thank you for all the kind words about one of my favorite games. And thanks to all the fans who have left some great comments. To add some of my own comments, here's a tip. When you get to the more difficult balls (higher bouncing) try pausing just for a split second when you enter the screen and then run and jump over the ball without stopping. With the right timing, you hit it when the ball is at the bottom of its arc. It's definitely the most efficient way time wise. And to whomever said that I was inspired by Chopper Command for the lower radar, that's exactly right. I loved what Bob Whitehead had done and thought it would work as a long range scanner. And the radio comments are hysterical. Yes, the graphic was a little obscure. One time, I was talking to an enthusiastic fan from Brazil where the Activision games were incredibly popular but didn't come with manuals. He said that it was an ongoing debate among Brazilian gamers as to what the radios were. No one ever knew for sure. And one more tip, or not. I thought that on the fast planes (or shopping carts, not sure) there was a way (with no pausing at all) to make it to the end of the screen without having to do the second jump. Am I wrong? Enjoy!!!!

@GenXGrownUp Ай бұрын

Hiya, Garry. Wonderful to see you stop by and take the time to leave a comment! 😁

@Haywood-Jablomie Ай бұрын

THANK YOU for one of my favorite games as a child.

@OldManTheseDays Ай бұрын

Gary (aka: the MAN), thank you for the games. Can’t even describe how much fun I’ve had with them over the years.

@HaakonAnderson Ай бұрын

Did you make Bart vs World or just Space Mutants?

@bartdunbar5108 Ай бұрын

From the day I bought it when I was in 8th grade, to this very day, it remains my favorite Atari 2600 game of all time. I had the pleasure of meeting Gary kitchen at free play Florida a few years ago and thanking him in person.

@Mark-Wester Ай бұрын

I love keystone Kapers.

@ALTDOK667 Ай бұрын

Getting a plane straight in the face is brutal! I remember jumping on the robber when I caught him. I'd always yell, "Kick 'im in the head!" Lol

@miketendopower Ай бұрын

An honorable attempt. I don't know why but as a kid I always thought the radios were heaters.😅

@BriansManCave Ай бұрын

I always thought they were jewelry counters with flashy jewels 😁

@donkique956 Ай бұрын

I always thought they were heater radios.

@BriansManCave Ай бұрын

@@donkique956 Even when I programmed my Intellivision version of this game, I kept thinking they were Jewelry... my code still shows that 😝

@MisterAzathoth Ай бұрын

I always thought of them as green magnets 😂

@pex_the_unalivedrunk6785 Ай бұрын

i had always thought they were remote control tanks, counterparts to the toy airlplanes 🤷🏼

@Johnenoch226 Ай бұрын

Keystone Kapers was a really fun game. I remember it well. Great idea for a segment. Happy Memorial Day GXGU team!

@MC-lg6xt Ай бұрын

I remember this as a kid during the early 80 along with Van Halen and C-3PO’s cereal 😊. The game was great !

@shawncarter7188 Ай бұрын

Sweet! I bought this a couple of weeks ago for the plus... haven't cleaned out the cart yet though.

@mattsmedley.onehandedgamin9029 Ай бұрын

One of my favourite 2600 games. I still have my original keystone kapers cartridge for the 80s & a couple of times a year this game will get played. I always thought that the radio's were in fact safes that were wired with explosives by the robber. Just a brilliant game.

@Skorpio420 Ай бұрын

Considering Activision was started by ex-Atari programmers, they really created magic for their Atari 2600 releases.

@tedthrasher9433 Ай бұрын

So glad you made this video! I still remember getting Keystone Kapers from my grandparents for Christmas. It is my all time favorite game for the 2600!

@GenXGrownUp Ай бұрын

Wonderful! Thanks for watching. 😁

@allanmailer4540 Ай бұрын

Great game and it still plays well to this day. Excellent example of everything that was good about Atari and Activision. The vibrant colour palette, the supreme gameplay, the tight collision detection and the ramping up of the difficulty which seems fair. Big well done to Garry, not many games can hold your attention for over 40 years.

@e11aguru Ай бұрын

Atari 2600 was basically designed for playing Pong and Combat type games. It's amazing what clever programmers could do with the hardware.

@nahumgardner Ай бұрын

I always liked that the planes were the airplane from barnstorming.

@allenfrisch 4 сағат бұрын

Oh yeah! Keystone Kapers holds up WAY better today than most other 2600 games!

@mr.pavone9719 Ай бұрын

I liked jumping to catch the crook too. If the sprites overlapped the right way it looked like the billy club became a lump on the crook's head. Very cartoonish! Oh, you'll score a lot more points by taking the elevator.

@patsfan4life Ай бұрын

The whole package was genius for the 2600

@TheDrisk Ай бұрын

This game is so epic. it still fries my brain on how good this game is.

@PaulTaylor1 Ай бұрын

I love how he thrusts his belly out as he goes up the escalator (as we call them in the UK lol).

@zerobyte802 Ай бұрын

I usually use the elevator to get off on the 2nd floor and skip the left halves of the first two floors. Probably the worst obstacles are the double fast airplanes. You have to duck a bazillion times to get through those.

@amitypredator9385 27 күн бұрын

My mom bought this for me in I think...1987 or 1988 . loved this game. Hours of fun and really a standout in terms of 2600 graphics.

@zilchsr Ай бұрын

2:28 Unfortunately, you cannot have more than 3 reserve lives. Reaching the next 10,000 points while having a full complement of 3 reserve lives will not acquire you a fourth. Monitoring the life variable stored at RAM address H&96 upon achieving any multiple of 10,000 points (when extra lives are earned) confirms this. I digress ... this is one of, if not *THE* best channels to come to for Atari 2600 commentary. I love it! I always look forward to getting the next new content notification. YOU ROCK, GenX!

@GenXGrownUp Ай бұрын

Oh, no. I guess the code don't lie! I've never gotten to 10k without dying, so I wasn't able to test it, but the manual says, "...up to a maximum of three on-screen at a time," which I interpreted as only three could be displayed, though more could be in reserve. Otherwise the "on-screen" qualifer wouldn't have been necessary. Huh. Thanks for the clarification and also for the kind words. I appreciate you being a subscriber! 😁

@thejoint25 29 күн бұрын

Keystone Kapers is still my favorite 2600 game. An absolute graphical marvel.

@neugey Ай бұрын

I think this game shines as one you can play with a friend. They can help you with calling out the obstacles placement and speeding up and how far ahead the robber is getting.

@peterperpetua2974 Ай бұрын

My favorite 2600 game, I always did all the jumping on the escalators like you and also jumped while catching the crook.

@curtismanley3459 Ай бұрын

One of my all time favorite Atari 2600 Activision games. I remember playing them constantly for my parents to take high score pictures so I could get the patches. Wishing I had those still... but anyway Jon and the GenXGrown Up group, keep up the awesome videos!!!

@magnusdiridian Ай бұрын

Still one of the best games for the atari 2600, if not THE best.

@lurkerrekrul Ай бұрын

I always jumped on the bad guy as well. Flying tackle! :) Two details that the remakes get wrong: 1. Obstacles/enemies will never appear in the path of the robber. Even if he's running across a floor that previously had radios or shopping carts, they will be absent when he's running across that floor. This means that when you're both on the same floor on the same screen, you don't have to worry about any obstacles or enemies. This is true for all the official classic versions. Pretty much all the remakes leave the obstacles and enemies in place and have the robber just run through them, although YOU still have to avoid them. This adds an extra bit of difficulty to the game. 2. When you pick up a briefcase or money bag it will SOMETIMES get replaced by a radio, although this doesn't seem to happen all the time, and doesn't happen at all on the first few levels. In most of the remakes, bonus objects get replaced by radios 100% of the time. This isn't as much of an issue as the first point, since you rarely have to revisit those screens. Being a picky person, I just wanted to point these out.

@SkiBumMSP Ай бұрын

Never had this game myself, but one of my friends had it and remember having a blast playing it. The two games I've spent the most time ever playing on the Atari 2600 was Pitfall and River Raid. Don't know if that game was ever featured on this channel, but it should be! Also to add. I did remember getting more than enough points in River Raid to get the patch (I've gotten over 100,000 points in that game), but could never get a screen shot to send in. My parents would not do it as they did not want to waste film and pay to get it developed. Not like today when everyone pretty much has a digital camera on them.

@dohertyaaron Ай бұрын

Thanks for the upload! Love your positive energy.

@frankc4755 Ай бұрын

Great video, Jon! Definitely in my top 4 2600 games.... along with Pitfall, Asteroids and Space Invaders.

@jayme69 Ай бұрын

Great fun Jon :-) Thanks for sharing!

@MoiraWillenov Ай бұрын

Who remembers the AWESOME Gary Kitchens Game Maker for the commodore 64?

@daviddavies3637 Ай бұрын

Spent a lot of time with this game. Think I still have it in the attic.

@binkman853 Ай бұрын

I absolutely love this game. Played so much back in the day. Thanks!

@UncleDadsKids Ай бұрын

Keystone Kapers and Pressure Cooker are my two favorite Activision (Maybe even 2600) games. Love these videos Jon. Thank you for the consistent quality content.

@MikeyT0601 Ай бұрын

Thanks for playing this, Jon. I never got to play it as a kid. But now I got to get it on my Atari Gamestation

@The_Badseed Ай бұрын

Great video. I love this game. This, Yar's Revenge and Pitfall 2 are my 3 favorites.

@tedadamgreen Ай бұрын

That was way more fun than I expected! I never had that as a kid and now I feel like I missed out. Thanks for the video and I still need to go watch that interview 🕹️

@GenXGrownUp Ай бұрын

You bet!

@joshh8245 Ай бұрын

That was rather entertaining watching you play that. Haha. Great video! Keystone Kapers is a classic. Grew up playing that and still do. Watching that makes me want to play it again. Haha.

@GenXGrownUp Ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching. 😁

@OofHearted Ай бұрын

I loved all the same things, the fluid jumps, the speed, the colour etc. I misremembered the name, thinking all this time it was Keystone Coppers.

@InsaneWayne355 Ай бұрын

I loved Keystone Capers. It was probably in my top three most played Atari games.

@ZMAN_420 Ай бұрын

Atari 2600 and Activision are always a great time.👍🏻🇺🇲

@CyberKnightt Ай бұрын

I always enjoyed the overall design of Activision cartridges; the overall unique color each one had, the picture of the actual game, and how when you stack them they kind of lock in with each other. Next time you're in the Activision mood I'd really enjoy hearing your thoughts while playing either Frostbite or Seaquest.

@GenXGrownUp Ай бұрын

Thanks. I'll add 'em to the list.

@ScottW967 Ай бұрын

Man! Am I glad I decided to get this game as a kid. It’s a ton of fun!!!

@Bikeguychicago1 Ай бұрын

This is one of my go-to games on my Atari 5200 and 7800. I have the original, 5200, and the 7800 adaptations. The game is great for short bursts of gaming fun and is one that transcends generations. I even had my 2600 version signed by Mr. Kitchen a few years back @ Midwest Gaming Classic.

@Bikeguychicago1 Ай бұрын

The 5200 version adds additional challenge because of the controller :D

@GenXGrownUp Ай бұрын

Very nice!

@dchav5150 Ай бұрын

LOVED this game! I remember when I received this for getting A's & B's in school! I still have the patch! Has anyone had Harry Hooligan juke you in the higher levels?

@Joe-Exit Ай бұрын

I remember playing this when it was new. Awesome game. Good times.

@Ste743 Ай бұрын

I remember when this game came out, but I never played it. Great review, downloaded it today and it’s very good.

@MitchellRoboto Ай бұрын

My family didn't have money, but my older sister heled get me a job as a golf caddy when I was 12. They paid out in cash plus tip. Keystone Kapers was one of my first purchases after playing it at my cousins' house. My whole family took turns playing it including my parents. We had many laughs over this game.

@hardkoregamer1981 Ай бұрын

Great game thanks for sharing Jon 👍

@tomevil6 Ай бұрын

Great stuff!

@DarthKalkillus Ай бұрын

Loved the game, and it took really good practice for me to get it to where you would max points to freeze the game at the end.

@rustymixer2886 Ай бұрын

Great video

@Sabrina79 Ай бұрын

I loved this game when I had my Sears Tele-Games console. I would, however, get SO frustrated when the shopping carts and airplanes sped up to the point where I couldn't keep up! But it was still fun to play, and I still do play it on the Virtual Atari website - but it's MUCH harder trying to maneuver using a computer keyboard! 😂

@alcampbell469 Ай бұрын

It is a fantastic game. I loved it then and I love it now. i was playing on my psp the other day on my activision collection

@ChrisConnolly-Mr.C-Dives-In Ай бұрын

The game was so much fun we would make the sound effects even when we were not playing.

@KristianWontroba Ай бұрын

The elevator and escalators in the game blew my mind back in the day!

@miked4377 Ай бұрын

for some reason never played it back in the day...great game...

@gregsnarke610 Ай бұрын

I heard that interview Jon on Genxgrown that’s one of the games that I had 👍

@IuriFiedoruk Ай бұрын

I would love a sequel to this game - no, not the spiritual one, but a real one. I can pick and play Keystona Kapers without any issues, and have a blast of fun, any time. Great game, 10 out of 10.

@Picverse Ай бұрын

Love it, keeping the retro games alive.

@JPBlock73 Ай бұрын

Jumping off the escalator is just one of those things that’s fun to do - like jumping into the door to the stage bosses in Mega Man games 😁

@cowetascore8476 Ай бұрын

One of my top 10 Atari games.

@PitfallHarry72 Ай бұрын

Looks fun. I'll have to try it on my FB12G.

@mykleb1616 Ай бұрын

I'm so glad I'm not the only one who always jumped on the thief lol. One of my all- time faves

@GenXGrownUp Ай бұрын

Boot to the head! 😁

@mykleb1616 Ай бұрын

@GenXGrownUp 🎶 nah nah🎶 lol let's see how many get THAT reference

@chrisholland91 Ай бұрын

My favourite 2600 game. I always use the elevator and almost always get off on 2nd floor. It’s not worth the risk to go to the left escalator imo. Also once you get the double bouncing balls I believe you are better off just hitting them and continuing on. I may be wrong but I swear it takes just as long to dodge them if not longer.

@SylveonTrapito Ай бұрын

Boy, that´s Atari`s blast prosessing!

@BriansManCave Ай бұрын

One of my more favorite games on the 2600! It's the first game that I programmed and released for the Intellivision... except I called mine Keystone Kopps 🙂

@andyauthor2007 Ай бұрын

My favorite 2600 game list would go H.E.R.O., Solaris, Pitfall II, Pressure Cooker and Keystone Kapers would be up there next along with River Raid in a tie for 5th. Everything Jon said about the gameplay being smooth is dead on. For a 2600 game, the graphics are impressive as Jon mentioned. He also mentioned the game is just FUN. That is the most important thing, is the game fun? Keystone Kapers is just a great game, it's by Activision so of course it's great.

@haruruben Ай бұрын

There was an old film series called “keystone cops” 👮 about goofball cops chasing criminals

@80sGamesAndMusic Ай бұрын

Great video! This game is one of my favorites. Awesome to see it get some well deserved attention!

@Kilroy_5150 Ай бұрын

Jon, when you do these interviews, you've gotta find Atari like backgrounds that can animate "around" the interview squares :)

@JGreen-le8xx Ай бұрын

A person had done a fantastic version for the Commodore 64 not too long ago and was free to download.

@gregwesson8815 Ай бұрын

A Commodore 64 version was made in 2019. It's great! :)

@guidogouweloos Ай бұрын

Activison brought us some gems 💎 In that era. Keystone Kapers is one of them. Frostbite is also not that famous, but had great gameplay too. And of course we know Pitfall, HERO, River Raid. All soo much fun to play and still the playability is great today. Oink 🐷 was an amazing idea for the time. Much better than all the FPS clones today.

@pex_the_unalivedrunk6785 Ай бұрын

gotta get those style points every time for jump kicking the bad guy in the back of the head! Fatality!

@GenXGrownUp Ай бұрын

Haha!

@ericplatts9100 Ай бұрын

Keystone Kapers and Frostbite my most played on atari games.

@ACL84Fla Ай бұрын

This is my son's favorite Atari game by far. Definitely a great game!

@malcolmmurphy2924 Ай бұрын

I was born 69 grew up in the 80s with Atari best years of my life.

@GenXGrownUp Ай бұрын

Hey, a fellow '69er!

@mikeburkhart8336 Ай бұрын

Keystone Kapers was my third favorite Activision game on Atari 2600. Right under Pitfall! and H.E.R.O.

@guidogouweloos Ай бұрын

Great game, still very playable today.

@gabrieleamore3081969 Ай бұрын

Lovely game! Another very good One Is pressure cooker, from the same author i believe

@cryptocoffee13 Ай бұрын

I just bought this 2 days ago and it's on its way

@RetroJack Ай бұрын

Nice!

@andyleclerc3600 Ай бұрын

The planes will kill you if you run into them. Sometimes I caught myself jumping when I should have been ducking.

@mikmurphy1 Ай бұрын

Looks like it borrowed from Chopper Command. The radar, the sky.

@billschlafly4107 Ай бұрын

I recall that the difficulty ramped up really fast.

@ButterSpider3 Ай бұрын

Man, propeller to the face! Ouch!!!! Haha

@JumboJosh-lv3mo Ай бұрын

Beyond pitfall, river raid, hero, and keystone. Most activision games are just not as good as Atari titles. They’re still good, but Atari has extremely good games thanks to its more laid back style (before the purchase of Atari, or after the fantastic 4 left)

@paulwarner8288 Ай бұрын

If Harry was throwing frozen Chickens, would this be Keystone Capons🤔?

@PlasticCogLiquid Ай бұрын

I made a remake back in the early 2000's called Kops. It's on Itch io but I don't know how well it runs on modern systems. I put a lot of work into making all the timing the same on the objects but I was high and I added some stupid things too. I remember having a really difficult time making the escalator.

@TheH454 Ай бұрын

GenXGrownUp got a new hat! - For a second or two I thought he was going to talk a propane and propane accessories.

@GenXGrownUp Ай бұрын

I tell you h'what.

@Skorpio420 Ай бұрын

@@GenXGrownUp Dang it, Bobby...err, Jon!

@GenXGrownUp Ай бұрын

Pocket sand!

@Skorpio420 Ай бұрын

@@GenXGrownUp DangItManWhyYouGottaGoAndThrowSomeOlSandOutChurPocketManThatsNotCoolYouCouldBlindSomebodyWithThatMan. [/Boomhauer]

@SHUPIRATE1991 Ай бұрын

I always thought this game was one of the best on the 2600. Activision mace the best titles

@tdk358 Ай бұрын

Perhaps this game could be updated with an Amazon warehouse theme...

@trilogy10100 Ай бұрын

Activision made the best games, No flicker compared to the atari games. My favorite is still enduro, pitfall 2.

@hardkoregamer1981 Ай бұрын

Jon how about doing a video on one of the following Atlantis, Star Raiders, Star Voyager, Stargate, Defender 2, Space Cavern, Space Jockey, Spy Hunter, Starmaster, Tac-Scan, Fatal Run or Star Trek: Strategic Operations Simulator.

@GenXGrownUp 28 күн бұрын

I did Starmaster: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qbuFZcqQt7zagHk.html Thanks for the suggestions - added to my list for future episodes. 😁

@Joe-Exit Ай бұрын

Activision and their sunsets.