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Atari 2600 Star Raiders
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Жыл бұрынWe reminisce about playing Star Raiders on the Atari 2600 and then actually read the manual for the first time.
#retrogaming #atari2600
@anjanettepetty-kountz3785 Жыл бұрын
Wow!!! Alien attacks, no stick space ships, close encounters, remote overlays …. Manuals!!! This episode has it all’s!!! 😂
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
What is NOT to love!
@WhatHoSnorkers Жыл бұрын
I for one welcome our new Krylon Overlords.... Good fun!
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
May your eggs never stick to the pan.
@drrev40 Жыл бұрын
The Panic, The Drama, The Excitement, The Volume! Thanks for turning it down a bit Taylor. You two are so adorable as friends!! Re, Mi, Do, Do, So!
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
If you can believe it, it was louder in person!!!!! :)
@cocoliving7157 Жыл бұрын
Watched while enjoying my morning cup of Java, what a way to start the day :)
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
The best!
@orignal29 Жыл бұрын
The sound of the 2600 is so unique and recognizable!
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
It will smack you upside the head and make you a coffee, fo sho.
@speedbird737 Жыл бұрын
fantastic! (watching here from the UK) you two are brilliant x
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
Thanks! 🇬🇧
@CoachOta Жыл бұрын
Star Raiders on the Atari 800 was the first thing to compel me to stay up past midnight as a kid. On the 2600, I actually prefer Activision's Star Master for this sort of game but it never quite gets to the frantic levels of audio/visual bombardment shown here.
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
I mean utter sensory overload. Did you also enjoy the occasional Dorito?
@xenosaga1348 Жыл бұрын
Loved both Atari 800 Star Raiders and Starmaster on the 2600. Phaser Patrol for the 2600 Supercharger was better than both. Easy to emulate these days.
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
@@xenosaga1348 Hell yeah. Good to know.
@xenosaga1348 Жыл бұрын
@@fractalMD plus you have a Harmony Cart and all Supercharger games work great with it.
@mattsmedley.onehandedgamin9029 Жыл бұрын
Midnight Magic, one of my favourite Atari 2600 games.
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
I don't think I've even heard of that. Googling now.
@thanhmcgriff3387 10 ай бұрын
One of the first real-time strategy games created. I have the Atari 600 version & still enjoy it 40 years later. Playing this game without directions & an understanding of the overlays is basically impossible because there’s so much going on & it’s all real-time. When I first picked the game up again I got smashed because I forgot how layered it was. If you want your ego to take a beating play on hard mode. Your ship gets constantly attacked, taking damage, everything breaks & it’s a battle just to warp to safety. A major adrenaline rush.
@fractalMD 9 ай бұрын
Ego beating fo sho!
@drjohnfisher Жыл бұрын
This was so much fun to watch! Thanks for all the fun and the epinephrine rush at the end! 💜
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
😃❤️
@marksuper4920 Жыл бұрын
I never had the keypad controller, so star master from Activision was my go-to space combat game. Great video!
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
Oooh, Star Master. What s name!
@mdgorelick Жыл бұрын
This was one of my favorite games for the Atari 800. It wasn't until fairly recently that I learned there was a version for the 2600--and that cool controller! I had to have one so I bought the game at a local retro gaming shop and the Star Raiders controller off of eBay. The whole thing was about a $15 investment. The 800 version is much better of course, given that the machine has much better hardware. It's pretty amazing what was achieved on the 2600 version, though. My best ever rank was Star Commander Class 4, I think. (Class 1 is the best) Love your videos...keep 'em coming! I love that there are women out there that grew up playing nerdy video games just like I did. I have two to thank for a bunch of the retro gaming stuff I've acquired, the 2600 Harmony cart being one excellent example.
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
That is great!
@EricsEdgeVideos Жыл бұрын
Thanks for saving the galaxy before self destruction! I needed a pick-me-up this afternoon. Mission accomplished!
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
Eric, we were at least as into this as we appeared. I'm still a little jumpy.
@GarthBeagle Жыл бұрын
Wow played this game a lot when I was a kid, that extra control pad was magical!
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
It made it all seem so fancy!
@chrissimpson1183 11 ай бұрын
Love Star Raders
@fractalMD 11 ай бұрын
SO MUCH. All the feels.
@platimatic Жыл бұрын
Very intense. 😀
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
THE MOST INTENSE!
@FischerFan 8 ай бұрын
It's interesting hearing from a couple of ladies who enjoyed playing this Star Wars-like space game. I still have my old Atari video game system and my collection of games which, sure enough, includes Star Raiders. Of the collection of games that I have and played, this is the one that caused me to use the most body English during play. That's because the strategy is to maneuver your ship to get the enemy spaceships onto the lower half of the screen and then towards the corners, so as to make them easier to hit and destroy. Take note that game variations 3 & 4 are much more challenging than the first two. Your spaceship is much more vulnerable to damage. Even if your shields are only in damaged status, your ship can still be destroyed. Good gaming, ladies and be sure to seek out Activision's Starmaster which is regarded by many to be a better game.
@fractalMD 8 ай бұрын
Will look for Starmaster!
@geoffneil5073 Жыл бұрын
That was great well done on saving the whole galaxy. I always love seeing how much you both enjoy playing these old games :)
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
All in a days work!
@RetroTechChris Жыл бұрын
I remember playing this! Probably still have the touchpad around here somewhere. Back in the day, I didn't have the controls sheet, and had no idea how to play this. Thanks for covering it!
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
We now know how to play it.... slightly. Hi Chris!
@RetroTechChris Жыл бұрын
@@fractalMD haha yea, you made some good progress. It was fun to see!
@hotfightinghistory9224 Жыл бұрын
I stayed up till midnight to play Resident Evil 4 when it released, instead Im watching Taylor and Amy play Star Raiders, and loving it cuz I never figured out that game either but loved it :)
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
It's only took us a few decades to sort it out!
@Silverwaregames 11 ай бұрын
OUTTA THIS WORLD!
@fractalMD 11 ай бұрын
😎
@CurtisBoyle Жыл бұрын
I had a couple of friends with this cartridge on the Atari 800. Now that you have played this one (with a manual! I would never have tried it without a manual), I would be interested in what your opinion of the Coco's "homage".... errr, "clone" would be. Project Nebula requires 2 analog joysticks (this is one game the black beauties are perfect for) and is very close to Star Raiders, but with some notable differences (have back and front radar scans is one off the top of my head). It was a favourite of mine as a teenager (and one of the very first 2 games I ever bought!), and we had a big 'ol comfy chair with large armrests... so naturally I taped a joystick to each arm, keyboard on a table in front of me, and commanded my very own spaceship on the big (for the time) 32" wood panel colour TV in our basement. Lots of fun! (I have a picture on my site from that time period, but the "captain's" chair is in the background and I was just using a stool - I think I was playing Phantom Slayer). Glad that you two had the same immersive experience with this type of game when you were younger too!
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
Oh, I so wish you had a photo of you with the joysticks (AKA remotes if you are AJ) taped to the armrests. Legendary. Sounds like we need to get our hands on the Coco version for sure. Maybe we can break it out at cocofest. Has it been on the game on challenge?
@CurtisBoyle Жыл бұрын
@@fractalMD - no photo of the taped up “Captain’s Chair” unfortunately… just the one photo of me from that time period. Nebula has not been done for the Challenge yet.
@coffeecuparcade Жыл бұрын
My daughter and I have spent hours and hours playing this game. Probably the greatest Atari game ever made. Looked like the 2 of you had a good time, that's awesome. Exactly what the developers intended! 10/10 I almost died when you reset the system. WHILE WINNING!!!!!! HAHAHAHAHA 🤣🤣🤣 I bet the 2 of you were laughing your asses off after you hit stop on the camera!
@fractalMD 11 ай бұрын
This is just such an us thing to do. I swear none of this is staged! 😂😂😂
@another3997 Жыл бұрын
Great video. You're both as crazy as a box of frogs (but as sweet as a box of kittens too 😉). I've only played the Atari 8 bit computer version, which is great too. We had a VCS/2600, but unfortunately not the Star Raiders cart. Please keep on saving us from those non-stick frying pans.
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
I mean, the fact that nothing sticks to them makes them 1000% harder to kill!
@djnak7856 Жыл бұрын
Oh cool, you're back, yay!! The ending reminds me so much of Amy's controller escapade on Super Mario :) Have you tried the Star Raiders controller in Basic Programming, or the regular keyboard in Star Raiders? From what I hear, those controllers (and the Sesame Street kids one) are wired exactly the same
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
I definitely have...a playing style. We have not messed around switching up the keyboard and controller. Could be interesting.
@errollleggo447 Жыл бұрын
Two gals doing retro video games? SUBBED! Edit: Oh Atari 400 package in 79 came with Star Raiders, and I made it to Star Commander once. Sounds are pretty similar.
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
Hooray!
@xXxCobraCommanderxXx Жыл бұрын
Classic game. My cousin had that first then I got a copy.
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
Back in the day it felt like we were the only ones that knew about this little gem. It's so cool that other ppl were doing the exact same stuff that we were.
@wimwiddershins Жыл бұрын
Commander Champion's quest to rid the galaxy of Krylon.
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
Not a molecule shall remain.
@djdamagedome Жыл бұрын
Taylor knows her sol-fa!
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
🎶 🎵 🎶
@SteveRaynerMakes Жыл бұрын
That looks and sounds so much like Solaris
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
Nice.
@Fredthefat Жыл бұрын
Wish I'd mispent my youth as well as you two did. I guess reading the manual helps, but then I'm not sure real space heros have manuals, so maybe you were doing it right back in '85.
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
Carried on to mispend adulthood, as well!
@Phantom8Bit Жыл бұрын
FWIW, Star Raiders is an update to the BASIC Star Trek games. It simply added the real time cockpit view combat, and starbase docking. The 8 bit computer version was revolutionary for the time, but I always thought the combat had unrealistic physics which made it more difficult. I thought the VCS version didn't play quite as well as the computer version, so I can understand the frustration.
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
No wonder we like it. Star Trek adjacent!
@Phantom8Bit Жыл бұрын
@@fractalMD There is an update to the Atari 8 bit version of Star Raiders on Atariage. It was built from the original source code along with a few optimizations to make it run faster. They won't let me post a link, but the thread is titled "Star Raiders Source Code to be released?"
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
@@Phantom8Bit nice!
@lurkerrekrul Жыл бұрын
@@fractalMD The earliest Star Trek games just used ASCII characters to represent the map, ships and stars. Later, they used actual graphics. Of course they were all unlicensed. Basically (which is also a pun because many of them were written in BASIC) they would draw a random grid map, where each sector could contain a random number of stars, Klingons, and starbases, with starbases being rather rare. It would give you a view of what was in your current sector and if there were any Klingons, you could attack them with phasers or photon torpedoes. This was done by pressing the number key for that option, entering a direction via a number (1 = up, 2 = up/right, etc), and power level. If they survive, they get a chance to counterattack. To see what's in the sectors around you, you do a long-range scan. To travel to another sector, you enter the direction, and the "warp factor", which is really just a substitute for distance. To repair and recharge you dock with a starbase. When all the Klingons are dead, you win. Versions exist for pretty much every computer under the sun. There's a nice one for the C64, and even a commercial version (without the Star Trek license) called Space: The Ultimate Frontier. Actually, I think StUF is a reworked version of the freeware Star Trek game as they look quite similar. Someone recently took an old MS-DOS game called Super Star Trek, made it work on modern versions of Windows, and slapped the bridge graphics and sounds from Star Trek 25th Anniversary on it as an interface. The sector display still has primitive graphics though. Google for Super Star Trek 25th.
@lurkerrekrul Жыл бұрын
I like these type games, but I never liked this one. I got it for Christmas and never really knew what I was doing, even after reading the manual. I thought that Activision's Star Master and Starpath's Phaser Patrol were better on the 2600. They weren't as chaotic. I later got an Atari 5200 and that version of Star Raiders was much better. I imagine the Atari 8-bit version is pretty much the same. As for the Video Touch Pad, I think the idea was originally that the keyboard controllers would be a standard controller for some games, like the joysticks and paddles. However, I don't think any Atari bundle ever came with them, so they remained a niche product and only a few games supported them. When Star Raiders came out, I guess they figured that nobody would have keyboard controllers, so they decided to bundle a redesigned one with it. I think a couple third party companies did the same. All the various keyboard controllers are the same internally though.
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
It is indeed, pure chaos.
@HunterZBNS Жыл бұрын
Had this one back in the day too. I also bought the BASIC cartridge and had to swap my one Star Raiders keypad between ports to type stuff in lol. I really wanted to like Star Raiders because I loved Star Wars, but a lot of features felt weird, and the combat wasn't very satisfying; I only learned recently that this is because it's basically a de-make of a far superior Atari 8-bit computer version. Would be interested to see what you two think of that computer version! Apparently Activision also released a spin on this idea for the 2600 that people say is better, but I haven't played it.
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
Oooh, surely we could get our hands on the computer version. Yeah, the play on this is definitely button mashy. Still fun, but I don't think it's even possible to be skilled at it!
@oldguy9051 Жыл бұрын
@@fractalMD The Atari computer version should be easy to acquire. It really is a staple of that machine -- and it for sure was my personal "killer app".
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
@@oldguy9051 We might even already have it...
@oldguy9051 Жыл бұрын
@@fractalMD If you try it you may want to first activate the shields before you try to catch asteroids and plasma projectiles! ;-)
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
@Old Guy But then are you even truly living?
@dirkcrossi6574 7 ай бұрын
LOL ,..no Hollywood film can be Better ,..LOL ...This is FUN
@patkelley8293 Жыл бұрын
I have the Activision version Star Something or Other on a PS1 collection. Which is fun but no frills.
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
Frills are for chumps!
@geekwithsocialskills Жыл бұрын
I spy your NABU computer hiding under your monitor.
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
That's just our VCR. 😃
@geekwithsocialskills Жыл бұрын
@@fractalMD Can you control your VCR with the Star Raiders Palm Pilot? LOL!
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
@Geek With Social Skills you know it!
@timothyp8947 Жыл бұрын
What a laugh 😊
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
We get so into it SO FAST.
@DavidStahlOLDHAPPyMACs Жыл бұрын
Very Nice Game Play Taylor and Any But On The NABU I Think Arctic Adventure Needs To Be Addressed If You Up To The Challenge
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
We are still recovering from this!! 🤣
@DavidStahlOLDHAPPyMACs Жыл бұрын
@@fractalMD Ok LOL
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
@@DavidStahlOLDHAPPyMACs I do want to know if you can time it to catch a fish...
@DavidStahlOLDHAPPyMACs Жыл бұрын
@@fractalMD Have not tried that ?
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
@@DavidStahlOLDHAPPyMACs I must know.
@Unfunny_Username_389 Жыл бұрын
Pretty sure we never got this in the UK. 2600 faves for us lot in our street was Adventure (so into that), Defender and even Raiders of the Lost Ark (that one in particular is a lot better than it was given credit for).
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
I was obsessed with Adventure and esp Raiders.
@Unfunny_Username_389 Жыл бұрын
@@fractalMD sweet - was Superman any good?? I felt it should've been, but in practise it seemed dire.
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
@ Unfunny Username #389 I don't think I ever played that one but now I have to Google it.
@Unfunny_Username_389 Жыл бұрын
@@fractalMD yeah just having a look now - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qJ2FZbd3rsfdn6c.html it seems like Adventure but in a different "skin" kinda thing....there's even a bridge
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
@@Unfunny_Username_389 You know what, this looks vaguely familiar. Maybe i blocked it out to protect my sanity.
@Alibm80 Жыл бұрын
😃
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
☺️
@IsaacKuo Жыл бұрын
This is The Way ... to play Star Raiders.
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
This is The Way.
@JamiesHackShack Жыл бұрын
Beware the spray paint armada! 😆
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
Hide your kids, hide your wife!
@lloyddavies5587 Жыл бұрын
Is that your original 2600? I don't have my original I got in 1982, but still my 2nd one I got at a yard sale in 1990.. I have a 7800 (yard sale find in 1993)and 5200 (2016) and XEGS (2017)now too
@fractalMD Жыл бұрын
My original is no longer working, sadly. But a lot of those cartridges are. I think Taylor picked this one up later on.
@ClausB252 10 ай бұрын
Space fighter fueled by wine?
@fractalMD 9 ай бұрын
As are all the best space fighters....
@chrissimpson1183 11 ай бұрын
You two are very bad at that game.
@fractalMD 11 ай бұрын
You are correct!
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