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Atari 50th Anniversary Celebration Review "This Thing SUCKS!"
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Күн бұрын(title continued) ...away my time because its friggin' funktatsic!!!
Funkmaster V aka Vinnie Vineyard (The Hike, WJHC AM, Camp Smokey), from www.Atari7800Forever.com, reviews the brand new Digital Eclipse release, the “Atari 50th Anniversary Celebration” game collection. This title is for Nintendo Switch, the Atari VCS, Steam, PS4/ PS5 and Xbox systems.
Tempest 2000, Star Raiders for the Atari 5200, Haunted Houses, VCTR-SCTR, Quadratank, Yar's Revenge Re-imagined, Alien Brigade (not included), Neo Breakout featured.
Thanks to Trebor's Stuff, Atari, Digital Eclipse, and John Hancock for additional video.
#atari #ps5 #switch #thehike2021 #campsmokey @wjhcam
@andrewosborne7544 Жыл бұрын
I got this as a Christmas gift and it's excellent couldn't be happier
@FunkmasterV Жыл бұрын
Dude- its great
@paulweiss3818 Жыл бұрын
Actually, Star Raiders II started off life as a movie tie in for The Last Star Fighter. Nice video! Thanks for taking the time to highlight this title that I was originally planning to skip but not anymore.
@FunkmasterV Жыл бұрын
Yeah, but its Star Raiders through and through. They were just going to give it a last starfighter paint job, the movie came out in 1984, star Raiders came out in 1980 for the computers and in 1982 for the 2600. It was going to be a cashgrab ruse. I’m glad you’re gonna check it out. I’m releasing a video about the game vctr sctr today, it’s worth the purchase alone
@RetroAdvisoryBoard Жыл бұрын
One of my most anticipated new releases this year. The love poured into the bonus content/digital museum reminds me of the first years of DVD when studios put their own historians and researchers and threw everything in, to sell us on the new format. Digital Eclipse just set the bar and on a clear day you can see it up there. Oh and J - E - T - S Jets! Jets! Jets!
@FunkmasterV Жыл бұрын
JETSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@ChicagoRetroGamer Жыл бұрын
Haha, this game is amazing and I am loving it so far!
@FunkmasterV Жыл бұрын
It’s great!!!
@AutisticJoker88 10 ай бұрын
You mentioned Pole Positions I and II in the omissions. Namco (the developer of those games) owns the rights to Pole Position. Atari only sublicensed those games for the US Market
@FunkmasterV 10 ай бұрын
Thank you! I always wondered where those went. In my opinion, Namco and WB should sell this kinda shit back to Atari now that Ataris trying to do something with these old licenses.
@dpgreene Жыл бұрын
You got me with the clickbait title. "Sucks!? Really!? I've heard good things." was my thought going into this. Lol.
@FunkmasterV Жыл бұрын
Sorry about that… yes, this thing sucks away my time… I think I put into the comments.
@MaximumRD Жыл бұрын
Gotta admit your title had me worried as so far I had only heard good things, glad to see that's not the case, it really does seem like Digital Eclipse actually gave a damn and put effort into it unlike so many companies that seem to just crap out endless subpar efforts that just want to bank on nostalgia and nothing more. Good to see.
@FunkmasterV Жыл бұрын
Yeah its great
@A31Chris Жыл бұрын
The Jaguars graphics syatem was 64bit. The performance of the object processor and blitter were unique in that their performance was limited by and dependant upon the main bus. This is why in the specs you don't see a speed or mhz rating for them. What Carmack referred to as chips with no theoretical upper limit. Unfortunately use of the motorola 68000 choked the bus by a factor of 20 but was more convenient for devs to use. This is what you see in most every commercial Jag game.
@FunkmasterV Жыл бұрын
You are smarter than me on this. I’ve just always heard it’s not really 64 bit. The homebrews they are making nowadays are finally taking advantage of the confusing and strange hardware that makes up the Atari jaguar
@A31Chris Жыл бұрын
@@FunkmasterV Meh not really but better than nothing.
@FunkmasterV Жыл бұрын
@@A31Chris Wellllllll...... Ive not played any, but some of them look pretty good. The new batch from Atari Age look promising, especially the Chaos Engine. But to your point that game was an old computer/ SNES game so who knows?
@JT-th1lp Жыл бұрын
It's always been 64-bit! Most people were just focused on "flashy" graphics and not inquisitive or technically minded enough to realize it. It has five processors on 3 chips. Two 64-bit processors, the object and the blitter... with direct access to the 64-bit bus, two 32-bit processors, and one old fashioned 16-bit processor.
@pedrosvlog1183 7 ай бұрын
Id love to see more Jaguar games come out and a Panasonic 3do collection would be nice.
@FunkmasterV 7 ай бұрын
Digital eclipse, the company that put together this compilation, developed a fantastic jaguar emulator. I hope that leads to more games too
@basicforge 11 ай бұрын
I usually HATE click-bait, but this time I love it! LOL
@FunkmasterV 11 ай бұрын
My Clickbait brings the boys to the yard
@basicforge 11 ай бұрын
@@FunkmasterV Good job!
@ericmiller2052 7 ай бұрын
This collection is what persuaded me to buy an Atari VCS, and i have not been disappointed.
@FunkmasterV 7 ай бұрын
It’s a daaaaaam good un!
@cyrollan Жыл бұрын
in the time since your video came out, there is now a fully functional emulator called BigPEmu, made by Rich Whitehouse. it can play 100% of the ROMs!
@FunkmasterV Жыл бұрын
Can you play the homebrews too?
@timmadone8930 Жыл бұрын
Digital Eclipse has always put out good collections & they really outdid themselves here. I'll agree that "Vector Sector" alone is worth the price of admission. I do wish this collection would have included the PSP evolved versions of "Asteroids" & "Super Breakout", but it's hard to be disappointed with what you do get. Now if only SEGA would do a collection like this but focus more on their coin-op arcade games like "Carnival" "Pulsar" "Tranquillizer Gun" 'N-Sub" "Twin Squash" "Monster Bash" & of course all 5 of their vector games.
@DuckAlertBeats Жыл бұрын
Actually they used to be known for their awful emulation and presentation, notoriously bad, but they seem to have improved :)
@FunkmasterV Жыл бұрын
Their cowabunga collection is a prime example of their improvement
@SamsonScorpio Жыл бұрын
We went through it last night and had a blast. If you didn't enjoy it you should have experienced it with friends from that era.
@FunkmasterV Жыл бұрын
Watch the video, I gave it a glowing review!
@mooseyman74 Жыл бұрын
Bought a cheap emulator box from China and loving it, but will get this too, looks good 👍🏻
@FunkmasterV Жыл бұрын
It’s so good!
@entertainingsportshighligh7525 4 ай бұрын
I love ❤️ it
@FunkmasterV 4 ай бұрын
It’s great!!!
@randydisher1153 Жыл бұрын
it doesnt have online leaderboards. i play arcade games for the fun of competition, so this is a giant bummer for me.
@FunkmasterV Жыл бұрын
That’s one of the biggest problems for me too, however digital eclipse has hinted that there may be a future DLC. Hopefully that will be something they address
@DuckAlertBeats Жыл бұрын
There's no leaderboards?? Why?!
@FunkmasterV Жыл бұрын
@@DuckAlertBeats They may implement them later with a DLC... it does keep your high scores on the arcade games and the newer games at least. But not the 7800, 5200, VCS games...
@DuckAlertBeats Жыл бұрын
@@FunkmasterV Ah ok. Let's hope so. Although saying that... why do I care lol I'm never going to have an impressive leaderboard score online anyway if I'm honest 😭
@FunkmasterV Жыл бұрын
@@DuckAlertBeats damn- that's a humbling though that applies to me as well LOL
@jh5124 Жыл бұрын
Acutally on PC you can use both mouse and controller allowing for trak balls games and such to work well. Best of both worlds.
@FunkmasterV Жыл бұрын
Do you use the mouse on “spinner” games or the controller?
@jh5124 Жыл бұрын
@@FunkmasterV I use the D-pad. It works decent enough. I can't find a decent priced PC spinner.
@joshuawebb4966 Жыл бұрын
You forgot sword quest air world.
@FunkmasterV Жыл бұрын
I’m about to a video on how to play that game, for those of us that were too stupid and lame to beat earth world
@RickyD1968 10 ай бұрын
The game is ok but just wait and buy the Atari 2600+ in November or buy it now the Atari Flashback 130 games Gold Console 50th Anniversary Edition very Cool !!!!!!!!!
@FunkmasterV 10 ай бұрын
You’ll be all missing out on a lot. If I had the choice now, I would buy this for the Atari VCS. The classic controller makes the spinner games 10 times better.
@zombeat7376 Жыл бұрын
Games I hope are on it .pitfall..2600 pac man and tutankham?
@FunkmasterV Жыл бұрын
I don’t know why anybody would want the 2600 version of Pac-Man, but none of those three made it. These are games that Atari created, not just featured on one of their systems. There’s probably 500 great games not on this compilation, just too many licensing issues. Still plenty of great ones
@zombeat7376 Жыл бұрын
@@FunkmasterV pac man for atari 2600 is rhe best pac man game I ever played. But anyway I found another atari set on the switch called atari flashbacks has a lot more games on it I liked.
@DuckAlertBeats Жыл бұрын
Real shame Star Wars arcade isn't on here etc but I get it
@FunkmasterV Жыл бұрын
Dude... hard agree
@jh5124 Жыл бұрын
Actually the Jag is 64 bit.
@FunkmasterV Жыл бұрын
Lol no it’s not. for practical purposes, it was a 32-bit console. It had a 64-bit object processor, but all of the actual processing happened in 32-bit.
@jh5124 11 ай бұрын
@@FunkmasterV Yeah they havve been debating this for years it seems. Someone explained it pretty well around here somewhere how the graphics system works. I would agree they seemed to be crippling the 64bit part of the system with the way they used it.
@johnjames529 11 ай бұрын
It DOES suck! At least on a console. Any game that requires a paddle or a trackball is completely unplayable. Tempest (2 versions), Warlords (2), Super Breakout, Neo Breakout, Breakout (2), Centipede (3), Millipede (3), Missile Command (4), Crystal Castles (2), Major Havoc, and Pong. That's at least 22 games and some of their best ones!
@FunkmasterV 11 ай бұрын
If you play it on an Atari VCS, all of the spinner games are perfect
@johnjames529 11 ай бұрын
@@FunkmasterV Yeah, I guess I shouldn't have got the Xbox version and instead got the Steam version for my Mac. The mouse and trackpad work great with most of these games.
@mrmojorisin8752 Жыл бұрын
So I can use an Atari VCS controller to play this on the Switch? If true it’s really important to me.
@FunkmasterV Жыл бұрын
Let me investigate that and make sure, I watched a video where digital eclipse said that worked for the Xbox and/or PC, I was just assuming it would work for the switch, but let me check that out first
@mrmojorisin8752 Жыл бұрын
@@FunkmasterV Thank you very much, and great video!
@FunkmasterV Жыл бұрын
Unfortunately it appears that it doesn’t work on Xbox or switch, but does work on pc… suxxxxx
@mrmojorisin8752 Жыл бұрын
@@FunkmasterV Yes, suxxx but thanks for looking into it for me. Would love to play Tempest 2000 with that spinner.
@johnsheaffer9016 Жыл бұрын
@@mrmojorisin8752 spinner works great on the VCS.....just saying.
@bryansteele832 Жыл бұрын
Does airworld come with a comic?
@FunkmasterV Жыл бұрын
Great question… I’ll look
@FunkmasterV Жыл бұрын
It has an instruction booklet that has clues like the comic books did for the others
@subkafka Жыл бұрын
Great funkin' review!
@FunkmasterV Жыл бұрын
Thank you my beautiful boy
@nastycanadian1975 Жыл бұрын
What! I looked online at the list of games and E.T. didn't make it? WTF!
@FunkmasterV Жыл бұрын
There is a lot of casualties due to licensing problems. I’m sure Steven Spielberg has tied up part of that. There is a section of the documentary part that’s dedicated to ET and the mass burial in New Mexico
@nastycanadian1975 Жыл бұрын
@@FunkmasterV I am appreciative for taking my comment seriously, even though I was just messing around xD
@FunkmasterV Жыл бұрын
You never can tell these daze… there’s a lot of weird people in the ether
@nastycanadian1975 Жыл бұрын
@@FunkmasterV HaHaHa! .... so true.
@nastycanadian1975 Жыл бұрын
@@FunkmasterV On a serious note I am not sure what has come out on the other classic Atari collections and it's been forever in a day since i went back to my childhood in the video game department but I had HE-MAN and that game was awesome. No one I know ever owned it, and I have never seen it at conventions and/or Fleas. They put Asteroids on there and I KNOW it has to be on a previous release but what about Barnyard, Keystone Capers, Atlantis, Popeye! 👍
@bigwhopper6501 Жыл бұрын
I would of got it if aliens vs predator was included
@FunkmasterV Жыл бұрын
Lots of Licensing issues exist with many of the best Atari games…
@TheGingerburger Жыл бұрын
And fixed it up a bit so it doesn't run at 15 FPS 😂
@FunkmasterV Жыл бұрын
@@TheGingerburger lol
@michaelparker5640 9 ай бұрын
Breakout without a paddle controller 🤔👎
@FunkmasterV 9 ай бұрын
You have a paddle controller on the Atari VCS 😁👌👌👌
@michaelparker5640 9 ай бұрын
@@FunkmasterV you can still play it without one on the PS5 just not the same especially when it comes to precise movement you only can get with a paddle 🧐 good video ✌️
@FunkmasterV 9 ай бұрын
@michaelparker5640 oh yeah, spinner paddle and trac ball games suffer with joystick controls fo’ sho’
@zimbabwevae4609 20 күн бұрын
So this is clickbait? Nice
@FunkmasterV 20 күн бұрын
I'm aghast! Its not clickbait! I ran out of room. The title was supposed to be "This thing sucks all of my free time away, sirs."
@javaly78 Жыл бұрын
Good ol clickbait somehow it brings in the viewers, I’ve heard/seen good things so far, I’m surprised about the remasters, especially Yars revenge, which just recently got a remix
@FunkmasterV Жыл бұрын
I hope so! It’s a pretty great collection. I actually prefer the 2600 version of Yars Revenge, the re-imagined version is beautiful but wonky
@javaly78 Жыл бұрын
@@FunkmasterV I played the recent remix for a bit, its interesting, oddly enough better than the 3D 360 game from 2011.
@FunkmasterV Жыл бұрын
Not bad, but I played the 2600 version and did sooooo much better
@randyadams4764 Жыл бұрын
I do not understand why everyone likes this.I bought it and soon realized it was a waste.The games on here suck.At least it includes basic math.
@FunkmasterV Жыл бұрын
Basic math was the dealbreaker
@maniaque37 10 ай бұрын
no berzerk sucks to me
@FunkmasterV 9 ай бұрын
Bazonk!
@eumiagui Жыл бұрын
Fiz uns remakes 3D do ATARI. Tem na playstore HERO, Seaquest, Pitfall e outros. MLB-Miaguis confere lá. Valew 😂👍👍👍
@FunkmasterV Жыл бұрын
qual loja de jogos?
@VideoGameXDomain Жыл бұрын
Why is the title this thing sucks? Lol
@FunkmasterV Жыл бұрын
The title is continued in the comments ;)
@paularnold2595 Жыл бұрын
It's strange the vector games having a soft look to them as this was not at all so when I played them Inthe 80s & with the omission of battlezone, red baron & many 2600 games this for me is a thumbs down & here's to 60th,70th & 75th anniversary releases £££ zzz
@FunkmasterV Жыл бұрын
No! What’s great is that you can adjust the glow of the vector graphics in each game. The developers Even said that each arcade machine was different, so you can adjust the vector graphic to best replicate what you played as a kid in the arcade. That’s pretty amazing
@kashu196 Жыл бұрын
Ratio
@FunkmasterV Жыл бұрын
Yes indeed. Ratio
@RobertBatina Жыл бұрын
i love this game... and like you mentioned "atari cash grab" everyone is giving this game crap because of the game choices... c'mon, who doesn't have almost every friggin' atari game they like fro msome other compilation that they've purchased in the past? Lots of new stuff, lots of weird stuff, lots of never before released stuff... it succeeds in being what it was trying to be, and the people who don't like it obvs weren't meant to be shopping for and buying it, ya know? :)
@FunkmasterV Жыл бұрын
It’s absolutely one of my favorite video games of all time. I’m having a blast with these arcade games I’ve never played.
@redcrimson1028 Жыл бұрын
Of course it sucks! And I almost bought it!! The only thing good about this collection is the steelbook case and the interviews of the history of Atari.
@dearsirdearyou4153 Жыл бұрын
I hope you are joking because if not you have no respect
@FunkmasterV Жыл бұрын
Actually it’s pretty bad ass, the six new games alone are fucking amazing
@mrmojorisin8752 Жыл бұрын
Take a peek at Metacritic.
@dana_padrino Жыл бұрын
Talk about Clickbait Jesus come on dude don’t put that kind of title on your video. If you’re like it’s 97% awesome but it’s garbage what are you talking about? I don’t know I’m totally confused. I think Clickbait sucks.
@FunkmasterV Жыл бұрын
You ok love? Check the description and take your pills . Lol
@dana_padrino Жыл бұрын
Yeah, clickbait loophole. Unfortunately, I just ran out of pills 🎉
@FunkmasterV Жыл бұрын
@@dana_padrino Well... there's the door
@tarstarkusz Жыл бұрын
The title says it all. This thing is just another yearly cash-grab.
@FunkmasterV Жыл бұрын
It’s actually great. I lied lol
@tarstarkusz Жыл бұрын
@@FunkmasterV I know, I watched the whole video. You went WAY too easy on them.
@mrmojorisin8752 Жыл бұрын
@@tarstarkusz You’re out of your mind. Take a look at metacritic. No accounting for taste or lack of it.
@tarstarkusz Жыл бұрын
@@mrmojorisin8752 They're been re-releasing this stuff since the 90s;
@FunkmasterV Жыл бұрын
That’s not entirely true. They’ve never released Jaguar games, 5200 emulation is historically bad, and there’s a few prototypes that have never been released. Plus, six new games they made especially for this comp. AND… this is more of an interactive documentary than a games collection
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