Raiders of the Lost Ark (Atari 2600) AVGN Episode segment

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9 жыл бұрын

Angry Video Game Nerd reviews Raiders of the Lost Ark for the Atari 2600! This was from episode 48 Indiana Jones Trilogy. See the full episode here • Indiana Jones Trilogy ...
The reason to divide some episodes into clips is because, in many episodes AVGN reviews a compilation of games, and sometimes a review will get lost in the mix. Many people still ask James to review Shaq Fu, even though that was done all the way back in 2007 for the Christmas episode "An Angry Nerd Christmas Carol: Part 2". Hopefully, these clips will make finding certain AVGN game reviews easier to find. #mikematei #retro #retrogaming #gameplay #playthrough #livestream #review #nes #snes #matei

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@fictionalmediabully9830 Жыл бұрын

Like most adventure games on the Atari 2600, Raiders of the Lost Ark required the player to read the instruction manual to play the game properly. It delivers a lot of info and several tips on how to play, what some of the items do, how to get around, etc. Without it, the game is very cryptic and frustrating. With it, it's very fun and rewarding.

@wsieber89 9 жыл бұрын

I miss having the free time to play shit like this

@kavp16 8 жыл бұрын

i remember having this game it drove me fucking mental

@adamwolfram6126 5 жыл бұрын

It took me months to figure this game out when I was 9. I think that's a pretty good value, and the process of figuring it out along the way was quite an adventure, with the kind of highs and lows that are pretty rare for an Atari 2600 game. I think it was pretty well done, considering the limitations of the platform.

@RavenRuled 5 жыл бұрын

Very true. I got the updated 2600 in the late 80s and we played California Games to death but also enjoyed trying to beat Swordquest and Raiders. We beat Raiders but it wasn't easy but a lot of fun. We had to buy 2 shovels in case a thief stole one after parachuting in.

@ms9 6 жыл бұрын

This video review is hilarious! I played this game for hours on end as a kid trying to beat it. Even wrote a letter to Atari, and got a letter back but without the answer (I bet that letter is worth something now). Eventually I somehow figured it out.

@m.oliver6839 9 жыл бұрын

And people wonder why games are easier now a days.

@thablackcrow 9 жыл бұрын

It's actually the opposite but okay

@Bongwyre2112 9 жыл бұрын

Captain Punch No, it's not.

@thablackcrow 9 жыл бұрын

Bongwyre2112 you're fuking stupid yes it is

@Bongwyre2112 9 жыл бұрын

Captain Punch Nope, not even close.

@Zeriel00 9 жыл бұрын

Bongwyre2112 The fuck you're on?? Doing a 360 no scop double kill in COD is way easier than this!! D:

@Mylatenightvids 9 жыл бұрын

KZfaq is the closest thing we will ever have to a time machine

@ericsbuds 9 жыл бұрын

im pretty sure these older games had manuals with them that explained what everything was and stuff. hard to play them without all the original packaging, etc.

@jmathieson15 5 жыл бұрын

ericsbuds I had this game and it did have a very descriptive manual. Game was still bloody hard though. I think the manual even guides you through the beginning to bomb the hole in the wall but you had to leave the screen to the marketplace or the grenade would kill you

@wangson 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. This must've had a massive manual explaining what each of those icons (fuck knows what those icons were supposed to be without each of their designs and intentions being conveyed to the players.

@Jbluez1 2 жыл бұрын

wangson LOL no. I remember the manual described the Ankh by saying it is the symbol of life and it just may save yours! And that’s it. It does not say use it as a grappling hook.

@ericsbuds 2 жыл бұрын

@@Jbluez1 lol, so the manual was vague?

@Pluto-ek3mh Жыл бұрын

@@ericsbuds The manuals were actually incredibly helpful. I can't seem to post the link without KZfaq doing a weird formatting thing and rendering the link useless, so look up the manual for the game. There seems to be a whole website for manuals for old games.

@joshuajgrillot 9 жыл бұрын

Man this brings back memories from when I was 4 and playing this game, not knowing what the hell was going on lol

@soraaoki9967 8 жыл бұрын

LOL The guy who made this game is the same dude who made E.T.!Oh! I mean Howard Scott Warshaw

@Bonesince1997 4 ай бұрын

Some of the screens looked very similar!

@mohacs1000 9 жыл бұрын

Never mind. You can look forward to the new ET game. It's going to be fabulous.

@drewshafer8365 2 жыл бұрын

Ah the second episode i ever watched of avgn still an absolute favorite

@superdoonz1 9 жыл бұрын

I did eventually beat this game. But it took me like 3 years of guessing at the meaning of cryptic symbols. Gave me a thrill at finding the ark that modern games don't give tho...

@Alianger 8 ай бұрын

The game that introduced a sense of community among gamers, having to share their discoveries and read the manual as well as Atari Power to finish the adventure. 5 years before Zelda ripped it off, folks.

@88DreadGT 6 жыл бұрын

READ the instruction manual! I was 12 when this came out and only got stumped when I had to find the shovel and learn how to get to the Ark's location. My friend back then would call some hotline Atari had at the time for hints. But, we beat the game

@HexNottingham 3 жыл бұрын

LOVED playing this game! Beat it countless times. Anyone else use the parachute to get into that hole under the tree branch? It wasn't very rewarding. Lol.

@joseph_b319 9 жыл бұрын

How long did it take you to figure that out?

@45asunder1 7 жыл бұрын

wasn't there a parachute as well?

@colinthomson7518 Жыл бұрын

frogger, space Invaders, pitfall 2, jungle hunt, centipede, pole position. all my favourite games

@sparkydeltorro 9 жыл бұрын

i'd love some new episodes guys ;(

@sparkydeltorro 9 жыл бұрын

Oh I'm wise to what's going on, I just want to guilt them into making more episodes. The way an abused spouse want's their partner to change, but honestly doesn't expect it.

@WhereThereDude 9 жыл бұрын

lol good one !

@JeremyYost 9 жыл бұрын

This is so funny!!! Raiders of the Lost Ark on Atari 2600 was totally like that! It was so hard and confusing.

@raydeen2k 9 жыл бұрын

I was 14 when I played this. It took me seven months with no hints other than what was in the manual to beat this thing. And for what? I've never gotten Indy to the top of the ladder at the end. I have no idea what it takes to do that.

@zaponline 9 жыл бұрын

Looking back, I honestly have no idea how I figured out these things as a kid in 1983 without an internet or any gaming mags (Electronic Games was out but I didn't read it then) to help. I guess I had a crazy imagination. :)

@fictionalmediabully9830 Жыл бұрын

You did have the instruction manual, didn't you? It has a lot of info and a few tips explaining how to play and get around.

@PRORICAN26 9 жыл бұрын

Mannn! I play that game back in the day and could not figure it out.

@jmathieson15 5 жыл бұрын

Beat this as a kid. It was very hard to figure it all out. He didn’t even show the parachute and finding the ark. The parachute was a bitch too. Even when you found exactly where to fall if your timing wasn’t perfect with the parachute you couldn’t guide yourself into the hole in the wall. There was always a branch sticking out above it and if you hit the branch you just fell and died

@jackmcslay 9 жыл бұрын

This game should be on James & Mike's monday

@TonyJOKTony 5 жыл бұрын

I had this game and the instruction book tells you what is what, who is who and all about the bomb.

@KristerNielsen 5 жыл бұрын

Wow... that's game design at its earliest. Trial-and-error was kind of the norm back then.

@tjhill9479 4 жыл бұрын

3:22 LMAO!!!!

@CommanderCronus 8 жыл бұрын

I still have the cartridge. Great game, not that hard to figure out as long as you have the instructions. If not, you're screwed.

@tcdahn7 9 жыл бұрын

Me and my brothers used to fight to play this game.. we'd hide the game so we would be the one to play it next.

@YourNewBuddy 9 жыл бұрын

Fang! How did you figure all that out? Thank you, so I don't have to.

@chrisx742 4 жыл бұрын

This was a great game for the time.

@thogard6002 9 жыл бұрын

Yup. Had no idea about using a second controller. No wonder I'd play for ten minutes and be done

@debgibsonfan 9 жыл бұрын

I got this when it was new...can relate to all of this. LMFAO

@cymaddux31 9 жыл бұрын

This ending was not your typical high quality finish

@hjimenezs2801 5 жыл бұрын

i remember thats game never can complete

@Ironman-jd3do 9 жыл бұрын

MILLIONS OF YEARS AGO I WAS BETTING THIS GAME EPICLY BUT NOW I AGREE WITH YOU NERD GOD BLESS YOU SIR GOD BLESS YOU SIR!!!

@mooseyman74 3 жыл бұрын

The best part of this game was the box art

@Morpheus170 5 ай бұрын

Awesome video!

@westside1o5 9 жыл бұрын

keep the videos coming

@TrapnestShinigami 9 жыл бұрын

>Cuts off footage from an old episode, uploaded as new >Still gets 12k Views ... o..k?

@OctanicAvenger 9 жыл бұрын

TS Prism if you have seen the making of episode, you will notice that there will be a ton of "new" episodes. I know it is the extras channels, but this is BS. This video has no new extra content from this scene, it is just an excerpt of the many that avgn has.

@jackhanson1852 9 жыл бұрын

Read the description, all will be revealed :P

@GreenHotDogz 9 жыл бұрын

At least he has a reason for this

@dogma9609 3 жыл бұрын

well...they got me there lol

@TheSuperPenGuy 9 жыл бұрын

Your hands must have hurt while using 2 contollers.

@ruthmcnally310 9 жыл бұрын

At 4:25 you can his thumbs have gone red from using 2 controllers.

@leon30517 9 жыл бұрын

RuggedALAN my little bonerrrrr

@Zeriel00 9 жыл бұрын

Wow those Gen3 ponies were terrifying!! XD

@Dremos77 9 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of the Dizzy games with all the items and secret areas, wonder how the kids of today would cope with that.

@DiggyDwarf-wc2qj Жыл бұрын

Using two controllers is hard for me unless you’re Mithrax.

@murdocktrashbag1609 9 жыл бұрын

I know this is an old vid... the magazine ,I believe called ELECTRONIC GAMES walked me thru after Many exaltsted hours on this game...and being a kid in the 80's---obviously NO Internet ---WE Read things called magazines. Apparently, I wasn't smart enough.... Hense, Old School games, may very well have been more complicated than New games.....

@nicholasserio4031 9 жыл бұрын

Looks like I found THE WRONG ARK. heh heh. I better stop dropping too many of my baskets of gold to the merchants, cause only one has the parachute, the other merchant had the one that would not open.

@azzamandreas862 9 жыл бұрын

should i ever get trapped in the late 70's and feel like playing zelda before its out id gladly settle for this for a few years

@bellvnv2000 4 жыл бұрын

I remember getting this game for my system in the mid-80s . I was so stoked based on the movie and of course the cover art on the box and cartridge . "My God", what a disappointment ! If it wasn't for you I would not know there was any other levels to the game !

@sevinPackage 9 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately this video was not properly deinterlaced before it was upscaled to a higher resolution. Sad face.

@GenerationX1984 7 жыл бұрын

Indiana Jones and the Jewels of Ishamah. Indiana Jones is the greatest!

@basslinepromotions 9 жыл бұрын

2:57-3:27 would be one of the top funniest segments of all the AVGN episodes !

@MudShark85 9 жыл бұрын

Think Fate of Atlantis is still the best Indy game

@dabogabo 9 жыл бұрын

Now my head hurts...

@DergEnterprises 9 жыл бұрын

I had this game, it was a complete piece of shit for a child to try to figure out without a book or the Internet.

@will_it_work 7 жыл бұрын

I figured it out as a child with no book or internet.

@mooseyman74 3 жыл бұрын

I agree, we expected an action game and were just confused

@kor_vision6363 7 жыл бұрын

When I was a kid my sister's then bf gave me a bag of Atari games he was giving away. This game was one of them. Thank god for trash cans. But he did give me Air Sea Battle which I loved.

@jeffdemas9521 7 жыл бұрын

go figure, the Atari dudes were potheads who had limited deadlines with game design. So,, I'm sure programming this game made sense while being high.

@fictionalmediabully9830 Жыл бұрын

This game was developed in six months.

@shanecopher5781 5 жыл бұрын

Thankfully there's homebrews that are using the Atari to its fullest... especially w adventure/ rpgs.. check out Dungeon... Other decent Atari adventure games are; Secret Quest, Dark Chambers and Crypts of Chaos

@kesammaramarao2995 2 жыл бұрын

Image a kid playing this without a game manual in 1980s That's how I play this game today with the help of emulation in my mobile.

@gameoverwehaveeverypixelco1258 9 жыл бұрын

I think Atari games were made by the military to find intelligent masterminds that could figure these fucking clueless games.

@biscuitsalive 9 жыл бұрын

Game devs must have been trolls!

@kevinmcbroom4370 9 жыл бұрын

This game is krap....thanks avgn..

@oliverupload 9 жыл бұрын

Way more broken the Jekyll and Hyde

@Teh_Zig 9 жыл бұрын

So like, rather than hold off and do a new video, you're just taking clips of old videos to get a bit more ad revenue? That's kinda shitty.

@Mycrossbowvideo 9 жыл бұрын

Typical zelda games

@wangson 3 жыл бұрын

Good fuck (!!!!) is this ever a convoluted game!!! How in the shit could anyone have figured any of this bullshit out? Unless the instruction manual laid clear exactly what to touch and where to go and which button does what...heaven's to Betsy! What a Kardiashian-sized loaf of hot shit this game is!!

@fictionalmediabully9830 Жыл бұрын

A well-received game for its time, not a loaf of hot rubbish, and the instruction manual gives you all the information necessary to beat the game casually. It was the early '80s, what on earth were you expecting? Ever played The Hobbit on the ZX Spectrum? It's fondly remembered, and yet it requires both the manual and the book it's based on to properly play it, it even came with a copy of the book.

@GlitchGoblin 9 жыл бұрын

I got so mad at this game, that I took it outside, smashed it and buried it.

@fictionalmediabully9830 Жыл бұрын

I hope that's just you joking because, yikes, how immature of you.

@BAZFANSHOTHITSClassicTunes 3 жыл бұрын

No wonder i coudnt figure this shit out. Who in 1983 as a kid in the UK ever figured this croc of crap out.

@fictionalmediabully9830 Жыл бұрын

Simple, they read the instruction manual.

@BAZFANSHOTHITSClassicTunes Жыл бұрын

@@fictionalmediabully9830 whats that then

@extragirth64 9 жыл бұрын

The fact that this game is so cryptic is great but there's not a lot of common sense used in the execution. The NES era had a good balance of difficulty and beat-ability. You have to remember that people paid 60 dollars for these games so getting their money's worth was very important.

@fictionalmediabully9830 Жыл бұрын

These games had instruction manuals and NES games weren't much less cryptic. Zelda 2 and Castlevania 2 were especially bad at providing any useful information in the game itself. Even as late as PS1 games like the Tomb Raider series, there are a lot of cryptic, unintuitive moments.