Very nice review! I agree on every single word you said in this video! And the artwork on labels, catalogs, boxes and manuals was wonderful indeed! Especially the early artwork!
Tapper Q-Bert River Raid Warlords Berzerk Chopper Command Atlantis Frogger Yar's Revenge Wizard of Wor -------------------------- HONORABLE MENTIONS: Pole Position, Buck Rogers Planet of Zoom, Space Invaders, Vanguard, Stampede, Etc... EXCELLENT VIDEO MARK! My SEARS TELE-GAMES still rests beneath its canvas cover w/ the TELE-GAMES logo printed on it... :)
I miss catalogs like these.. as a kid I would spend hours looking through these, making wish lists of all kinds of games my family could never afford to buy me!
@TheSonicsatAM Hey representing SatAM! Probably my favorite show ever, nice.
I assume you were making a joke, but yeah some Atari competitors/predecessors (pong consoles) did have wood-grain motifs as well. Most notably the Intellivision.
I've seen the binder at a local game store. I don't have an Atari, but if I get one I'm getting the binder. Should I get a six switch or a four switch system?
I LOVE Atari 2600 catalogs, the art works in them & also the cart/box art! I remember flipping through them, looking @/waiting to buy new games. When my dad & I bought our Atari in '77, I remember we would go the the store every week & buy each/every new game as it was released. This went on until 3rd party games. Too many/expensive after that. I REALLY love your channel/videos BTW. When it comes to vintage/classic/retro gaming, there's nobody else out there who can touch you! :-)
MAN awesome review Mark. It really takes me back, I used to lay in bed and gaze into the excellent illustrations on each page. The catalog was great for when I had to be in bed and wasn't allowed near the atari, lol. I must have been 7 years old.
@NWNisFUN Same here man, same here! Aren't this guys videos just the best?!?! The Atari artwork was awesome though. What about the cartridge box art? That was great too. BTW, Atariage has many scans of catalogs & box art, just in case your interested & want to check them out, for nostalgia & what not. I often read them & think about reading the same catalogs as a child, 30+ years ago. I try to remember where I was, what I was doing, etc, & how bad a wanted a particular game in the catalog
well there are homebrew games and i think the 12th one on your list would be halo 2600 wich is like berzerk with master cheif and convenet thats my recomendation of game for you
Great background music. 2008 and 2009 videos were so awesome. Don't get me wrong newer CGR videos are great! But Mark's ego has enlarge since then and now he gets distracted with everything in his reviews! =(
The real Atari is long dead, but there are still fans making new games for the system and putting them on new cartridges with labels, awesomely enough.
It's a rotten shame companies don't put as much effort into their catalogs and manuals anymore. It shows lack of care, and the best marketing comes from solid material like the catalog you're reviewing. Good designers are not overpriced, so that's not why modern day catalogs are so "blah" by comparison.
Heck, most Companies don't even include manuals in their games anymore. The instructions are all in game. Remember when Nintendo manuals were ACTUALLY helpful?
Berzerk, Yar's Revenge and Combat are worthy, but most of the best 2600 games were made by Activision. Space Invaders? Defender? Pac-man?...terrible, terrible ports.
@LordelX Space invaders was THE arcade port. It's the cartridge that established the paradigm of arcade hits on a home games console. It was a tremendous achievement for its time, and I always liked it more than the arcade version. The home version was more tense and spooky, and the aliens had more personality. Didn't much care for the 112 variations, but that was a convention of the era. Definitely a must-have for the Atari 2600.
I have a different atari catalog which is pretty much the same thing except instead of cool graphics it has really scary and stupid looking cartoon drawings.
There are only three of those simulated-wood-grain Atari Game Centers known to still be in existence and two of them are in the Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles.
The third is rumored to be in the Palace of the Crown Prince, Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud in Riyadh. But that has not been confirmed.
i actually recomend activision games if you want to start a collection... most of them are well done, and the label generally give an acurate depiction of the game instead of nice art and sub par game play
id go with hero as being one of the best games for the console, i think new comers might be able to get into it. when i was new to it recently i managed fine with it
Darn you video game crash!!! We totally missed out on the "super realistic, life like" graphics. Due to that, we had to wait a decade for games to even look realistic. Sigh :((
@tigresuave11 LOL I get your joke. I'm imagining Atari coming up with something better than Blu-Ray back in '82(even though CD's aren't the norm yet!)and ditched it when the crash happened.
I recently got an Atari 2600 on ebay (recieved it today!) and it came with most of these games. I Am missing Bezerk, Defender and Super Breakout that I will want among others not on this list =P
The covers for 2600 games were awesome.And as you said,some covers were actually more exciting than the games themselves.But still very distinct and special.
And he really hit the nail on the head when he said, "They don't make them like this anymore." Think about it...when was the last time you found yourself holding an actual game catalog? Let alone one with beautiful artwork.
Yep you are right. I still have this catalog and I remember looking through this as a kid and I really enjoyed using my imagination while reading through the book. Plus the art was really imaginative and excellent too.
@Skyrift Easy. When the internet catalogs replaced paper ones. We still have catalogs, and much better looking that that, but they're online, that's all.
Nostalgia is great, but some people get blinded by it. The past wasn't better or worse, just different.
@Skyrift umm ign magazine, playstation magazine, and theres more not trying to pick an argument but there are plenty of good game catalogs or atleast the equivelant of a game catalog
Oh man I remember these catalogs. That picture on the inside cover really said it all...that era of gaming was classic and timeless.
Sure the technology was primitive. The gameplay was simplistic and the graphics were as base as it gets. But none of that matters...the 2600 still holds a special place with old school gamers for it's sheer awesomeness.
i was gonna buy an atari 2600 since it was the very first system i ever remember playing at the age of 2. But Im a kid of the Nintendo Era, and the graphics and sound on the atari really put me off. :(
After seeing this video I had to get a atari catalog of my own so I got the 1982 catalog with the 49 games and I also got a 1981 catalog with 45 games along with my 2600 vader's manuel for about $9.00 what a deal.
i didnt grow up with atari but when i was like 3 or 4 we had a 2600 with the game center and the only game i remember playing with my family was the firetruck game!
My maze craze was actually called maze mania but had the same decal on the cart and it was the same game. Something I had i never see are the atari comics. Not the full size dc comics, but the smaller ones that were the same size as the atari game catalog that came to atari force members only. Wish I still had those, they were alot of fun. My favorite 2 player game for the 2600 was SURROUND.
I LOVE classic gaming! I have a couple Atari pre-2600 dedicated pong/breakout systems, Atari 2600,5200,7800, Intellivision, Bally Astrocade, Magnavox Odyssey 1 & 2, 3000,4000, Fairchild Channel F, Emerson Arcadia 2001 & an old Coleco dedicated pong type system. & of course, Emulators up the butt. Gotta love'em. Every Atari console game ever made, Every C=64 disk. Basically everything up to & including Nintendo 64, along with the TOSEC/Goodsets. (Meaning every piece of software ever made)
God I miss the good old Atari days! I have a couple old catalogs like that. BTW am I the only 1 who thinks vintage Atari "art" drawings in the catalogs & on certain cartridge boxes & cases is really cool? Like "Break out, Street Racer, Combat, Video Olympics, Air Sea Battle, etc. I thought some were really cool looking. Check out the DVD cover art for "The Venture Brothers" season 3. It has an "Atari Art" homage thing going on. Looks really cool! & finally, "Have you played Atari today? ;-)
in no particular order. centepede yars revenge berzerk mario bros joust space invaders atroids missile command war lords super breakout enduro top 11 atari games.
I bought an atari 2600 with 29 games and 6 controllers
and a gator skin leather game carrying case at the flea market plus it didn't come with fleas for $25 and a taser for $5 dollars Thats half the price of a new game
i recently bought missle command combat defender andair sea battle in a lot with the boxes and instructions and two other games and got the atari 1981 catalouge. It is similar to this catalouge but it has a couple less games in it.
Give me about 2 more years and game stops around the world will be in a shortage of Ps2 games why, I am going to be the third generation collector meaning, Ps2, xbox and game cube games, right now the game stop I live near has around 500+ Ps2 games at about 5 to 15 bucks a pot so I will start buying the hole lot of them :3
think about this: why is pitfall so many ppls fav atari game? only because it has great graphics. pitfall is a good game, but its not the best. the best game most sertanly is not pitfall. its too easy and not that fun. lots of games are better.
old school games are way better than nowadays games, cuz most of them have good visuals, but gooF gameplay, the old games were the opposite - bad grpahics (but neat for their time) and awesome gameplay
I loved looking through those catalogs. Wow back then such simple things made me happy. I guess it is true in some respects today, but nothing like being a kid and playing Atari.
My favorite games were Boulder Dash, Great Cross Country American Road Race, Pole Position, and some other Activision flying game. Not to mentioin Karate, Ninja, Zorro, and Bruce Lee. Nonehtess, I'd rather get my hands on on a 65XE or 130XE computers, I much prefer the mid 80's styling, as opposed to wooden cabinets of the 70's. (Same goes for synthesizers. I prefer a DX7 to the Minimoog). Anyway, it would take me life time, and I still wouldn't be able to program even one of those games...
I'd have to go along with everyone else - Warlords was the epitome of multiplayer games for a long time. It's still very fun to play. I'd recommend that WAY over Air-Sea Battle and Indy 500.
same here, I hate that if your young people say "Oh you cant appreciate atari"
I personally like Atari. unlike everyone else I know,Genesis was my first system back in '01. got atari a little later. so really, graphics have NEVER mattered to me. Its 360 I cant stand.
when i bought my atari 2600 it came in a big ass box and the guy said " nobody buys ataris so just fill the fucking box with games" when i was done i bought an atari 4 controllers and like 40 games
Although I personally don't like Atari games, I respect Atari for what they have done back then and their place in history of gaming. I love learning more about Atari and their old games.
Do you even remember when the 2600 came out? The 2600 came out in 1977 and the NES came out in 1983 in Japan, that's a freaking 6 year diff. In 6 years tech changes so much. On an Atari cartridge you had to have something repetitive because they didn't have space to put a story of some sort. Point being is that tech moves extremely fast.
yeah i know ..iam 34..i had one in 1979.its sucked !!!!..the technogoly..just wasnt there,, nes and sega master sys..were the first real gaming systems..and they kicked ass.. atari sucks..there art work ..was better than there games.
i didnt know i was playing with the brest system when i was a kid must of been plaing with kelly kelly lol tpo font attack me i was just makeing a joke
thanx ...well aim gunna drink some beers now alone..cause my neighbors think there too good to drink with me,,fuck them..there all married and miserable,,i dont want to hear about there bills,and nagging wives,,so peace out!!!
River Raid should be in any Atari 2600 top ten. Of course it only came out in 1982, and was an ActiVision game, so it wouldn't have been in that catalog
Atari really needs to get their act together, I haven't seen a new game for the atari 2600 in a few months. I mean the last game was ACTIONAUTS in 2008 and how long did it take for that to come out What's the deal atari?
Very nice review! I agree on every single word you said in this video! And the artwork on labels, catalogs, boxes and manuals was wonderful indeed! Especially the early artwork!
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nviso209 1 month ago
I miss catalogs like these.. as a kid I would spend hours looking through these, making wish lists of all kinds of games my family could never afford to buy me!
valgalder 2 months ago
atari is the only console to have wood
TheSonicsatAM 3 months ago
@TheSonicsatAM Hey representing SatAM! Probably my favorite show ever, nice.
I assume you were making a joke, but yeah some Atari competitors/predecessors (pong consoles) did have wood-grain motifs as well. Most notably the Intellivision.
RattyRandnums 2 months ago
@TheSonicsatAM No the mattel Intellivision and Fairchild channel F had Wood
underneonloneliness2 1 week ago
Moonpatrol, berzerk and MANY MANY more...
Elektrototem 3 months ago
Home Brew.........
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centipede, asteroids, dodge em, and yars revenge are awesome
sublimenese 4 months ago
My Favourites are. Adventure, Jungle Hunt, Pitfall and Dig Dug.
GreenArrowM 4 months ago
I have the RealSports Football, Baseball, and Tennis carts, if that helps with anything.
Leishmaniasisably 5 months ago
my favorites are yars revenge tied with pitfall #1
kanyevill 6 months ago
Aww! No ET? LOL
sirbargearse 6 months ago
@sirbargearse
ET came out for the Holiday of 1982.
This is a 1982 catalog. ET wasn't out yet.
BgRdMchne 6 months ago
I've seen the binder at a local game store. I don't have an Atari, but if I get one I'm getting the binder. Should I get a six switch or a four switch system?
TeamRocketReviews 6 months ago
My Friend Has the Atari Game Center and it holds alot of games!
RetronGaming 6 months ago
Coincidentally, I was holding a copy of one when I found this video...
TheOdysseyKid 6 months ago
ClassicGamer88 7 months ago
i wish i had an atari 2600
pokeperson2 7 months ago
TT Nostalgic
Texhno 8 months ago
I LOVE Atari 2600 catalogs, the art works in them & also the cart/box art! I remember flipping through them, looking @/waiting to buy new games. When my dad & I bought our Atari in '77, I remember we would go the the store every week & buy each/every new game as it was released. This went on until 3rd party games. Too many/expensive after that. I REALLY love your channel/videos BTW. When it comes to vintage/classic/retro gaming, there's nobody else out there who can touch you! :-)
gjc82071 9 months ago
i have that
atarizilla 9 months ago
i have that
atarizilla 9 months ago
MAN awesome review Mark. It really takes me back, I used to lay in bed and gaze into the excellent illustrations on each page. The catalog was great for when I had to be in bed and wasn't allowed near the atari, lol. I must have been 7 years old.
NWNisFUN 9 months ago
@NWNisFUN Same here man, same here! Aren't this guys videos just the best?!?! The Atari artwork was awesome though. What about the cartridge box art? That was great too. BTW, Atariage has many scans of catalogs & box art, just in case your interested & want to check them out, for nostalgia & what not. I often read them & think about reading the same catalogs as a child, 30+ years ago. I try to remember where I was, what I was doing, etc, & how bad a wanted a particular game in the catalog
gjc82071 9 months ago
I have never owned an atari, but I just bought atari collection for nds and I love those games.
SCAREDBANANA 11 months ago
I wonder if my parents still have this book
MrIronSabbath 11 months ago
well there are homebrew games and i think the 12th one on your list would be halo 2600 wich is like berzerk with master cheif and convenet thats my recomendation of game for you
uwright22 11 months ago
only if atari games looked like the artwork on the book...
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Anyone Know The Name Of The Song That Starts At 54 Seconds It's An Awesome Beat.
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angellaselina 1 year ago
I have this catalog. Except it's the 45 game cartridge one. Different pictures but same cover.
ghostmouthzach56 1 year ago
Great background music. 2008 and 2009 videos were so awesome. Don't get me wrong newer CGR videos are great! But Mark's ego has enlarge since then and now he gets distracted with everything in his reviews! =(
svenneri 1 year ago
look how happy this kids are, playing the Atari 2600,,, with his dog...
rox5tsuken 1 year ago
I have that catalog
Panorama1981 1 year ago
The real Atari is long dead, but there are still fans making new games for the system and putting them on new cartridges with labels, awesomely enough.
MattTheSaiyan 1 year ago
It's a rotten shame companies don't put as much effort into their catalogs and manuals anymore. It shows lack of care, and the best marketing comes from solid material like the catalog you're reviewing. Good designers are not overpriced, so that's not why modern day catalogs are so "blah" by comparison.
HypnoToad72 1 year ago
@HypnoToad72
Heck, most Companies don't even include manuals in their games anymore. The instructions are all in game. Remember when Nintendo manuals were ACTUALLY helpful?
BLEAHGames124365 1 year ago
That was cool
merlinchanelle 1 year ago
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jacobgovan 1 year ago
@jacobgovan You might want to get that checked out then.
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killerfly1 1 year ago
The catalog art is awesome. I remember spending hours as a kid just looking at the art for the games i didnt have (yet).
Tzunamii777 1 year ago
"Been a little slow lately" I burst out laughing :x.
codyc67 1 year ago
Its funny how most of the atari games just suck, but still atari just makes (i have to admit) good artwork. Wtf?
gijsopijso 1 year ago
I have that catalog!
Survivor87 1 year ago
hey i got this catalog to.
whoisthecat 1 year ago
I have an Atari 2600 and it has one cord sticking out of it and it looks like something I've never seen before, what do I need to get it to work?
comradsausage23 1 year ago
@comradsausage23 you need to get a special box or go to radioshack and talk about a rf to coax thing.
whoisthecat 1 year ago
@whoisthecat Why thank you, Radio shack? Really they might have one?
comradsausage23 1 year ago
@comradsausage23 yeah they will my box broke.
whoisthecat 1 year ago
Berzerk, Yar's Revenge and Combat are worthy, but most of the best 2600 games were made by Activision. Space Invaders? Defender? Pac-man?...terrible, terrible ports.
LordelX 1 year ago
@LordelX Space Invaders was a good port and so is defender. Pac-man was the only bad atari port you mentioned.
Supersourcrout 1 year ago
@LordelX Space invaders was THE arcade port. It's the cartridge that established the paradigm of arcade hits on a home games console. It was a tremendous achievement for its time, and I always liked it more than the arcade version. The home version was more tense and spooky, and the aliens had more personality. Didn't much care for the 112 variations, but that was a convention of the era. Definitely a must-have for the Atari 2600.
gamesDAMNED 1 year ago
You forgot ASTEROIDS.
DeviousTelevision 1 year ago
Ah yes, the educational games - aka the ones kids prayed their parents wouldn't buy them for Christmas.
GFSuit 1 year ago
I have a different atari catalog which is pretty much the same thing except instead of cool graphics it has really scary and stupid looking cartoon drawings.
Supersourcrout 1 year ago
Where is asteroids???
Supersourcrout 1 year ago
@Supersourcrout 0:32, Watch the video before you comment
bioo80 6 months ago
@bioo80 I DID watch the whole video THEN comment. I was saying that asteroids isn't in his top 11
Supersourcrout 6 months ago
@Supersourcrout Neither was Adventure. This was just to start a Collection. BTW Asteroids is overrated.
bioo80 6 months ago
Being a child of the 90s, I never got to see these ads for in house Atari games. Wow did they do a good job.
sabombardonist 1 year ago
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how do you have a classic on an atari 2600!?
bleachzeldakid 1 year ago
There are only three of those simulated-wood-grain Atari Game Centers known to still be in existence and two of them are in the Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles.
The third is rumored to be in the Palace of the Crown Prince, Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud in Riyadh. But that has not been confirmed.
gillianorley 1 year ago
is Maze Craze 1 player?
millergamer 1 year ago
i actually recomend activision games if you want to start a collection... most of them are well done, and the label generally give an acurate depiction of the game instead of nice art and sub par game play
92greenz34 1 year ago 6
Top Ten to Top Eleven... Taking a step up ahead. Huh, that reminds me of Nostalgia Critic's Top 11s.
IvoryGecko1993 1 year ago
Thanks for this jump in the past. Wonderful.
solitarionotturno 1 year ago
im going to get an atari today and maybe a nes
ilikemewaffle 1 year ago
id go with hero as being one of the best games for the console, i think new comers might be able to get into it. when i was new to it recently i managed fine with it
Xegethra 1 year ago
Darn you video game crash!!! We totally missed out on the "super realistic, life like" graphics. Due to that, we had to wait a decade for games to even look realistic. Sigh :((
tigresuave11 1 year ago
@tigresuave11 LOL I get your joke. I'm imagining Atari coming up with something better than Blu-Ray back in '82(even though CD's aren't the norm yet!)and ditched it when the crash happened.
n00berania 1 year ago
@n00berania
:(( We can only imagine.
I can see the commercial now...
Alan Wake for the Atari 2600 coming summer 1984
It totally could have been part of the sword quest series, just call it lightworld.
tigresuave11 1 year ago
I recently got an Atari 2600 on ebay (recieved it today!) and it came with most of these games. I Am missing Bezerk, Defender and Super Breakout that I will want among others not on this list =P
KingKehra 1 year ago
He reads "ATARI creates new game program cartridges all the time." He then says "Thay have been a little slow lately." :-) LOL
stevennelsonmn 1 year ago
That's exactly what future looks like.
Moisemo25 1 year ago
pele gave my aunty a rose when she was in hospital
dylan4ever23 1 year ago
I like Air-Sea Battle. I would add that to the starting collection.
daro2096 1 year ago
00:55 What song is that? I wanna listen to it.
n00berania 1 year ago
The covers for 2600 games were awesome.And as you said,some covers were actually more exciting than the games themselves.But still very distinct and special.
johnwx777 1 year ago
That book's marketing was a head of their time
CescoPisicoli 1 year ago
The video game crash happened around 1984. but the Atrari 7800 did have a limited success shortly after.
emperorkang 1 year ago
hej whats cold the game that u drive bike and make walls from you back that others bikes crash?
ohujaly 1 year ago
@ohujaly Tron
emperorkang 1 year ago
I actually have that exact catalog along with a few others that I found at a flea market in a box that I bought from a hippie.
dandudespaceman 1 year ago
emulators, simple FREE and fun
AerialStoner 1 year ago
what's the name of the music starting from 0:55?
javkhaa2k 1 year ago
And he really hit the nail on the head when he said, "They don't make them like this anymore." Think about it...when was the last time you found yourself holding an actual game catalog? Let alone one with beautiful artwork.
Skyrift 1 year ago 22
@Skyrift
Yep you are right. I still have this catalog and I remember looking through this as a kid and I really enjoyed using my imagination while reading through the book. Plus the art was really imaginative and excellent too.
notyoursavior78 1 year ago
@Skyrift yeah, it's all internet and tv commercials now...
svenneri 1 year ago
@Skyrift Easy. When the internet catalogs replaced paper ones. We still have catalogs, and much better looking that that, but they're online, that's all.
Nostalgia is great, but some people get blinded by it. The past wasn't better or worse, just different.
Eshlar 1 year ago
@Skyrift umm ign magazine, playstation magazine, and theres more not trying to pick an argument but there are plenty of good game catalogs or atleast the equivelant of a game catalog
captainspanky1990 11 months ago
@Skyrift When was the last time you held a full color book that involved games at all? Yeah PSOne era MAYBE. :| sad times.
Snotnarok 11 months ago
@Snotnarok lol nintendo power is still around
ignika98 10 months ago
@ignika98 1/4th as good as it was as I hear
Snotnarok 10 months ago
Oh man I remember these catalogs. That picture on the inside cover really said it all...that era of gaming was classic and timeless.
Sure the technology was primitive. The gameplay was simplistic and the graphics were as base as it gets. But none of that matters...the 2600 still holds a special place with old school gamers for it's sheer awesomeness.
Skyrift 1 year ago
i was gonna buy an atari 2600 since it was the very first system i ever remember playing at the age of 2. But Im a kid of the Nintendo Era, and the graphics and sound on the atari really put me off. :(
danlublock 1 year ago
i remember this playing with my best friend in Russia but this is old now bro but it's still cool...;)
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DemaV7 1 year ago
After seeing this video I had to get a atari catalog of my own so I got the 1982 catalog with the 49 games and I also got a 1981 catalog with 45 games along with my 2600 vader's manuel for about $9.00 what a deal.
TheMetroidMurderer 1 year ago
I have air-sea battle but I have no idea what im doing
sharkperson1 2 years ago
"super realistic graphics " ahh the good old times =)
HolidayAtHome 2 years ago
wow... i have that atari game center... its pure awesomeness!
movierocker108 2 years ago
i didnt grow up with atari but when i was like 3 or 4 we had a 2600 with the game center and the only game i remember playing with my family was the firetruck game!
StickPeopleAndPuff 2 years ago
i remember havin the game center but i never used it cause i liked to have them on the shelf to be seen ^^
AoFparson 2 years ago
Love the porno music playing when we get to the game center. :D
TheCastellan 2 years ago 14
What music playing when video begins after the intro?
TheCastellan 2 years ago
My maze craze was actually called maze mania but had the same decal on the cart and it was the same game. Something I had i never see are the atari comics. Not the full size dc comics, but the smaller ones that were the same size as the atari game catalog that came to atari force members only. Wish I still had those, they were alot of fun. My favorite 2 player game for the 2600 was SURROUND.
kdj29 2 years ago
omg this takes me back. The image on the Adventure series was My favorite. :D
wingnut4427 2 years ago
I LOVE classic gaming! I have a couple Atari pre-2600 dedicated pong/breakout systems, Atari 2600,5200,7800, Intellivision, Bally Astrocade, Magnavox Odyssey 1 & 2, 3000,4000, Fairchild Channel F, Emerson Arcadia 2001 & an old Coleco dedicated pong type system. & of course, Emulators up the butt. Gotta love'em. Every Atari console game ever made, Every C=64 disk. Basically everything up to & including Nintendo 64, along with the TOSEC/Goodsets. (Meaning every piece of software ever made)
gjc82071 2 years ago
God I miss the good old Atari days! I have a couple old catalogs like that. BTW am I the only 1 who thinks vintage Atari "art" drawings in the catalogs & on certain cartridge boxes & cases is really cool? Like "Break out, Street Racer, Combat, Video Olympics, Air Sea Battle, etc. I thought some were really cool looking. Check out the DVD cover art for "The Venture Brothers" season 3. It has an "Atari Art" homage thing going on. Looks really cool! & finally, "Have you played Atari today? ;-)
gjc82071 2 years ago
@gjc82071 "Have you played Atari today? ;-)" i wish! lol but i dont have 1. =(
hazzardwantcookies 2 years ago
no problem..just download the emulator : D
Lis4Trev0r 2 years ago
emulators are soo fake unless they actually look like the system and take carts. i use EMUs but i prefer originals.
hazzardwantcookies 2 years ago
neobogard 2 years ago
I have that book! pretty cool but I have the rebranded sears telegames atari 2600 pretty rare i guess
yoshi2560 2 years ago
I bought an atari 2600 with 29 games and 6 controllers
and a gator skin leather game carrying case at the flea market plus it didn't come with fleas for $25 and a taser for $5 dollars Thats half the price of a new game
brad321210 2 years ago
i recently bought missle command combat defender andair sea battle in a lot with the boxes and instructions and two other games and got the atari 1981 catalouge. It is similar to this catalouge but it has a couple less games in it.
papowyproductions 2 years ago
Wow!! I forgot all about Atari.
Now that i think about it.
I have some of that old stuff out in an old storage building actually.
Not sure what all is out there.
I know i have the Atari 2600 system, joystick controllers, and i'm guessing 10 or so mixed games...
Good Video!!!
DolittleMccoy 2 years ago
Give me about 2 more years and game stops around the world will be in a shortage of Ps2 games why, I am going to be the third generation collector meaning, Ps2, xbox and game cube games, right now the game stop I live near has around 500+ Ps2 games at about 5 to 15 bucks a pot so I will start buying the hole lot of them :3
BarmielNagisa 2 years ago
That was brilliant thanks.
3dokid 2 years ago
man were is the warlords thats a four player game and i recommend that game to all atari lovers it was amazing, now its a top 12 list
gamabat 2 years ago
think about this: why is pitfall so many ppls fav atari game? only because it has great graphics. pitfall is a good game, but its not the best. the best game most sertanly is not pitfall. its too easy and not that fun. lots of games are better.
dustyatari 2 years ago
Im going to get an Atari 2600 soon =]
J1MB08 2 years ago
no dude go for the atari 7800
dustyatari 2 years ago
I dont want a 7800, i may get one at a later date but i want a 2600 right now.
J1MB08 2 years ago
old school games are way better than nowadays games, cuz most of them have good visuals, but gooF gameplay, the old games were the opposite - bad grpahics (but neat for their time) and awesome gameplay
SinistaBG 2 years ago
I loved looking through those catalogs. Wow back then such simple things made me happy. I guess it is true in some respects today, but nothing like being a kid and playing Atari.
notyoursavior78 2 years ago
"Well. they've been a little slow lately."
LMAO
TheHeadlessZombie 2 years ago 2
yeah that was funny XD
clinch44 2 years ago
Mark pwnz G4
xvegeta13 2 years ago 20
@xvegeta13 Coming up, it's Adam Sessler and Morgan Web!
unhappy4life9 1 year ago
E.T isnt the worst game ever think about it just think about it you find stuff and dodge poeple
its not fun but most atari games aren't
OmagaMinion 2 years ago 2
SUPERMAN 64 is the worst game ever
clinch44 2 years ago 30
@clinch44 No, Action 52 is.
wwedbzfan2000 1 year ago
@clinch44 no halo is
Reigam4 1 year ago
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@clinch44
ET for the 2600 is the second worst game ever
malus97 1 year ago
@clinch44 Well, think about it: Xialin Showdown on the PS2 is THE worst game ever. Here are 8 reasons why...
1. You cannot die
2. Your partners do all the work for you
3 loosely based off the cartoon
4 compare it to ET, and Firefly
5 Is Elliot going to collect any pieces of the phone for you
6 Are those weird Atari rejects in Firefly going to commit suicide for you
7 At least Superman 64 has something for you to do
8 Xialin Showdown gives the PS2 a HORRIBLE reputation
IvoryGecko1993 1 year ago
@clinch44 EEEEEEE TTTTTTTTTTT
wiiDSplayer4life 1 year ago
@clinch44 E.T. nearly killed video gaming single handedly
mattrules44 1 year ago
@clinch44 no et is
Bugaloo30 1 year ago
My favorite games were Boulder Dash, Great Cross Country American Road Race, Pole Position, and some other Activision flying game. Not to mentioin Karate, Ninja, Zorro, and Bruce Lee. Nonehtess, I'd rather get my hands on on a 65XE or 130XE computers, I much prefer the mid 80's styling, as opposed to wooden cabinets of the 70's. (Same goes for synthesizers. I prefer a DX7 to the Minimoog). Anyway, it would take me life time, and I still wouldn't be able to program even one of those games...
dvamateur 2 years ago
I'd have to go along with everyone else - Warlords was the epitome of multiplayer games for a long time. It's still very fun to play. I'd recommend that WAY over Air-Sea Battle and Indy 500.
Diskoboy1974 2 years ago
a list of games that LIVE IN THE PARELEL UNIVERSE of shitty games.
jr. pac man
H.E.R.O.
pitfall 1 and 2
berzerk
mario bros.
kaboom!
stampede
circus atari
lsdbrownies 2 years ago
pitfall is my favourite atari game
OmagaMinion 2 years ago
same here, I hate that if your young people say "Oh you cant appreciate atari"
I personally like Atari. unlike everyone else I know,Genesis was my first system back in '01. got atari a little later. so really, graphics have NEVER mattered to me. Its 360 I cant stand.
CursingSasuke 2 years ago
Awesome! I'm only 13, but my first system was a Genesis in 2002! I love Genesis and always will.
TheEliteSystem 2 years ago
Mark! Indy 500 and Air-Sea Battle suck balls. The others are pretty good. I'd recommend Pitfall 1 and 2 and Solaris.
Chad9976 2 years ago
A completely awesome stack of games!
ForgetfulCollector 2 years ago
The Atari Wizard knows all. He can see into your VERY SOUL.
Tryzon 2 years ago 3
3:42 Berserk! Woo!
Tryzon 2 years ago
Pitfall, Enduro, Ms Pacman, River Raid
Shouldn't miss those ones!
Neorio 2 years ago
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xBrickmanx 2 years ago
when i bought my atari 2600 it came in a big ass box and the guy said " nobody buys ataris so just fill the fucking box with games" when i was done i bought an atari 4 controllers and like 40 games
greendayfan234 2 years ago
"Look at how happy these kids are...playing Atari...with their dog."
Tryzon 2 years ago 3
Although I personally don't like Atari games, I respect Atari for what they have done back then and their place in history of gaming. I love learning more about Atari and their old games.
GreenFox59 2 years ago 2
Lovin the smooth jazz music. Kinda reminds of the music that was played on when the Preview Guide Channel was around.
Thanks for the memories.
HolidaySeason4Ever 2 years ago
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atari sucks...nes is so much better..nes games had rpgs.side scrollers and boss fights atari games r too repetitive.
5tonyvvvv 2 years ago
Do you even remember when the 2600 came out? The 2600 came out in 1977 and the NES came out in 1983 in Japan, that's a freaking 6 year diff. In 6 years tech changes so much. On an Atari cartridge you had to have something repetitive because they didn't have space to put a story of some sort. Point being is that tech moves extremely fast.
ctrlaltdelson 2 years ago 3
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yeah i know ..iam 34..i had one in 1979.its sucked !!!!..the technogoly..just wasnt there,, nes and sega master sys..were the first real gaming systems..and they kicked ass.. atari sucks..there art work ..was better than there games.
5tonyvvvv 2 years ago
you are the dumbest 3 year old that i have ever seen, and to top it off you probably voted for George Bush
skotty1992 2 years ago
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suk a shit..bush sukes i did not vote for him....and nes and sega are the brest systems..atari sucks!!!!
5tonyvvvv 2 years ago
i didnt know i was playing with the brest system when i was a kid must of been plaing with kelly kelly lol tpo font attack me i was just makeing a joke
JSTNLRSN 2 years ago
Oh, your hilarious ineptitude amuses me greatly. Please continue in a similar manner, internet jester-man!
Tryzon 2 years ago
yeah,iam a nut job..oh well..lifes too short to be so serious...eat some big fat pussey lips hahahah
5tonyvvvv 2 years ago
Wonderful! Countless thanks for the delightful encore, my good man. Take a tuppence for your trouble.
Tryzon 2 years ago
thanx ...well aim gunna drink some beers now alone..cause my neighbors think there too good to drink with me,,fuck them..there all married and miserable,,i dont want to hear about there bills,and nagging wives,,so peace out!!!
5tonyvvvv 2 years ago
I agree. Stuff is bad and such.
Tryzon 2 years ago
Hahahaha...reality.
armonigann 2 years ago
That's exactly how I feel.
dougd1015 2 years ago
famicom was what came out in japan bro
nes came out in '85
lesssugar1 2 years ago
nobody's comparing atari to nintendo
thats just comparing apples to oranges!
abombinreverse 2 years ago 5
fuck off
skotty1992 2 years ago
River Raid should be in any Atari 2600 top ten. Of course it only came out in 1982, and was an ActiVision game, so it wouldn't have been in that catalog
victorbarovsky 2 years ago
You can also play every 2600 game on the the free Stella emulator and the game roms are free to download on various rom sites.
lasange 2 years ago
back in the day the Atari 2600 was awsome.
lasange 2 years ago
I used to love Video Pinball + Golf.
gli7utubeo 2 years ago
Atari really needs to get their act together, I haven't seen a new game for the atari 2600 in a few months. I mean the last game was ACTIONAUTS in 2008 and how long did it take for that to come out What's the deal atari?
(Is joking here)
Snotnarok 2 years ago 3