Atari 8-bit Intro - Ghostbusters

[takahu10000]

240 hd on 8 bit

[petesimon]

woh this might be 4-bit, before 8-bit NES existed...

[dnch]

@petesimon 8bit atari 65/800 xl

[legolover7777]

Anyone notice its by the people who made mw3 lol

[1xWertzui]

@legolover7777 No, it isn't. Activison bought entire develoment teams to develop CoD games. Also, Activision's crew completely changed after 1984, as time went on.

[ShadowNicholas]

Who u gonna call Cartridge blower!

[MsHUGSaLOT]

@ShadowNicholas No this game was on a floopy disk. Cartridge blowing was on the NES about 3 years later.

[GiraffesEatingLemons]

@MsHUGSaLOT Atari plays cartridges... Not floppy disks...

[MsHUGSaLOT]

@GiraffesEatingLemons If you're talking about the old 2600 console, yes. But this is about Atari 8-bit COMPUTERS they used floppy disk drives. Ghostbusters came on floppy disks for the Atari computers, I know since I HAVE ONE AND the game as well. Stop being ignorant please.

[simplyeightiesdotcom]

@MsHUGSaLOT My Atari 800XL had a cartridge slot on the top. But I bought Ghostbusters on cassette - took an age to load, though!

[simplyeightiesdotcom]

@GiraffesEatingLemons You're half correct! My Atari 800XL had a cartridge slot but I also had a tape deck. I loved the cartridge games because they instantly loaded, unliked the cassettes which could take up to 15 minutes for a big game! Floppy disk drives were optional add-ons which I never bothered with.

[megamanrocks99]

GLACKGLACKGLACKGLACK

[Xsopit24631]

ASS! Lol go AVGN!

[1xWertzui]

@Xsopit24631 The C64 and this version blow out the Crappy NES port out of the water. I mean out of the planet! The NES port was made by Japanese, who had no idea about the film, nor the C64 game.

[1xWertzui]

@1xWertzui (Disclaimer: I am not sure that the C64 or the Atari 8bit version was earlier, but I've seen a video somewhere, where David Crane was interviewed, and showcased this on a C64 as his newest game. Also it is possible that it was a multi platform development.)

Can anyone brighten me up about that?

[zocazoey]

thats the first atari with voice i ever heard..

seems like donald duck working for atari.....

[zocazoey]

quak quak quak quak quakk!

[XenaWPSam]

I used to own this game and loved it. Love the music - thanks for uploading this video, it sure hell brings back good memories :o)

[JReed1985]

The way the guy says Ghostbusters at the intro song songs more clear than the one in the NES version and of course this Ghostbusters theme sounds much better than NES.

[estlib]

when chuck norris dies, this will play at his funeral when his ghost comes out of the coffin

[wakkoswish123]

Gohstbustrs! Bla-hahhahahah!

[thedarkdragon735]

...makes me feel like an idiot for owning a 64

[awpTIVA]

What Atari system was this for?

[MrHotrod68]

GWASHBWUSHTERSH! ERLAGLAGLAGLAGLAGLA!

[xIegionx]

@MrHotrod68 if you thought this one was bad, listen to this one

youtube.com/watch?v=l-0-Us_jum­Q&feature=related

[luigifan586]

that luagh,the laugh of waluigi.........OH MY FREKIN GO... *head explodes*

[number367]

GPG net rulez

[regergekowns]

AHH THE NOSTALGY. IT BUUURNS

[Mico18anos]

At the intro:

GHOSHBUSHTERS

RALALALALLALALALALALALALAHAHAA­A

8-bit theme song starts.

[Macintoshplus1986]

only 1 ghost in youtube

[AtariAndre42]

That bass sound SOOO smokes the C64 on this :P

I hated the game though. The intro was the best thing of the game, we were always singing along :)

[Macintoshplus1986]

who you gonna call?

THOSE BUSTARDS!!!

[luigifan586]

there is a ghostbuster 2 game.It is for the nes.

[theblacksheep1000]

AT least its better than the NES version OMG

[dciguy01]

The sad thing is, this is better than the NES version.

[SnapCraft316]

One of the best intros ever. Why all the hate?

[neggan]

@SnapCraft316 maybe cuz the game sucks ass

[SnapCraft316]

@neggan That's true, the game really sucked--sucked big time. But the intro is one of the best ever for the day.

[TransformerLover360]

GHOFTBUFTEFS! QUACKQUACKQUACKQUACK!

[hoques1432]

Nobody seems to get what "8-bit Atari" means. It's not the Atari 2600 (which used a crippled version of the 6502 8-bit processor and had no screen RAM, that's the reason it's sometimes called "4-bit"), but rather the "advanced" Atari 8-bit computer line, a competitor to the Commodore 64 and all those. Just search for "Atari 800XL" or "Atari 600XL" on YouTube, so you can see what these machines are capable of. WAY more advanced than the 2600.

[cragpictures189]

GWASHBWASHTERS GHLAGHLAGHLAAAAAA

[wandererlain]

This is fantastic!

[OmagaMinion]

best song for atari

[SouthwesternEagle]

Atariiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!

[MetalDragonX694]

GHOFTBUFHTERRSHH! Quack! X10

[pikachu7567]

atari isnt 8 bit....

[philiptwood]

@pikachu7567 Oh it's 8bit alright... It was just crap to program because of the way it was designed. After all it was designed in the late 70s so it lacked stuff that would've made it extreamly dificult to get any kind of decent graphics and sound out of it unless you were a super programmer.

[deadh09official]

@philiptwood people need to realize that this isnt the atari 2600! atari 8-bit refers to the atari 400 or 800 home computers

[Brooklynmario]

Ghoshtbushtersh!!!! Quack! Quack! Quack! Quack! Quack!

[MetalDragonX694]

@Brooklynmario LOL XD

[TheGreenkirby100]

@Brooklynmario That used to Freak me out

[Brooklynmario]

@TheGreenkirby100 Oh same here. When I was a kid it scared me.

[MetalDragonX694]

That ghost looks retarded.

[TheDoopliss2]

VOICES!!! IN AN ATARI GAME ... AND IT WAS GOOD!! puts the xbox to shame

[carrierpilot1357]

almost as good as the c64 version music wise.

[lolzvid]

atari was closed because of nintendo selling game boy and tetris

[gamein60seconds]

@lolzvid nope, Atari shut mainly cause of hoping that there would be more people willing to buy a duff conversion of Pacman that actually owned the console to plug it in! In fact, had Warner decided not to sell, and the Tramaiel brothers not sacked all the RnD staff, there would have been a 16 bit VCS, an XE machine with the best single sound chip ever devised in it, and the Amiga would have been badged Atari. When Nintendo were pushing the Nes, Atari were holding thier own with the 7800.

[lolzvid]

@gamein60seconds oh... that tv show was wrong! =(

[koolkitty8989]

Amiga pulled out of the contract before Warner split up Atari Inc and Trammel Technologies purchased the consumer division assets, so the Amiga deal was already off. However Atari Inc had some in-house designs that could have kicked the Amiga's ass (they'd been shelved back in late 83 and were under review during James Morgan's reorganization -which was cut short by Warner splitting Atari Inc up)

And Warner managed the slit/sale horribly which cased a confused transition to the new Atari Corp.

[abbs123]

dude u jst brought my childhood flooding bk2me :-)

[popmomcorn]

atari and commodore should have lived and some other unworthy company perished...

[PassWorId]

hurry up and PRESS START!!!!!!

[gameboyadvance45]

@PassWorId atari never has a start button

[PassWorId]

@gameboyadvance45 I have an atari right here in front of me and it has a start button

[gameboyadvance45]

@PassWorId really?

sorry

[gameboyadvance45]

@PassWorId ah,,,ok i remember it,,,the computer atari 8 bit,,,

[gamein60seconds]

@gameboyadvance45 ALL Atari 8-bit computers have a START button, as do most of their consoles!

[GelOhPig]

This brings back memories. I still remember buying this from Childrens Palace here in STL. Randall Brothers where are you? Frog BBS? 300 Baud. Long Live Atari.

[harrunostasj]

Ghouchbuchters!

[coppertweed]

how on earth did the atari manage to come out with a game of this quality in those days?

[gamein60seconds]

@coppertweed are you kidding? GB was pretty weak, even for the time.

[coppertweed]

GEWSBUSHTERZZZ MWA HA HA HA HAA

[rfswitchbox]

@TheAnimeExpert156 The 2600 used an 8-bit CPU. This isn't from the 2600, though. "8-bit Atari" generally refers to the 400/800/XL/XE line. That's what this is from. (Although Activision did make a 2600 version of Ghostbusters, too!)

[dreamcastII]

This is good for the Atari. I remember when the c64 version came out it got good reviews for sound and speech. This version must have been USA only, not UK.

Atari 800 is underestimated.

[AtariAndre42]

@dreamcastII I had this back in the day (and actually still do) on my Atari 600XL and later 130XE so it was not just USA only.

[RocktorWho]

ahh the good ol days when you used to sing along by following the little bouncing ball :)

[sisterjanet4]

sounds better on the commodore 64 version!!!!!

[harleykman]

@sisterjanet4 No it really doesn't. You can tell the programmer didn't know how to use the SID chip

watch?v=EXpl1bUm6RY

[MrGerolf]

@rfswitchbox lmao. i say that bcuz, i played this game as youngster. and could never beat it, and the song would piss me off. this brings back memories.

[Masta200]

lol I remember this.. a classic

Lol the speach at the start is quite amusing now that I hear it now.

[optionen100]

grostbusters havhavhavhavhav

düldelüdü........

[toptenmaterial]

how come the sound is so much better than the atari consoles?

[Teraforce88]

If you're referring to the Atari 2600 when you say the "atari consoles", it's because the Atari 2600's sound chip is much more primitive than the POKEY sound chip used in the Atari 8-bit computers (and the Atari 5200 game console)

[dwarfer777]

8-bit music... scary

[EvilNintendoNerd]

this is better than the nes version XD

[ma7799]

Ahh the classic CPU grunt from the 1980's. Gotta love Atari!

[Romulien]

The Best version of all old machine

[benzingermany]

@Romulien

NOPE JUST LOOK AT THE ST VERSION

[Kristin98cole03]

Nice Music This Is GOOD Also The Commadore 64

[thedrummerboycr]

this not bad...but The C=64 Version its Better!

[OneManAndHisFiction]

Admittedly, the C= 64 version is better. :)

This Atari machine came out on the shelves in 1979 and had a 6502 processor, whilst the C64 came out three years later in 1982 and had a 6510 processor.

Within those three years memory had also become significantly cheaper.

Nothing else could compete with the Atari 400 / 800 for the first few years it came out.

Then the Atari ST and C= Amiga came out :D

[SickDashRendar]

And you could press the space bar on the C64 and it would say "Ghostbusters".

[MrAsrgr]

@SickDashRendar You could on the Atari XL too :-). I was totally shit at this game!!

[Teraforce88]

@SickDashRendar You can also do that here in this Atari version, although it completely pauses the music when you do it (on the C64 the music would be muted but would still play silently when you hit the spacebar).

[utubeworms]

Amazing sounds from the Atari 8-bit computers for their time. The programmers got really creative with it.

[TheTurnipKing]

Nah, the Atari simply had more CPU grunt and better sound hardware than the other 8-bit - and a price tag to match.

You want to see creative, watch the intro for the 48k Sinclair Spectrum version. The thing only has a simple PC-speaker style beeper!

[DrCheeto]

Better Sound hardware than what other 8-bits? The C64 blew the Atari 800 out of the water in every way, including the price tag.

[TheTurnipKing]

I'm thinking specifically of several europe-specific machines, most notably the Sinclair Spectrum/Timex.

The 400 and the C64 use more or less the same processor, but it was clocked faster in the Atari. And it had custom chips for just about everything.

[AtariAndre42]

@DrCheeto The C64 Basic sucked because it was the PET basic. The c64 floppy drive was about as slow as the Atari cassette recorder. The C64 couldn't produce 25 6 colors on screen at once. The C64 was from about 4 years AFTER the Atari 8-bit machines were developped.

[Entuzioparade]

Best 8-Bit Ghostbuster Intro ...

[Rikypanc87]

WOW! I play at least 15 years ago!

[grrisssa]

better than nes version

[puppetmaster983]

@grrisssa "GOSSSHHHBUWSTUHZ" XD

[hazzardwantcookies]

@puppetmaster983 haha AVGN!

[puppetmaster983]

@hazzardwantcookies :)

[NEUROGLIACELL]

aww, struggles

[alexstore1]

GAVSHBASTEESSH - HVHAVHAHAHA

xD

[megamanrocks99]

what was the point of that "whipewhipewha" thing with the voice?

[RocktorWho]

lol love the karaoke bit

[munnsey]

This Atari 800 version of Ghostbusters eventually came out in about 86. I remember a mazagine review at the time..."Worth the Wait" is what they said.

[oliebol61]

GOOSTBOSTERS! WHAPHAPHAPAAA

[supermaletperson]

Gostbosterz!! Wahaphaphaphap!!

[Mr27ace27]

GOOSHBOSHOOS WECHECHECHECH!

ROFL! love the cong

[LittleRae]

I know it was made after this game was, but now I want some ECTO COOLER!

[TBRCFilms]

watch the review by AVGN,it's part 2

i'm not advertising,i hate those people

it's at cinemassare's website,go check it out,you'll laugh,it might be on his channel too

[grifflent]

yeah i can tell hes not adman

its funny

[TenguGuy]

wow talk about old im surprised ppl r still playin gmaes this old get a ps3 fags srsly dis bad grafix

Nah, I'm kidding, old school is awesome. =D

[IAmBaldBull]

I agree completely

[NorCalCorsello]

I spent the summer of 1984 paying this game. Those were the days...

[dazzsheil]

Whaen Hes Laughing He Quacks Like A Duck !!!!!!!!! LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

[optimusprime209]

THE HECK WAS THAT?!

[katonakid]

Long live the Ghostbusters!

[XxTrEzY09xX]

This is 2 goooooooood but mario rerto song is better but no retro song can beat mario song they are just COOL

[TBRCFilms]

AVGN has a review of this game i believe,and i quote (to the best of my memory)

"This game is a piece of fuck!"

[Thepaddster]

That was the crap NES version.

[TBRCFilms]

Atari but ok

[thebestofpoopalter]

lol

[vgtal2]

wow 1984 huh...i wasnt even a year old when this came out lol

[kakoroto]

i was 3 lol

[ffinfinity1]

i wasnt even born =.=

[ZACKnirvana]

gggggggoasht bushtersssshh

[theZombieBub]

You should see Jamesnintendonerd (the Angry Video Game Nerd)'s review on this game. Its HILARIOUS!

[PaulHong22]

"Gwhosh-bwusthers! Gwbahahahahahahahaha!"

[ofdiscordia]

This wasn't on the 2600, it was on the Atari 800 computer, no way the 2600 could display graphics like that, or text for that matter.

[InsidahDevelopment]

this game must have been one of the most detailed, memory intensive games that came out on the atari 2600... 8 bit technology, and it looks pretty cool..

Im interested in the new ghostbusters game... i wonder if its made by the same guys???

[indyj1698]

the new ghostbusters game is made by atari

[rfswitchbox]

Sadly, Atari exists only as a name that gets passed from company to company these days. The last remaining entity related to the original Atari closed years ago :(

[gamein60seconds]

@rfswitchbox not strickly true, the TRUE Atari still does exist, but they call themselves Midway now. Atari Games, WB's remaining portion of Atari after the home section got sold off to a sacked CBM boss, just changed its name.

[rfswitchbox]

@gamein60seconds Close, but not exactly. Atari Corp. was liquidated and closed when its IP was sold to Hasbro in the late 90's. Hasbro then sold it to Infogrames a few years later, who renamed themselves Atari after buying the rights. Atari Games was the last remaining piece of the original Atari, and they were bought out by Midway. Midway didn't merge Atari Games with the rest of the company though; they kept them separate as a subsidiary, then shut them down in 2003 :(

[gamein60seconds]

@rfswitchbox Aww that has shattered a few illisions, but then my info predates that shutdown in 2003. There was quite a squeeze back then so I am not surprised it happened. Still, at least a little of AG must live on in Midway :)

[Starwind18020]

Watch this and then watch the opening from the new game.

[ghostbuster56]

whats with the laughing HAHA

[PunkRocker666Metal]

indeed, it sounds like an atari version of the Laughing guy from Thriller XD

[TheRealMangoman34alt]

Sounds great.

[getmario64]

Sounds like the Commedore Version

[Teraforce88]

This version is what the NES version SHOULD have sounded like! Of all the electronic Ghostbusters arrangements, this one is my personal favorite.

[nicolaj0154]

where can i download this room?...

[msenslen011]

fuckin KICK ASS

[CaptainOlimarFan1]

much better then the NES =)

[SaganAppreciationSoc]

I'm startled that the anemic audio chip in the Atari could pull off the sampled sound. Of course it was clocked 76% faster than the C64 which wouldn't hurt.

[Doommaster1994]

Sounds better than the NES version.

[Akira625]

The bouncing ball is a nice touch to this intro.

[jkeelsnc]

yes pretty much on par with the C64 version it seems. The SID chip in the C64 is a little distinct but other than very comparable machines in many ways.

[Kankki1]

It's pretty much in par with the C64 :D

[dsdude1107]

crap, I completely forgot there was already an 8-bit theme before I made mine....

....Oh well

[davekates]

"Ghostbustwaz!!! Wawawawawawawawawa!"

Yes!

[HarryMatic]

LOL - just wait till you hear it on Apple ][! XD