Star Raiders (Atari 5200) How to Beat Home Video Games

[golga14]

Y u say the Atar5200 was better than the XL800?

[chaz7r]

I had no Idea what the hell was going on on the screen when i was 9, garbage scow captain every time. I think i need to ebay this rig and get revenge on these m'fers

[GBev2K]

I loved this game.

[gawdphlesh]

This was my favorite game as a kid on our 5200. I used to pull a chair close to the TV screen and lay blankets over them to create my own personal cockpit LOL

[AlphaCommand99]

Star Raiders Rocks, I used to call this game "Star Trek" and pretend being on board the enterprise fighting the klingon ships, Great Times in my childhood :D.

[classicgamer1968]

Great review.

Star Raiders may have been designed when the Atari 400 was becoming popular but the 5200 version is tops since you have the keyboard in the palm of your hand and the 5200 controller performs perfectly when playing this game.

[mornay77]

I was a garbage scow captain and proud of it!

[airdriver]

One time I was engaged in a knock down drag em out dogfight with two of the enemy base ships(the ones with the shields) and my older brother snuck up behind me and hollered,"KLINGONS IN THE CREW) and hit the "S" button which dropped my shields and destroyed my ship.

I had to buy a new joystick before my dad got home(It was HIS computer) because I threw it at my brother.

Man was I pissed, LOL!

[nviso209]

Like most modern games... DO NOT DRINK WHILE OPERATING HEAVY MACHINERY!

[jizzmatic2000]

This game is surprisingly complex for the time.

[mthai66]

@jizzmatic2000 LOL no. It is a realtime adaptation of the classic Trek mainframe game we all knew how to play already. N00b.

[jizzmatic2000]

@mthai66 "realtime adaptation"

WHAT THE FUCK AM I READING?

Seriously, if you're this familiar with the technology, you're at least 35, which makes using "N00b" inexcusable. Moreover, this game is still surprisingly complex for the time of its release.

[mthai66]

@jizzmatic2000 How many games of that time have you played? Look at the wiki article on "star trek text game". It's the exact same game. Your mistake is you're thinking of SR as a *console* game, when it was the flagship game of the Atari home *computer* line.

FTR I'm 44. N00b.

[blueluny]

9 different speeds!!! AWESOME!!

[deadline27]

look at that guy pretending that that 5200 joystick actually works lol

[lemonlimestiv]

i used to set up a bunch on electronic toys around the tv and pretend i was in a ship.

good times!

[AntoineVe1914]

@lemonlimestiv LOL ME and my cousings tooooooo

[genji339]

i miss this game so much. i remember the panic i had as a kid when my ship was damaged and only had 1 photon.

[kurisux]

Well, now having a 5200, a copy of this game, and cleaned up some controllers, I can safely say this is one hell of a good game. Not like the 2600 one was bad, but limitations abound.

Hmn, maybe I should go hook the beast up and play a round. Been a month or so since I have... :\

[jcarrasco00]

why the hell would you blow up ur own base?

[rickyukon]

#1 To keep the enemy from getting it.

#2 To watch the little robot wander around aimlessly for the rest of the game looking for the base.

[pkboyee]

lol thats fucked up

[kurisux]

...you... MONSTERS! YOU BLEW IT UP!

DAMN YOU! DAMN YOU ALL TO HELL! ^_^

[laxplayaaa]

5200 is so so under rated

[kurisux]

Great machine, absolutely horrendous default controllers.. that's the whole issue, honestly.

[Jshaw71]

a percesor to laser lords? anither great atari game that sadly never made it home, thanksfor the upload... good game

[sillybillyvideo]

man this was my favorite game, we had it on the atari 400/800. it would be awesome if this came out on virtual console or xbox live

[airdriver]

Lucky you,

One thing Skotty, beware of brothers when you're playing this game. One time I was in a pitched battle with two enemy baseships. My brother snuck up behind me, hit the "S" key and shouted,"KLINGON TRAITORS IN THE CREW," and laughed his ass off as my ship was blown to bits. I had to bike to the computer store for a new joystick because the one I had broke when I threw it at him.

LMFAO!

[airdriver]

Now this, kids, was a VIDEO GAME.

[AdventureStudying]

I don't believe in self destruct. I believe the SEALS would have fought to the death before surrendering, if it was so detrimentally important to have a space war. I also believe that martyrdom would have destroyed the base if all the SEALS were destroyed. Those 5200 systems weren't clever enough. It was all strategy. Cool strategy game. You forgot to mention the blast you can set off with all cannons when you lock on to the target. Have a Merry Christmas!

[OneEyedJack1970]

I wouldn't have destroyed that starbase. I'd have taken out the 2 man patrol above it on the galactic chart.

[stevasaurus]

I also remember that you only had to use fuel in enemy sectors until they knew you were there. The you could stop moving, conserve energy, and let the come to you. (Shots would miss you as long as you turned away from them before they hit, even though you WEREN'T MOVING!) Shields always on going into and coming out of hyperspace, because as you began you hyperspace acceleration, you could still hit an asteroid before the stars turned to streaks. Oh yeah, no asteroids in starbase sectors.

[rowland2110]

I was less than 10 years old and made Star Commander on the hardest level. Yeah somehow i figured out what all those numbers mean, funny i dont remember now.

[rowland2110]

Oh, also that hardest thing about this game was trying to find your base and repair and refuel when your computer down, you basically flew blind and hope the base came into view on your screen.

[LeminskiTankscor]

@rowland2110 I often had to, and without my Long-Range sensor you're thoroughly fucked. Fly around and pray.

[rvanner]

I purchased the whole system based on this game!

[xenojive]

good fucking God, where was this video when I was 8

what an advanced game for the time, and me trying to live out Star Wars Rebal dreams and ultimately FAILING at this impossible game

I never knew wtf those numbers and shit were at the bottom IT ALL MAKES SENSE NOW DAMMIT!!!!