Classic Game Room HD - ATARI 2600 KEYBOARD controller review

[Crimefighter]

Also compatible with Star Raiders and the Sesame Street games.

[shmoozii]

well it looks like i have chicken pox. might as well sit back and watch cgr all day

[sdaonline]

my new favourite peripheral!

[sparta944]

nice light saber, wait... thats your like bar



[sparta944]

nice light saber wait... thats your like bar

[haloboy298]

It's over 9000!

[numbers9to0]

Where to put in the credit card in this thing, for online banking?

:)

[Pencerification]

lol you could build a bridge out of these

[356AngryNerd]

imagine if the bridge of the keyboard controller was hooked up to a giant Atari hooked up to a giant jumbo tron

[averyhdavis]

old school ps3

[ImJustAwsomeDan]

'The buttons feel like.....Buttons, there isn't much i can say about that.'

[ClanTKillers]

@ImJustAwsomeDan Just Epic. "there isn't much i can say about that"

[zenos700]

Midi background music :D

[spacemarshmallow]

can you make a review on basic programming? I cant find a good one

[NINJACH0P957]

OVER 9000 KEYBOARD CONTROLLERS!

[soisyourface1234]

does this work on a Sega Genesis

[TheOdysseyKid]

@soisyourface1234 It's the same type of plug, but lord knows what it actually does...

[1sketchy]

how epic would it be if you had enough to rap around earth

[JPhands]

Review A Game of Concentration.

[theqrokz]

lol screw holes



[TheWalrusMeat]

anybody else notice the super mario galaxy music in the background?

[GizmoFan1]

@TheWalrusMeat That's just regular space music.

[Rlotpir1972]

I had two programs for the Atari 2600 that requires a keyboard controller: Sears' MEMORY MATCH and Atari's CODEBREAKER.

[DarkerSuper]

This is a really, really good review. I have a strange attachment for Atari, as it was my first game system (as late as 1998). If you do any more reviews based on Atari, I would like to see the Starpath Supercharger.

I found it interesting, while searching for Atari supplies online that "Stella" happens to be the name of a widely-known 2600 emulator, as well as the code name for the Atari 3200. Whether this is a coincidence, I may never know.

Oh, and 200th comment. Congratulations!

[dfsfsf1]

this guy.................. needs a girlfriend

[tembwbam99]

@dfsfsf1 Dude, he's married

[WebVMan]

I'm gonna buy a warehouse full of those and hook up over 9,000!!!!!!!!

[rkoguy]

@WebVMan 0_0!!!!!!!! nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[WebVMan]

Try Basic Programming with a Wiimote or better yet, Kinect. You can't do it, can you? That's because Buttons RULE!!!

[ZiKoN22]

whats with the dumb carnival music in the background?? shouldn't they play something like THE MUSIC FOR THE FREAKING GAME! jeez....come on, atleast introduce some games for the keyboard.

[maxyman1000]

OVER 9000

[WHATISUTUBE]

WHY THE FUCK IS EVERYTHING YOU SAY SO DAMN ENTERTAINING.

[Quovardis83x]

@WHATISUTUBE LOL, he can take the most boring thing like these damn controllers and makes then as interesting as disney land!

[mjammal10]

We need 2,600 atari 2600 keyboards

[Quartrez]

I once hooked 3 billion of these things and I could reach the moon. And I went to the moon, climbing on my stack of atari 2600 keyboard controllers.. But it was cold up there, so I got back home rather quickly.

[1234isthisavaliable]

you wouldn't be able to build a bridge coz you don't have enough slots xD

[emokerby]

holy shit 24

[7991rellik]

My house is made of atari keyboard controllers

[jacrou]

"there, i just reprogrammed the space shuttle"

[hamsong]

3:35 "This is engineering the romans would be proud of'' LOL!

[FishprodProductions]

OVER 9000!!!

[FuzzyScotsman]

I have no idea what it was called, but i had some kinda thing that looked a little like this but larger and more squareish and from memory it used a cardboard cutout that you placed over the controller, much like the old keyboard layouts for old flight sims or the like.

I only had one game that used it and for the life of me i cant even tell you what it was like because i have no recollection of it.

Anyone take a guess?

[MrGreenpudding]

@FuzzyScotsman was it blue with the numbers on the bottom right hand corner?

[FuzzyScotsman]

@MrGreenpudding I know the one you mean but i found out recently it was called the video touch pad that came with star raiders.

Thanks for the suggestion though

[gamefire781]

that's way to many buttons you'd have to run around the atari then you'll fall down so don't get 5,000 keyboard controllers thums up if you agree!

[tdub228]

This is engineering the Romans would be proud of.

Funniest CGR episode I've seen.

[MrSaturn33]

Thumbs up if CGR is more addicting than Cocaine

[0M9H4X]

@MrSaturn33:

i dont know about cocaine but CGR is more addicting than weed for sure

[IceKoldKilla1992]

@MrSaturn33 I like your pic xD

[MetalFanx2000]

@MrSaturn33 Yep. And it costs me a hell of a lot more than a cocaine addiction.

[ChicoEdge]

If you attached 5,000 of those things together you might have almost as many buttons as there were on a Jaguar controller.

[ZRGuillermo]

god my head hurts just looking at all of this.

[TheRealAlfy]

I am glad I wasnt raised in that era.

[kpgggp]

the buttons feel like buttons

[EXPLOSIVEEGG]

ummm, when i got my atari 5200 they gave me some random 2600 stuff, such as paddles, they also gave me something for the 2600 that is the "atari video touch pad" that has the same amount of buttons, and space for inserts...

[AnthonyPhoeng123]

i made a bridge out of 14 and i stepped on it and 3 broke. :(

[CH42tm13]

@AnthonyPhoeng123 hahaha!madness.

[kodred996]

that "number sign" is called pound lol

[kiaelinkx]

there, i just reprogrammed.. the space shuttle--- AJAHHAHAHAHA I LOVE U MAN!

[lemonrind]

How can you do Basic programming when the keyboards only have numbers?

[Dant2142]

@lemonrind It just interprets them as letters.

[synthead]

Five thousand! The world's longest Atari keyboard! Legos of the game world? Romans would be proud of? hhahaah

[Drag2hand]

Nice Danube music in the background. 3:25, Freaking awesome. Skinny bridge and would be pretty weak to.

[Xegethra]

@Drag2hand not if you use loads of them....build girders from them, and pile them up for bridge making >_>

[andresrevo]

2600 keyboards connected FTW

[tvtimetravel]

I always loved the artworks one the Atari and Intellivision cartridge boxes.

[deathtsunami]

2,000,000 connected

[Stevanhale]

Kudos for using Johann Strauss II - The Blue Danube Waltz as the background music. 2001: A Space Odyssey, Odyssey2. Nice match!

[RetroGamerVX]

How dare you show an atari 2600 Junior when I KNOW you have an original!! ;D

[MrLangley59]

@RetroGamerVX the junior is eaiser to show

[ladieslovethebanana]

@RetroGamerVX that actually might be a 7800. he's stated multiple time that he has a 7800

[theqwerification]

does anyone now where i can find old classic concels from the orinal ATARI and up. PLZ I WOULD APPRECIATE IT i am a gamer i want to have litterally every console made even if it sucks

[TheoldNintendo]

@theqwerification well there is a convention called Wizard World, idk if it comes to were you live but it goes all around the world but it comes once a year, you can buy old used game consels for a good price (I bought a nintendo for 20$s) with everything. you can also buy old games and comics even action figures there too! hope I helped

[theqwerification]

yea you helped thanks ill search it on google

[TheoldNintendo]

yw :]

[theqwerification]

doesnt say where they go but ill find out sooner or later

[TheoldNintendo]

oh, yeah my brother has to look up when they come to where I live

[theqwerification]

the website they have doesnt really say much im going to have to google it hope it comes somewhere nearby

[TheoldNintendo]

well good luck, hope you get what you're looking for

[DeltaPhi79]

Concel isn't a word. You have ENOUGH consoles to find. You need to include limited edition ones and the Japanese ones.

[theqwerification]

@DeltaPhi79 i know i have alot of searchbing to do

[xSNOWYJOEx]

@MrSaturn33 idk man. probably they just thought it was funny too. then they started liking it just because it had so many likes.

[CH42tm13]

@MrSaturn33 i see u got your comment deleted.at a guess,u where asking 'why does this review have so many thumbs up?boo hoo!no1 likes my videos!wahhh!' the reason all of the Classic Games Room reviews have so many people liking them is because CGR is the finest,funniest subscription you can make on YouTube.Mark is about to hit 1 MILLION views in the next 1-2 months,u will not even hit puberty in 1-2 years,by which time,u might figure out not to be a hater.BOW BOW! ; )

[MrSaturn33]

@CH42tm13 NO, It was the HIGHEST RATED comment, the asshole just quoted the video without anything creative and got highest rated comment, I like the video a lot and understand why it is more popular than mine. Please don't criticize me like that when you didn't even know what I was talking about, it offends me.

[GodofGa3ms]

i like toitles!!!

[AriaOfTelengard]

I did my first programming with the Atari 2600 BASIC. Later in life, got my Ph.D. in Computer Science.

[patrickfiorilalonde]

Still with the 2600 Basic Programming :-)?

[AFNYOAQIS]

On the underside here we've got a couple screw holes.

LOL accidental innuendo anyone?

[thenintendogamer]

i will build a bridge from atari controllers that spans the pacific ocean XD

[jerman2003]

everytime I hear this song it reminds me of HAL and 2001.

[vannytess]

Can you hook over 100 keyboard controllers together? XD That'd be a hard game!

[nintendofan975]

screw the bridge. just keep connecting those controllers together until you go around the world. then you'll have a nice infinite loop of keyboard controllers. yeah, that would be awesome.

[YoshiUltimate]

Yeah. And to pay for them all we can just steal from Bill Gates.

[fleac0llar1]

If the game says keybord controler will it

work with the joy stick or no?

[ShakingAtTheKnees]

Woohoo! PS3 advertisement! Trey 4 Life!

[nutherefurlong]

They look sexy, at least :)

[blueben77]

I would love to traverse a bridge made out of Atari 2600 Keyboard Controllers. Only in my dreams.  Only in my luxurious dreams.

[gszx1337]

I don't know about you, but my fat ass would break and fall through the Atari 2600 Keyboard bridge. ;P

[DragonUltraMaster]

The buttoms feels like...buttoms XD

5000 ..wow :p

AWESOME stuff...Man, I thought I was born in the right birthdate (1989) but now I realized, I'm not... the stuff from 70-80's were just so awesome

[PEZZY3]

3:13 i wouldnt :3 lol

[coolasshole23]

hey guys, I got a question, what is the name of this game on atari 130 XE, when you start the helicopter by using the keyboard, its like a simulated apache fighting game, do you guys know? thanks

[tulud]

spy sapping my sentry!!

[RedTeam04]

I noticed something, Intellivision had keypad controllers, colecovision had keypad controllers, and now atari has keypads? wtf

[mstrsmth]

The main thing that was in my mind while watching this was that the keyboard controllers were numerical. While the Odyssey you showed had alphabet characters. Some explanation about that would have been nice. Also, seeing the controllers in action with some of the apps that support them.

[19psi]

@mstrsmth

Certain carts like Basic Programming came with overlays that fit onto the keypad controllers. One button would act as a color coded "shift" key with a different function each time you pressed it.

With that you could select alphabet, numeric, special characters ect. I remember keying in Pong which worked quite well!

There was also another single keypad used for Star Raiders, looked way different, used a different style overlay but internally it still functioned the same.

[avenueq14]

thats the music playing in the background called?

[coolguy1919191919191]

wow LOL i miss my atari i sold it to a friend and i just miss it a lot LOL

[JURPO90]

good luck with that bridge.

[hermpie]

the buttons feel like buttons!

[Notyu1459]

That's weird. Most of the time my buttons feel like trees.

[RogerRoids]

or you could have OVER 9000 connected together!!!

[zomgomgkat]

i lol'd

[nerdkiller8994]

0:29 or the atari 400/800

yay atari

[narutomariofan99]

Nope, it's an Atari 2600 console. It's a different model than the normal one.

[zestamaster]

5000!?!?!?!?!?

[zestamaster]

"the buttons feel......like buttons"

=) so funny

[bonnes876]

the Romans.... wow...

[Schmidt54]

"I just re-programmed... the spaceshuttle."

pure awesomeness. :-]

[demongabe]

YEA IT WAS!!

[wwesbiggestfan]

Uploaded on my birthday :3.

[janersulce32]

happy birth day with a delay :)

[POKOHelba]

i would love to make an atari bridge

[eurohim]

World's largest stack of keyboard controllers? Do it and get in the Guiness book of world records.

[notyoursavior78]

Who doesn't use atari these days? I play mine every weekend at least.

[POKOHelba]

=/ i'm more of an NES person *gets thumbs down*

[JamesHomer1234]

Thats the same as saying "Who plays Xbox 360?"

[DarkYoshi664]

I love the comments that he makes at the end of these episodes XD

[FiveInstincts]

People need to lighten up, I still gave it 4/5 stars.

[PascalMiranda]

I had a Cookie Monster game with a similar controller, you could change the front of the controller so it had directions etc instead of numbers

[FiveInstincts]

You never showed us BASIC... -1 star for that!

[LCDragonrats]

you should never be allowed to comment on this channel anymore.... +1 star for me on that! You have been stomped and PWNED!

[TheDevilbuster]

Lol the Legos of the videogame world. XD

[alphaguy50]

make a bridge out of them lol

[vaxel7]

lol make biggest stack of Atari keyboards xD

[daro2096]

Errm the only use for hooking them up together is for Basic Programming.

It is the only game that came with overlays(prior to the Jim Henson educational games).

Basic Programming sucks though and if you don't have the overlays and manual you are screwed.

[haseo18615]

I love how this guy says such random things and tends to ramble about things unrelated to the game he's reviewing

[iLikeRetroGames]

Atari!

[SSSSSSPla13]

yeah and he is funny too =D

[DJGMuzak]

4, 8, 20, 5000 controllers. What about 9000 controllers?

[warzone200]

and why stop there

[BugsyPacino]

Build a bridge out of them

[linkboy00000000]

why stop there build a bridge to mars

[iLikeRetroGames]

Chuck Norris!

[tdog076]

gtfo

[Ryoga2K]

Well.. you can stack a lot of controllers, but you can't connect them all :P

[damiannerd]

they released the atari 5200 to compete with coleco and mattel. the controller was the main reason, why didnt they just make one of these controlers with a joystick, atari would still be in the hardware business today if it werent for the atari 5200 and atari jaguar

[nightwolfsden]

don't forget about the lynx... thats there portable right? Lol, so bad I don't even remember it :P

[warzone200]

and 7800 and jaguar cd

[TheAwesomeJayandGray]

*presses random buttons*

"There, I've just reprogrammed the space shuttle"

Lol, that made my day =D

[Bread23000]

i wouldn't want the worlds largest video game controller string.

[AlexiBexi]

yes its called CLASSIC game room, not hyper modern game room

[shohmyoh]

He should review the basic programing game.  Although I've done basic programing. It's not really fun or a game.

[efron0]

the game sounds like a lot of bull shit

[d2girls]

Nice background music

[lordbemylight]

It's "On The Beautiful Blue Danube" by Strauss.

[d2girls]

I knows.... but thanks anyways other users might find that useful.

[CASPRPres]

It's called CLASSIC game room.....

[Giluc]

He does new things too >_>

[XxImortaliity]

It's called CLASSIC game room

[dave04045]

That's the seers atari 2600

[brtshstel]

no. it doesn't say "telegames" and i dont think Sears even had the Jr. model licensed to them, just the original woodgrain model (though i dont remember if it had 4 or 6 switches).

[guyvf]

the # sign is also known as an "octothorpe".

[TheXaviumTheory]

or, a hash. =]

[brtshstel]

ok, the # is called "pound"

[radioactivegamer]

whew, I thought I was the only person that knew that! my friend calls it "the tic tac toe thing"

[aribenzane]

Slide them together - now that is SLICK :)

[CenturyGamer]

I like how this console seems to have 50 different controllers lol.

[chaboki92]

that was funny five stars

[Retrogamer71]

Awesome hardware review!!!!!!!!!!!