Activision Classics - Keystone Kapers

[Back2DaFuture98]

Pitfall Harry's Brother

[dmytrocool]

how do you start the game in the beginging

in stella emulator im realy confused

the guy wont move

[FFF693]

i love Activision Classics ps1 thx for vid

[OceanBlueKirby]

You're welcome. I also enjoy this compilation, and it's one of my favorite game collections that I have.

[Lutanamo]

I mean, using Stella and doing that CTRL+F thing with a game you have trouble with, allows you to know a) which version it is and b) what the correct colors should look like and also c) what to do in order to get the correct colors (of course getting the correct version of the game in correct machine - for example, NTSC game in NTSC machine looks authentic. Also if you can change the 'emulated' machine from PAL/NTSC, that allows you also to control the colors). So it's useful information!

[OceanBlueKirby]

I suppose it can be useful for such purposes, but all I needed to know was the information you've already provided. I only wanted to find out how accurate the emulation technology in the PlayStation compilation disk is.

[Midnightguy1171]

This was one of my favorite Atari games. I would play one till my arm was ready to fall off from being so numb.

[toloene]

oh , i love this game also ,it is always in my mind !

[iseetacos]

i have activision anthology for ps2 and i like this game a lot but the colors in my version is different that yours. why is that?

[OceanBlueKirby]

It could be emulation programming and/or output differences from A Collection of Activision Classic Games for the Atari 2600 for the PlayStation. I thought that the colors were "strange" from seeing screenshots of the Activision Anthology for the PlayStation 2, but I'm not sure which of them is more accurate.

[Lutanamo]

I think the color difference is explained by the NTSC/PAL/SECAM systems varying way of creating the colors. PAL Ataris have less colors than the NTSC Ataris, and they are in different registers (or something). So if you play an NTSC game in a PAL Atari, the colors are distorted, and vice versa of course. SECAM is just psychedelic.. (-8

[Lutanamo]

From the looks of it, I'd say in this video there is a PAL game in NTSC Atari. If you use Stella for emulating, you can switch the PAL/NTSC/Secam color palettes by pressing CTRL+F

[OceanBlueKirby]

Thanks for letting me know on color output differences on Atari systems. However, keep in mind that I had recorded this game from the A Collection of Activision Classic Games for the Atari 2600 compilation disk for the PlayStation instead of Stella (nor do I wish to use it, so aside from switching from grayscale and color by pressing the square button, color palette changing isn't an option for me). I guess, then, both can be considered accurate based on a system and cartridge type comparison.

[Lutanamo]

Your gratitude is appreciated. Btw, how is Playstation any more accurate in emulation of Atari than Stella? There is a Dreamcast port of Stella too, but that's a bit faulty, and I don't know how you switch the palettes. You can at least check it out with Stella, just so that every time you are not sure about the colors, you can find out if it's a PAL games in NTSC Atari or vice versa or something.. using real machines is no excuse for completely ignoring emulators, you know.

[OceanBlueKirby]

I can't be sure on that, but I was actually considering a comparision between Activision Anthology on the PlayStation 2 and A Collection of Activision Classic Games for the Atari 2600 when I said "both." I'm not all that interested in finding out the color palette differences, and it seems somewhat pointless to have multiple ways to play one game (unless I really wanted to have more than one "copy", or for comparison purposes).

[Lutanamo]

Oh, I thought you meant you are not going to use Stella because it's an emulator, and yet you use Playstation (or whatnot) for emulating it anyway.. There are more differences than color palette in PAL/NTSC versions, and most of the time the NTSC version is the best and fastest version of the game. But it IS nice to know the reasons for why colors might get distorted, isn't it? And I only meant that you can use Stella for investigating what version of the game/emulator you have etc.

[OceanBlueKirby]

Well, yes, as I've thanked you before about the information on color palettes. I did figure, too, that PAL games would run slower than NTSC ones, too (as speed difference happens for any home console between the two regions).

[jss1591]

I dont remember ever getting that far....Great Job!!

[OceanBlueKirby]

Thanks. It took a good deal of effort.

[TyVulpine]

I loved playing this back in the early 80s.

[kurizzos]

8 years old playing this for hours.

The radios stunk to jump over when the toy choppers were on the same screen.

[trustknowbitch]

Thanks man....This game brings back great memories!

[jdawgzy]

9:05 made me laugh, but i felt bad.

[classof77]

Wow, never saw this one played back in the day. Gets to be pretty manic -- that's a compliment. Activision 2600 games ruled.

[Keranu]

Wow, never heard or seen this game, it looks great! Reminds me of Bonanza Bros. by Sega a bit (except with role reveresals of course). And yeah the foot tapping sound effects sounds awesome and I also love the esculator!

[ChibiFighter]

OMG I love this game its so much fun I remeber when I rented the Activision Classics game for the PS2 and I picked this game it was so much fun.

[gammainn]

i remember playing this in a computer when i was about 6 years old i think.

great game.

[Akutare]

This was my first video game. Thanks for the memories.

[OceanBlueKirby]

Really, that's cool! You're welcome :).

[superpcenginegrafx]

Wow, this looks like an early Famicom game.

[OceanBlueKirby]

Could be. They did came out in the same year, after all, altough I don't have an extensive knowledge on the Famicom's library. Concept-wise, I would have to say this looks like the original Mario Bros. at most.

[GrandMasterLynx]

cool video 5 stars hope you can check out my videos

[boilerplate]

Yup, had this game too. Not too bad. I remember the commercial for it too, had a bunch of old style 1920s cops running around trying to catch a crook.

I REALLY did like this game, not being sarcastic this time, I swear.

[OceanBlueKirby]

Don't worry, I gotcha. I'd figure there would be a commercial for this game, but with a really cheesy song to go with it!

[boilerplate]

Whenever I was about to catch one of the crooks in the game, I'd jump on him. This was one of the few games I played long after my 2600 had been replaced by my ADAM/Coleco

[OceanBlueKirby]

I like to run into the guy since it looks like a police-man style mauling of a tackle! If my information is correct, Activision also made games for the Colecovision (or Commidore 64).

[Lutanamo]

Activision certainly made games for Commodore 64, as I played many of them in my youth. It's funny how similar-yet-different the C64 versions of the Atari 2600 Activision games are. Pitfall is pretty good replica, River Raid is a bit enchanced, and made more easy, and so on. Of course it's like converting a VIC-20 game to Amiga.. the computer's possibilities are heavily under-used. Still, it's fun to compare those different versions of the same game (I know you disagree)..

[OceanBlueKirby]

Yes, and I did confirm that a while after writing the above response comment. I'm quite interested in finding out differences between (or sometimes among) versions, though mainly for Internet research.