Berzerk - Atari 2600

[L3BAli]

people died because of this crappy game?

[ModernZeuhl]

@L3BAli This was not a "crappy game" when it came out, and people are still dying nowadays for other "crappy games" -- mainly by enjoying stupid MMORPGs so much and being so incredibly dumb that they forget to eat and drink. Starving to death because startled by farming is probably worse than having an heart attack after shooting robots.

[1Thompsonmusic]

I loved the look of these games, both of the cartridge cover, and of the layout on the screen. It was simple, but it looks awesome! And those sound effects. They don't try and recreate that now. Everything's better now, but so devoid of personality.

[glitchedgamer]

@1Thompsonmusic "Devoid of personality." That is EXACTLY what games today are lacking. All we want is realism and the games suffer from it.

[Marvel126]

I remember playing this for hours but I dont even remember the point of this game haha

[llllExTreMellll]

memorieeees! damn, i want my atari back :D

anybody over here that knows about a game about surgury? it's like dr bibber :p i think it was a game with multiple games on it (4 in 1 i think). also with a submarine up to two players..... the others i don't know anymore...

[RattyRandnums]

@llllExTreMellll AtariAge and AtariGuide are great websites to look for old games you used to play on if you want to try and find them.

[JorgeDante80]

Wasn't there a face that would suddenly appear and chase you?

[vigo894]

@JorgeDante80= Yes, that's Evil Otto. He only appears in certain settings.

[TechnicalGaming101]

@JorgeDante80 Yes, indeed. That face's name is Evil Otto. Hes the #1 in the most terrifying video game enemies because he killed two teenage Berzerk players of heart attacks shortly after posting high scores at video arcades. Evil Otto watched them die ... with a smile on his face.

[BuckChowSimmons]

:P

[txcforever]

My favorite Atari game of all time. I played this for hours and lost 3 controllers because of it (even though only the first one was an original Atari one).

[dantesthreshold]

2:53 = PWNED!!!!!!!!!

[KurtKokaine1]

Okay, I'm confused. I used to play this when I was a kid, but I just read the wiki article on this game, and it says that the robots actually talk in this game. I didn't remember that, so I looked this vid up, and the robots aren't talking. So what's up with the wiki article?

[perplexedmoth]

@KurtKokaine1 that's another edition of the same game, where the droids say "Intruder Alert! Intruder Alert"

[XReaperMan]

@KurtKokaine1

The actual arcade game has talking robots.

[ethanNESfanboy117]

my hi score is a little over 9000, im pretty proud of that :) lol over 9000!!!!!!!!

[Icedoggy924]

always used to crack me up when i got zapped

[bobjones1783]

love this game to death. kangaroo for the atari 2600 was the first video game I never played, and after that I played this one and jungle hunt

[MarzX1802]

Take that turkeys!

[chupacabra11583]

awsome video, this is an all time fave of mine on the atari

[alexjseguin]

why am watching a video of this when i have a 2600 vader pluged and the game 10 feet away from me

[GreenisPower]

this game will make you go bezerk, the robots never loose and you just have to love getting robot raped all the time

[djw80158]

those bots would fuck everybody up, if not for the diagonal glock. :P

[guille443]

el peteco

[187SicknesS]

fuckin love this game!!

[douro20]

Evil Otto was supposed to be in this version of the game...When does it appear?

[LongLiveStopMotion2]

This game blows, the arcade version is significantly better.

[shtdragon]

This game killed several people. Couple guys played for hours and died of heart attack. I would never try it. Or else, I would pass away by heart failure.

[douro20]

@shtdragon

There was a report of an elderly man who already had heart problems and he died of a heart attack while playing the arcade version. That was the only known incident.

[tlawrence36]

This is great! I loved Berserk!!!

[ackieackie]

fucking memories.......



[Hem2Fiction]

3:27 the robot sure loves a beat

[keepabreast98]

Amber:When The Robots Shoot,That Sound Makes Me Horny ummmmmmmm!!!.

[genom27]

I used to crash that guy against the wall just to see him get electrocuted.... LOL

Such fun >:)

[hdfufd]

HALO 0.1

[wiredlord]

One of the legends in the Arcades of the old had made it in youtube. careful though if anyone decides to top the high score of all time

[LifeIsABigPuzzle]

They should remake this game for 360! :D

[mojodrillo123]

2 kids died in real life from playing this game

dos jovenes ....les dio un atake al corazon tras ser adicctos a est juego

dise dificil de creer

es veridico

[Zhewriix]

@mojodrillo123

Jeff Dailey was first, not sure about the second one

[EastCoastDude99]

I could get stoned and play this for hours. Atari fuckin ruled.

[Noodles37UK]

I've got an Atari disc for Xbox packed away somewhere. Think Asteroids and Haunted House are on it. Is Berserk on it? Wikipedia aren't saying anything.

[curedude77]

I remember you could survive the robot's shoot if you made it pass between the human's head and the body since it had no neck LOL

[Death2Bigots]

0:15 - The 7th track from Dir en grey's "Kisou" (watch?v=Sjww19nGiGA) always reminded me of this game, lol. JOOOOOOOOOB, JOOOOOOOOOOOOOOB.

[tehkoalainsurgency]

2 kids died in real life from playing this game, good thing they have 2 extra lives.

[IIIIdepechemodeIIII]

berzerk over any game muthafuckaz

[tubelogicat]

I noticed that when those robots succeed in hitting the player, they insist on hitting him. This is inhuman :(

[xraycat30]

This game kicked ass. It was all hand-eye coordination back then. This was easily one of Atari's best games. Damn hell though when they started you right next to those robot bastards. I used to love beating the cocksuckers by making them all walk into the walls without even firing a shot.

[hellmoto191]

You never had to encounter that damn bouncing smiley face of death when you played! I ran into a lot of walls because of panic that thing induced! 

[Shorty15c4007]

This is what online games were built on. I wasnt born at the time this came out, Im more of a SNES kid, but I can appreciate this =]

[viewtifultony]

WOW THIS IS MORE FUN THAN GOD OF WAR SERIOUS!!! I LOVE 2600!!!

[FanofKaren]

I played this game for hours when I was a kid.

[xpander2k]

This is one of those games the proves how important sound is to a video game.

[IIIIdepechemodeIIII]

This was THEE game of the early 80s to me!!! I loved this shit. I still have it on my old sKool 2600. It's too bad they wont remake it and add the voiceovers to it "Got that humanoid, got that intruder...intruder alert, intruder alert!" lol.

[CescoPisicoli]

Legend of Zelda's grandfather

[tommyj2010]

i remember playing this game when did they bring this out?

[3runner4lfe]

@tommyj2010 around 1981 or earlier 2 people died whilst having a heart attack and getting high scores on it!

[IIIIdepechemodeIIII]

@3runner4lfe i remember reading about that, true.

[sideslide23]

ha ha 2:53 and next

[GuilleOrochi]

2:54 sniper shot lol

[GuilleOrochi]

2:54 sniper shot lol

[turnbull7]

I'm old enough to remember this. That sound when you get electrocuted and lose a life ... yeek!

[IIIIdepechemodeIIII]

@turnbull7 lol. i'm sure ted bundy knew that sound all too well.

[scir91]

where is evil otto??

[ransman413]

exactly

[Akira625]

In the 2600 version, you can select whether Evil Otto appears in the game, or even if you can shoot him.

[1993gandy]

wow the graphics are almost as good as MW2

[mariofin102]

@1993gandy lol are u serous?

[1993gandy]

LOL no but these graphics are quite advanced for 1982 :L

[godstomper]

Ahh back in the Dark ages. I remember buying this at Gemco.

[carliemer]

Formsdn: are you talking about Wizards of Wor??

[rocksoliddude1]

when was this game made? 1908?

[KhyberBoy09]

you fuckin moron rock

[Spidey301]

i play this game when he got electrued

with the smiley face

[formsdn]

Hey, can you help me remember the game? It gameplay is very similar to Berzerk, but main hero looks like one from boulder dash and it also has more types of enemies

[rainwingwolf]

This actually looks like an okay game, coming from a person who grew up playing N64 and GameBoy Color. I wish I could just TOUCH a video game that was made before 1993... My life isn't getting better, so I better save up some money and start exploring eBay.

[kefkaroth]

thats why we have emulation now to relive all the classics from atari all the way up to psx,gba,ds. so if u miss playing the classics or always wanted to play them just search for various emulators and roms on sites like coolrom or romhustler. remember u need a emulator(the console application system) and a rom(actual game) to play.

[JamesTCA]

You are awful at this game.

[demons360]

game shit

[RandomGuy1994]

6870 :S

My personal record is 10540. Can you beat it? :P

[JamesTCA]

If this game can occupy your attention for that long, congratulations, you're a moron.

[BloodshotGames]

I just got 10990 a few minutes ago. Goddamn, was it fun.

PROTIP: The controllers from the Atari Flashback 2 work for the 2600, so goodbye old, stiff joysticks.

[BloodshotGames]

Just played again and got 16860 points. Apparently fast techno songs go well with the game.

[dantesthreshold]

1:23 omg i just had to start laughing at that lmao

[oscarelmaestro]

thanks for the video!!!

[DXSnakeEater]

This game paved the way for games.

[waraider1]

when he kills em it makes a smiley face easter egg in such a old game :P

[mmmbopingmommy]

Thanks for the memories. I was terrifed, as a kid, because the smiley face came out of nowhere.

[NameNotaNumber]

My dad had a cafe back then with the original arcade version of this. It was totally amazing. He had that and Battlezone.

[GDZjeenik]

When a lil cyborg explode, a smiley apears for a fraction of a sec ^^

[RayEttler]

kickass game!

[jaketoledo]

this was the BEST game 2600 put out hands down.

i could actually play this for hours.

[DarqMassacre]

I haven't seen this game in eons. I played this game to death and couln't remember the name of it to save my life. So this is where the idea for the game Smash T.V came from.

[neobogard]

no robotron was the game smash tv was based off.

[toloene]

oh , this game ! when i played that i even didnt know what was the name of the game ! it reminds me 20 years ago !

[InfantIncinerator84]

i'm getting old...ahhhh the memories. lol

[terrancejohn]

I love this game, does any one no if there was an ending to it or not did it just go on and on with differnt mazes????

[MightiestMorphinHero]

It takes a while, but all videogames have an ending. It just starts over when you beat it.

[shortpotato26]

I loved this game! And I have no idea why...

[amazingdany]

Ah good memories...

[thearmin]

this game was frustrating as a kid. I always wondered how to beat the smiley face; turns out he really was invincible. Wish someone had told me.

[Sarevok159]

man these games were so cool back in the day, Berserk, Yars Revenge, Jungle Hunt, Kangaroo. Now i'm feeling all nostalgic.

[willy2guns]

This game was awesome when I was a kid !! cheers for upload

[MetallicMushroom]

pause exactly when the robots or whatever they are die and theres a smiley

[mardfet]

@MetallicMushroom LOL its like *laser* OH HAI!

[MetallicMushroom]

@mardfet

DAMN, reply on a two year old comment?

I salute you !

[MisterlCreep]

@MetallicMushroom Yeah, I could only reply to 11 month old ones. 8D

[Melylareputamadre]

@MetallicMushroom I knew that without even pausing >=3

[DXSnakeEater]

@MetallicMushroom That's Evil Otto, not so evil looking, is he? He is, he follows you pretty quickly, and once he touches you, you're dead.

[djt2012]

damn you suck!!

[aversion2k]

This is what hell is like

[aversion2k]

This game made me piss my pants when I was little.

I mean really piss my pants

[willobeen]

Evil Otto was scary

[MishuTaste]

The robots are so stupid. They kill themselves on the walls.

[sdub77]

classic!

[maroutyII]

Atari FTW!!! lol fuck I cant believe I used to actually love these games

[putasuzia]

did you know that in this version you can make the robot shots move between the space in between your head and body. you have to time it right.

[KaseyAkira]

Yea I was just about to type that! You have to be real super careful, but I remember getting a lot of them to shoot straight through my neck without hurting me.

And where's that big bouncing smiley face that would randomly show up and kill you? That thing used to scare the crap out of me.

[Leoguitarrocker]

i really loved this game, as well as maze craze! omg so much water run under the bridge!

[newyorkfish]

I can't believe I had that game!

What graphics!

Kids today are so spoiled.

[mrceleb2006]

They should have shown the words "GAME OVER!!" if the player lost all their lives.

[PunkStarChik]

This was my favorite atari game!

[thesilverfish]

Angle shots and makin' the dudes run into the walls, the only way.

[thesilverfish]

This game stressed me out.  I use to see these guys in my sleep.

[wiifan135]

Your good at this! I suck because I can't get passed 2 levels.

[GOTHMIDNIGHTMERMAID]

Well... I liked the sound effects.  :)

[GOTHMIDNIGHTMERMAID]

I've heard allot about this game Bezerk.

[streetgypsy44]

It was cool because you could sometimes dodge shots by letting the bullets pass through your neck.

[jflores949]

i TAKE THIS OVER HALO 3 ANYDAY

[LordZacknafien]

@jflores949 damn right this is true CLASSIC!!!!

[drag117]

@jflores949 fail

[NinjaGhostScorpion]

I remember this game. Game 9 was for heavyweights. Invincible Evil Otto, the robots were packing heat, and if you wanted a 1-up, tough shit.

[kirbyhero256]

Well, the robots may not have the digitized speech anymore, but their explosions still look like smiley faces.

[uallsuck]

OMG i'm too old now :(