I like the part at the end. It is obvious that Atari old games are weird today but it was cool in the 80's. Ataryyyyy!!! And discover how boring those games are today.
Back in those days, me and several of my friends had non-IBM computers (and that doesn't mean Macs!), and I can't think of anyone who did finances or anything other than games on them. Maybe some limited word processing.
isn't it wierd that games back then used to AMAZE people and looked awsome even if they nearly didn't look like what they were supposed to be? These days if a game has a bit of bad grafficks or doesn't look like call of duty it is a instand failure to dickheads that think MW2 is the best game?
Let's face it, Generation X is either over the hill or sees the summit in the distance. They say 20 years is when it becomes retro; well at 30 years it starts to seem "historic"!
those were the good ol' days. That's how far we have come in 30 yrs. imagine how in the next 30 yrs, our grandkids would definitely be laughing at the PS3
I remember telling my unconvinced old dear that it could help with my homework.....fail fail fail failed at school but I am great at video games in my shithole of a flat after I finish my dead end job...please kill me
I remember having an Atari, then a Super Nitendo, Sega Game Gear, and a Playstation. My sister and I had the hook up. Makes me think of the good days in the eighties. Good ol Toys R US.
@zshaw7549 Lucky you. My brother and I each saved our allowances for over 6 months to buy our Atari 2600. Then we saved our allowances to buy all the games we had, one at a time. I always wanted a Colecovision but could never afford one. After the video game crash, we moved on to the Commodore 64. I never had an NES until I bought one as an adult. I think I paid $10 or something for it. Everyone was playing Nintendo 64 and Playstation by that time.
Agree, the ATARI was really a Pioneer of HCS (home computer systems). The best Game genres that we know today are ideas from the old mashines. If you was young and you got a ATARI, look what your kids playing today... it's the same, only a little bit faster, coloured and the games are longer. But locking Pong, it's only 100x120 Lines Resolution with no GPU, now we have GPU's in consoles over 128mb. But it's one of the greatest games, and the first step of videogaming. :)
Truly the good ol' days. Back before you had to worry about hard drive space, online account balances, downloadable updates, battery charges and red rings of death. A simpler time.
The main thing about games then, was you didn't have to keep putting quarters in. That was so cool not having to go to the grocery store, laudramat, pool hall, etc. to play a game.
From 78 - 83, Atari ruled the world. I still have my heavy sixer I bought in 78, made right here in the USA. New games have far superior graphics, but it's not the same. At the time is was new and exciting, and it really was a big deal to have an Atari.
The only games mentioned I know were space invaders and missile command; space inavders cos it's a classic, and missile command cos it was in chuck :)
yeah see how far you can go not far with that console the first game that came with it which had different games on it like battle tank and pong was the best my brother got one when it first came out the whole block of kids was trying to get in to play it was a good babe magnet
and to think, for all the advances in graphics and gameplay in modern video gaming there hasn't been one single gain in the enjoyment of them. kids back then were just as addicted, and had just as much fun. so much for your fancy ps3s and xboxes
@grinaldo666 Amen to that brutha! I am & shall ever remain, a hard core classic/retro gamer, to the core! Not to boast (much) but for emulators (I have 50+), I have basically EVERY single gaming console & PC ever made + every game (totaling 50,000+ (including prototypes)) for them. I also have 15 real classic consoles & a few hundred cartridges. I do enjoy some new/modern games, but basically only RTS/War/Strategy. I love classic gaming & play regularly.
i thought atari could only play games since was u able 2 manage yo finances n compose music? hell my ps3 cant manage my finances but that old ass shit can????
@Lex5576 That is very true but looking back for myself i would never remove seeing what i got see in the technological time line in favour of today's technology ;) It was absolutely FANTASTIC seeing it all progress from when i first started getting into technology and gaming in 1980 up until present day :) I quite pity those born in the early 90's, they missed out on a lot! :(
@Lex5576 I don´t think so. The most important thing of a Game is the Gameplay itself. Graphics and sound doesn´t matter as long as the game itself makes fun and there were a -lot- of innovative and good ones on the market. I prefer the old ones, because they are simply relaxing. All i need is a TV, a simple game, a couch, some potatoes, no stress at all.
@TheMCMXXL I think you may have misunderstood Lex5576, he just said if they geeks back then seen the games we have now. Doesnt meen he was talking about graphics. Also prefering old games is fine but you must stay open and play modern games as well. You just saying that you enjoy the old games because their simple makes you seem like you cant handle games that are made today which is a limitation to your mind. Since their are no limits, dont limit yourself to just old games, progress buddy.
@SniperProMario No, it´s not about handling, its about the gameplay itself., it makes -for me- a difference if the gameplay sresses me or if the Gameplay is relaxing-. As more the game becomes more "realistic" (and that includes complex graphics) ,as more it produces stress for me, because the amount of information, which i have to handle, is too high. And it makes no fun, as soon as the information flow is higher than the remaining brain resources for the gameplay itself.
@TheMCMXXL I agree with some of what your saying. I really don't like how games are made these days. I mean some things are completely useless to me and some aren't. Like Mario Galaxy, great game, but I am sure it could have been much more enjoyed if it was as simple as Super Mario 64. Some games focus ONLY on graphic and end up slowing down the game or ruining the original feel of a classic game. Then some games focus on GAMEPLAY too much then ad too many things to control. So your right.
@TheMCMXXL Oh sush. Obviously kids of the 80s would be mindblown by how elaborate games are today. If you're gonna pull out the ol' Gameplay argument, at least use it where it's appropriate.
@Lex5576 you're right. the sad thing is those 80s geeks have seen the new consoles, but now they're middle aged with wives, kids, and mortgage payments so they probably dont care about games anymore LOL.
@nc86prod Speak for yourself! I would never let something as insignificant as a wife, child or job get in the way of the truly important things in life. Namely my love of retro/classic gaming, LOL! But seriously, who do you think built all the retro/classic gaming emulators, host gaming & TOSEC conventions, etc? Those very people you refer to. I can't believe I got my 1st game console, 33yrs ago! I am a huge retro gamer. I have a nice classic console & HUGE emulation collection.
@gjc82071 all i can say is that I dare not challenge you and all the all the other gen. x gamers who still play consoles digitally are the *ishh...that is all lol.....
@Lex5576 For the first few minutes they'd think they were watching a live action movie, then there'd be the moment of realization, and the inevitable "Holy f***ing mother of God"
@Lex5576 I don't know I think they would find that most games now a days are focused to casual gamers and don't have much challenge to them like games back then were almost always challenging. And if you say games are getting harder look at fable 1 and how long it takes to beat then look at fable 2 that doesn't even have a final boss fight.
@Lex5576 LOL! I'm sure they've seen today's games, bro. I mean shit, this was 1981. Not like these people would be so old they wouldn't have seen today's games. Who knows, maybe some of them have made today's games
@Lex5576 Those geeks back then are still here now dumb ass, its only been 30 years or so, they are the ones making and still playing these games....we are why you have kick ass games and those games are the blue prints to all games.
@islandmamma I don't think that's what he meant. I think he means that these people would have been amazed if the would have seen a game from 2010 in their own time of 1981. Obviously those people are still alive.
@BlownMacTruck In 2040 video games, television and all media will be one thing, Hollywood and human actors & actresses is not needed because almost everyone with talent and a state of the art computer can create brilliant one's for the market or home use. Grand Theft Auto IV will be called a very simple game in terms of graphics and sound.
wow they made commerciels much better in the old days along with movies cars music.....heck evrything was better in the 80's....except the crime rate which was way to high
I wish i could have lived during that age. This new age bullcrap is overrated... plus, everything before was made better, all this new junk is... well, junk.
I feel lucky to have been alive when Atari first hit the market, we went out and got one and got a few games for it and it was fun and all, pitfall was my favorite but when we got ET I hated it so damn much I threw the cartridge into the toilet and tried to flush it constantly.
Boy has video game technology gone a looooong ways.
agreed. it's fucked that they make the commercial gameplay like the original arcade, but when you pop open asteroids or centipede, it's nowhere near the arcade version. total scam-0-witz!!!
Jeez i hope ppl had broader dreams. I remember how pissed i was when i got an atari back then and the game looked nothing like the artwork on the box. Funny thing was is that nintendo was the big console available at the team. My parents just did'nt know. Pac-man mega man tomato tomado.
Actually the chronology of the released consoles was Atari 2600 - Intellivision - Colecovision - Nintendo NES - Atari 5200 - Atari 7800. The Atari 400/800 series computers were released around 1982 or so to compete with the Commodore 64 and Apple II home computers. There's a great book called "The First Quarter" which is an historical account of the early years of game consoles, arcade games and home computers. I recommend it highly. Point of fact. Intellivision was the 1st 16bit console.
@Intelligoth The Atari 400/800 came out in 1979, after Apple but long before the C64. The 5200 in 1982, the Famicom in Japan 1983, the 7800 test marketed in 1984, released 1986, the NES test marketed 1985-86, released 1986.
Intellivision was the lower-tier console of those 3.obviously,Atari lasted longer than Coleco Vision,but lacked the sophistication on their graphics Coleco had,like you say.
I reading the people´s opinions and I have seen some who say in love that prefer that, is what i said... you can have got trizillions billions of that IT DOES NOT MATTER, DREAMS ARE MUCH MORE POWERFUL, HISTORY ARE MUCH MORE POWERFUL, and always shall give us a missing feeling, end 70´s and 80´s (20th) are always today at leat for me... so personal, What Disc... Rise of Video games, Story of computer games, listen to the music, movies...YOU SHALL PERCEIVE....UNIVERSE CAN FINISH BUT NOT TH LIK T
I reading the people´s opinions and I have seen some who say in love that prefer that, is what i said... you can have got trizillions billions of that IT DOES NOT MATTER, DREAMS ARE MUCH MORE POWERFUL, HISTORY ARE MUCH MORE POWERFUL, and always shall give us a missing feeling, end 70´s and 80´s (20th) are always today at leat for me... so personal, What Disc... Rise of Video games, Story of computer games, listen to the music, movies...YOU SHALL PERCEIVE....UNIVERSE CAN FINISH BUT NOT TH LIK T
in 80´s things like this are..... I can have got xbox, super zillion trillion 3d alpha beta ohhhhhhhhhh poooooohhhhhh! o potency, it doest matter, if you do not dream sense it, live and others therms.....it is....much better play things like this and think it is strong history, then a thing that is just commercial is equal to say Beyonce is better then Van Hallen tremendous nonsense nowadays I got from a generic NES... I got let us say happy ....missing Atari´s game rightnow...80´s Spirit.HMR80s
@steve5123456789 I was in college when video games first started hitting the scene. I am 49 now and a teacher of middle school kids. When I tell them I STILL play video games, they look at me and are like WHAT??? I tell them that I was THERE when all this stuff started coming out. It's hard to believe people our age still play, but once a gamer, always a gamer I guess. I love how technology has changed since then. Awesome!!
@MissMinnieMousegirl Think what it will be like in 21 years time lol, your generation will be in there 70s, its hard to think of a 70 year old man being a serouse hardcore gamer, think about it lol.
@steve5123456789 Yes! I will amaze their socks off! If you should live long enough, you will be doing the same thing, except probably games will work ONLY with mind control then!! It's so funny, but playing games are good for the mind.
@steve5123456789 Not really, 20 years from now, gaming would be common place, unlike our grand and great grandfathers who barely got to know a TV and VCR ,,Mindsets are different from generation to generation! u must rememeber that our grandchildren arnt going to be coming from a generation who knew horse and buggy and feILD PLOWWING! LOL The new generations will grow up expecting us to know as much about Computing as they do!
@steve5123456789 really? no different that a serious hardcore 70 year old poker or cribbage player, or even chess. the 70 year old of now, did not even have eniac when they were a kid to even hear about.
But without a Red Ring Of Death, its just not as exciting. See, Microsoft added the thrill of "will my game system start today" to gaming. Machines like Ataris and Nintendos that always work? Pish posh...
my cousin spilled coke on our atari. asshole didnt bother to clean it or tell anyone he did it. my other cousin preferred to play pac-man with the rubber top off the joystick whilst wearing those fingerless leather gloves. he was actually kick ass at it. 80s.
@playstation4evah people like you dont know what a real video game is, its not about the graphics its all about gameplay i still perfer my nes and sega genesis over any new console today due too the fact of better games and childhood memmories, games now adays are just all about shooting,blood,and graphics.......booooring
I had all of these consoles as a kid, and personally, I think the games for the, original, NES were the best by far.
Metroid, Castlevania, Ninja Gaiden, Mega Man, Commando, and of course, Zelda, and Zelda II (I bought a Gamecube just so I could play Zelda again) etc etc etc.
These games are still the best in my opinion. Screw Grand Theft Auto, and shit like that
@Brasilianomax I could fix it.
NESAtariSegaNerd 3 weeks ago
@1xWertzui truthfully i forgot what i had said lol
shake838 3 weeks ago
@1xWertzui truthfully i forgot what i had said lol
shake838 3 weeks ago
I like the part at the end. It is obvious that Atari old games are weird today but it was cool in the 80's. Ataryyyyy!!! And discover how boring those games are today.
Clov3000 1 month ago
im glad i grew up with nintendo lol. fuck pong!
the420rock 1 month ago
ATARII
Kevin101ify 1 month ago
Wait... you mean I can play Asteroids AND manage my finances at the touch of a button?? Or... would that be two buttons?
heavenspaw 3 months ago
i still have my atari 2600 with 36 games.
Voodoofoxx 3 months ago
still better than ps3 and xbox!
Megazord24 5 months ago
@Megazord24 Dont forget wii
Superguy7986 1 month ago
@Superguy7986 yea!
Megazord24 1 month ago
@Megazord24 LOL Atari pwns All other Consoles
Superguy7986 1 month ago
Back in those days, me and several of my friends had non-IBM computers (and that doesn't mean Macs!), and I can't think of anyone who did finances or anything other than games on them. Maybe some limited word processing.
InfinitePlayLLC 5 months ago
Sounds like a young Hugo Weaving doing thevoiceiver.
KaneRobot 6 months ago
It almost seems like the dark ages now...yikes
StoneCold75 8 months ago
0:54 CREEPYEST THING O__O
patrick10079 9 months ago
isn't it wierd that games back then used to AMAZE people and looked awsome even if they nearly didn't look like what they were supposed to be? These days if a game has a bit of bad grafficks or doesn't look like call of duty it is a instand failure to dickheads that think MW2 is the best game?
people these days don't respect retro games :(
pongboy1100 9 months ago 2
Let's face it, Generation X is either over the hill or sees the summit in the distance. They say 20 years is when it becomes retro; well at 30 years it starts to seem "historic"!
pannoni1 9 months ago
those were the good ol' days. That's how far we have come in 30 yrs. imagine how in the next 30 yrs, our grandkids would definitely be laughing at the PS3
antimatterutube 10 months ago 4
that poor little girl's having seizures 0.35
fumachuma 10 months ago
that poor little girl's having seizures 0.35
fumachuma 10 months ago
Those people look like they are more of geeks then people nowadays. (No offence)
Togg525 10 months ago
so when is this coming out.. ^-^
beable98 10 months ago 2
@beable98 Uhh it came on 1976 what did you do time travl or somthing?
Zachandhisdicky47101 1 month ago
@Zachandhisdicky47101 reeely? :o
beable98 1 month ago
@Zachandhisdicky47101 The consoled in this video weren't even RELEASED yet in 1976. The all black Atari 2600 is from 1983.
NESAtariSegaNerd 3 weeks ago
whhhhhhooooooohhhhh!
plavins1 11 months ago
0:34 xDDDDDDDDDD
TheMbisom 11 months ago
can the ps3 or 360 manage finances????? hmm????????
MassDprod 11 months ago
Why couldn't the finance program show that the woman was broke?
DeLorean4 11 months ago
these kids are now 30 and they smoke weed haha
chemicalJK 11 months ago
Discover the atari that opened your eyes to the world's most popular home video games like space invaders, missle command and morans.
shanedawsonluv123 11 months ago
i can play those games on my calculator! :D
enzkie044 11 months ago
@enzkie044 Wow im glad you can play atari games on calculator wait what?
Zachandhisdicky47101 1 month ago
Atari
The80sRevenge 11 months ago
"Discover how far you can go" for those geeks not close to 1st base.
jinpayne 1 year ago
Very cool!!!!!!!!!!! Congratulations!!!!!!!!!
FFVIIBertoldiBrasil 1 year ago
I remember telling my unconvinced old dear that it could help with my homework.....fail fail fail failed at school but I am great at video games in my shithole of a flat after I finish my dead end job...please kill me
flemwad 1 year ago
Compose music???? With an Atari and a type machine!!??
What else have I lost?
Pancho2413 1 year ago
think about it back then that was a ps3 or xbox to them
MrSajid1313 1 year ago
did he just say MANAGE YOUR FINANCES ?!?!?!
X2caveman 1 year ago
I remember having an Atari, then a Super Nitendo, Sega Game Gear, and a Playstation. My sister and I had the hook up. Makes me think of the good days in the eighties. Good ol Toys R US.
zshaw7549 1 year ago
@zshaw7549 Lucky you. My brother and I each saved our allowances for over 6 months to buy our Atari 2600. Then we saved our allowances to buy all the games we had, one at a time. I always wanted a Colecovision but could never afford one. After the video game crash, we moved on to the Commodore 64. I never had an NES until I bought one as an adult. I think I paid $10 or something for it. Everyone was playing Nintendo 64 and Playstation by that time.
Roadstar1602 1 year ago
omg i cant wait till that comes out!!!
thetickleninjas 1 year ago
When does this come out?
MrBuc128 1 year ago
This was the shit back then.
Quartrez 1 year ago
atari :)))
HakeroTurkishBoy 1 year ago
It's not all about graphics.
DeviousTelevision 1 year ago 28
@DeviousTelevision
Agree, the ATARI was really a Pioneer of HCS (home computer systems). The best Game genres that we know today are ideas from the old mashines. If you was young and you got a ATARI, look what your kids playing today... it's the same, only a little bit faster, coloured and the games are longer. But locking Pong, it's only 100x120 Lines Resolution with no GPU, now we have GPU's in consoles over 128mb. But it's one of the greatest games, and the first step of videogaming. :)
G4mm4G0bl1n 1 year ago
Truly the good ol' days. Back before you had to worry about hard drive space, online account balances, downloadable updates, battery charges and red rings of death. A simpler time.
RDarth 1 year ago 5
people from the 80 and before have yo see the new video-game
delta8834 1 year ago
i used to have an atari 2600, i loved moon patrol, that was my fav.
Napalmdeath420 1 year ago
The main thing about games then, was you didn't have to keep putting quarters in. That was so cool not having to go to the grocery store, laudramat, pool hall, etc. to play a game.
macroevolve 1 year ago
From 78 - 83, Atari ruled the world. I still have my heavy sixer I bought in 78, made right here in the USA. New games have far superior graphics, but it's not the same. At the time is was new and exciting, and it really was a big deal to have an Atari.
StaciAutumns 1 year ago
man i know all these games and i was born in the 90's fuck my generation can i hang with yours
ipodxdude 1 year ago
The only games mentioned I know were space invaders and missile command; space inavders cos it's a classic, and missile command cos it was in chuck :)
Link2016 1 year ago
Obviously their computers couldnt handle wolfenstein 3d lol and this is such a crappy commercial because of the way it was put together
expertnoobFTW 1 year ago
@expertnoobFTW No? :)
youtube.com/watch?v=Z3-J2-VeoH8
1xWertzui 4 weeks ago
i bet if they saw the wii or xbox now during thier time, they would shit themselves
luis8606 1 year ago
If those couples had spent less time staring at each other, they would do better at Asteroids.
Ryuinfinity 1 year ago
Atariiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!!!!!
rkoguy 1 year ago
a few years later we have grand theft auto and Call Of Duty
tennese223 1 year ago
Gotta love the 2 finger system everyone's using in this ad :)
daapz 1 year ago
yeah see how far you can go not far with that console the first game that came with it which had different games on it like battle tank and pong was the best my brother got one when it first came out the whole block of kids was trying to get in to play it was a good babe magnet
ghostman3331 1 year ago
show those kids a ps3, see what they do. "AAAAAAAH!"
nomorecubs9 1 year ago
"A home computer truly designed for the home". Well that makes sense lol.
lunatunes77 1 year ago
i used to have an atari lol! =)
laubeatz 1 year ago
"Play advanced games" rofl. How times have changed. The Atari 2600 was the business though! ;)
davedagreat69 1 year ago
I still have my atari, and have around 40+ games for it, My 6 year old loves playing it!
crazykidsdad 1 year ago
@crazykidsdad No wonder why your kids are crazy.
JimmyLeeXVL 1 year ago
@JimmyLeeXVL LOL...if you only knew.
crazykidsdad 1 year ago
ZOMG! Look at teh ATARI COMPUTAAH!!!111!!111!!1!!1!!11!!1111oneleven
RetroGamesReviewer 1 year ago
and to think, for all the advances in graphics and gameplay in modern video gaming there hasn't been one single gain in the enjoyment of them. kids back then were just as addicted, and had just as much fun. so much for your fancy ps3s and xboxes
danjohnson10 1 year ago
@danjohnson10
amen the old games they really only focused on gameplay a lot of older games even though they looked cheap, were harder as well.
f*ck the new games more fun in 2600 games any day!
grinaldo666 1 year ago
@grinaldo666 Amen to that brutha! I am & shall ever remain, a hard core classic/retro gamer, to the core! Not to boast (much) but for emulators (I have 50+), I have basically EVERY single gaming console & PC ever made + every game (totaling 50,000+ (including prototypes)) for them. I also have 15 real classic consoles & a few hundred cartridges. I do enjoy some new/modern games, but basically only RTS/War/Strategy. I love classic gaming & play regularly.
gjc82071 1 year ago
how "FAR" can YOU go?
RHYTHM789 1 year ago
theres an app for that
NicksComments 1 year ago
Play advanced games!
WeirdHeadshot 1 year ago
is that dude with the glasses egon from ghostbusters
opelcambo 1 year ago
COMBAT, OUTLAW, FOOTBALL, SOCCER, AND TOWERING INFERNO. THE BEST!!
marshalljimduncan 1 year ago
i thought atari could only play games since was u able 2 manage yo finances n compose music? hell my ps3 cant manage my finances but that old ass shit can????
shake838 1 year ago
@shake838 (Sorry for the late disturbing, but) you missed where it says "Home Computers".
1xWertzui 4 weeks ago
jajajaajajajaja shit ! XD
metalmeltdown9 1 year ago
And to think we've come so far since then.
mankyman6 1 year ago
Atari forever
metaknight1fan 1 year ago
damn....those kids who was playing are probably older than mw now LOL!!!......
dakilanghari 1 year ago
Is that Jack Palance narrating? Sounds like him.. (Don't bother making me feel old by replying "Jack who?" ;-) )
desiv1 1 year ago 4
@desiv1 that did sound like jack nicho-i mean jack palance-lol
dionstap 1 year ago
@desiv1 serious who is dat
daz78610 1 year ago
@desiv1 Jack who? haha
DonKoen076 1 year ago
@DonKoen076 city slickers
jimbo69secret 1 year ago
@desiv1 yes
Helldorado72 1 year ago
@desiv1 Yes it IS Jack Palance.
"Believe it... or not."
th8ast8 1 year ago
Those geeks back then would have really got a nut if they could have seen the games that we have now.
Lex5576 1 year ago 31
@Lex5576 That is very true but looking back for myself i would never remove seeing what i got see in the technological time line in favour of today's technology ;) It was absolutely FANTASTIC seeing it all progress from when i first started getting into technology and gaming in 1980 up until present day :) I quite pity those born in the early 90's, they missed out on a lot! :(
blade004 1 year ago
@Lex5576 I don´t think so. The most important thing of a Game is the Gameplay itself. Graphics and sound doesn´t matter as long as the game itself makes fun and there were a -lot- of innovative and good ones on the market. I prefer the old ones, because they are simply relaxing. All i need is a TV, a simple game, a couch, some potatoes, no stress at all.
TheMCMXXL 1 year ago
@TheMCMXXL I think you may have misunderstood Lex5576, he just said if they geeks back then seen the games we have now. Doesnt meen he was talking about graphics. Also prefering old games is fine but you must stay open and play modern games as well. You just saying that you enjoy the old games because their simple makes you seem like you cant handle games that are made today which is a limitation to your mind. Since their are no limits, dont limit yourself to just old games, progress buddy.
SniperProMario 1 year ago
@SniperProMario No, it´s not about handling, its about the gameplay itself., it makes -for me- a difference if the gameplay sresses me or if the Gameplay is relaxing-. As more the game becomes more "realistic" (and that includes complex graphics) ,as more it produces stress for me, because the amount of information, which i have to handle, is too high. And it makes no fun, as soon as the information flow is higher than the remaining brain resources for the gameplay itself.
TheMCMXXL 1 year ago
@TheMCMXXL I agree with some of what your saying. I really don't like how games are made these days. I mean some things are completely useless to me and some aren't. Like Mario Galaxy, great game, but I am sure it could have been much more enjoyed if it was as simple as Super Mario 64. Some games focus ONLY on graphic and end up slowing down the game or ruining the original feel of a classic game. Then some games focus on GAMEPLAY too much then ad too many things to control. So your right.
SniperProMario 1 year ago
@TheMCMXXL Oh sush. Obviously kids of the 80s would be mindblown by how elaborate games are today. If you're gonna pull out the ol' Gameplay argument, at least use it where it's appropriate.
Darkozl 1 year ago
@Lex5576 Yeah! It's too bad they're all dead by now...
Dulcimerist 1 year ago
@Dulcimerist It was only 30 years ago. The virgins in this commercial are probably still alive.
dadrunkendog 1 year ago
@Dulcimerist So the little girl who is 8 died at 38? Use your brain!!
misledlestat 1 year ago
@Lex5576 you're right. the sad thing is those 80s geeks have seen the new consoles, but now they're middle aged with wives, kids, and mortgage payments so they probably dont care about games anymore LOL.
nc86prod 1 year ago
@nc86prod Speak for yourself! I would never let something as insignificant as a wife, child or job get in the way of the truly important things in life. Namely my love of retro/classic gaming, LOL! But seriously, who do you think built all the retro/classic gaming emulators, host gaming & TOSEC conventions, etc? Those very people you refer to. I can't believe I got my 1st game console, 33yrs ago! I am a huge retro gamer. I have a nice classic console & HUGE emulation collection.
gjc82071 1 year ago
@gjc82071 all i can say is that I dare not challenge you and all the all the other gen. x gamers who still play consoles digitally are the *ishh...that is all lol.....
nc86prod 1 year ago
@Lex5576 For the first few minutes they'd think they were watching a live action movie, then there'd be the moment of realization, and the inevitable "Holy f***ing mother of God"
DeLorean4 1 year ago
@Lex5576 Imagine the games our Childrens Childrens will have. Estimated. 50 years. from now 0_o
CoolConejo 1 year ago
@Lex5576
...well.. turns out
most of todays games
are feveloped by the same people
bigcatisbig 1 year ago
@Lex5576 I don't know I think they would find that most games now a days are focused to casual gamers and don't have much challenge to them like games back then were almost always challenging. And if you say games are getting harder look at fable 1 and how long it takes to beat then look at fable 2 that doesn't even have a final boss fight.
Sonicsuperking 1 year ago
@Lex5576 LOL! I'm sure they've seen today's games, bro. I mean shit, this was 1981. Not like these people would be so old they wouldn't have seen today's games. Who knows, maybe some of them have made today's games
GialloHorror 1 year ago 2
@Lex5576 Those geeks back then are still here now dumb ass, its only been 30 years or so, they are the ones making and still playing these games....we are why you have kick ass games and those games are the blue prints to all games.
islandmamma 1 year ago 79
@islandmamma I don't think that's what he meant. I think he means that these people would have been amazed if the would have seen a game from 2010 in their own time of 1981. Obviously those people are still alive.
SouthwesternEagle 1 year ago
@Lex5576 i see the games we have now but back then this shit was awesome
kotraquin 1 year ago
@Lex5576
Actually, I was getting a nut back then, on your mother while we were playing these games and she was playing with my joystick.
But you won't have to worry about that because you can now flap it, alone, in your room, to XBOX "live"...
FoxifiedNutjob 1 year ago
@Lex5576 Well thanks for that insightful comment mr. genius! You don't think you'll bust a nut at what happens 30 years from now?
BlownMacTruck 1 year ago
@BlownMacTruck In 2040 video games, television and all media will be one thing, Hollywood and human actors & actresses is not needed because almost everyone with talent and a state of the art computer can create brilliant one's for the market or home use. Grand Theft Auto IV will be called a very simple game in terms of graphics and sound.
kzbxvz 1 year ago
I love my time travel trip back to the early to mid '80s. Centipede & Asteroids were my best Atari games. ;)
davemelnick 1 year ago
Fuck. That's bad hahah xD I mean that computer !? Still better than playstation 3....
yipyipitsme123 1 year ago
Backwardz "IIIIIIIIrata" :DD
Trasse483 1 year ago
@ 0:56 "Atariiiii" epic :D
Trasse483 1 year ago
i live in sunnyvale ca and the atari building is a ghost town =(
cisco760ca 1 year ago
wow they made commerciels much better in the old days along with movies cars music.....heck evrything was better in the 80's....except the crime rate which was way to high
imakecartoonsonmypc 1 year ago 2
I wish i could have lived during that age. This new age bullcrap is overrated... plus, everything before was made better, all this new junk is... well, junk.
AspireToDoItAll 1 year ago
Cartridge FTW ! ! ! :D
djdano1993 1 year ago 3
I feel lucky to have been alive when Atari first hit the market, we went out and got one and got a few games for it and it was fun and all, pitfall was my favorite but when we got ET I hated it so damn much I threw the cartridge into the toilet and tried to flush it constantly.
Boy has video game technology gone a looooong ways.
sookster54 1 year ago
Believe it. Or not.
RJS3566 1 year ago
Asteroids and Space Invaders were my favorite. Followed by Warlords
MrMojoRisinII 1 year ago
i love astroids
volkerball34 1 year ago
Magnavox Odyssey was the first in the home video game industry, Atari was its "child".
satinsguard 1 year ago
agreed. it's fucked that they make the commercial gameplay like the original arcade, but when you pop open asteroids or centipede, it's nowhere near the arcade version. total scam-0-witz!!!
IIIIdepechemodeIIII 1 year ago
At the end did he say "Discover how far you can Gnome"?
yoodledoodle14 1 year ago
@gdement. You're absolutely correct. I was getting them confused with the 600/1200XL series which were released in '82.
Intelligoth 1 year ago
wait wait wait fianances? in that case modern systems took us down.
DarkLord1997 1 year ago
Jeez i hope ppl had broader dreams. I remember how pissed i was when i got an atari back then and the game looked nothing like the artwork on the box. Funny thing was is that nintendo was the big console available at the team. My parents just did'nt know. Pac-man mega man tomato tomado.
uhltron 1 year ago
@uhltron welcome to crapitalism.
IIIIdepechemodeIIII 1 year ago
the first games where tooòo!!! hard lucky that i born with n64
MasterofPokemonGing 1 year ago
Actually the chronology of the released consoles was Atari 2600 - Intellivision - Colecovision - Nintendo NES - Atari 5200 - Atari 7800. The Atari 400/800 series computers were released around 1982 or so to compete with the Commodore 64 and Apple II home computers. There's a great book called "The First Quarter" which is an historical account of the early years of game consoles, arcade games and home computers. I recommend it highly. Point of fact. Intellivision was the 1st 16bit console.
Intelligoth 1 year ago
@Intelligoth The Atari 400/800 came out in 1979, after Apple but long before the C64. The 5200 in 1982, the Famicom in Japan 1983, the 7800 test marketed in 1984, released 1986, the NES test marketed 1985-86, released 1986.
gdement 1 year ago
@Intelligoth The 2600 & Intellivision games were what I played as much as possible. Virginia, Orlando & Tampa, FL almost every few weeks. ;)
davemelnick 1 year ago
Intellivision was the lower-tier console of those 3.obviously,Atari lasted longer than Coleco Vision,but lacked the sophistication on their graphics Coleco had,like you say.
landrykkb 1 year ago
FUCKIN PUKE!
Anemicnapalm 1 year ago
Apparently not very far...
UncleFerdinand 1 year ago
you can go not that far )))) only to the 90s
stonecoldpes6 1 year ago
I miss moon patrol in my atari 2600 lol.
saucedoomed 1 year ago
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I reading the people´s opinions and I have seen some who say in love that prefer that, is what i said... you can have got trizillions billions of that IT DOES NOT MATTER, DREAMS ARE MUCH MORE POWERFUL, HISTORY ARE MUCH MORE POWERFUL, and always shall give us a missing feeling, end 70´s and 80´s (20th) are always today at leat for me... so personal, What Disc... Rise of Video games, Story of computer games, listen to the music, movies...YOU SHALL PERCEIVE....UNIVERSE CAN FINISH BUT NOT TH LIK T
HeavyMetal80sRules 1 year ago
I reading the people´s opinions and I have seen some who say in love that prefer that, is what i said... you can have got trizillions billions of that IT DOES NOT MATTER, DREAMS ARE MUCH MORE POWERFUL, HISTORY ARE MUCH MORE POWERFUL, and always shall give us a missing feeling, end 70´s and 80´s (20th) are always today at leat for me... so personal, What Disc... Rise of Video games, Story of computer games, listen to the music, movies...YOU SHALL PERCEIVE....UNIVERSE CAN FINISH BUT NOT TH LIK T
HeavyMetal80sRules 1 year ago
I used to love playing these :D
Ashigoh 1 year ago
in 80´s things like this are..... I can have got xbox, super zillion trillion 3d alpha beta ohhhhhhhhhh poooooohhhhhh! o potency, it doest matter, if you do not dream sense it, live and others therms.....it is....much better play things like this and think it is strong history, then a thing that is just commercial is equal to say Beyonce is better then Van Hallen tremendous nonsense nowadays I got from a generic NES... I got let us say happy ....missing Atari´s game rightnow...80´s Spirit.HMR80s
HeavyMetal80sRules 1 year ago
Manage your finances with Atari??
Phoenixkidd 1 year ago
These guy had videoediting skillz
ZenoxDemin 1 year ago
Those kids must be like 40 are something now.
steve5123456789 1 year ago
@steve5123456789 I was in college when video games first started hitting the scene. I am 49 now and a teacher of middle school kids. When I tell them I STILL play video games, they look at me and are like WHAT??? I tell them that I was THERE when all this stuff started coming out. It's hard to believe people our age still play, but once a gamer, always a gamer I guess. I love how technology has changed since then. Awesome!!
MissMinnieMousegirl 1 year ago
@MissMinnieMousegirl Think what it will be like in 21 years time lol, your generation will be in there 70s, its hard to think of a 70 year old man being a serouse hardcore gamer, think about it lol.
steve5123456789 1 year ago
@steve5123456789 Yes! I will amaze their socks off! If you should live long enough, you will be doing the same thing, except probably games will work ONLY with mind control then!! It's so funny, but playing games are good for the mind.
MissMinnieMousegirl 1 year ago
@MissMinnieMousegirl Not the ones these days :(
steve5123456789 1 year ago
@steve5123456789 Not really, 20 years from now, gaming would be common place, unlike our grand and great grandfathers who barely got to know a TV and VCR ,,Mindsets are different from generation to generation! u must rememeber that our grandchildren arnt going to be coming from a generation who knew horse and buggy and feILD PLOWWING! LOL The new generations will grow up expecting us to know as much about Computing as they do!
Dreambro1 1 year ago
@Dreambro1 Am not even sure if it will be around in 20 years time.
steve5123456789 1 year ago
@Dreambro1 yea...good point; I get those actions a lot fr/ my nieces & nephews.
davemelnick 1 year ago
@steve5123456789 really? no different that a serious hardcore 70 year old poker or cribbage player, or even chess. the 70 year old of now, did not even have eniac when they were a kid to even hear about.
Yes, hardcore 70 year old gamers will happen.
dragonspar 1 year ago
i have an atari and it sill works
i had to send my ps3 to sony it fuced
slash873 1 year ago
ATARIII!!! this shit beats mw2 any day.
ilikepoptarts1000 1 year ago 2
But without a Red Ring Of Death, its just not as exciting. See, Microsoft added the thrill of "will my game system start today" to gaming. Machines like Ataris and Nintendos that always work? Pish posh...
tangypanda 1 year ago
LOL
directorlog 1 year ago
Omg,oldschool! *-*
TheAaaciD 1 year ago
my cousin spilled coke on our atari. asshole didnt bother to clean it or tell anyone he did it. my other cousin preferred to play pac-man with the rubber top off the joystick whilst wearing those fingerless leather gloves. he was actually kick ass at it. 80s.
onceigoblack 1 year ago
Nobody cares about no shitty Atari 2600. This is why the video game crash happened. It had shitty graphics, shitty games, and a shitty controller!
playstation4evah 1 year ago
@playstation4evah people like you dont know what a real video game is, its not about the graphics its all about gameplay i still perfer my nes and sega genesis over any new console today due too the fact of better games and childhood memmories, games now adays are just all about shooting,blood,and graphics.......booooring
manadecide 1 year ago
@manadecide Couldn't agree with you more.
I had all of these consoles as a kid, and personally, I think the games for the, original, NES were the best by far.
Metroid, Castlevania, Ninja Gaiden, Mega Man, Commando, and of course, Zelda, and Zelda II (I bought a Gamecube just so I could play Zelda again) etc etc etc.
These games are still the best in my opinion. Screw Grand Theft Auto, and shit like that
GialloHorror 1 year ago
@playstation4evah and E.T.
acholl980 10 months ago
Ok it's Jack Palance doing the voice over.
montevallomatt 1 year ago
Who is doing the voiceover in this ad?
montevallomatt 1 year ago
So when does the Atari Home Computer come out?
Can't wait to get one...
HaydnRamone 1 year ago
Atari was the best of its kind back in the day!!!!
mikeom01 1 year ago
atari is still king.they gota bring out new atari ppl will buy ova ps3 etc
troy861 1 year ago
lmfao test you like never before fck that playin outside bullsht
pcquintana 1 year ago
@pcquintana There's an outside now?
mjt1517 1 year ago
wth. You can make graphs and charts? that's cool
Jesse110 1 year ago
ATARIIIII!
Odinn08 1 year ago 18