Remembrances of Games Past, Part #3 - Phoenix (Atari 2600) (1982)

[atarifreak2600]

i own that game on a real atari 2600!

and my hi-score is 15380

[j69reap]

hi, on that space ship, try this. shoot a tunnel through the first layer then get off to the side out of their weapons range. shoot out the moving upper layer, then back to the center to take it out.

[MattTheSaiyan]

Great game. Also, It is possible that, due to the Windows XP border, this video could one day be double-nostalgic. Though franky the idea of people having nostalgia for Windows XP is quite disturbing.

[tehkoalainsurgency]

I used to think the boss was driving a giant watermelon

[Neo2906]

oh my gosh. i loved this game. i played it the whole day and night. thx for this video.it reminds me of my childhood. :-)

[oneminutewithprod]

@Neo2906 same here dude

i'll never forget that music

[Jimefunk]

Used to know a glitch with this, switching something on and off real fast at the back of the machine. Think it gave you unlimited lives or something.

[higuma75]

I played this for hours back in the 80s.

[UnchainTheNight1]

that music would make any parents want to beat a child lol

[gabrielirlanda]

thank you, too many memories flew back.....

[DOMINOSMOFO]

I use to have this game! Ha, it was made the same year I was born. Never could get to the boss when I was a kid, gamer skillz were still dormant.

Ah memories.... *tear

[munster2012]

"BIRDEMIC: The Abridged Version"

[mrgrant888]

I noticed you didn't use the force field. In case you didn't know, you activate it by pressing down on the joystick. Sometimes, If I'm lucky, the birds will fly right into me with my field up!

[dreamcastII]

very good conversion

[nutherefurlong]

Man that flight sound is annoying :) but that boss is great :) I never got a chance to play Phoenix in the arcades, if this was the same as the one in the arcades, because the stupid machine was busted :)

[instantwolf]

Awesome!! This reminds me of "Demon Attack". I have DA on a still working Atari 2600. Another really cool arcade game is "Spider Fighter". The ultimate goal in Spider Fighter is to get to the Banana level so you can get rapid fire. :o)

[Demiath]

Fun factoid: According to Wikipedia, Atari apparently sued the developers of Demon Attack (1982) because DA was too similar to Phoenix (1980).

One a side note, I wish I had kept my slick and slim Atari 2600 Jr. It made most modern game consoles look, sound and feel like over-sized industrial fans by comparison...

[HardWarUK]

@Demiath Well, I still have my 'breadbox' Commodore 64 and wouldn't change it for the world!

[oheao]

i have that game for arcade

[Demiath]

Humbling, indeed! With the exception of the real die hard shoot 'em up fans (who simply moved on from "Space Invaders" to games like "Ikaruga" without leaving the genre), it is clear that most of us have simply lost that Zen-like focus which is required to master these titles. Of course, there's also the difference between playing these games on a TV and playing them in a tiny window on a PC screen, as I did here... ;)

[boilerplate]

Never played this one (My favs were Tunnel Runner and Subterranean) but the movements of the enemy birds look insane.

Your experience with this reminds me of Airlock (another hard Atari game). I could beat it easily as a kid, but as an adult I can't even get past the first board. Truly humbling.

Love the music.