Classic Game Room HD - TARGET FUN for Atari 2600 Tele-Games

[Leishmaniasisably]

Italian Plumber in Outer Space Killing Turtles and Mushrooms Fun.

[Morahman7vnNo2]

That's a pretty cool intro.

[Starscream183]

What about the circus Shooting game on the Sears version. Is that on Air-sea battle. Please respond.

[angelpichu1]

can it be used with the atari paddle controllers or just the joystick?

[paranoidude]

Any time the things fire, transcribe audio says it is a "The"

[georgef551]

You're close about the Sears Naming thing.

It was that if you wanted to sell something in Sears, you had to rename the product, Sears didn't do that. If you didn't rename it with their brands, you didn't get sold at Sears.

We had a 1975 Sears 19" color TV, which was actually a JVC. It lasted until 2000, whenmy Father snapped the cord off. Wouldn't have mattered after 6/12/09 though. :)

[MrROTD]

that is what Atari calls a gradient lol

[richardhutnik]

Left 4 Dead... Fun Shooting Zombies

[Germany1111]

We had a Telegames console with this very game as well as the Telegames Space Invaders. For some reason when I was a kid we had a shitload of Sears stuff, even our house's central AC was from Sears [it froze over in the Florida humidity every summer]. Still, I will always love this game, a lot of memories are associated with it.

[OldsXCool]

I almost downloaded the 2600 emulator to play this game until I saw this vid. Now I remember why I never wanna relive these days. Because they sucked. Thank you Nintendo for making video games awesome.

[mnap128]

Holy Back In The Fucking Day

[chiefhighliner1]

I got this game with my Sears Video Game system and must have played it for at least 3,000 hours--now I look at the diff, wow, but hey, I was 16 back then and nearly flunked 11th grade because I couldn't stop playing these cheesy, awesome games! Wow, man, thanks for the flashback!

[Caztro72]

Target Fun was the first video game I ever owned! It was the pack-in game for my Sears Video Arcade console! I still have this cartridge. Unfortunately my system bit the dust in a flood long ago. But I still play it on an Atari 2600 Jr. I got at a thrift store. Classic!

[TheCastellan]

I love those shooting and exploding noises, even today :3

[tvtimetravel]

@TheCastellan They also make the exploding noises from player one's shots going through the game selections.

[impdream70]

seeing this on display in a store changed my life!

[Caztro72]

I played it on display at Sears long ago. I remember I was about 5 years old. I was holding the joystick upside down so the kid on player two was kicking my ass! LOL!

[113dsc]

@Caztro72 lol

[Caztro72]

@113dsc : LOL! I know! I was a noob back then! LOL!

[harleykman]

Look a the serial number. CX2602. That indicates Air-Sea Battle was the SECOND game ever released, right after Combat. So we're talking ancient 1977 technology here.

Back then the Atari was actually more-advanced that the arcade games, since Atari had color and 1977 arcade games did not.

Neat.

BTW not all Tele-Games were relabeled. My copy of Night Driver is still called Night Driver in its Sears version.

[TheCastellan]

Uses similar Combat sprites.

[morgangamer22]

cool

[JimNNail1]

I have the Sears Atari 2600. I have Video and pictures of it. If you want to see them just ask.

[HWFA]

this game rocked!

[RockHero1975]

omg I used too play this too many moons ago, the good old days of gaming where have they gone? great channel you have here reliving classic games on youtube as well as old memories of days gone by cheers 5***** keep up the good work keeping these classics alive in all of our hearts, those were the days :)

Dave

[IdaGno]

Stellar Track FTW!

[sparks444]

Shooting penises at 0:20

[Herbarius]

Those are rabbits.

[iamsmert123]

Target Funerific. Nice word!

[halorap16randy]

atleast ataris not totally dead they make crapp Dbz games =D

[d2girls]

d00d you're forgetting all kinds of great games coming out this year from Atari, Tekken 6, Ghostbusters and that new Chorinlces of Riddick game to name a few.

[Gameslayer0]

Although Atari games are still coming out they are not OFFICIAL Atari games which might explain why he hasn't reviewed those yet.

[d2girls]

True, true, but I can guarntee he WILL review Ghostbusters.

[RetroGameRoom]

we need the atari 16000 to come out! good ol' style cartridge!

[ignaciojork]

@RetroGameRoom I miss this too...

[3yE]

It's not the same one. What is now called Atari is actually US division of the french company Infogrames. They picked up the name and logo which have been for sale for years with no associated personell or other intellectual property.

Same fate reached Commodore and Acclaim.

[CCowell125]

You sure? I thought Infogrames bought the Atari branding, as you said, but with it they rebranded there entire company as "Atari".

[Raptole]

I can remember this game! LOL!

It was so cool!

I remember that once I played it all day with my mom :D haha when I was young!

[squalg]

they still do that. look at anubis and the ninja breadman

[zazaboy62000]

i wish atari would make consols again!

[daro2096]

The reason they don't make them is because:

1. Atari went bankrupt in the mid 90s

2. Nobody was buying the last console that Atari released.

[needforspeedidol]

that was since 1997

[sackface100]

Why can't Atari be the place you go when you die, instead of some shitty clouds, or oblivion even?

[lenford69]

great game review fun

[ramon88us]

I have a Sears 4 switch model. I love it.

[brtshstel]

Actually, Atari licensed its 2600 and games to Sears so it could gain enough capital in order to launch the console, since the R&D for the 2600 dried up all its profits from Pong. If they hadn't done that, they wouldnt have had enough money for production.

[downphoenix]

This is pretty cool.

I think me and my bro had this game back in the day, or maybe it was a similar game, whatever it was it was fun. I dont remember ships though, I remember a mode where one player played as a plane and one as a tank, is that one of the modes on air sea battle or is that just a similar type of game?

[takedowned]

it's in air-sea battle it's at the last part of the video if you didn't notice

[EdElricBoy]

Abercrombie & Fitch used to sell guns. Hemingway killed himself with one of theirs.

[sinistermoon]

When I was a kid getting the Sears Christmas catalog in the mail and looking at it every day, circling the toys and games I wanted most, was the thing to do.

[notyoursavior78]

Yeah I'm with you there. Brand Names also was another big catalog place. You basically had to order your merch right through the catalog and then you would go to a location to pick it up.

[MN12BIRD]

strange how your projectile still moves with your ship after it leaves on its way up.

[minoshiya99]

My papaw told me about the sears roebuck book too, but he was a farmer and he use to use it for toilet paper,lol. For real thats what he told me. But anyway thanks for the video awesome as always!

[notyoursavior78]

Driving fun LOL

epic win for that comment.

[notyoursavior78]

Hey wow I just mentioned this early in the morning and you are reviewing Target Fun. Sweet!

[RetroGameRoom]

you know what other game was awesome for Atari 2600? Vault Assault

[plurp7]

another great review Mark, sort of reminds me of.... say, last nights review:) lol!

you know what, i read one of those old 19th century Sears Catalogs... only to find that in the year 1890/something you could quite legally purchase hard narcotics+pariphinalia- i.e. opium, cocaine, freebase kits, syringes.... crazy eh?

[kiddfridge80]

i love your videos, keep up the good work

[morgangamer22]

COOL

[ScrewAttackEurope]

Love the shooting penises at the beginning of the video :D

[jamstrat]

hahahahaa

[RetroGameRoom]

Honestly though, who doesn't?

[xgamer3000]

Awesome review!

[OblicityFaker]

oooh, shinobi

[sandro108]

And I mean by that cmon, how many games were there back in the late 70's with day noon night and so on in real time?

[sandro108]

Very nice for Atari 2600 they managed to do a simple but nice day/night cycle 10/10 thanks Mark ;-)

[Herbarius]

Look at Activision's "Enduro" for really nice day-to-night transitions.

[GeorgeBushSux0]

when are you going to review sega genesis games again?

[fattpieceofcrap]

you should do a video showing all the games and systems you have laying around. probably have a ton of stuff.

[NYRKiko68]

I def second that.

[PearlJammer07]

There is a game like this on one of the Wii discs. Only you shoot cans,ducks,aliens and etc. This looks fun.

[devilxking2]

Another awesome CGRHD review.

Love it.

[theking21083]

only three Tele-Games were original games. They were Steeplechase, Submarine Commander, and Stellar Track. All of the rest were Atari games with the Sears label. Some of them were renamed and some kept the original Atari name.

[Herbarius]

Stellar Track wasn't that original either, since it was based on that classic Star Trek game (I think thats the same that came out on Colecovision as "Strategic Operations Simulator")

[carmagiah]

how many fo you guys work on a video. u make 1 every other day

[lemonlimestiv]

you could even buy opium in a sears catalog back then!

[jamstrat]

dont forget hypodermic needles and abortions, how times have changed rofl!

[key2game]

Awsome review

[delfmeek]

You should rename your series "Classic Game Fun", in honor of Sears Telegames :)

[dslrocks10]

i have this game, its really fun i enjoy it

[EFSpro]

19th century catalouges? Wowza

[joeshgamespot]

looks fun, and shinobi is sweet.

[Highretrogameblood89]

Man, Sears rip-offed A LOT back in the day...

[theking21083]

Sears didn't rip off anything. Atari made a deal with Sears to sell there consoles and games under the Sears label. Some of the games kept the same name and some of them were renamed.

[esc4all]

first!!!11!neh just kidding,im not that noob :)

it's just me or those things at the beggining look like d*cks? :)

[boomstick545]

awesome review, I've never heard of that game ^_^