2-Bit Gaming - 004 - Atari: Part 1 (The 2600)

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Uploaded by on Jun 5, 2008

A show that details many aspects of the video game industry. In episode 004 I talk about what made the Atari 2600 such an iconic gaming system.

Watch all my 2-Bit episodes in Order: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=D4F4FC7E5213A7B8

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  • @kainkusanagi why is this show called 2-bit gaming why not 8-bit gaming?

  • @432noob The term "two bits" has evolved over the years. It goes back to when a it was slang for 25 cents. An 1/8 of a dollar was one bit and a 1/4 dollar was two bits. If a pair of shoes cost $0.25 they would be called two bit shoes. It came to mean anything cheaply made.

    It also means to give your opinion, probably because everyone has opinions or because a newspaper once cost 25cents. That's why it's the name of the show. At the end of each video I give my "two bits" on the subject.

  • hey yo 2bit gamer you ever played some games on Sony 1?

  • @Cofimaslisa Of course, but that's not what this video is about.

  • E.T killed Atari (as well as the video game industry for years)...look it up

  • @ravager48 E.T. is just one bad game, it was part of a larger problem and didn't single handily kill Atari or the US video game industry. The market was saturated with bad games, too many consoles, and too little innovation.

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  • There's a interesting story on why Pacman looked so bad.

    Basically it was a demo that got released as the actual game.

  • my grandpa died a few years ago and we found one in his study sadly it was broken

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  • Cool series man

  • @kainkusanagi ok , :)

  • sell it

  • Can't be a Hardcore gamer without one. LOL I bet that would piss off the "Hardcore Community." I mostly emulate Atari out of ease and convenience, but I do own one its just in a moisture shielded static resistant bag inside a box in my attic. I will not part with it even if its broken. Well if it breaks I part once I replace it but you know I got to have one just like my channel F and one day I hope to have an Odyssey 1.

  • thanks man i'm gonna go play some frogger

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