Classic Game Room HD - REACTOR for Atari 2600 review

Classic Game Room was the FIRST classic video game review show on the Internet in 1999. Returning in 2008 with new episodes, Classic Game Room breaks out a review of REACTOR for the Atari 2600 video computer system. Reactor is not a famous, well known or coveted game today. This is a shame because beneath its drab exterior lays an exciting game that is as addictive as the most engaging Atari games out there. Reactor is an old school somewhat arcade style action strategy puzzle game where you fly as a space ship (like the one in Inner-Space) inside a nuclear reactor to fight off enemy particles who are trying to destroy you. Smash the particle bad guys into control rods and shrink the nuclear core, rack up points and have a great time. Reactor is not a graphics powerhouse or memorable 80's bastion of cartoon happyness, but it is darned fun and worthy of adding to your Atari 2600 VCS collection of games. I doubt we'll be seeing a remake of Reactor any time soon for the next gen consoles, but if we do I hope they bring out a cartoon Nuclear Reactor called "Reacty the Reactor!" Classic Game Room was the original classic video game review show on the Internet in 1999-2000, now on DVD. The reviews on the HD series are reviewing PS3, PS2, Genesis, NES, Atari and Xbox 360. XBLA. videos review reviews show

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[teenvideogamenerd]

Ok Your Vids Are FUCKIN AWESOME !

[Snotnarok]

On ERATH, see we don't use reactor rods, we have reactor rakes and sometimes shovels.

[ReverendSyn]

I read in an old video game magazine back in the day that for the original arcade game t-shirts had been made with "Reactor Rocks" on them

[peety1969]

im looking for the track from the arcade version!!!

[danludemann]

This game is particularly good with a WICO atari trackball controller.

[Akira1422]

02:24 07:25 This is one of the reasons I loved this game growing up. The music! I got this game from some friends of my parents growing up, they didn't want their 2600 anymore, so they gave us numerous games. I saw this game, though it might have been crap, figured I'd keep playing Space Invaders or Kaboom! But I threw this in, fell in love. To this day (just turned 30) it's still one of my favorite games. I still have it too, sitting in a closet next to my 7800 (that still works!)

[flamesonDVD]

It's especially true that reviewers sometimes have to play games they don't want...

Although, for the games NOBODY wants to review, we have the AVGN. XD

[SuperNESFreak]

I wonder if it's too early to make a Fukushama joke. Yeah, probably.

[nickelindimer]

I remember a big article in Electronic Games magazine that (IIRC) featured an interview with the creator of "Reactor". Apparently, this game was a big-deal [in the day]... but, like the man said, it got relegated to "also existed" status despite the television, magazine & comic-book ads. (See "Cool Runnings"? See the comic-book Sanka is reading in bed? Eye it's back-cover & see what I mean)

It seems the thing that really killed this game wasn't lack of character, but complex non-intuitiveness.

[xxxIronLeexxx]

Classic Game Room should fucking sue youtube and get some cash for the xbox360 ad that played before this vid started.

[mrteemumilto]

@Snotnarok Does it burn much?

[rubinboy9]

nothing better on a saturday morning than a cup of coffee (or thea your choice) and a bunch of CGR vids to enjoy!!!