Atari Age Issues #1 & 11 - May/Jun '82 & Mar/Apr '84

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Episode 58 - A couple of months ago, a viewer requested a read-through of a magazine from the "Atari days", so here we go. Atari Age was a first-party magazine sent out to members of the Atari Club, which cost only $1 per year to join! There were a total of 11 bimonthly issues published between May/June of 1982 and March/April of 1984, after which time the magazine folded. Some great games are covered in these issues, including Space Invaders, Asteroids, Defender, Millipede, and more. I had a ton of fun making this episode, and would like to do move videos from this era if there is sufficient interest.
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Show notes:
- I smashed my thumb again, so that's why I have a bandage over my thumbnail.
- All Atari 2600 game footage was recorded with an RGB-modded console, with the exceptions of Battlezone and Quadrun, because neither game was cooperating with my setup.
-All arcade game footage was recorded using MAME. The overlays used were created by a guy called "Orions Angel", who has a RU-vid channel! / retrovgamer
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@CGQuarterly 5 лет назад

Did any of you guys have an Atari back in the day? If not, do you have one now? What are your favorite games for the system? After doing this episode, I would definitely count Stargate among my favorites, along with Space Invaders, the two Pitfalls, Enduro, and a few more.

@darthv72 5 лет назад

I still have my atari and congrats on the 100k subs.

@akildukes7499 5 лет назад

First Atari i got was a lynx.

@R3TR0R4V3 5 лет назад

Didn't have one as a kid but got one in the late 90's/early 2000's and Berzerk is probably my favorite game. Those magazines were super clean, excellent shape! Very cool. 👍

@Ariesthachild 5 лет назад

I had found a copy of Atari Anthology for the original Xbox and it comes with about 80 games, and yeah definently stargate is One of the most enjoyable games. Congrats on 100k subscribers.👍

@mgabrysSF 5 лет назад

Atari Age Magazine is back btw. Latest issue www.scribd.com/document/396603102/Atari-Age-Magazine-Nov-Dec-2018 Previous issues. www.scribd.com/user/418760898/M

@fylosofyk5220 5 лет назад

Congratulations on 100K. One of my personal favorite channels. No flair Or selling out for subscriptions just genuine Passion for gaming

@tyler1384 5 лет назад

Agreed. Been saying THis for years.

@commonsensei8719 5 лет назад

Yup its such a relaxing channel

@acbutnotgreen 5 лет назад

Totally agree. The overly enthusiastic attitudes and juvenile comedic approach of some of the other channels is off-putting.

@bobvila2973 5 лет назад

Congrats on 100k!! Here’s to 2019!

@allandoublea5917 5 лет назад

I am 31 years old. And I never had much experience with the old Atari's systems, but I love gaming history thanks for sharing awesome video.

@MetalJesusRocks 5 лет назад

Congrats on hitting 100,000 subscribers! That’s awesome :)

@CGQuarterly 5 лет назад

Thanks, MJ!

@ChatWithAsh 5 лет назад

Grats on 100k Chris!

@atariboy9084 5 лет назад

Can't wait for you to cover Atari 2600 VCS system and the first 9 launch games and seeing you also like playing 5200 talk about that one as well.

@logicisthejuice3240 5 лет назад

34 years old. Only experience with these games was playing some at the laundromat when I was a kid. After your video reviewing this magazine I finally understand some of the hype that gamers of the Atari generation must have felt back in the day and why they still have nostalgia for Atari today. It was the comic book style art, colorful cabinets, cool contests, and fast arcade gameplay. Of course, the console didn’t have the same power but your presentation made it easy for me to be absorbed in the Atari culture. It’s pretty cool.

@jameshenderson4089 5 лет назад

Playing some ff1 on my avs and watching your vid. For some reason I find your vids very relaxing.

@MemoxWasHere 5 лет назад

One thing i absolutely love of this channel is not only how useful it is, but most importantly the fact that there isn't any kind of sensationalism nor autistic outbursts just to please the "memefags". Please keep on using your objective style and whenever you do use subjectivity keep on doing so with rationalism, just like you're doing until now.

@videogameobsession 5 лет назад

By far the best memory I have of the Atari Age magazine was when my brother and I ordered Atari key chains through them. I ordered an Atari one, and my brother ordered a Berzerk one. Well, they screwed up the ordered and sent him a copy of Berzerk for the VCS instead of the key chain. The difference in price was like $2.99 for the key chain, and $49.99 for the game cartridge IIRC. We really wanted the game too, so this was an awesome mistake on their part. :)

@dshiznit12a 5 лет назад

Very cool

@TheJoey2go 5 лет назад

@@Gpalmer16 It's equally as likely something that teenagers who had house/car privileges would do, which was probably the case here.

@Rando1975 5 лет назад

I really enjoyed Vanguard on the 2600.

@Joey64YT 4 года назад

One of the only people who has covered these magazines. Great job!

@Trainy2 5 лет назад

Like you, I’m too young to have many Atari memories, but I remember we did own a 2600 when I was a kid and I remember playing Combat for sure.

@julespleeswoah859 5 лет назад

Your videos are like a nice warm mug of coffee on a cold morning.

@lightdarkness 5 лет назад

Thanks again, these let's reads are interesting windows to the past.

@mongoarcademan2 5 лет назад

There was another Atari LaserDisc arcade game, called Cops.

@thecollector75 5 лет назад

Wow those issues really take me back in time... amazing stuff

@rodrodriguez3334 5 лет назад

💯 K Subs! Well deserved! Keep up the quality work. 👍🏼

@paulbrown638 5 лет назад

IIRC, the 1983 crash was the major reason Nintendo implemented the licensing model when they brought the Famicom to America as the NES- they didn't want the market flooded with low-quality software, and whether it's a fair view or not (as you mention, a lot of the best games for the 2600 were third-party titles, especially from Activision and Imagic) that was one of the things people blamed when the market collapsed. In Japan, Nintendo was a lot less restrictive... and ironically, there were a ton of lousy third-party Famicom games there which I've only recently discovered via emulation and YT videos. 😝

@akildukes7499 5 лет назад

You mentioned the Atari art Chris, if you haven't already, snatch up the two art of Atari books. They are fantastic.

@CGQuarterly 5 лет назад

Yeah, I have "The Art of Atari" by Tim Lapetino. What's the other one?

@Titanfredi 3 года назад

I’m watching this 2 years late lol but I’ve been subscribed since before this channel had 50k subscribers! Good work and keep it going! Love this magazine format, good idea.

@pop2uno 5 лет назад

Nice slice of history, this video, thanks. Also, and I say this with the utmost respect to you and your family, you are such a Daddy 🧔, 😍. Cheers from México.

@joeydavis5568 5 лет назад

Love these video's and love the overall vibe of the channel! Thank you for all your hard work, i really miss the old days of gaming.

@Gorilla_Jones 5 лет назад

Atari box art during this era is the finest box art ever in the history of video games, hands down.

@briandecker8403 5 лет назад

Go watch Firefox right now!!! One of my fav movies of all time - great cold war espionage film.

@getondese 5 лет назад

Youngen lol! Man I wish I had some of those magazines. Im almost a half a century...But I'm still playing \m/

@NoelComiX 5 лет назад

I wanted to hear Pac Man's thoughts on The Human League!

@RLow67 5 лет назад

Welcome to Classic Gaming QUarterly! On this episode we take a look at poopy pe pe ee!! heeh jk

@RichardTroupe 5 лет назад

Whilst I didn't grow up with an Atari (I'm 32), I do have an Atari 7800 now along with a Jaguar and Lynx and thoroughly enjoy those systems. The great thing about the 7800 is the 2600 backwards compatibility and it has allowed me to explore the VCS library with ease - I really do quite enjoy some of those early games from that era (inclusive of Atari and Colecovision) but I particularly love Yar's Revenge, Galaxians, Keystone Kapers, Pitfall, Ms. Pacman and Centipede. Great video. Oh, and congratulations on 100,000 subscribers!

@derekfelska5683 5 лет назад

I had Crystal Castles for the 2600. At the time I hadn't purchased an Atari game for a few years after I got my first 6 games when I picked up the system around 1982 I think. I got that game and then later Mario Brothers which kind of rekindled my interest in the system. The NES was out then and I was feeling like I had a pretty primitive system but those two games were pretty fun. The old mail in deals whether it was for action figures or in this case Atari are collection gold these days. I did it a few times for Transformers related things. Did you ever do the mail order offers Chris? If so, which ones? Did you ever see the old mail in order patches you could get for certain Atari 2600 Activision games like Plaque Attack?

@CGQuarterly 5 лет назад

Yeah, I have one of those Activision patches. For Megamania, I think. Only video game I ever mail ordered was NHL 98 or 99 (forgot which).

@FightGet 5 лет назад

Hahaha that "Big Brother" joke isn't really so much of a joke now is it?

@jnorten 5 лет назад

I was the perfect age to remember the original console wars, loved the 2600 as a kid, congrats on 100,000.

@gmughadam76 3 года назад

In case you haven't seen it yet, watch Firefox. That's a great movie! Special effects are little dated but still amazing for its time. Amazing Espionage movie from beginning to the end where it's an aerial dogfight unbelievable...!

@theannoyedmrfloyd3998 3 года назад

The airplane was thought controlled, but you had to think in Russian.

@narvadaoree74 5 лет назад

PS2 pleasse

@Mintcar923 5 лет назад

One year for Christmas my dad got me the Atari adapter for my 1st system the ColecoVision and a ton of games it took me weeks to check out.. It was such an awesome holiday.. I wish I still had them..

@EDFCentral 5 лет назад

Its Christmases like that you will never forget

@digipimp75 5 лет назад

Congrats on reaching 100k!!!

@john94949 5 лет назад

Gotta love CGQ's presentation. It really feels like you're right there with him. The camera angles are a good part of that, but I think it has a lot to do with his voice, in a broader sense of the word. Kind of a throwback to radio show hosts like Casey Kasem and Dick Clark. It feels like he's talking to you and only you in a tailor-made broadcast when in reality, of course, he's talking to a pretty wide audience base. There's a bit of an art to that.

@CGQuarterly 5 лет назад

Wow. This is one of the greatest compliments ever left on one of my videos. Thanks so much!

@chriscorsello 5 лет назад

I got Space Invaders in the first year of it's release, the pack-in for the system was still Combat. Pretty sure it wasn't the pack-in game until about 2 years after the initial release. Also, when I got my Atari in 1981, besides Combat, I got Space Invaders, Maze Craze, Superman and Adventure. (Pretty sure Asteroids was the 5h game I got.) With only 5 cartridges to play, believe me, my friends and I played plenty of Maze Craze- you are right, the 2 player component is what made it really fun. Especially when you set it to two players, capture the squares (robbers) and fully invisible maze. Oh, the good times we had. Also, I don't know how I'd feel about Superman today, but as a kid, I really enjoyed the game and think it doesn't deserve the bad reviews it often gets today. If you asked me in early 1983, I would have said my favorites were Adventure, Pitfall, Enduro and Demon Attack A little different now, because games like H.E.R.O. and Pitfall 2 are clearly superior games, but I was not aware of either of those games on the 2600 until the early 90s. Most gamers had moved on to the Atari 800 or Commodore 64 by the time those games came along. Also I used to play arcade Space Duel at the Roller Rink back in 1985, right again, the two player component made it really fun and for some odd reason that particular machine was only a nickel to play, Never heard of an arcade game back then that was less than a quarter, but for some reason it was.

@rayzaramon6598 5 лет назад

I don't have much interest in the Atari, as i was born in '78, but i found this Let's Read interestng and Entertaining.

@FallicIdol 5 лет назад

Atari 2600 games had the best box art bar none.

@ArcadePilot 5 лет назад

I am also of the same age, for me I appreciate coverage pf Atari, since I had the 2600 & the 7800 before I even got my NES!

@bojackson3073 5 лет назад

hey I love your console launch videos, I'd love to see a console death series covering the end of a consoles lifespan and the last few games released for it. youre my 6th favorite channel, that says a lot. thanks for making quality content!

@PedroSilvahf 4 года назад

Its like this whole magazine run was made using the Eras font family. I use it a lot and each time i see it on something old i feel i really dont understand shit about graphic design

@theannoyedmrfloyd3998 3 года назад

I got a complete set of Atari Age in the past few weeks for only $40. This replaces the set I had as a kid when they first came out which got stolen from me and ignorantly thrown out. Qotile is pronounced "kotile." Check the commercials. I don't adjust for inflation. I adjust for depreciation. ARC is just pronounced "ark."

@billschlafly4107 5 лет назад

I got an Atari 2600 on Christmas 1979...I think. It was supposed to be a gift for me and my sister but she quickly lost interest and it ended up in my room. Before that, I walked over a mile to K-Mart as a child (7 years old) to play with the kiosk and because my mom wasn't there I never had to give up the controller. I probably needed a little more supervision as a child. IMO, the best peripheral of all time was the Supercharger that boosted the RAM and the games were loaded via cassette tape. It made the Atari 2600 interesting and playable well after the boat had sunk.

@mikeysaint4368 5 лет назад

These are the sort of computer and console games which were available in my teens. No wonder I never got into gaming till much later. Fortunately, I had a band and other interests, like books, so I never even considered gaming as a hobby. I was in my thirties by the time games really grabbed my attention. I'd bought a Mega Drive in 1992, which was light years ahead of these Atari games, but even that mostly featured platformers, clunky sports titles, shooters and simplistic driving games. I think I'd rather have watched episodes of the worst ever sitcoms for hours on end than try to play these abominations.

@daviddougher8637 5 лет назад

this brings back memories of my childhood playing atari 2600 cause I was born in 1974 so atari was my console back then and I would love to go back/yars revenge and demon attack were some of my favorites

@fireresq7 5 лет назад

Great read!! Where did you get the arcade gameplay with the cool backdrops?? FYI: next live feed idea...Castle of Illusion on Genesis?????

@CGQuarterly 5 лет назад

Thanks! I recorded the arcade games using MAME. Those overlays are made by a guy whose name I forgot, but it's in the video description. Yeah, Castle of Illusion would be fun the next time I'm streaming Genesis.

@michaelanderson9792 3 года назад

I was clueless Atari 17 when the 2600 came out I got the Sears VCS when I was 19 working in the foundry at AMC married with my first son on the way had a lot on my plate back then

@davebladegun3009 5 лет назад

Firefox is perhaps simultaneously the closest thing to Sci-Fi AND the closest thing to a 007 Bond film that Clint Eastwood has ever done. Really a weird movie to watch today, but it shows his willingness to branch out beyond the typical cop/cowboy/tough guy film he was always regarded for back at that time. He portrays a pilot who gets smuggled into a foreign airfield to steal a futuristic aircraft for the United States. Fun movie, but weird. And with that said, I would be willing to bet the game isn’t as good as the movie.

@CGQuarterly 5 лет назад

I’m digging that Firefox enthusiast tone.

@dubindubout6747 5 лет назад

thank u for mentioning bithead1000

@dubindubout6747 5 лет назад

not from this vid but the genesis classics vid while u were playing altered beast!!

@littleterr0r 5 лет назад

Crystal Castles is pretty cool. They have it here in Portland at Ground Kontrol so I've played it in the arcade. Also worth mentioning is the trackball that you use to control your character which is fun if not a little wild.

@SOGNAMETAL 5 лет назад

*FINALLY A NEW EPISODE! HAPPY NEW YEAR MATE! AND EVERYONE WATCHING!*

@Jolt7800 5 лет назад

Thanks for presenting these magazines! I had Atari Age magazines and wish I would have kept them as well as other early gaming mags. It was great to revisit them though your channel.

@sandplasma 5 лет назад

I love 2600 cover Art. It always looked so much cooler than the actual game. Made you imagination really run wild until you put the game in lol

@budz2355 5 лет назад

37 here. We had a TI-99/4a as our first cartridge system and home computer so that is where I get my fix in 2019 for the Atari age games as it had many or the same ports.

@DarkCylon 5 лет назад

My memory might be failing, but there was something off with Realsports Baseball. It might have been that home rums were really easy to hit.

@sandplasma 5 лет назад

Wow I never knew that Arcade games back then looked so much better than their 2600 counterparts!

@justmaskdoeswrestling7454 5 лет назад

will you do a release of the game boy video

@CGQuarterly 5 лет назад

Absolutely.

@jonathont5570 4 года назад

I still read sometimes my old commodore and amiga magazines. Great to see the older hardware I grew up with and the insane prices...lol

@Yura-Sensei 5 лет назад

Love those high quality gameplay layovers

@shane3478 5 лет назад

Wow...brought back the memories too...lol

@akalyx 2 года назад

i generally despise the 70's 80's aesthetic but i gotta say i do like the fonts and graphic design in this mag

@littleterr0r 5 лет назад

All that merch is so cool by the way. Def see where some of the more modern stuff on Fangamer gets its inspiration from.

@littleterr0r 5 лет назад

The little banner at the top of this magazine reminds me of the one on Retro Gamer that's says "Old!"

@FallicIdol 3 года назад

Asteroids has aged very well for a game of that era. It’s still very playable and fun

@michaelanderson9792 3 года назад

Firefox was a movie Clint in sci-fi steals a USSR super Sonic plane

@sneakysqekysnek5986 4 года назад

I recently purchased an atari and it came with these magazines. Volume 1, numbers 2,3,4,5,6Volume 2, numbers 1'2'3'5. Is there any value if they're in good shape?

@theannoyedmrfloyd3998 3 года назад

They have sentimental value.

@akalyx 2 года назад

that's a good vanguard port... tosei really did great work when they were paid enough to do so

@B33FY2011 5 лет назад

Wow it took Atari the space of 2 year to release 11 issues. That would be unheard of nowadays.

@CGQuarterly 5 лет назад

It was a bimonthly magazine. And yeah, these days the only magazines that come out bimonthly are super-specialty mags. A bimonthly gaming magazine wouldn't fly, I'd imagine.

@mikemayberry7121 5 лет назад

It's nice to hear someone mention the 5200 and not rant AVGN-style about the controllers. Congratulations on 100k!!

@videogameobsession 5 лет назад

10:38 Queen's Flash Gordon theme "borrowed by SNK" :)

@rovertedoog 5 лет назад

Do you get anything for me watching an ad? I watched a 4 minute one just in case. Congratulations on 100,000 subs!!!! Woo hoo!

@CGQuarterly 5 лет назад

Thanks, Trev! Yeah, then channel makes money on the ads, so that helps!

@johnjohnson798 5 лет назад

I really like your retro game magazine vids, I had a ton of Psm back in the early 2000's. Will you be doing any more Psm ones?

@CGQuarterly 5 лет назад

It's funny you should ask. I just got my Playstation 2 launch issue of PSM down off of the shelf the other day and was thinking that it would be cool to do a read-through of.

@RetroGamePlayers 5 лет назад

Man the graphic design and layout of these mags are just so cool. I love the colors and hyper lines and fonts shooting off the pages on basically every ad.

@karagumruk7330 5 лет назад

How about reading some PC gamer from 2000's?

@CGQuarterly 5 лет назад

I would love to. Especially early 2000's, like maybe 2001 or 2002. Would just need to order something, as I threw all of those mags out back in the day.

@JDigital123 5 лет назад

Atari 4 bit graphics.

@imyanigmw 5 лет назад

Congrats on 100K!

@videogameobsession 5 лет назад

Hey Chris, congrats on your 100,000 subscribers! -Matt

@CGQuarterly 5 лет назад

Thanks man! And thanks for the help through the years!

@videogameobsession 5 лет назад

Of course man. I'm always happy to see my scans show up in such high production videos. Keep up the excellent work!

@chocolocojames213 5 лет назад

Congrats on the 100k subs. Hooray.

@MrDirkles 5 лет назад

The linear game play of resogun means the only relationship it shares with defender is the fact you fly a space ship And the scenery loops.

@MrDirkles 5 лет назад

Oh and Atari produced dragon's lair and space ace for European markets

@dshiznit12a 5 лет назад

Love your videos very relaxing after a long day

@monk-ld3jt 5 лет назад

Loving this! More please! 😀

@AlwaysLimey 5 лет назад

That was a really fun look back, thanks!

@Rando1975 5 лет назад

Defender would have been a tough port anyway, as I think the arcade had 5 buttons or so?

@CGQuarterly 5 лет назад

Yeah. The way they got around that in the sequel is by having you use both controllers, but it's not easy. I am thinking about wiring up a custom joystick adapter so that I can play the game with my Neo-Geo joystick and use all 4 buttons.

@PabstOban 5 лет назад

Another great video. Congratulations on 100k subs. Would be really cool if you got your hands on some old Atari comic books and did a "lets read" of those. My kid would really get a kick out of that.

@leonhasso850 5 лет назад

You should do a the release of neogeo that would be great

@matthewlane518 5 лет назад

I had an atari 2600 and later a 7800 great stuff

@jokerzwild00 5 лет назад

Realsports Football was one of the only games my dad ever showed any sort of interest in. I hated that game but I'd play it just because he like to watch sometimes.