Barnstorming & Grand Prix - Atari Archive Episode 67

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Pac-Man wasn't alone in debuting in March 1982, as Activision published both Grand Prix and Barnstorming that month for the VCS. A pair of time trial "racing" games, the pair exemplify why Activision had a reputation for gorgeous games and unusual premises. Barnstorming also represents the debut of Activision developer Steve Cartwright, while Grand Prix makes good on the promise of 1977's Street Racer with a top-down driving game with large, multicolored objects and smooth scrolling. Also in this video is the inaugural Crash Watch, a segment looking at industry reporting leading up to the market meltdown in late 1982.
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Sources seen in and used to create this episode include:
2600 Game-by-Game podcast - interview with Steve Cartwright
Correspondence with Steve Cartwright by the author, September 2023
Correspondence with David Crane by the author, August 2017
Weekly Television Digest, various
Merchandising, various
Playthings, April 1982
Video Games, August 1982
Videogaming Illustrated, August 1982
Arcade, 1983
Creative Computing, various
Activisions, various
Various local newspapers
TV Gamer, December 1983
Score!, 1983
Be a Home Videogame Superstar, 1983
Video Game History Hour podcast, Episode 14

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Комментарии : 28

@jeffkaczmarek3577

We had Grand Prix when I was a kid. It had the best graphics of any game we owned but 4 year old me never really got into the game play. Thank you for another great video.

@DeathCrustPunk

Back when getting a patch for a game meant something totally different

@jeromeellsworth1320

Thanks for talking about the development hardware! I'm always curious about that

@3vi1J

Another great nostalgic look back as some classics. Thanks!

@absolutezeronow7928

Activision definitely knew how to make good looking games. Interesting how Barnstorming and Grand Prix complement each other. Crash Watch is an interesting new feature.

@Phediuk

Great work once again; these are by far the most informative videos for 2600 games on RU-vid.

@TheHylianBatman

Crash Watch is a cool new segment! I dig it!

@IntoTheVerticalBlank

Another amazing episode! These are two of the games I HAD to have based on their graphics. back then.

@Hologhoul

Excellent video as usual! I was curious about Barnstorming back in the day, but only played it recently via emulation. I was surprised how addictive it is. A well balanced, nicely gauged game, really good fun.

@anactualmotherbear

Another great episode. Barnstorming is one of my favorites.

@thejunkman

11:29

@billkendrick1

In all these decades, I have NEVER noticed lane markings on the left. Whatthe!? I'm sure they'll be obvious on the big UHDTV I've got my 7800 hook up to these days. But the old Zenith(?) woodgrain beast in my childhood living room? Musta been off in overscanville. 😂

@ArttuTheCat

I still have the Atari 2600 games for my

@Dnky27

I loved collecting the patches and had the Barnstorming one. Sadly they all disappeared during a variety of house moves when I was a kid.

@Jolt7800

I have had Grand Prix since I was a kid. I just recently acquired Barn Storming.

@donnierussellii4659

Barnstorming's button to accelerate might be inverted to press to "brake", but I'm not sure that would really work well in practice.

@SoulforSale

The Atari joystick bears nearly full responsibility for the success of all the 2600 success. None of these would have been possible on the intellivison and hardly on the Colecovision.