How To Unlock All 5 Confidential Games in Atari 50! 

Just think of all of the kids who received Basic Math for Christmas in the late 70s instead of something more fun. I remember looking at the Christmas packages under the Christmas tree and thinking yes that's about the size of an Atari 2600 box. Thankfully I never got Basic Math.

BreakOut has always been my favorite on the 2600 growing up in early 80’s. I never had a Jaguar or a Lynx, with that being said, I’m very excited to play this!

I wish Activision did their own Atari 2600 compilation pack

Lynx was and still is an incredible gaming system, way ahead of it's time! I still have and love playing mine

Love this collection, sad it didn't include desert falcon or Galaxians

This atari 50 sucks. I used to own a Lynx & I was disappointed to find out that no good lynx games were on this compilation. They should've included Electrocop, Ninja Gaiden, Batman Returns, and California Games.

I remember getting it for christmas. I was 5 best xmas. Still have my original 2600 with over 100 games.

I think the shear goodness of this collection and content will not be appreciated for awhile. Pure gold.

Because I grew up playing basic math (for every half hour I played it I got to play 15 minutes of a regular game) the fact it's a bonus game on this would make me buy it. The things we take from our childhoods... lol

Best part of this collection is the interview footage IMO.

Race 500 was originally called Indy 500 when it came out. It was sold in a set with 2 steering controllers that as far as I know only were ever used on that game. Great video.

Well I'm 54 lol. Anyway, cool collection and I been waiting to here this info.

You look half my age and i am 50 actually a few months older than Atari but i have been playing Atari and a universe of others as time progressed for 43 years give a little more just cant remember if i was 6or 7 when i started playing video games. My favorite Atari games are asteroids and deluxe, breakout, venture ,Berserk which sadly is not on the Atari 50 collection but has been sold separately since as another re imagined version which is phenomenal ! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR HELP ON THIS! CHEERS!

The definitive collection of the 2600 era. The only way I'll add to this is if Atari and Activision ever put out a joint collection which would be amazing, but unlikely.

"My thing got really small!" 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Basic Math. "Why that game?". "Why is this even a video game?". Hahaha!

Getting the VCS (the original name of the 2600) for Christmas was a big deal for us. I would play Combat with my dad a lot, and when we got Space Invaders that was it, I was hooked.

Activision games would have been nice...being that they made the best 2600 games

Looks like you got all the old timers out of the woodwork! I’m going to pass for now because we all know this game will be $20 or less in January, nearly every switch game gets a massive sale eventually and since I’ve played most of these already I might as well wait.

It's a shame Battlezone wasn't in it.

You should try Gravitar Recharged....and pretty much all of the Recharged lineup including: Missile Command Recharged, Asteroids Recharged, Centipede Recharged, Caverns of Mars Recharged, Breakout Recharged and Black Widow Recharged...as well as the reimagining of Akka Arrh...All are on sale right now and highly recommended especially since you seemed to really dig the taste of those remade originals on the 50th Anniversary Collection.

Thx so much for this video. I just bought this on Steam and bought it solely for Adventure. You can now select game mode 3 for randomly generated items on your game. That alone makes it worth the price for me. I was obsessed with Adventure as a 10 yr. old in the early 80's. I've barely scratched the surface of what Atari 50 has to offer. Many thanks.

TANGENT TIME: AirWorld! The lost SwordQuest game, never released. With FireWorld and EarthWorld, the prizes of the golden Talisman (which Steven Bell won, but later had sold and melted down except the white gold sword) and the golden chalice (which Michael Rideout won and still owns) were claimed. The WaterWorld prize (the golden crown) was not awarded because the contest was canceled. AirWorld had, according to the contestants, the most beautiful prize...the Philosopher's Stone. The prizes were on display at the EarthWorld and FireWorld contests, and with the Philosopher's Stone, the lid of the golden box housing the stone was removed so that the beautiful chunk of pure white jade was visible. It's mysterious, because there are no pictures. The photos of the prizes in the promotional pamphlets were all artists renditions, and all the renditions always showed the Philosopher's Stone with the golden lid covering the stone. A picture of the lost Sword (The Grand Prize) can be viewed online, was taken at the contest display, but it's a pretty lousy picture with a ton glare. There is no picture of the Philosopher's Stone, and it is believed that the three lost prizes...the Sword, the Crown, and the Philosopher's Stone...have all been sold and melted down, just like Steven Bell's Talisman. This leaves Michael Rideout's Chalice as the only surviving SwordQuest prize. To this day, I hope one day a quality picture of the Philosopher's Stone (lid removed) surfaces. I apologize, but this is a topic I've been fascinated with for years.

Awesome compilation, but they ate missing some from the previous Atari compilations like Night Driver, Return To Haunted House, Tempest 2600 and more! Hopefully they will be added in updates or DLC!

There are likely no Activision or other 3rd party games because they wanted to emphasize that it's *Atari's* 50th anniversary, so it's all Atari, all the time

Thx for this. Race 500 originally was called Indy 500. Probably trademarked

can you use motion control on the paddle games ?

@1126: "My thing got really small!" "My balls turned white, and then my..." "... my stick got small" 😂 Whats that mom? ...... No, I am playing Breakout.

I counted 4 not 3 atari 5200 games lol Millipede, Missile Command, Star Raiders, and Super Breakout

hahahahahahhahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i just did the Quadra tank challenge!!!!woo hoo i am so happy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! one more to go and thts vectr sectr and that one i almost did earlier! o man so ecstatic . again thanks my friend you rock!

Man these unlockables are trash and hell to get I'll just boot the games on my 7800 it's easier. God this sucks!!!!!!

Would be cool if they were ALL remastered...

Yeah games i played most were, Pitfall, River raid, and Enduro, so I'm a little bummed they're not on there, I even enjoyed the Ghostbusters game lol

I’m older than Atari! Woohoo! 😂

Oh also subbed! I'm all about the classics and still play many today on original hardware.

It’s nice to have games that just have the software on the cartridge/disc.

@Kaptain Klassic I like your demeanor. Subbed.👍

0:37 you mispronounced “Jaguar” BTW. It’s “Jag-Wahr” not “Jag-Wire”

Thanks for this

Im getting this just for the arcade version of Missle Command

AVP would have been a great unlocked game....

thanks. you rock

The cat at the end made up for the crappy games you unlocked. Lol

No pacman, no space invaders???? No jungle hunt.. Dam that was my fav. They shudda added E.T just for a laugh... No landfill required

YESSSSS! someone that knows how awesome warlords is. Unfortunately warlords is meant to be played co-op so people these days will not get to experience warlords the way it's meant to be experienced.

Warlords is hardly new to this & was released on the Atari anniversary redux compilation on the PS1 as well as the Atari anthology for PS2 which is far better than this 50th anniversary thing. Oh well here's to the 60th,70th & 75th anniversary releases in the future £££ zzz

I like this good price and wonder if any cheat codes?

I was 17 when Atari was born. (so there are a few of us of old farts viewing your content - I (literally) don't have time to try to unlock the confidential games without a walk through) An excellent collection from whoever is calling themselves Atari these day.

LOL, thanks for doing this so I don’t have to.

Cool video, just been watching for tips to unlock the games, I've got one for you too though. With the Tempest section on Vctr- Sctr, once the ememies have reached the top of the 'well' where your gun is, you can only safely pass by them or shoot them whilst they're 'flipping' between segments, so your best option is to just stay in one place and keep firing so they are killed as they try to flip onto the segment you're on. 'Cat Warlords' at the end looked awesome, but probably really tricky to play 😂😂😂😂

I wish these games would be resurrected: 1980 Arcade Battlezone 1981 Arcade Omega Race 1999 Arcade Hydro Thunder Dead or Alive 6 1991 EA Chuck Yeager's Air Combat

Thank you for doing this, now that I see the unlockable games I won’t have to worry about it 😂 I do own a VCS and really like it. Just wish that Atari would get fully behind it and offer more support for it.

At least centipede and millipede aren’t confidential. Which is good because they are my favorite Atari games

You should play the included Jaguar Tempest 2000. It, along with its music, is awesome

so ya i unlocked 3 confidential challenges, the vectr sectr is pretty hard but i can now do the landing part of the challenge and once beat the 3rd part of the challenge before failing, still at it as we speak and as for the tank one i can do perfect circles and i hear a sound like a tin can crunching but still cant get success and my circles(no offense) are better and more exact but still they wont give me the victory and i am doing the circles almost perfectly right on the logo yet (again no offense) your circle was sloppy and barely connected, what am i doing wrong, my God this games are real ball breakers. Thanks a lot as there is no way in hell i was going to figure these out. you know what i am feeling it now, lol going to try that circle again.

hey, i am 53 now and wish me a way to cheat lvl 6 from breakout -.- anyone?

So I guess you didn't make your homework really well young blood... if you remember or not, in Super Breakout when your ball hits a celling ball speeds up and your pad shrinks.

I was hoping against hope for Berserk.

"That thing looks awesome! Why didn't they release this game on it?" Umm... They did.

I'm 54. 2600 was my first console. My grandmother had Pong before that.

the atari logo in the center turned into another logo, not sure if you noticed that, i dont know what its about maybey you do?

Race 500 is known as Indy 500 they changed the name of the game to remove the reference to the Indy 500 Race

Games like basic math were created so parents could buy their kids something educational and feel better about owning video games. Remember video games were new at this point and there was a lot of pushback by parents saying they were bad for your kids. Games like Basic Math were made to combat that.

Waiting on the Atari 50th Arcade1up cabinet. Just stopped by while sitting here by the door watching for the box to arrive. Thanks for showing me this collection. Its leagues ahead of the home arcade version but Ill probably never get to see it irl.

Are the Williams games on this disc? Thinking of Defender or Stargate etc.

Great video!

5200 version of Defender should have been included...

Greetings, Earthling. I am the Bishop of Battle, master of all I survey. I have 13 progressively harder levels. Try me if you dare.

Great video!

I'm 2 years older than Atari. I remember getting a 2600 in 1976 played space invaders non stop

I'm a simple man. When a guy wearing an Atari hat starts talking in front of a wall that reads "Pac-Man" and "Tetris", I listen. I'm the same age as the Atari 2600 and I had it when it was popular, and it's very intriguing to hear the opinions of people who were born after that era. You're good at these games too! You say you wish Kaboom were in the collection. Well, Kaboom is a clone of an early Atari arcade game called Avalanche, and that game is included in the previous Atari Flashback Collection on the Nintendo Switch. (Most if not all good Activision games in that era were shameless clones of earlier games, so that company is extremely overrated.) That leads me to why I'm disappointed with both collections. Forget about Activision - these compilations lack many essential Atari-made games! Atari 50 includes the awesome Food Fight and Dark Chambers, but omits certain games which were on the Atari Flashback Collection, namely the phenomenally popular arcade game Atari Football (the first good sports video game), the aforementioned historically essential Avalanche, and the Atari 5200 game Realsports Baseball, which is the first good baseball video game and was also included on Atari Flashback Collection. And both collections are missing excellent Atari-made arcade games such as Gauntlet and Gauntlet II, Paperboy, Marble Madness, Road Blasters, Vindicators and Xybots. Why are these big companies making us buy two or even three compilations (see the super-shameless Namco) in order to get just a fraction of their great old games? When I bought a CD collection of the Beatles greatest hits, it contained all their best songs. So why are Namco, Atari, and SNK so incredibly cheap? SNK put out two Neo Geo Pocket collections and they cumulatively only contain about ten of the best games for that console, which only had maybe twenty good games on it to begin with. SNK could have made one collection with all the good Neo Geo Pocket games, and it would have been a must-buy and a huge commercial success. Instead, they had to be stingy and I doubt the two mediocre collections are selling well.

Another great Atari compilation came out for the first original x box and PlayStation 2, i am trying to remember the exact name but its killer, no jaguar games but a big collection if not all of the Atari arcade games plus videos' of history ect..much like this new Atari 50 collection. Of course all the Atari home systems tho only the Atari but also activision i believe, lol may be i am thinking of the Intelevision collection, there is 3 midway collections and many other companies have released their own collections. From this video i have so far unlocked 3 of the confidential puzzels and currently(as i speak) i am trying to unlock the game from playing vectorésector, the tank one i have almost mastered but dang its picky about making the circle with the rocket.

you're on fire with vids lately! nice

Funny hearing a child talk about games from MY childhood in the 70s and calling the home version of Warlords trash. If you weren’t there, you don’t know.

Verry cool

The reimagined games & interviews makes this worth getting. As for "Basic Math", never played it. But "Donkey Kong Jr. Math" for the NES actually was fun if you were playing against a friend that had the same math skills as you. Too bad it's not included in the NES collection on the Switch. Hopefully the "Atari 50 ann. collection" will inspire SEGA to put out something similar but focus more on their coin-op arcade games. In the meantime "Arcade Paradise" is available for some extra nostalgia feels.

Watching video hoping the unlockable ones include. Pitfall, pac man and tutankham.

Woah, 15k views Seth! Keep it up!

I regret purchasing this! ☹️

Great video

I have to get this...I'm 58.

That's arcade Asteroids.

I'm older than atari - this is an okay collection imo. I still prefer the flashback collection ... You could put some of the games into tate mode which i/wax a big plus for me.

Awesome video

Good video, tried for an hour on the Quadratank one and still couldn't get it to work. Made quadruple sure the settings were correct too. Wonder if it matters what system you're using?

My question is does Tempest 2K have a cheat mode like the Jaguar and other versions.

Atari, one thousand uses for a cursor. Adventure rules. And Combat tanks with bouncing ammo.

Now this is how you do a collection 👍🏾👍🏾I'm definitely buying this on my Switch OLED 🙏🏽

The color screen is from Super Breakout.

No Indiana Jones, or ET ??

Bien, bien ahí 👍

I got 3 of the 5

Will have this 🎮🏆

How was Airworld? Did they make a comic for it?

The entire game lineup here is extremely lacking other than arcade. Beautiful presentation, but games are weak.

You need a padel controller for Breakout/Super Breakout?

Sadly doesn't work with win 7 on pc.

this is ATARI50......why would Activision games be on here??? Doesnt make sense

This was the most disappointing purchase in a long time. Don't listen to this paid advertisement! The games are the worst that Atari had to offer (i.e., no Activision), and the "reimagined" games are marginal at best. This wouldn't be worth the money if you found it at a yard sale for $5.

It's cruel to make us unlock the games we paid for. I'm never unlocking the Vctr Sctr one. It is way too fucking hard. I will never even see wave 3. It's impossible for me. I'm living in an absolute nightmare.