Indie Games That Make Sense for the Atari VCS

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Today I'm going to be going over some indie games and homebrew that I think would fit nicely into the Atari VCS library. Some of them have that old school graphical style and gameplay, some would probably work well with the classic controller, and a few are just plain good. Just to note, these are not coming out on the VCS, this is just me talking about what would be cool to see on the console. Links to the games are below if you want to pick them up on steam or learn more about them...
Faith The Unholy Trinity
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Vampire Survivor
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Braid
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Limbo
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Last Strike DX
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Tenebra and Tenebra 2
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Gravitic Mines
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Asteroite
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Adventure II
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Magical Fairy Force
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Cave Story
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@Toemuncher611 25 дней назад

The Atari vcs strong hold has got to be homebrew and indie titles. The vcs is literally a pixel king

@Monhamd1000 25 дней назад

The Atari VCS Legacy deserves more improvement and most importantly, a more active marketing.

@tomevil6 25 дней назад

I would love to see any of these in the VCS store..... I would love to see more developers making stuff for the VCS period.

@TheAtariNetwork 25 дней назад

@@tomevil6 agreed. I feel that Atari needs to pursue and make it worth their while. At this point make the publishing fees close to nothing just to fill out the store and push remaining stock. Just a thought

@cyrollan 26 дней назад

My VCS should be showing up within a week! It's coming with the PC MODE USB, on which I will install Steam and hopefully be able to play some of these

@TheAtariNetwork 26 дней назад

Great point and these are some great games to try on the VCS PC mode! Let me know if you get any to work and thanks for watching!

@cyrollan 26 дней назад

@@TheAtariNetwork ill update the Discord. I have tons of indie titles in the Steam library. And they're all Linux ports.

@ObsidianContraption 24 дня назад

Great picks btw! I suggest Downwell, Satryn Deluxe, Twin Breaker, Rogue Sentry, Lunark, Unmetal, Spelunky

@MrShuaTV 24 дня назад

Bro you nailed this video right on the head. I’d buy 95% of what you mentioned here.

@TheAtariNetwork 24 дня назад

@@MrShuaTV I'm glad somebody agreed lol

@braillynn 26 дней назад

Great premise for a video. Hopefully Atari will listen.

@TheAtariNetwork 26 дней назад

Thanks. Idk it was something fun and different. Especially since Mr genxgrownup took my idea to analyze the fatal run 2089 trailer lol

@cyrollan 26 дней назад

@@TheAtariNetwork the ancient rivalry continues...

@braillynn 26 дней назад

@@TheAtariNetwork You still could have done it. Different content creator, different take.

@TheAtariNetwork 25 дней назад

@@cyrollanthis made me laugh harder than it should've

@TheAtariNetwork 25 дней назад

@@braillynnyeah after watching his videos the takes aren't so different. It was a short teaser there isn't much to talk about anyway. I'd rather make sure people have different content to watch and not a lot of stuff other people have done

@ObsidianContraption 24 дня назад

This is what i want more of. Amazing indie titles. I think the VCS is a unique console for indie and retro a like with homebrew crossing the line between. Great video! I would love this to be a series and would def contribute suggestions

@TheAtariNetwork 24 дня назад

@@ObsidianContraption let's do it!

@ObsidianContraption 24 дня назад

@@TheAtariNetwork 💪👾🕹️☕🎮🍻🥳

@ObsidianContraption 24 дня назад

I've been pushing for Adventure 2 5200 for a while now!

@ObsidianContraption 24 дня назад

Limbo is a masterpiece. Love that game. I would buy it again on the VCS

@TheAtariNetwork 24 дня назад

@@ObsidianContraption right and I don't think the dev would have to spend much of anything to get it working

@KolLeviathan 4 часа назад

I did not even exist during the Atari era but this little pc-console has been intriguing me a lot, I feel like Atari doesn't really market this at all bc I hadn't seen it till last week! I wanna release games on it too, hope it's not too much of hassle to get on as a developer with them

@TheAtariNetwork 4 часа назад

@@KolLeviathan it's not difficult at all to get games on the VCS as far as I've heard. And I agree, they haven't done a great job marketing this thing.

@paul329 24 дня назад

I want a VCS with physical media as a Evercade Competitor. Maybe release it in different shells like a Jag Duo or Panther. I would.get that in a heartbeat.

@TheAtariNetwork 24 дня назад

@@paul329 not a bad idea. Evercade seems to be doing alright

@Jmldy-yp6op 25 дней назад

I used my classic controller to play FAITH on steam, its a blast!

@TheAtariNetwork 25 дней назад

@@Jmldy-yp6op that's awesome to hear!

@sabertoothretro 25 дней назад

I've been testing Steam indies in PC-Mode. Ultros would be amazing on the VCS. Gris is another good one. In terms of old school games, I think some retro racers like 80s Overdrive or Formula Retro Racing would make stellar additions.

@rameybutler-hm7nx 24 дня назад

The vcs should be the demo machine for there real money maker, the 2600/7800.

@rameybutler-hm7nx 24 дня назад

Oh and great video you knocked it out of the park once again.

@TheAtariNetwork 24 дня назад

@@rameybutler-hm7nx thank you

@Its_PacFan 25 дней назад

Nice Video!!! Also, CAVE STORY MENTIONED ‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️

@TheAtariNetwork 25 дней назад

@@Its_PacFan love cave story!

@dyscotopia 25 дней назад

The VCS is supported by Unity and can run programs that can be compiled for Debian Linux. The effort to port games, especially from Unity which handles the low level hardware, seems fairly trivial. And with developers getting an 80-88% cut of sales, making games available on the platform, even with its small install base, doesn't seem like a huge ask. Why not reach out to those featured and tell them you'd like to see their games on the system so they can look into the feasibility?

@TheAtariNetwork 25 дней назад

@@dyscotopia not a bad idea

@saurondp 25 дней назад

I would think Stardew Valley would be a no-brainer for the VCS, considering it's on just about every other platform known to man. Outside of that, Limbo is a good suggestion.

@TheAtariNetwork 25 дней назад

@@saurondp I've heard of stardew valley but never looked into it or tried it. I'll have to investigate it, thanks for the suggestion!

@KrunchyTheClown78 24 дня назад

I plan on purchasing an Atari VCS at some point in the near future. Need to save up some cash to get one, I have had other stuff on my priorities list lately, like an Atari 5200 flash cart that I bought last week lol But soon! I hope more of these games end up on it!

@TheAtariNetwork 24 дня назад

@@KrunchyTheClown78 did you get the Atari Max or is there another flashcart?

@KrunchyTheClown78 24 дня назад

@@TheAtariNetwork the atarimax

@TheAtariNetwork 24 дня назад

@@KrunchyTheClown78 awesome mine works great. Very much worth it!

@KrunchyTheClown78 23 дня назад

@@TheAtariNetwork Nice, looking forward to getting it!

@brotherblue3340 25 дней назад

I’m sorry to say for the 1st time I had to give your video a thumbs down as I strongly disagreed with the 1st 7 minutes of this video. To each their own.

@TheAtariNetwork 25 дней назад

@@brotherblue3340 it happens. Thanks for checking it out regardless.

@southtexasatlatl 25 дней назад

Don't own a VCS but would love it if they ported DUSK '82 to the 2600 or 7800

@TheAtariNetwork 25 дней назад

@@southtexasatlatl oh I'll have to look into that. Thanks

@PG-gs5vb 20 дней назад

A couple of tips for a VCS release: anything from the Kingdom series ("Two Crowns" and "Eighties" are the latest and greatest; the former has a great local and network coop mode and the latter would greatly fit the target audience with its theme), and perhaps Crimsonland, an older title that I still enjoy till this day.

@catholicactionbibleonlyist1813 25 дней назад

Fatal Run :2089, It looks like it belongs on the Atari VCS

@TheAtariNetwork 25 дней назад

@@catholicactionbibleonlyist1813 and yet it might not make it to the VCS at all

@DaveMoorland-zv3tn 21 день назад

The problem with the VCS800 is that it wasn't intended to be a game console! It was, and I don't care what VCS800 fanboys say, marketed as a branded P.C. with a loose ATARI front end. All of the games that were promised for the VCS such as Spirit of the Samurai were always marketed as multi-platform games, so ATARI had very little intention to re-enter the console war they can't afford to compete in. What we are seeing with the VCS now is what it should have been when it was released. ATARI, indie, and ATARI retro. The great thing is that the ATARI OS can migrate in the future. Right now, ATARI is trying to build a new fanbase, so restricting their games to one system seems very reckless. We know that ATARI will keep supporting the VCS800 going forward, so I think we'll see a few of these on the VCS800 eventually.

@arthurmonie 25 дней назад

Thank you for sharing your opinion 😊

@TheAtariNetwork 25 дней назад

@@arthurmonie I mean, it's what I do. Lol thanks for watching, it's always appreciated!

@DaveMoorland-zv3tn 21 день назад

Fans helped to bring many games to the VCS800 by simply asking the developers to port the games over, so my advice would be to contact the developers of these games Ask current VCS800 devs to give their experiences developing for the platform to help encourage new devs over to the console. Super Star Shooter 16 is on the console because of this approach. Their games get noticed on the VCS800 and are not lost on Steam. The VCS800 is the perfect place for indie devs to get wider exposure.

@loutchi7981 24 дня назад

I think the atari VCS could be a chance for unknown indie game(for example in those you cited, i would rather think to faith that vampire survivor, braid and inside who already took their place on the chess) who get their game flooded in the ocean of games on steam and could take the VCS as a chance to shine and possibly ramp(for example i truly started to interest to the promising brazilian dev 2nd boss thank to the vcs, deciding to get savage halloween and later wild dogs) for popularity. Sadly very few take the travels, and even in those who announced their attention of develop rarely seem to go to the end like roasty buds special brew, super 3D maze 16, fx-unit yuki - the recode, El Panadero the baker, wyvia a hack and slash action rpg, murtop, retro knock-out vanillabeast, PolyGunR, the spirit of the samurai, SPGP, clasherball or games that could be adapted to it like satrin deluxe or teppo and the secret ancient city

@whoeverest_the_whateverest 19 дней назад

Faith is a 2600-like game? Never heard that, i thought it's a native C64 game, and from way back then

@KrooTon 23 дня назад

“…several hours of enjoyment…” 😂 You are now known for your extreme hyperbole in my mind. Stop exaggerating so much!

@Kall_Mii_Kemo 17 дней назад

Which AA games you think would make sense on VCS??

@metronome8471 25 дней назад

Bit Trip x Classic controller.

@TheAtariNetwork 25 дней назад

@@metronome8471 what's bit trip I'm not sure I know that one...

@metronome8471 24 дня назад

@@TheAtariNetwork it's a retro inspired collection that started on Wii. They were also to develop Super Breakout for the Amico.

@ronm6585 25 дней назад

Thanks 😊

@TheAtariNetwork 24 дня назад

@@ronm6585 your so appreciative. Thank you!

@SaintLewisMusic 18 дней назад

Faith is an incredible series with so many vibes. Love it!

@possumgrits825 19 дней назад

Would love to see the bit trip series on vcs.

@m1rock 25 дней назад

I reeeaaally wish SNK 40th anniversary came out for the VCS with classic joystick support. Guerrilla War Ikari Warriors Time Soldiers ect those would work perfect with the VCS classic controller.

@TheAtariNetwork 25 дней назад

@@m1rock that would be awesome

@Gus-no-ID 19 дней назад

I tried running Ikari Warriors via mame in PC mode with the classic controller but couldn't get it to work well enough. Left it in mame library in hopes mame might eventually adequately recognize the classic controller