Tr3vor Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 alright, you have those kids that hate old stuff and love the new game consoles, but what about those weird kids who like them (not refering to myself!). ok, on youtube and other websites, when you search up "atari 2600" half of the vids that show up are by kids (9-12 year olds) that start talking like their experts on the thing. i have seen this one where a kid gets an atari 2600 on eaby, unpacks it, and finds the Space Invaders with a text label, well you know how it says "game program" on it? he says, "oh this it the game program version of it, i wish that i had the real version." and im all WTH. well, i know their just trying to be smart. then there are the ones who are all faggish and think, "oh, i bought an old console, so im different from everyone else, and that makes me cool" and all this crap. when will this end!!! will there ever be anyone who will make a decent review or overview besides emo kids??? (no offense to the awesome people who already do) *end of rant* Tr3vor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamme Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 alright, you have those kids that hate old stuff and love the new game consoles, but what about those weird kids who like them (not refering to myself!). ok, on youtube and other websites, when you search up "atari 2600" half of the vids that show up are by kids (9-12 year olds) that start talking like their experts on the thing. i have seen this one where a kid gets an atari 2600 on eaby, unpacks it, and finds the Space Invaders with a text label, well you know how it says "game program" on it? he says, "oh this it the game program version of it, i wish that i had the real version." and im all WTH. well, i know their just trying to be smart. then there are the ones who are all faggish and think, "oh, i bought an old console, so im different from everyone else, and that makes me cool" and all this crap. when will this end!!! will there ever be anyone who will make a decent review or overview besides emo kids??? (no offense to the awesome people who already do) *end of rant* Tr3vor Better to have awareness and little understanding than no awareness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Thag Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 Well, for me personally, I think it's kind of cool that some kids like and appreciate Atari. Sure, youtube is full of toolbags and pretentious, attention-seeking blowhards, but hey, at least a few of the new generation appreciate the ol' girl? Who cares if they get all the details right? They're kids. We were all idiots at that age. At least it's Atari and not 'OMG retrogaming is teh suxxorz zomg kthxbye' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tr3vor Posted October 1, 2009 Author Share Posted October 1, 2009 but it can be really annoying when your looking into getting a new atari 2600 game and trying to get a decent review of the game, and all you get is not very profesional or informational. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MS-DOS Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 I looked up "atari 2600" and got nothing but Classic Game Room HD and atari commercials. What kids are you talking about? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tr3vor Posted October 1, 2009 Author Share Posted October 1, 2009 I looked up "atari 2600" and got nothing but Classic Game Room HD and atari commercials. What kids are you talking about? classic game room hd is pretty good, but if they havnt reviewed the game your looking for, you get reviews from kids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Thag Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 classic game room hd is pretty good, but if they havnt reviewed the game your looking for, you get reviews from kids. Yeah, that's true. maybe someone here should start doing some video reviews. Any takers? I hate cameras Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tr3vor Posted October 1, 2009 Author Share Posted October 1, 2009 yeah lets all join to gether and make "Atari Age Reviews"! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamme Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 Who cares if they get all the details right? They did get it all right in the end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disjaukifa Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 (edited) alright, you have those kids that hate old stuff and love the new game consoles, but what about those weird kids who like them (not refering to myself!). ok, on youtube and other websites, when you search up "atari 2600" half of the vids that show up are by kids (9-12 year olds) that start talking like their experts on the thing. i have seen this one where a kid gets an atari 2600 on eaby, unpacks it, and finds the Space Invaders with a text label, well you know how it says "game program" on it? he says, "oh this it the game program version of it, i wish that i had the real version." and im all WTH. well, i know their just trying to be smart. then there are the ones who are all faggish and think, "oh, i bought an old console, so im different from everyone else, and that makes me cool" and all this crap. when will this end!!! will there ever be anyone who will make a decent review or overview besides emo kids??? (no offense to the awesome people who already do) *end of rant* Tr3vor What makes me twitch is when they get the information clear wrong because they don't know what their talking about. I watch thing kids review on the Jaguar . . . and he didn't look up anything before posting. The best was "This console came out in that weird time period of 1996 ~ 1997 when you add all those weird consoles that weren't quiet 3D but were . . ." Jaguar came out in 1993 . . . But yeah I saw an Atari 2600 review where the kid said Atari had lost from the start since the NES and Atari 2600 were released the same year . . . -Disjaukifa Edited October 1, 2009 by disjaukifa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herbarius Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 "This console came out in that weird time period of 1996 ~ 1997 when you add all those weird consoles that weren't quiet 3D but were . . ." I remember that line, as far as I recall it was... a quite old kid however, I might be mistaken Yeah, there's a whole lot of very bad videos on Youtube, stating wrong information and so on... However, some of them are good, and I don't think it helps a lot to label anyone who wasn't around in the 2600's heyday as "a kid" - hey that would make me a kid, too, and I'm 23 I think it's a good sign newer generations appreciate the old systems as well, and making (good) video reviews in my opinion is an important act of preserving history, very similar to storing old game ROMs. However I would like that people on Youtube generally would think before they upload a video "is this really good enough for other people to watch?" but I guess that never will happen. Chances are, maybe all the people who DO think before they upload will finally turn away from youtube and use other portals... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disjaukifa Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 "This console came out in that weird time period of 1996 ~ 1997 when you add all those weird consoles that weren't quiet 3D but were . . ." I remember that line, as far as I recall it was... a quite old kid however, I might be mistaken Yeah, there's a whole lot of very bad videos on Youtube, stating wrong information and so on... However, some of them are good, and I don't think it helps a lot to label anyone who wasn't around in the 2600's heyday as "a kid" - hey that would make me a kid, too, and I'm 23 I think it's a good sign newer generations appreciate the old systems as well, and making (good) video reviews in my opinion is an important act of preserving history, very similar to storing old game ROMs. However I would like that people on Youtube generally would think before they upload a video "is this really good enough for other people to watch?" but I guess that never will happen. Chances are, maybe all the people who DO think before they upload will finally turn away from youtube and use other portals... I have a youtube account that I have thought about putting up game reviews and whatnot up but I am so worried about looking and sounding stupid that I just haven't done it yet. I'm going to because I seem to many BAD reviews that I want to be out a good one (granted I might be a LITTLE bias but hey who on youtube isn't???) -Disjaukifa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 Very few good VCS game reviews on YouTube. Most of them made by jump-the-bandwagon fools. I like the no nonsense reviews of this guy: http://www.youtube.com/user/AqualungGameReviews#play/user/E77E4D7A8202FEA6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MS-DOS Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 Tr3vor What makes me twitch is when they get the information clear wrong because they don't know what their talking about. I watch thing kids review on the Jaguar . . . and he didn't look up anything before posting. The best was "This console came out in that weird time period of 1996 ~ 1997 when you add all those weird consoles that weren't quiet 3D but were . . ." Jaguar came out in 1993 . . . But yeah I saw an Atari 2600 review where the kid said Atari had lost from the start since the NES and Atari 2600 were released the same year . . . -Disjaukifa Can you folks post URLS to those videos? I'd like to watch them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickeycolumbus Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 Tr3vor What makes me twitch is when they get the information clear wrong because they don't know what their talking about. I watch thing kids review on the Jaguar . . . and he didn't look up anything before posting. The best was "This console came out in that weird time period of 1996 ~ 1997 when you add all those weird consoles that weren't quiet 3D but were . . ." Jaguar came out in 1993 . . . But yeah I saw an Atari 2600 review where the kid said Atari had lost from the start since the NES and Atari 2600 were released the same year . . . -Disjaukifa Can you folks post URLS to those videos? I'd like to watch them. Link to Jaguar video: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 Link to Jaguar video: LOL! I've seen this before. Man, this guy sure makes you want to chuck your Jaguar system right out the window, huh? lol That's got to be the most disparaging review ever :-( I personally like the Video Game Nerd's reviews. That guy has a great sense of humour and is entertaining as hell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herbarius Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 (edited) Yeah that's the video I meant, it's a fine example of this whole bunch of low-quality vids on YouTube. Apart from the chronological confusion I particulary dislike how he shot his TV, because you can't even see the whole screen. Another "funny" thing I noticed is when he talks about the controller and says "that's the one I've currently plugged in" which is just a lie, unless he's got 2 Jaguars, as we have seen the Jaguar just seconds ago, it's not hooked up and doesn't have any controller cords plugged in Oh and he says Tempest 2000 has bad controls. Okay, to be honest, I've never seen a real Jaguar, but I played Tempest 2000 through emulation on my PC quite a lot a while ago, using my simple gamepad, and I think the controls are as good as they could possibly get without having analog control like the original Arcade. Okay, the Jaguar controller might be what makes the difference, but 1. from looking at it I don't think it is all that bad once you get used to it (as I've never seen one in real life, let alone touched it, I might be wrong) and 2. in that case, the complaint is directed at the controller, which he already complained about earlier, and not the game. A quick side question: Can you use Sega Genesis controllers with the Jaguar? Looks like the plug fits, but are the buttons working properly? Are they in the same order? (disregarding the lack of the numercial keypad, which AFAIK isn't used in most of the games) Edited October 1, 2009 by Herbarius Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laemeur Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 Kids who post videos on YouTube are certainly not representative of kids in general. I sold an Atari VCS to a kid a few months ago, and he was really into it in an honest, earnest, "wow, this is HISTORY" sort of way, and he'd come back to the shop every couple weeks and ask all sorts of questions about "the old days" -- a lot of the same questions I had to ask as a young guy because I wasn't born when the VCS came out, either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 Kids who post videos on YouTube are certainly not representative of kids in general. For sure not, but like so many other forums, sure can seem like it when they are the ones always in your face. About the Jaguar controllers... they are just fine. Better than fine really. Very high quality and comfortable to these hands and I think the keypad/overlay was a great idea. Allowed for much greater complexity in games - something that would logically go hand in hand (no pun intended) with an "interactive multimedia system". No doubt a lot of kids today just do not have the experience, knowledge and background of history that some of these legacy consoles command. It's kind of funny watching them fumble about and make total asses out of themselves on the internet. Just too bad so many of the goofballs are highly visible. You've all heard the saying before about the wheel and the grease. I just chalk it up to some cheap and mediocre entertainment at best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagitekAngel Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 In high school I found it mildly amusing when emo kids decided the NES was cool again, dug out their old toasters from the basement, and made sure everyone on their Myspace knew they were playing "the oldschool classics", while listening to Senses Fail or something similarly whiny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Videogamecollector123 Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 can I get a link to that video you mentioned? I want to see it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herbarius Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 Yes, I too want to see the video with the "game program version" of Space Invaders Almost sounds like that intentional BS the guy from Classic Game Room uses Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disjaukifa Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 Yes, I too want to see the video with the "game program version" of Space Invaders Almost sounds like that intentional BS the guy from Classic Game Room uses I'd like to see it as well, I have been looking for it on youtube but have yet to find it, if I do I will post the link. -Disjaukifa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fischer500 Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 Well, I guess I'm a weird kid then. LOL, I'm 12 and I think my 2600 kicks the heck out of my Xbox. I'll take q-Bert over Call of duty anytime. EVER. lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disjaukifa Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 Well, I guess I'm a weird kid then. LOL, I'm 12 and I think my 2600 kicks the heck out of my Xbox. I'll take q-Bert over Call of duty anytime. EVER. lol. Hey nothing weird with that!!! Welcome to the club. I have owned a 2600 since about the age of 15 and that was over 8 years ago!!! At that time I think Halo had just come out (jeez I'm getting old I can't remember . . .) and I would play the 2600 over my Xbox all the time! We're not saying kids are annoying, we're saying kids that do reviews that can't even get the facts right because they are to lazy are annoying -Disjaukifa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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