gamergirly
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The golf stuff and the game and watch boxing had us crying. Never change nerd lol
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Angry Video Game Nerd
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The baseball game, that when he uses the catcher because he couldn't use the fielders, was one of my favorite games on Atari 2600.
I remember you can chose the fileders by pressing the stick on one direction and pressing the button. Pressing twice if you wanted an outfielder.
You could do strange things with the ball when you were the pitcher. Really imposible throws. We called that cheating.
You could toggle base stealing with the difficulty selector on the console. I don't remember how to activate it, but maybe it was by keeping the button pressed and chosing a direction.
Maybe the only downfall was the length. 9 innings was too long for this game. And I don't remember if it could played vs AI
I remember you can chose the fileders by pressing the stick on one direction and pressing the button. Pressing twice if you wanted an outfielder.
You could do strange things with the ball when you were the pitcher. Really imposible throws. We called that cheating.
You could toggle base stealing with the difficulty selector on the console. I don't remember how to activate it, but maybe it was by keeping the button pressed and chosing a direction.
Maybe the only downfall was the length. 9 innings was too long for this game. And I don't remember if it could played vs AI
Davey Cakes
Member
Well, he did take a break from regular episodes while doing the Nerd movie (which is not exactly the same thing) and he has many other side projects, like movie reviews, Monster Madness, etc.
For what it's worth, I thought this review was funny. Not really in-depth, but simple and to the point, giving a gist for the games. He doesn't approach every review in this manner.
There was plenty of swearing and uncalled for anger, which are part of the Nerd schtick.
Shadow Hog
Member
IIRC Kyle Justin decided to quit the music business or stop working with James Rolfe or something. Hence the skeleton behind the couch in "Schwarzenegger Games": he won't be coming back.
But yeah, it did seem kinda jarring.
Does he have some rights over that theme and is pissed off at James? Nothing can stop the AVGN to just reuse the same theme again and again even if he decided to quit.
Diablohead
Member
will have to watch this once I get home from work, sounds like a good ep!
Fox Mulder
Member
Kyle was in the video store memories video that went up recently.
I liked it.
I found it odd that he kinda just lumped NBA Jam in with all the other sports games.
...does he not know what NBA Jam is or something?
I mean it's a basketball game where you can leap 300 feet into the air and slam dunk a flaming basketball so hard it shatters the backboard, all while playing as Bill Clinton.
Course maybe that's the joke and it just flew over my head.
I found it odd that he kinda just lumped NBA Jam in with all the other sports games.
...does he not know what NBA Jam is or something?
I mean it's a basketball game where you can leap 300 feet into the air and slam dunk a flaming basketball so hard it shatters the backboard, all while playing as Bill Clinton.
Course maybe that's the joke and it just flew over my head.
I liked it. I don't watch a lot of video reviews, so this is the first time I've seen him cover something I saw covered elsewhere first (one of the first Lazy Game Reviews was 2600 sports games), but it was still a fun episode. I need to get dvd sets 5 and 6, I love just putting these on while I'm doing stuff away from my computer.
evilromero
Member
Ha. Awesome. It's great to see him to more pre-NES stuff.
Yeah I've played Atari Boxing before and it's pretty fun.
The only other Atari sports game I've played was hockey and it's okay.
Muffdraul
Member
Perhaps a bit too young, from the sound of it. Not to mention, some people consider Uncharted boring today.
And wait... they had an Atari 2600 set up in a pizza parlor?
Fox Mulder
Member
yeah, it's fun to see people play these old games, since I just can't get into them. The atari was before my time, and the oldest I can go back is the NES that I grew up with.
Shadow Hog
Member
To my understanding, this is actually true.
Seraphis Cain
bad gameplay lol
You guys do realize that this video went up on Cinemassacre like two weeks ago, right? Kyle Justin isn't pissed at James at all.
(Starts at 1:45 for the impatient among GAF.)
Fuck ya it did.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6L1sWZCeCgw
But Coleco had ... THIS:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTYi53m5SA8
ElectricBlanketFire
Member
The vibe I got was that he genuinely doesn't care about sports at all (i.e. the line about not knowing who John Madden was).
Though it may have just been him "in character."
Shadow Hog
Member
That was only one of the two scenarios I'd heard; is he still composing?
R
Rösti
Unconfirmed Member
Just to bring some more information to the copyright, here's what is in the records of the United States Copyright Office:
As if he is still making music I don't know, but he hasn't got any new copyright since 2006. On another but related topic, I also saw this:
It obviously is something related to the feature film due to the title, but I wonder what exactly it is. "And the Atari Landfill" is most likely a working title.
Muffdraul
Member
I'd say the only area Intellivision didn't kick Atari's ass was in big name franchises and licenses.
Rösti;45550959 said:
Probably the working title of the script... IIRC it was written about 2008.
Registering it in 2011 as part of the movie run-up makes sense.
Also, most songwriters will only register songs with ASCAP, BMI, or SESAC, and not file a formal copyright request (since that's automatically done when you write a song).
firehawk12
Subete no aware
With his apparently unlimited number of shitty games, seems like he has enough to do this until he is an old man. But i doubt he'll go back to 1 episode a month.
BassForever
Member
He probably didn't put the intro on there because he wants to film a new hd version with Kyle and they haven't had time to do it yet
Darkmakaimura
Can You Imagine What SureAI Is Going To Do With Garfield?
This was a superb episode!
I always loved Activision better than Atari first party back then. Look at how all the sports games by Activision looked better. I loved their style and games, and Pitfall 2 is still my favorite 2600 game of all time. Capcom was also like the Activision of the NES during the NES days too.
I always loved Activision better than Atari first party back then. Look at how all the sports games by Activision looked better. I loved their style and games, and Pitfall 2 is still my favorite 2600 game of all time. Capcom was also like the Activision of the NES during the NES days too.
The Real Abed
Perma-Junior
Showbiz Pizza was Chuck E. Cheese's main competitor and eventually merged with them to save them from going under. Chuck E. Cheese was owned by Nolan Bushnell. The founder of Atari. Makes sense there'd be Atari games in either restaurant.
Buckethead
Banned
When he freaked out after scoring a touchdown... :jnc
Joe Shlabotnik
Banned
Intellivision Major League Baseball was good and all, but World Series Baseball was fucking RIDICULOUS for the time:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-sWAnzggW4
Play-by-play voice announcing. Camera angles. 1982.
Also distantly related, in a Kevin Bacon kind of way, to the MLB2K games.
DANG.
That had to have been mindblowing at the time. Impressive considering the system that it's on.
It has better commentary than some of the Maddens from this current gen. That's sad lol.
How the fuuuuuuuudge....
1982??? WHHAT?
Color palette aside, this game really nails it. An amazing granddaddy to today's games in the genre.
Oh, yes. With fighting minigame. And you could play Gradius in the midtime.
Amazing, must have been mind-blowing back then
Arjen
Member
Wow, what a nostalgia bomb, played almost all of those games when i was young.
Yeah i did, tons when i was a kid.
I could get those shots on par at one point, but in hindsight, yeah it was pretty awfull.
Yeah i did, tons when i was a kid.
I could get those shots on par at one point, but in hindsight, yeah it was pretty awfull.