For no particular reason, I feel like going through some personal favourite Atari A to Z videos and sharing them with you all. Because Patreon is stupid and doesn't let you embed YouTube videos in the body of a post, click on the link in the text below the thumbnail to go to the video page on YouTube to watch it! And if you've never watched an Atari A to Z video before… why not make today your first time?
These are all from the first "season" of Atari A to Z, which is where I was still getting my bearings a bit, and before I'd figured out the current format and camera setup I have now. As such, these are all just gameplay footage with voiceover. I still have a soft spot for many of these videos, though, hence today's celebration.
Bruce Lee is one of my favourite Atari 8-bit games, and it still holds up really well today. It's an unusual combination of beat 'em up and platformer, with some tricky environmental traversal puzzles.
I played Juice long before I ever played QBert for the first time and thus have very fond memories of it! Of course, now I recognise it as a shameless QBert ripoff… but for my money, the more varied level layout still makes it a superior game.
I never, ever beat a level of Pharoah's Curse when I was a kid, but when revisiting it for the series, I finally did so! Life goal: achieved. Well, okay, maybe not, but I was still pleased.
Yoomp! is a great example of what the Atari 8-bit is capable of when in the hands of a talented modern programmer. Genuinely impressive stuff.
And finally… the creator of Zeppelin, known today as Cathryn Mataga, followed me on Twitter after I posted this video. I don't understand half the shit she tweets about — she seems to be super-into ham radio or something — but I was still honoured!
How about you? What are some of your favourites from what I've covered to date?
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