pjedavison Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 Kicking off a new series on YouTube that is really just my existing Atari 8-bit series rebranded slightly The400 Mini Show! I'm aiming to alternate between showcasing the built-in games of the system and other titles from the 8-bit's library that folks might want to load on to their system, with a priority on stuff that doesn't require too much keyboard control/controller remapping. Despite the graphical glitches with the built-in version of M.U.L.E., there's no way I wasn't kicking off the series with it, so here we go! 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjedavison Posted April 3 Author Share Posted April 3 Besides the built-in games, I'm also going to explore some stuff that folks might want to load onto a USB stick and enjoy on The400 Mini, both old and new. Today it's the turn of Binary Parasite, which I stumbled across while browsing some homebrew discussions on this very site. Great game that I like very much! Can imagine it gets exceedingly tricky in the later stages, though. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetmanUK Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 Hi, I headed over there and subscribed, I'll check your videos out tomorrow. ✌🏻 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjedavison Posted April 3 Author Share Posted April 3 33 minutes ago, JetmanUK said: Hi, I headed over there and subscribed, I'll check your videos out tomorrow. ✌🏻 Much appreciated, thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TampaBay Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 I've been a subscriber on YouTube for a while, your videos are great. I started watching your Atari A to Z set a while back. You ROCK at River Raid for Atari 8 bit. 😀 😀 I was laughing the other day, in the video you casually mentioned something about having one of the top River Raid scores on XBox or something. Ha, that's awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hwlngmad Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 On 4/1/2024 at 9:00 AM, pjedavison said: Kicking off a new series on YouTube that is really just my existing Atari 8-bit series rebranded slightly The400 Mini Show! I'm aiming to alternate between showcasing the built-in games of the system and other titles from the 8-bit's library that folks might want to load on to their system, with a priority on stuff that doesn't require too much keyboard control/controller remapping. Despite the graphical glitches with the built-in version of M.U.L.E., there's no way I wasn't kicking off the series with it, so here we go! 23 hours ago, pjedavison said: Besides the built-in games, I'm also going to explore some stuff that folks might want to load onto a USB stick and enjoy on The400 Mini, both old and new. Today it's the turn of Binary Parasite, which I stumbled across while browsing some homebrew discussions on this very site. Great game that I like very much! Can imagine it gets exceedingly tricky in the later stages, though. Checked out and commented on both videos the other day. Definitely looking forward to many, many videos on this series yet to come. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Torq Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 Checked out your (linked) M.U.L.E. video. Very enjoyable! And I learned things about the game I'd either long-since forgotten - or somehow never picked up from the manual back in my teenage years (I wasn't big on reading manuals back then). Never ever thought I'd watch a video of someone else playing through a game (snippets of gameplay in a broader context notwithstanding) - that I could just fire up and play myself - much less that I'd like it. But it was a surprisingly "zen" experience. Now to see what else is there! Subscribed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjedavison Posted April 4 Author Share Posted April 4 34 minutes ago, Torq said: Checked out your (linked) M.U.L.E. video. Very enjoyable! And I learned things about the game I'd either long-since forgotten - or somehow never picked up from the manual back in my teenage years (I wasn't big on reading manuals back then). Never ever thought I'd watch a video of someone else playing through a game (snippets of gameplay in a broader context notwithstanding) - that I could just fire up and play myself - much less that I'd like it. But it was a surprisingly "zen" experience. Now to see what else is there! Subscribed. That's great to hear, thanks. I've experimented with different formats over the last few years, but the one I consistently enjoy doing the most is just playing something and chatting with the audience in the role of "invisible friend". Its comforting for me too -- makes me long for days gone by when I'd sit in front of the computer with a pal and we'd try to figure out all sorts of games, to varying degrees of success. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MrFish Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 2 hours ago, pjedavison said: ...when I'd sit in front of the computer with a pal and we'd try to figure out all sorts of games, to varying degrees of success. Oh, I guess you'd lost your manuals too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjedavison Posted April 5 Author Share Posted April 5 9 hours ago, MrFish said: Oh, I guess you'd lost your manuals too. ...Yeah. Lost. That was definitely the problem. For some reason, my Dad and brother could never "find" them at the "Computer Club" they used to attend and get all our games from. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MrFish Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 13 hours ago, pjedavison said: ...Yeah. Lost. That was definitely the problem. For some reason, my Dad and brother could never "find" them at the "Computer Club" they used to attend and get all our games from. Manuals to all the games that came (on many menu disks) with the used 1050's I bought (in 1985) apparently got lost too. Lost manuals seems to have been some sort of an epidemic back then. Seeing that the previous owner was into BBS'ing, he probably didn't have time to keep track of all the original manuals that came with these validly-purchased games of his. He's seems to have misplaced the original disks for the majority of these too. It's alright; all has been forgiven... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjedavison Posted April 5 Author Share Posted April 5 (edited) 3 hours ago, MrFish said: Manuals to all the games that came (on many menu disks) with the used 1050's I bought (in 1985) apparently got lost too. Lost manuals seems to have been some sort of an epidemic back then. Seeing that the previous owner was into BBS'ing, he probably didn't have time to keep track of all the original manuals that came with these validly purchased games of his. He's seems to have misplaced the original disks for the majority of these too. It's alright; all has been forgiven... I do actually have a ring binder of photocopied manuals for some games, but definitely only a minority of the stuff we had in The Disk Boxes. I've kept up the tradition by printing out manuals for more complex games and/or those that used the manual for supplementary material/copy protection (hi, Infocom) in some more ring binders. With the absurd prices of retro computer software on eBay, it strikes a balance between having the cool physical stuff and not having to make scalpers rich. I did buy a boxed copy of Temple of Apshai Trilogy for cheap a while back. It was cheap because the label had fallen off the disk so the seller wasn't sure if it was the right one, haha. Everything else was immaculate. And it was the right disk. Edited April 5 by pjedavison Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MrFish Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 17 minutes ago, pjedavison said: I do actually have a ring binder of photocopied manuals for some games, but definitely only a minority of the stuff we had in The Disk Boxes. I got so many games/disks with the 1050's I bought back then (hundreds, which I'm sure he downloaded BBS'ing) that I wasn't too concerned about the few I couldn't figure out. I found out we occasionally missed a few features in some games, since they were still quite playable without them. One game we didn't figure out was MULE; we loved the intro, music, animation, etc.; but never messed around with it enough to figure out what was up with gameplay. Just booted it up now and again to have a look at everything and poke around. I wasn't in contact with any other Atari 8-bit computer fans back then; so I had no resource for manuals. All questions have been answered by now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjedavison Posted April 10 Author Share Posted April 10 Time for Bristles! Considerably more fun than watching paint dry... but also a tad more difficult. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjedavison Posted April 11 Author Share Posted April 11 yes, I am someone who will happily do a Let's Play of a text adventure. (In fact adventures are some of my favourite games to do videos of!) Let's Moonmist! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hwlngmad Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 On 4/10/2024 at 6:18 AM, pjedavison said: Time for Bristles! Considerably more fun than watching paint dry... but also a tad more difficult. 2 hours ago, pjedavison said: yes, I am someone who will happily do a Let's Play of a text adventure. (In fact adventures are some of my favourite games to do videos of!) Let's Moonmist! Great stuff as always. I am very much enjoying this new series. Take care and I look forward to many more videos yet to come. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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