@@MagnaRyuuDesigns Can't have been, we didn't see Kirk's home until the second movie. I currently cannot check my Blu-Rays of the second and third movies (which have Kirk's birthday party in his home in the 2nd movie, and the wake for Spock and Kirk and Sarek trying to figure out where Spock stashed a copy of his soul in the third), but I did find a couple of stills that have the computer in the background. It looks like a PET in silhouette.
Rossmann and Connery were great. Murray could use a little work. I thought for sure you would remember it was Shatner because that one is right in your wheelhouse, too. Waiting for the Best of Ben compilation of impressions.
I love how for another TH-camr this would've been 4 videos: Part1: I got this computer to fix! Part2: Fixing the computer. Part3: Playing games on the fixed computer. Part4: My thoughts about fixing the old computer. But Ben does just 1 and its better than those 4 combined.
No non-sense kinda guy who is still a child at heart. This guy will make an incredible employee, and if you break him a door-stop. He probably enjoys being self-employed better and looks like his cat is currently curing his depression from who knows what?
You know I heard Lord British still responds to the "Report thy victory to Lord British" letters. I'm almost done with V again...I'd love to have him acknowledge it!
Space Harrier was cool because the arcade version ran on 2x Motorola 68000CPUs with a Z80 operating as the sound controller. So backporting it to something with roughly the performance of the sound controller was a good feat...
I'll say this much about David Murray- he did the thing I asked if you could do for fun, the thing about putting an analog joystick on a C64 and proving it would work with an Atari 2600 the same way if anyone were crazy enough to write a game to take advantage of it. Though he just adapted a game port controller to the joy port and never implemented the up and down directions as extra buttons. That was super cool to see a proof.
Thanks Ben, always entertaining ! Those 3D games were maybe using special hardware specific features, otherwise i can't see how the 6502 or Z80 i remember could do ?
The FREDDIE chip can be easily replaced by a bunch of 74HCT logic chips. There is a PCB with a footprint of DIL40 which has all the needed chips (SMD version obviously) on it. Of course, you may also use GAL/CPLD, as the equations are known.
Great repair, I was amazed at the 3D games being shown, especially that 2017 remade version. My 286 definitely wouldn't have done that! Basketball looked pretty cool too though. Good point about recycling those IDE cables in the beginning, I think I've sworn not to buy wire again since I've got bags of all kinds collected in the attic by now (rental)
I don't think aloof describes David at all. I think "blunt", "unfiltered" perhaps even "nerdy" might be more accurate. He wouldn't argue with any of these sentiments. He probably wouldn't argue aloof either, but again I don't think that's accurate based on my personal experiences. I've been to his home more than once, met up at various meets, met his wonderful wife and awesome daughter. I can tell you they are extremely gracious, engaging and welcoming. He also takes criticism very well and shows interests in a very large range of topics.
@@domramseyI don't want to get deep here, but 8-bit guy is not liberal-hating. I don't think this is private, but he voted for Joe Biden. I might say that the most non-liberal thing about David might be that he's a firm believer of the 2nd Amendment. Why would that bother you? It is a constitutional right after all. Moral of this story? Don't assume you know someone based on what you "think" you see or "think" you know. I'll bow out of this now.
@@willierants5880 He kept the video responding to criticisms unlisted, that shows that he doesn't take it well. Even if he is knowledgeable his execution is usually half baked. I will still watch his content though.
Aside from the understandably limited color, it's easily the smoothest, best sounding and closest to arcade gameplay that I've seen from a pre 32X port.
Watched your video on the Mario's Cement Factory repair and the deal with the polarized films a couple of days ago. (I think I still might own the Game and Watch version.) Yesterday I go to pick up my prescription sunglasses, and when I go outside while wearing them, the world looks all surreal and funky. Went back to the store to discover that the lenses were oriented incorrectly when they cut them out, so they weren't both polarized in the same direction. It made for a strange effect, and a strange coincidence that that happened right after I watched your video.
Everytime I get one of these in, they sell so fast I barley get time to enjoy it!!! XE is a cool system!!!lol the easter atari I've also heard it called cause the pastel color buttons. Ty ben always joy to watch, I always learn, lol & crack up , cute cat, I have a tabby too!!!!🤣🤣
I remember this thing coming out when I was a kid and I wanted one so bad. I had an Atari ST 520STFM at the time and was enticed by the look of the XE. It looked so much more futuristic and streamlined back then to my young impressionable eyes. Those big ass buttons on the front really sold it for me. I think it was because I was a kid and the buttons looked like sweets (refreshers to be honest). Seeing this these days though.....I still want one soooo bad how cool is that? :D
Didn't think I'd be watching a game of Ballblazer today! Back in the 80s my nephew always wanted to play with me but he was too young and couldn't control it very well so I would give him a joystick, set him up as a droid and then I would play against "him".
when I was a wee little one, in the 80s, just after our 7800 died, we got one of these as an entry level computer... and then I think my mother had us replace it with a commodore 64.
Oh man Ballblazer was so well done.. and rescue on fractals (behind jaggie lines). when I was a kid i remember i took a vacuum cleaner motor and put a counterweight on the shaft and mounted it to my chair so my chair would vibrate when i played Rescue on fractals 🤣... i've read everything i could find about lucasfilm games... Loren Carpenter did the fractal work on fractals he also did the fractal seen star trek wrath of khan movie.
I used an XEGS as a donor for a dual POKEY mod on my 130XE. It was an odd machine; a friend of mine had one, and I think it came with Missile Command built in and subLOGIC Flight Simulator 2 as a pack-in cartridge, both of which felt like weird choices; MC is terrible without a trackball, and FS2 was... let's be charitable, and just say it was not a particularly well optimised port. I don't recall ever playing a game that used the gun, but interestingly it did work like a light pen - LPENH and LPENV (memory locations 565 and 565) contain the coordinates.
Oh nice! I almost bought one of these a few days ago, but I don't really have a nostalgic connection to Atari stuff, so I made the right choice and skipped it. But! Now I can watch this video instead! 👌🏻😁
7:03 "I need to go to Staples and buy some paper clips" I DIE THERE HAHAHAHAHA
don't forget your dremmel to open the case
Ben throwing lot's of shade for someone thinking he's the first person inside something 34 years old.
I almost rolled of the couch laughing 😂🤣😂🤣
So you and that IBM prototype have something in common. 😃
William Shatner did the Vic-20 commercials.
Can't believe Ben passed up a chance to do a Shatner impersonation. "Why buy... just... a video game?"
@@snoballuk"From the...tambourine...man!"
There was even a Vic--20 in the Kirk's home(?) in the first Star Trek movie
@@MagnaRyuuDesigns Can't have been, we didn't see Kirk's home until the second movie. I currently cannot check my Blu-Rays of the second and third movies (which have Kirk's birthday party in his home in the 2nd movie, and the wake for Spock and Kirk and Sarek trying to figure out where Spock stashed a copy of his soul in the third), but I did find a couple of stills that have the computer in the background. It looks like a PET in silhouette.
@@evensgrey my bad i miss remembered it was actually a PET-2001 in Star Trek 2
"I remember this being better."
That's me for like every game that's over 20 years old.
That Louis rossmann impression was so perfect I thought it was a recording of him for a second LOL
Rossmann and Connery were great. Murray could use a little work. I thought for sure you would remember it was Shatner because that one is right in your wheelhouse, too. Waiting for the Best of Ben compilation of impressions.
He also does the Steve ration guy impression and it's spot on. LGR is also great.
Hey everybody!
I love how for another TH-camr this would've been 4 videos:
Part1: I got this computer to fix!
Part2: Fixing the computer.
Part3: Playing games on the fixed computer.
Part4: My thoughts about fixing the old computer.
But Ben does just 1 and its better than those 4 combined.
No non-sense kinda guy who is still a child at heart. This guy will make an incredible employee, and if you break him a door-stop. He probably enjoys being self-employed better and looks like his cat is currently curing his depression from who knows what?
Ben's tisim was flaring up pretty good in this video. lol
I'm almost certain he filmed this video stoned
Your Sean Connery impression is glorious.
It's Darell Hammond from SNL's Celebrity Jeopardy.
Spot on!
@@Hellwyck "schuck it trebeck!"
@@Hellwyck "I'll play your game you rogue!"
Ben mocking 8bitguy mocking Ben. It's getting too meta for me.
Damn you Ben Heck! That Christmas song is stuck in my head now. The only cure is a night of heavy drinking.
A cat got caught in wires and was adorable. Also, some guy fixed a computer or something.
Is a dig at 8-bit every episode the new running joke? Because I love it.
Is this just two guys goofing around or is there a some real reason for the digs at David's expense?
8-bit can suck it
@@bittersweetjesus I don't particularly like him but that's a little strong.
@@bittersweetjesus that's not very nice. The dude's house got destroyed in that blizzard.
@@StevenS757 His house was "destroyed" because he didn't turn his water off.
That amazing ball-blazer tune, how many times i must have fired up this game just to listen to that music only.
It goes on and on randomly generated.
The I-don't-care ESD strategy is close to my heart!
I subscribe to the school of “pray that I’m not charged”
The I-don't-wear-a-seatbelt-because-I-never-got-an-accident strategy is also close to your heart?
@@Okurka. The relative consequences are rather different...
I'm always careful with ESD sensitive stuff, I almost always resist the urge to rub my cat on them.
@@_Piers_ Right, car accidents usually don't kill you...
Crazy how well a system from 1979 performs. The video and sound on that thing are impressive.
@@connorsteffan9969 But the platform is still the same as the original machine. Basically just a different case and cost-optimized PCB.
It was about the time Ben did the Ultima VIII reference that I realised these are my people
After playing I-V, I quit Ultima at VI in disgust as a kid for having a cheat code built in 😹 I should play the others.
@@JonBailey VIII was my first introduction so even though it's a bit flawed it still feels super special to me
You know I heard Lord British still responds to the "Report thy victory to Lord British" letters. I'm almost done with V again...I'd love to have him acknowledge it!
I love what the edibles have been doing to your brain. Never stop never stopping.
Wow. That Space Harrier is AMAZING for that machine... :O
Holy cow, Bud is getting big! 😺
Pushing 12 pounds at 11 months old.
Yes, he has definitely put on some weight.
He's been eating his Friskies!!
Now I want to buy Ben's Christmas album.
The soothing sound of a crazy person raving on the top deck of the last bus home after a night on the town.
Never change Ben.
Space Harrier was cool because the arcade version ran on 2x Motorola 68000CPUs with a Z80 operating as the sound controller. So backporting it to something with roughly the performance of the sound controller was a good feat...
Yes but he forgot about the 32X version of the game which was fantastic, and near arcade perfect.
@@CommodoreFan64 That's completely understandable though, as everyone tries to forget that the 32X even existed.
I love the songs. "Do you hear what I hear" is one of your best.
Your Jack Tramiel song had me in stitches! Good stuf!
Thanks for all the vids ben. I have learned a lot from them. Much appreciated dood
I was not expecting a Pagan reference! Poor Ultima, died a terrible death
I loved the Rossman video you made.
+1 like for the damn good Sean Connery impression.
How he is doing that, it's so amazing
Wow, great video. The Ballblazer game duel at the end was even more fun. I loved the game back on the C64. :D
I woke up today thinking it would suck
Then Ben Heck uploads... so it cant be entirely bad
came for the electronic repairs, stayed for the singing
I think we can all say we stayed for the cat :)
I am actually amazed at those frame rates.
Just when I ran out of videos to watch Ben Heck saves the day with a new upload 😂
Nintendo has a toy robot, but Atari has a full keyboard for playing advanced video games
Love your enthusiasm while you're playing Ballblazer. Well, just about all of your enthusiasm :)
That homebrew Space Harrier is pretty amazing.
Thanks Ben. Space Harrier looked amazing on it.
That Space Harrier homebrew blew my mind!
I'll say this much about David Murray- he did the thing I asked if you could do for fun, the thing about putting an analog joystick on a C64 and proving it would work with an Atari 2600 the same way if anyone were crazy enough to write a game to take advantage of it. Though he just adapted a game port controller to the joy port and never implemented the up and down directions as extra buttons. That was super cool to see a proof.
+1 for weird Ben Heck pronunciation of "anti-aliasing". :p
Thanks Ben, always entertaining ! Those 3D games were maybe using special hardware specific features, otherwise i can't see how the 6502 or Z80 i remember could do ?
The FREDDIE chip can be easily replaced by a bunch of 74HCT logic chips. There is a PCB with a footprint of DIL40 which has all the needed chips (SMD version obviously) on it. Of course, you may also use GAL/CPLD, as the equations are known.
I came here for Indiana Jones quotes and Ben's rendition of hits from the 80s and instead I get Weird Al's Atari Christmas Caroling
Great repair, I was amazed at the 3D games being shown, especially that 2017 remade version. My 286 definitely wouldn't have done that! Basketball looked pretty cool too though. Good point about recycling those IDE cables in the beginning, I think I've sworn not to buy wire again since I've got bags of all kinds collected in the attic by now (rental)
Sean Connery, Jack Tramiel Christmas songs, and Budblazer at the end, this one has it all! lol
Thanks for the video. Would have liked to see more of the light gun.
8bit guy & the paperclip was epic.
But can you program attack of the pepsi bots? 😂
(Much love though, 8 Bit Guy)
3:00 Aloof. That is the perfect descriptor for the 8 Bit Guy
I don't think aloof describes David at all. I think "blunt", "unfiltered" perhaps even "nerdy" might be more accurate. He wouldn't argue with any of these sentiments. He probably wouldn't argue aloof either, but again I don't think that's accurate based on my personal experiences. I've been to his home more than once, met up at various meets, met his wonderful wife and awesome daughter. I can tell you they are extremely gracious, engaging and welcoming. He also takes criticism very well and shows interests in a very large range of topics.
I'm not sure 'aloof' is how I would describe his liberal-hating public gun-toting rant.
@@domramseyI don't want to get deep here, but 8-bit guy is not liberal-hating. I don't think this is private, but he voted for Joe Biden. I might say that the most non-liberal thing about David might be that he's a firm believer of the 2nd Amendment. Why would that bother you? It is a constitutional right after all. Moral of this story? Don't assume you know someone based on what you "think" you see or "think" you know. I'll bow out of this now.
@@willierants5880 He kept the video responding to criticisms unlisted, that shows that he doesn't take it well. Even if he is knowledgeable his execution is usually half baked. I will still watch his content though.
@@willierants5880 Did you not see the gun video?
Besides the Sega 32x this Atari version of space harrier is probably the best port. I still can't believe how smooth the scaling is..
Aside from the understandably limited color, it's easily the smoothest, best sounding and closest to arcade gameplay that I've seen from a pre 32X port.
The last Atari 8-bit computer made was the 800XE, but it was only available in Europe. Great video!
On the other hand, 800XE was not a new design, just a rebadged 65XE with full ECI. Or a 130XE with half the RAM.
Watched your video on the Mario's Cement Factory repair and the deal with the polarized films a couple of days ago. (I think I still might own the Game and Watch version.) Yesterday I go to pick up my prescription sunglasses, and when I go outside while wearing them, the world looks all surreal and funky. Went back to the store to discover that the lenses were oriented incorrectly when they cut them out, so they weren't both polarized in the same direction. It made for a strange effect, and a strange coincidence that that happened right after I watched your video.
It's the same reason it can be hard to read your phone with sunglasses on.
i watch your videos partially for the tech.... but mostly for the commentary and the caricatures. :) oh yes... and the singing lol
Nicely done! BTW Space Harrier on the 32x is arcade perfect.
Space Harrier is really impressive on that system!
Props for using the word "aloof".
Yo i love ur videos you are the best!!I love you
Love the videos!
The dentist that gave you that free toothbrush: "Now I can see why he is getting cavities."
lol a true OG in the game, yet undersubscribed, so now he's on a mission of growth
Cool, I always loved b blazer. Your Samsung looks like it has geometry issues, you should do an episode on tuning it up!
I don't do the voice, but I do tut contemptuously when he says "sodder" :)
Aloof is a good word to describe the Bit guy from Texas. I enjoy his videos but I suspect he would be difficult to be friends with.
Everytime I get one of these in, they sell so fast I barley get time to enjoy it!!! XE is a cool system!!!lol the easter atari I've also heard it called cause the pastel color buttons. Ty ben always joy to watch, I always learn, lol & crack up , cute cat, I have a tabby too!!!!🤣🤣
Oh my goodness, Bud has got ENORMOUS! :O
I remember having the beta version of Ballblazer called Ballblaster. Also had Behind Jaggi Lines that was changed to Rescue on Fractalus. Good times!
man that ballblazer game was intense. tron level stuff
Best singing retro tech repairman in the Universe does it again!
THE comments when Ben uploads
YEAH BABY LETS GO
Just "go ahead" and "sodor" those "dry rotted" connections 😂
David is probably just having a laugh at Ben's teasing. David is not really the kind of guy to joke but he's the kind of guy who can take a good joke.
I love the was ben says "nice!"
This is a good video with great memes also
I remember this thing coming out when I was a kid and I wanted one so bad. I had an Atari ST 520STFM at the time and was enticed by the look of the XE. It looked so much more futuristic and streamlined back then to my young impressionable eyes. Those big ass buttons on the front really sold it for me. I think it was because I was a kid and the buttons looked like sweets (refreshers to be honest). Seeing this these days though.....I still want one soooo bad how cool is that? :D
Imagine getting a reskinned Atari 800 10 years after it's release.
Didn't think I'd be watching a game of Ballblazer today! Back in the 80s my nephew always wanted to play with me but he was too young and couldn't control it very well so I would give him a joystick, set him up as a droid and then I would play against "him".
I have never seen someone more enthusiastic about that game! lol
This might be the last console I don’t own but still want to own.
when I was a wee little one, in the 80s, just after our 7800 died, we got one of these as an entry level computer... and then I think my mother had us replace it with a commodore 64.
The 9-bit dude!
I’m saving this ball blazer section for my children.
That homebrew game really reminds me of "3d world runner" on the NES.
6:50 thats more like Big Clive when he's "trying" whiskey (i.e. getting loaded)
I love the fact Ben is slowly slipping into madness 😄😄😄😄👍
That ship has sailed son!
Leave 8-Bit Guy alone. He’s too busy having multiple final unboxing videos to put up with this.
GOOED STUFF! :)
I can watch for awhile & then know without a shadow of a doubt that's Ben Heck..
You made the paperclip joke...YES! LMAO! XD
Oh man Ballblazer was so well done.. and rescue on fractals (behind jaggie lines). when I was a kid i remember i took a vacuum cleaner motor and put a counterweight on the shaft and mounted it to my chair so my chair would vibrate when i played Rescue on fractals 🤣... i've read everything i could find about lucasfilm games... Loren Carpenter did the fractal work on fractals he also did the fractal seen star trek wrath of khan movie.
Ah yes, the paperclip situation. That was the day I decided 8 bit guy was to be considered harmful to retro hardware.
It really shows where the Atari ST heritage came from.
If you see it that way, the design came from the ST, but the 800 hardware was continued in the amiga.
The testing of the Atari Vs Cat to see if he can break it to repair the failure for the future...
Nice fix
Balblazer music is so good
I still have my XEGS and it still works!
After this, I found your video playing ballblazer on an Atari 800 Laptop
So Ben was humming the theme to Blakes 7 while playing space harrier !
15:10
Son:look mom no cartridge. The future of gaming.
who knew that a grown man could enjoy his childhood games
When Ben talked about his cavities it was making me think of Red Foreman "I went to the dentist and that sadistic son of a bitch found two cavities"
I used an XEGS as a donor for a dual POKEY mod on my 130XE. It was an odd machine; a friend of mine had one, and I think it came with Missile Command built in and subLOGIC Flight Simulator 2 as a pack-in cartridge, both of which felt like weird choices; MC is terrible without a trackball, and FS2 was... let's be charitable, and just say it was not a particularly well optimised port. I don't recall ever playing a game that used the gun, but interestingly it did work like a light pen - LPENH and LPENV (memory locations 565 and 565) contain the coordinates.
His amazing technical knowledge is such a stark contrast to his lighthearted character 😂
Oh nice! I almost bought one of these a few days ago, but I don't really have a nostalgic connection to Atari stuff, so I made the right choice and skipped it. But! Now I can watch this video instead! 👌🏻😁