Same here. I was just watching this video and I thought to myself Look. He's carrying the arrow backwards. I looked closer and then I was like Oh wait. It's a sword. I guess simple graphics can be tricky.
Let's remember that without this game (which is in fact the Father/Grandfather of all adventure games, as well as being the first game to ever have an Easter Egg in a game), we would never have had masterpieces like The Legend Of Zelda. Praise to you great *Adventure* for the *Atari 2600.* Despite being 43 years old, you are still very popular with Retro enthusiasts.
Not really, the legend of zelda was truly the first adventure game. While being called adventure, it doesn't really feel like an adventure. That doesn't mean it's a bad game it just means that it didn't invent the adventure genre. Colossal Cave Adventure was the first releasing on 1976.
@@ASTR0TALKSPHILOSOPHY Correct. This Adventure was inspired by Colossal Cave Adventure. That said, no, Zelda has so many similarities to Adventure that it wouldn't be unreasonable to play Zelda's BGM during this video. Top-down; screen to screen; keys to open doors; dungeons/castles whose entrances are in the center of the screen; the very first thing you do in the game is collect a sword; _there's a bridge you can carry around and use to climb over walls._ As for the game's pedigree as an adventure game, you would know better if you were around to see it in 1980 but this game _was_ the standard bearer. Atari catalog manuals had a category called "adventure", which barely ever grew, since getting a game of this scope to run on that hardware was a unique challenge, but they absolutely understood that this game deserved its own category like that. You can truthfully say that Zelda, which came out six years later on hardware two generations removed from the 2600, was a _better_ adventure game, but preferring one game over the other doesn't mean you get to pretend Adventure wasn't there first.
@@Asterra2 No, they stopped making catalogs in late 1982! Maybe it has to do with sending fans Atari Age magazine which had ads for new games, or maybe they thought they could save a few pennies by taking catalogs out of unsold Pac-Man games and putting them in games released late 1982-3. If they had made a new catalog for late 1982, the Adventure Territory would have included _E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Raiders of the Lost Ark,_ and _Swordquest: Earthworld._ None are good games in my opinion. Even _Haunted House_ used 6 rooms for each of 4 screens instead of 24-30 screens like Adventure and Superman did, so could have been much better.
My God this takes me back. I remember how I loved to play this game when visiting my uncle and the 2 of us would play , well I did most of the playing while he advised and suggested. I miss you uncle Al , thank you for all the fun times and great memories.
I love this game I used to play it everyday as a kid and then when I was 16 I went through and completed everything secrets and all. People need to learn abt this game that are sticklers for graphics. This is a masterpiece to this day.
sticklers for graphics? the folks that think only graphics matter and that hyperrealism is the future, that we should be playing benchmarks instead of games?
@@lijohnyoutube101 I always thought they were seahorses when I first played the game but now that I know they are dragons this whole time i was totally wrong lol
Oh, yes, I remember getting around the 'one object at a time' limit by bumping two items along. And I hated when an object got stuck in the catacombs or a maze wall!
What's even worse is that every once in a while an object you need will get stuck in the secret room and you need to hide everything else until the bat finally retrieves it for you. And of course every once in a while the game will be unsolvable because of a circular dependency of keys in castles.
Adventure is my number one game of all time on the Atari 2600. I actually love everything about that game. Even though it's a game you get to master, it still remains somewhat challenging.
The Atari Vault collection has a random level generator for Adventure. I had the idea for it years ago and someone made it happen. The replay value is incredibly high with that option. Still one of my favorite games of all time.
@@lijohnyoutube101 A sprite is an image that can be displayed on the screen through hardware. The Atari had a low limit which is why you get all the flickering.
Awesome gameplay. This game has so much replay value because it's so chaotic and random and there's weird stuff happening all the time. Try using the bridge above the castles!
You used to be able to have the bat grab an item while in your possession and fly you through the full map. It was like in the Tron movie when they break out of the game. You used to also be able to unlock the castle gate while a dragon was present and lead it inside.
I used the "duping a dragon to go into a castle" trick many a time. I think the only way the bat would pick you up and carry you around though was if you had got eaten by a dragon. Then it would pick the dragon up and you would go along for the ride xD
An influential game ahead of its time! We wouldn't have countless games without this one including the brilliant Zelda franchise. Great to come back and see where it all started.
One of the amusing bugs in this game is if there were two dragons in a room and one swallowed the player, the second would continiously bite at the player trapped inside the first dragons belly. Kinda being trolled by the first dragon, much like a cat is trolled by a laser pen :)
I used to play that as I was like 5. This was from my dad I think, I never knew what a legend of a game that was tho. Great to see how much games come to
I would always beg to my brothers to let me play on their Atari when I was a kid and would say "I wanna play that duck game!" And they would get very confused.
An even harder level is level 3 with the difficulty switch on! Those dragons swallow you up the instant they bite. Very challenging for an old Atari game.
This game has so many possible anomalies. I've seen the bat fly with a castle key and lock itself inside... which breaks the game. I've also seen it lock ME inside with it.. like the white castle with no bridge item and I can't get the key back to leave. **Also, there is a little special item in the black castle that requires the bridge to get to. A little tiny, tiny dot. If you find it... bring it back towards the golden castle but 1 screen further to the right. There the barrier line on the right side of the screen should be flashing. Go up and over the barrier to the special room with the programmers name. - Atari 2600 owner since 1981
@@sandal_thong8631 Yes and no. It let's you out but not past the closed gate. I remember being stuck in the white castle and when I tried to leave the square (me) was at the top of the closed gate. All you can do is turn around and go back inside.
One of the many reasons to hate that bat lol It had many ways to soft lock the game. For me it was usually dropping the bridge off where I couldnt get to it. Something that was fun about the bat though was getting eaten by a dragon and then the bat picking the dragon up and flying all around the game with you in it lol
The paper game Dungeons and Dragons was huge at the time, so lots of video games were trying to capitalize on its success. Legend of Zelda was certainly a part of the line, but many games had to happen before Zelda was a thing. It was a fascinating and entertaining evolution, and still is. Elden Ring is perhaps the most recent iteration.
I loved this game and always will. Remember the secret dot in the upper labyrinth. It's been 40 yrs since I've played but remember it well. It was hauntingly amazing.
This is probably my favorite video game of all time (definitely #1 for the Atari). It never gets old. Back in the 90s someone made a greatly expanded DOS version called Indenture. What I would love to see would be an Atari Adventure Construction Set, where you can design your own levels, objects, and characters. Maybe one that supports multiple players split screen (or network on PC) but with the same simple 2600 block graphics and sounds. Make it programmable in simple dialect of BASIC, VB, JavaScript or Python (or support all languages) to script simple logic or behavior, make new rules (like a game of capture the flag, hide & seek, Pong/Breakout/Combat variants, etc.). Maybe make a shared world version like a simple 2-D Minecraft where people can host their own world off their PC that their friends can connect to. Why not :-) As is, Adventure rules, even and especially today!
Oh, man, that BAT! AARRGGG!!!! This game, although simple, has a very cleverly laid out screen pattern, making the best use of limited memory. And Warren Robinett's "name screen" will go down as the first "easter egg" in a video game. He answered an email i sent to him and talked a little about this. You can probably find it if you google his name. After Atari, Warren started "The Learning Company". JW3HH
@@jyutzler He made a lot of wrong turns in the blue maze which is baffling. I was around 8 when I first played this and had the route through there memorized by my 2nd play through. I also noticed during level two he constantly took the longer path to the white castle by always heading down and to the left which then required backtracing across a whole screen, where if he had gone down and to the right initially he would have been right next to the screen below the white castle.
Loved this game as a kid. Learning about the Easter egg from word of mouth was mind-blowing. I'm pretty sure Adventure is why I ended up loving From Software games, and why Dark Souls is my favorite game of all time.
@@psterud I remember the room that had the dot flashed sooner than other rooms, so something was different about it. I'm guessing I read about it, because I don't remember going around with the dot trying different things.
@@sandal_thong8631 Yeah, could very well be how we all learned about it. Someone needs to do a TH-cam video about how kids back then learned the secrets. Same goes for Raiders of the Lost Ark. That game, as I recall, was extremely cryptic and difficult to solve as a kid, but I finally managed to do it with some form of help.
@@psterud I don't think I learned anything on my own for all the times I played _Raiders of the Lost Ark._ Everything I did was in the manual, or later a walkthrough on the Internet. I didn't know kids could ask Atari for the walkthrough! It kept score but didn't really tell you the score, so you had to count dots on the manlift. It turns out using the grenade cost you points, but I didn't know. I got into text adventure games on computer after that and won Scott Adams's _Adventureland, Pirate's Cove,_ and _Voodoo Castle._ Those games told you when you gained (or lost) points. I almost won _Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy_ which my aunt and uncle had. Before I left, I opened the booklet that said "If you _really_ need a hint," but it was an order form for the hint book! I finally beat it years later online (no saves allowed), and it was very anticlimactic. "You opened the hatch to the planet! Look for the sequel!" or something like that. There never was a sequel. I missed that they'd included one timed-action event in _King's Quest V,_ which was a text adventure with graphic-interface, so bought the hint book for that one thing. You were supposed to throw the boot (or something) at the cat before it ran across the screen.
I mastered this game as a kid. I always played the most difficult level where the dragons were afraid of the sword & them made a more challenging to kill
i finally found this game omg. i used to play it ALL the time when i was little even tho i could never get past the black level. i think it’s in storage, i hope it’s not broken.
Man this gameplay got me rolling with excitement seeing the struggles to finish the second play through what a well designed game from a primitive and hardware limited of the Atari 2600 definitely the Godfather of Adventure games and truelly what led to Legend Of Zelda and so many others to follow its Blue Print of this game
@@AlanCanon2222 Was there really??? I only ever saw this game as a kid on those plug and play consoles with a bunch of classic atari games, I had no idea that there was a manual that came with it. Probably why I was never able to finish the game lol
GOAL: Recover the Holy Grail (*cue Monty Python music) Three castles, three keys, Gold (HOME) White, and Black. Three Dragons, Gold, Green, and RED. Gold dragon, slow, Green dragon, medium, Red dragon FAST. Magic BAT, that teaches children to curse at magic bats . . . Mr. Bat steals things - swaps them for fun, it doesn't matter what you have, he wants to take it. If he has something, he will drop it. Purple Bridge - crosses over the Labyrinth walls. Golden Sword - to slay dragons. Magic magnet - will pull sword, grail, keys, and bridge toward itself. Invisible Bit - one pixel dot that opens the wall to see the hidden Easter Egg signature of the Author. The Invisible bit is in the dark labyrinth in a room with no doors (you will know by the flashing objects) - use the Purple Bridge to enter the room in the middle and in the lower corner of the room you will bump into the Invisible Bit. You can only see it in the dark flickering rooms. The wall is one of the 'Line' walls in the hallways - the room farthest to the right of the Golden Castle . Yes, it is wonderful to find this secret item ! When returning to the Gold Castle, Carry the Grail above you, and when you place it in the golden Castle, the graphics are most beautiful, as the whole castle will flash in lovely colors... :-) Yay ! Pro Tip one: clear out what you need from white or black castle, then lock the bat inside the castle carefully. This takes skill, and the bat can not escape. Then the rest of the game is easier. Try to lock him inside the castle while he is carrying a dead dragon... two problems out of your way. Pro Tip two: Seek out and slay all three dragons first, then go after the grail. Pro Tip three: collect all items and lock them in the gold castle , careful where you put the gold key. Pro Tip four: You can lock a key inside it's own color castle, sealing it forever. While the gate is closing drop the key inside the gate. You are the most beautiful / handsome, bravest, strongest, most courageous Paladin Knight fearlessly facing the magical foes to find and save the Grail and return it back to the golden Throne. God's Speed, Sir Knight ! :-)
What was really exciting was to just take the key for the black castle charge in grab the chalice and make a mad dash for the gold castle with the dragons chasing you.
Lol I was thinking the same thing! I bought this at a pawn shop when I was a kid so didn't have the manual or anything, like wtf is this arrow for? haha! If I recall I think it took me a while to figure out you can move that passageway too lol! I was super young though ha. This was one of my favorites, but looks so boring now, and frustrating too, I was getting frustrated just watching him play lol!
Man, it has been forever since I played that game at the age of 12. LOL! I used to play the heck out of this. As well as other favorites like Yar's revenge, Joust, Pitfall, Demons to Diamonds just to name a few. Talk about taking a trip down memory lane. And a game my dad hated because the joysticks kept breaking when we would play, Decathlon. I can't forget ET. I could go on and on, but won't. ha ha ha! I so hated that bat. So many times I had the golden key to unlock the castle, and I was stuck in the maze with nowhere to run. The bat would come and trade me. It would tick me off so bad. LOL!! I loved getting eaten by a dragon as the bat was carrying the dragon. You would get a tour of the game, every area.
the best part was being eaten by a dragon and then being picked up by the bat to fly all through the different screens while being in the dragon's belly
I love this game. I wish there had been a sequel to it on the 2600 using the same graphics, but adding a little more to the "adventure", such as more monsters/creatures and items.
On the Atari Flashback 9 (Gold edition) there is original Adventure and Adventure 2 preloaded. I had never played the sequel before. It is more complex with water, hedge, fire, and ice castle levels. Same dragons, same bat, and yes, you’re still a square!
I think _Haunted House_ could have been better if it had 24 screens instead of 4 screens with 6 rooms each. I liked playing _Riddle of the Sphinx_ at a friend's home, which is a similar adventure. But didn't buy it for myself, until I got it on the cheap at the thrift store years later.
@@sandal_thong8631 Haunted House was a good game, although a bit too simple. Riddle of the Sphinx was an awesome game. We had both those games when I was little. One thing I loved about the 2600 is any time I went to a friend's or cousin's house they had games I had never heard of, so I was always discovering new games that I wouldn't have played otherwise.
Arent there some secrets where you could get through the vertical line blocks on the big horizontal walls? I remember some secret areas or something, but I dont remember how they worked.
Try to trap the bat inside a castle. If you can't, then leave each key inside its castle or the bat can pick it up, fly over the door and lock it, then fly far away with the key. And never enter the maze of the black castle without the sword.
Out of all the times dingbat dropped off a dragon for me, I never had it plop it right in front of Yellow Castle, nor have I ever seen a dragon ever camp there, including times they chased me there only to get myself eaten.
The title to this should have been called, “How to barely get through Adventure after getting pwned by every dragon, bumping my head on dead end after dead end and letting the 🦇 bat have his way with stealing every item I need right from under my nose 👃.”
Notice that in some areas the objects blink? I understand that happening when there are too many objects around, but these areas there were only two objects so why did it do that?
@@CCQ75 I know, it was my dads Atari which he handed down to me when I was younger. The game didn’t come out when I was kid, not by a long shot. I was the era of the DS and Wii.
@@smbsuperfan271 I see. Well 2011 was only ten years ago. That's nothing. Wait until you are in your 40's and you'll know what nostalgia really feels like. For people my generation It's rather funny to hear 20-year-old kids saying that they feel nostalgic. Haha
The guy is a noob! I remember this game 40 years ago I still remember exactly all those maps even when they were partially hidden. The guy should take the black bat with him in any castle so it can get objects you may need a drawbridge or fast sword skills with a red dragon to get. I use to glitch that game with that drawbridge all the time I found you could go to different parts of the game by going through walls of that bridge you weren't supposed to. Additionally, I remember being eaten by a dragon and being carried away by the bat and then you could still pick up objects whilst you were in the bat and dragon and you were dead!
30 years later I realized the arrow is a sword
Lol rite. I'm 53 and loved playing this as a kid
One of my kids used to call it a side anchor and I was like no no. I always realized it was a sword 🤷🏾♀️
What
Same. XD
Same here. I was just watching this video and I thought to myself Look. He's carrying the arrow backwards. I looked closer and then I was like Oh wait. It's a sword. I guess simple graphics can be tricky.
Let's remember that without this game (which is in fact the Father/Grandfather of all adventure games, as well as being the first game to ever have an Easter Egg in a game), we would never have had masterpieces like The Legend Of Zelda. Praise to you great *Adventure* for the *Atari 2600.* Despite being 43 years old, you are still very popular with Retro enthusiasts.
Not really, the legend of zelda was truly the first adventure game. While being called adventure, it doesn't really feel like an adventure. That doesn't mean it's a bad game it just means that it didn't invent the adventure genre. Colossal Cave Adventure was the first releasing on 1976.
@@ASTR0TALKSPHILOSOPHY Nerd.
Well, the first easter egg that hit mainstream attention
There's at least two games with easter eggs that predate Adventure
@@ASTR0TALKSPHILOSOPHY Correct. This Adventure was inspired by Colossal Cave Adventure. That said, no, Zelda has so many similarities to Adventure that it wouldn't be unreasonable to play Zelda's BGM during this video. Top-down; screen to screen; keys to open doors; dungeons/castles whose entrances are in the center of the screen; the very first thing you do in the game is collect a sword; _there's a bridge you can carry around and use to climb over walls._ As for the game's pedigree as an adventure game, you would know better if you were around to see it in 1980 but this game _was_ the standard bearer. Atari catalog manuals had a category called "adventure", which barely ever grew, since getting a game of this scope to run on that hardware was a unique challenge, but they absolutely understood that this game deserved its own category like that. You can truthfully say that Zelda, which came out six years later on hardware two generations removed from the 2600, was a _better_ adventure game, but preferring one game over the other doesn't mean you get to pretend Adventure wasn't there first.
@@Asterra2 No, they stopped making catalogs in late 1982! Maybe it has to do with sending fans Atari Age magazine which had ads for new games, or maybe they thought they could save a few pennies by taking catalogs out of unsold Pac-Man games and putting them in games released late 1982-3. If they had made a new catalog for late 1982, the Adventure Territory would have included _E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Raiders of the Lost Ark,_ and _Swordquest: Earthworld._ None are good games in my opinion. Even _Haunted House_ used 6 rooms for each of 4 screens instead of 24-30 screens like Adventure and Superman did, so could have been much better.
This was basically the legend of zelda before the legend of Zelda
That damned bat!! I played this for probably hundreds or thousands of hours as a kid.
Ditto
this game and pitfall was first games using RNG
I used to get eaten, then wait for the bat to come collect the dragon and fly us through the stages
I hated that bat!!!
I used to trap the bat inside the gold castle. Cuts down on the chaos!
My God this takes me back. I remember how I loved to play this game when visiting my uncle and the 2 of us would play , well I did most of the playing while he advised and suggested. I miss you uncle Al , thank you for all the fun times and great memories.
I love this game I used to play it everyday as a kid and then when I was 16 I went through and completed everything secrets and all. People need to learn abt this game that are sticklers for graphics. This is a masterpiece to this day.
sticklers for graphics? the folks that think only graphics matter and that hyperrealism is the future, that we should be playing benchmarks instead of games?
I played this endlessly as a kid. Loved it.
Did you win, son?
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It's different compared to the games I grew up with
What did you like about it?
Ditto!
@@chickensandwich9977It was pretty much the first game that you could ‘explore’ and that it was RPG like.
One of my favorite childhood games. The tension when you walked into a dark room to find a dragon flying at you and you're trying to escape!
Is that what those things are?
@@Strwwberry_milk What did you think they were?! And yes those dragons as a kid! The red dragon we would shriek!
@@lijohnyoutube101 I always thought they were seahorses when I first played the game but now that I know they are dragons this whole time i was totally wrong lol
Oh, yes, I remember getting around the 'one object at a time' limit by bumping two items along. And I hated when an object got stuck in the catacombs or a maze wall!
What's even worse is that every once in a while an object you need will get stuck in the secret room and you need to hide everything else until the bat finally retrieves it for you. And of course every once in a while the game will be unsolvable because of a circular dependency of keys in castles.
Adventure is my number one game of all time on the Atari 2600. I actually love everything about that game. Even though it's a game you get to master, it still remains somewhat challenging.
The Atari Vault collection has a random level generator for Adventure. I had the idea for it years ago and someone made it happen. The replay value is incredibly high with that option. Still one of my favorite games of all time.
Thank you for posting. Loved this game as a kid and even now.
I love how the game cant handle 4 sprites at once so it just cycles through what it displays on each frame lol
Original NES had a similar problem lol
@@Kyavata Yea. But the original NES had a faster frame-rate so you would not notice it.
Can you explain what this means?
@@lijohnyoutube101 lol
@@lijohnyoutube101 A sprite is an image that can be displayed on the screen through hardware. The Atari had a low limit which is why you get all the flickering.
Killing ducks with arrows is still my jam
Awesome gameplay. This game has so much replay value because it's so chaotic and random and there's weird stuff happening all the time. Try using the bridge above the castles!
You can.use the magnet to transpoty.keys sword to other rooms
My strategy is to trap the bat in the yellow castle. I HATE him with a passion lol
Yes, and you have to do it when the bat has no downward component to its flight pattern, or it can escape.
I'm 100% sure that everyone hates the bat in this game.
This game is still as amazing as the day it was released. I can't even imagine how such a complex game was crammed into such a small footprint.
You used to be able to have the bat grab an item while in your possession and fly you through the full map. It was like in the Tron movie when they break out of the game. You used to also be able to unlock the castle gate while a dragon was present and lead it inside.
I used the "duping a dragon to go into a castle" trick many a time. I think the only way the bat would pick you up and carry you around though was if you had got eaten by a dragon. Then it would pick the dragon up and you would go along for the ride xD
@@Nodd18 That's right!
4:28 : Wanna exchange a valuable key for a dead dragon? DEAL! LOL
Wait that’s a dragon ? I thought it was a duck
@@cringeman6912 I also thought it was a duck monster... for almost two decades.
@@randybray7558 me too haha
I honestly thought it was a seahorse
That bat is going to eat for weeks!
Despite the simple graphics, it has a nice saturation of elements to round it out.
Yes it does. It's a very well made game despite the limits of the system.
An influential game ahead of its time! We wouldn't have countless games without this one including the brilliant Zelda franchise. Great to come back and see where it all started.
OMG Best game EVER! Grew up on this game! Don't forget the secret room! When we found out there was a secret room it gave the game a whole new life!
The secret dot. I loved it.
When I was 10 years old this game was awesome...born in 69...lol
I wasn't born in 1969, but I hope I can live up to year 2069 lol
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I’m 12 as of now so I should be able to live that far
1969 here too. Original Atari rocked!
born in 70, I hear ya! This was our first Atari game after having Pong.
Me to but I was born 67
This game, for its time, was amazing
Strong Bad: "Someone get this frickin duck away from me!"
One of the amusing bugs in this game is if there were two dragons in a room and one swallowed the player, the second would continiously bite at the player trapped inside the first dragons belly. Kinda being trolled by the first dragon, much like a cat is trolled by a laser pen :)
Usually the second dragon will eat you right out of the first dragons stomach! Lol. Playing this right now in 2020 on my 2600 I had as a kid.
But if you move around in the belly second can't finish you off again
I used to play that as I was like 5. This was from my dad I think, I never knew what a legend of a game that was tho. Great to see how much games come to
I would always beg to my brothers to let me play on their Atari when I was a kid and would say "I wanna play that duck game!"
And they would get very confused.
wow! the third level really doesn’t mess around
An even harder level is level 3 with the difficulty switch on! Those dragons swallow you up the instant they bite. Very challenging for an old Atari game.
This game has so many possible anomalies. I've seen the bat fly with a castle key and lock itself inside... which breaks the game. I've also seen it lock ME inside with it.. like the white castle with no bridge item and I can't get the key back to leave.
**Also, there is a little special item in the black castle that requires the bridge to get to. A little tiny, tiny dot. If you find it... bring it back towards the golden castle but 1 screen further to the right. There the barrier line on the right side of the screen should be flashing. Go up and over the barrier to the special room with the programmers name.
- Atari 2600 owner since 1981
If you never sold your system … that is an amazing legacy!
I don't think you can get locked in a castle, I think it always lets you out.
@@sandal_thong8631 Yes and no. It let's you out but not past the closed gate. I remember being stuck in the white castle and when I tried to leave the square (me) was at the top of the closed gate. All you can do is turn around and go back inside.
One of the many reasons to hate that bat lol It had many ways to soft lock the game. For me it was usually dropping the bridge off where I couldnt get to it. Something that was fun about the bat though was getting eaten by a dragon and then the bat picking the dragon up and flying all around the game with you in it lol
Looks like the ancestor of Zelda to me.
The paper game Dungeons and Dragons was huge at the time, so lots of video games were trying to capitalize on its success. Legend of Zelda was certainly a part of the line, but many games had to happen before Zelda was a thing. It was a fascinating and entertaining evolution, and still is. Elden Ring is perhaps the most recent iteration.
I loved this game and always will. Remember the secret dot in the upper labyrinth. It's been 40 yrs since I've played but remember it well. It was hauntingly amazing.
Hard to believe I was entertained for a few hours playing this...Then we went outside.
8:15 The Duckdragon has killed himself!
suicide before it was suicide
I guess he saw the hero coming and decided he had nothing to lose 😄😄😄.
Thank you for putting this on....been wondering about this game for years....I loved it!
I used to play this on an Atari Plug and Play system and I've always thought that the dragons looked like ducks
I loved this game as a kid but it use to creep me tf out wen I played it by myself and them seahorses looking duck dragons gave me anxiety 😂
This is probably my favorite video game of all time (definitely #1 for the Atari). It never gets old. Back in the 90s someone made a greatly expanded DOS version called Indenture.
What I would love to see would be an Atari Adventure Construction Set, where you can design your own levels, objects, and characters. Maybe one that supports multiple players split screen (or network on PC) but with the same simple 2600 block graphics and sounds. Make it programmable in simple dialect of BASIC, VB, JavaScript or Python (or support all languages) to script simple logic or behavior, make new rules (like a game of capture the flag, hide & seek, Pong/Breakout/Combat variants, etc.). Maybe make a shared world version like a simple 2-D Minecraft where people can host their own world off their PC that their friends can connect to. Why not :-)
As is, Adventure rules, even and especially today!
In 1984 there was an Adventure Construction Set for Amiga, Apple II, MS-DOS and C-64.
Oh, man, that BAT! AARRGGG!!!!
This game, although simple, has a very cleverly laid out screen pattern, making the best use of limited memory. And Warren Robinett's "name screen" will go down as the first "easter egg" in a video game. He answered an email i sent to him and talked a little about this. You can probably find it if you google his name. After Atari, Warren started "The Learning Company".
JW3HH
Sixer: yeah I won
(Ice breaks and sixer dies)
Scholar: he lost
Such a great game! you really know your way around... I still get lost on the harder settings.
not really, he made lots of wrong turns that slowed him down by a few minutes
@@jyutzler He made a lot of wrong turns in the blue maze which is baffling. I was around 8 when I first played this and had the route through there memorized by my 2nd play through. I also noticed during level two he constantly took the longer path to the white castle by always heading down and to the left which then required backtracing across a whole screen, where if he had gone down and to the right initially he would have been right next to the screen below the white castle.
Loved this game as a kid. Learning about the Easter egg from word of mouth was mind-blowing. I'm pretty sure Adventure is why I ended up loving From Software games, and why Dark Souls is my favorite game of all time.
I can't remember if I figured it out myself, or did after reading about it in Atari Age magazine.
@@sandal_thong8631 I know! I don't know how I knew about it either. Either way, it wasn't straightforward.
@@psterud I remember the room that had the dot flashed sooner than other rooms, so something was different about it. I'm guessing I read about it, because I don't remember going around with the dot trying different things.
@@sandal_thong8631 Yeah, could very well be how we all learned about it. Someone needs to do a TH-cam video about how kids back then learned the secrets. Same goes for Raiders of the Lost Ark. That game, as I recall, was extremely cryptic and difficult to solve as a kid, but I finally managed to do it with some form of help.
@@psterud I don't think I learned anything on my own for all the times I played _Raiders of the Lost Ark._ Everything I did was in the manual, or later a walkthrough on the Internet. I didn't know kids could ask Atari for the walkthrough! It kept score but didn't really tell you the score, so you had to count dots on the manlift. It turns out using the grenade cost you points, but I didn't know.
I got into text adventure games on computer after that and won Scott Adams's _Adventureland, Pirate's Cove,_ and _Voodoo Castle._ Those games told you when you gained (or lost) points.
I almost won _Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy_ which my aunt and uncle had. Before I left, I opened the booklet that said "If you _really_ need a hint," but it was an order form for the hint book! I finally beat it years later online (no saves allowed), and it was very anticlimactic. "You opened the hatch to the planet! Look for the sequel!" or something like that. There never was a sequel.
I missed that they'd included one timed-action event in _King's Quest V,_ which was a text adventure with graphic-interface, so bought the hint book for that one thing. You were supposed to throw the boot (or something) at the cat before it ran across the screen.
One of the few games I played to death as a teen. Simple pleasures.
My favorite game as a child. That freaking bat!!
this game used to creep the heck out of me as a kid especially when these dragons come out of no where 0:17
I'm glad I watched this. For the retro history and it gives me better context for ADV3NTUR3 and TORMENTURE.
Most iconic game ever.
I mastered this game as a kid. I always played the most difficult level where the dragons were afraid of the sword & them made a more challenging to kill
I hate this bat. I remember closing the yellow castle with this bat inside to have peace.
But if you did that, then how could you win the game? You have to put the chalice in there to win, remember?
loved this game
I can go asleep at this real video game sounds a la 1979.
I was so enthralled by this when it came out. It was so cool.
i finally found this game omg. i used to play it ALL the time when i was little even tho i could never get past the black level. i think it’s in storage, i hope it’s not broken.
Man this gameplay got me rolling with excitement seeing the struggles to finish the second play through what a well designed game from a primitive and hardware limited of the Atari 2600 definitely the Godfather of Adventure games and truelly what led to Legend Of Zelda and so many others to follow its Blue Print of this game
I'm so confused what is even going in here? How would you even begin to understand what goes where and how?
There was a printed manual.
@@AlanCanon2222 Was there really??? I only ever saw this game as a kid on those plug and play consoles with a bunch of classic atari games, I had no idea that there was a manual that came with it. Probably why I was never able to finish the game lol
@@deftrascal1626 Yes, there was a manual, for the Atari 2600 cartridge which was the original form of the game. I had it.
If I could understand this at 5 years old so can you.
GOAL: Recover the Holy Grail (*cue Monty Python music)
Three castles, three keys, Gold (HOME) White, and Black.
Three Dragons, Gold, Green, and RED. Gold dragon, slow, Green dragon, medium, Red dragon FAST.
Magic BAT, that teaches children to curse at magic bats . . . Mr. Bat steals things - swaps them for fun, it doesn't matter what you have, he wants to take it. If he has something, he will drop it.
Purple Bridge - crosses over the Labyrinth walls.
Golden Sword - to slay dragons.
Magic magnet - will pull sword, grail, keys, and bridge toward itself.
Invisible Bit - one pixel dot that opens the wall to see the hidden Easter Egg signature of the Author.
The Invisible bit is in the dark labyrinth in a room with no doors (you will know by the flashing objects) - use the Purple Bridge to enter the room in the middle and in the lower corner of the room you will bump into the Invisible Bit. You can only see it in the dark flickering rooms.
The wall is one of the 'Line' walls in the hallways - the room farthest to the right of the Golden Castle . Yes, it is wonderful to find this secret item !
When returning to the Gold Castle, Carry the Grail above you, and when you place it in the golden Castle, the graphics are most beautiful, as the whole castle will flash in lovely colors... :-) Yay !
Pro Tip one: clear out what you need from white or black castle, then lock the bat inside the castle carefully. This takes skill, and the bat can not escape. Then the rest of the game is easier. Try to lock him inside the castle while he is carrying a dead dragon... two problems out of your way.
Pro Tip two: Seek out and slay all three dragons first, then go after the grail.
Pro Tip three: collect all items and lock them in the gold castle , careful where you put the gold key.
Pro Tip four: You can lock a key inside it's own color castle, sealing it forever. While the gate is closing drop the key inside the gate.
You are the most beautiful / handsome, bravest, strongest, most courageous Paladin Knight fearlessly facing the magical foes to find and save the Grail and return it back to the golden Throne.
God's Speed, Sir Knight ! :-)
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*Key = Opens Gate
*Sword = Defeats Dragon
*Door =
*Bridge = Allows player to pass the impassable ways
*Trophy = Completes Level
Adventure cube for smash!
I though the dragons looked like ducks as a kid! Loved the game.
Such a great memory playing this with my sister. ❤️
This game used to scare the hell out of me as a child
Same!!!
I never could beat this game but I was only 6 years of age at the time..ridiculous what pressure they put on us as kids back then
What was really exciting was to just take the key for the black castle charge in grab the chalice and make a mad dash for the gold castle with the dragons chasing you.
i like the fact the bat can carry an entire dragon , lulz
It always tripped me out that multiple dragons could swallow my little box-guy to death.
This took me a while to figure out that it’s a sword and not a left arrow ⬅️
Lol I was thinking the same thing! I bought this at a pawn shop when I was a kid so didn't have the manual or anything, like wtf is this arrow for? haha! If I recall I think it took me a while to figure out you can move that passageway too lol! I was super young though ha. This was one of my favorites, but looks so boring now, and frustrating too, I was getting frustrated just watching him play lol!
Yeah, they could have done a better job with that graphic. -
Man, it has been forever since I played that game at the age of 12. LOL! I used to play the heck out of this. As well as other favorites like Yar's revenge, Joust, Pitfall, Demons to Diamonds just to name a few. Talk about taking a trip down memory lane. And a game my dad hated because the joysticks kept breaking when we would play, Decathlon. I can't forget ET. I could go on and on, but won't. ha ha ha!
I so hated that bat. So many times I had the golden key to unlock the castle, and I was stuck in the maze with nowhere to run. The bat would come and trade me. It would tick me off so bad. LOL!! I loved getting eaten by a dragon as the bat was carrying the dragon. You would get a tour of the game, every area.
the best part was being eaten by a dragon and then being picked up by the bat to fly all through the different screens while being in the dragon's belly
SOMEBODY GET THIS FREAKING DUCK AWAY FROM ME!!!
4:28 next thing you know he’s gonna trade a arrow for a red dragon
Ok I think I now see the appeal of 2600 games. This looks pretty cool
I love how the bat can just casually pick up a dragon
I had fun playing this!!
OMG! I remember this game form way back. One of my favorite game from Atari.
I love this game. I wish there had been a sequel to it on the 2600 using the same graphics, but adding a little more to the "adventure", such as more monsters/creatures and items.
Would love to see a good home brew.
I call that "Dark Souls". Only took 30 years, and not on Atari.
On the Atari Flashback 9 (Gold edition) there is original Adventure and Adventure 2 preloaded. I had never played the sequel before. It is more complex with water, hedge, fire, and ice castle levels. Same dragons, same bat, and yes, you’re still a square!
I think _Haunted House_ could have been better if it had 24 screens instead of 4 screens with 6 rooms each. I liked playing _Riddle of the Sphinx_ at a friend's home, which is a similar adventure. But didn't buy it for myself, until I got it on the cheap at the thrift store years later.
@@sandal_thong8631 Haunted House was a good game, although a bit too simple. Riddle of the Sphinx was an awesome game. We had both those games when I was little. One thing I loved about the 2600 is any time I went to a friend's or cousin's house they had games I had never heard of, so I was always discovering new games that I wouldn't have played otherwise.
Arent there some secrets where you could get through the vertical line blocks on the big horizontal walls? I remember some secret areas or something, but I dont remember how they worked.
When the bat snatched the white key, my first thought was, "you ahole!"
Try to trap the bat inside a castle. If you can't, then leave each key inside its castle or the bat can pick it up, fly over the door and lock it, then fly far away with the key. And never enter the maze of the black castle without the sword.
I remember pushing two items along making that noise @0:28 and my mom getting really annoyed until she would lose it.
STOP THAT. 😂
Before Dragon's Lair!
the memories:) you had to really immerse yourself and use your imagination alot
I agree. Another one that really stretched the imagination was Raiders of the Lost Ark.
Out of all the times dingbat dropped off a dragon for me, I never had it plop it right in front of Yellow Castle, nor have I ever seen a dragon ever camp there, including times they chased me there only to get myself eaten.
Great old game! Just played it and beat level 3
It was always fun when the dragon would eat you and the bat would come along and pick you and the dragon up and go for a ride.
The title to this should have been called, “How to barely get through Adventure after getting pwned by every dragon, bumping my head on dead end after dead end and letting the 🦇 bat have his way with stealing every item I need right from under my nose 👃.”
Great job! I can complete only Lv. 1.
Of course, the ultimate challenge is getting every single object including the black dot into the gold castle before winning the game.
I remember playing this game!
This was my favorite game on the 2600. Much better than combat and pole position.
Notice that in some areas the objects blink? I understand that happening when there are too many objects around, but these areas there were only two objects so why did it do that?
Magic Dot could be on the screen. Also, vertical barriers count as objects.
@@sandal_thong8631 MD was only in game 3.
@@sha11235 Games 2 and 3 in the black castle's dungeon. Also the vertical lines used for barriers may count as objects.
This was my favorite game when I was a kid
This was the first game I ever owned.
Used to play this all the time as a kid, till my Atari broke. I think I’m gonna find and fix the Atari, I want the memories of 2009-11 back
2009-11? What are you talking about? This game is from the 70's
@@CCQ75 I know, it was my dads Atari which he handed down to me when I was younger. The game didn’t come out when I was kid, not by a long shot. I was the era of the DS and Wii.
@@smbsuperfan271 I see. Well 2011 was only ten years ago. That's nothing. Wait until you are in your 40's and you'll know what nostalgia really feels like. For people my generation It's rather funny to hear 20-year-old kids saying that they feel nostalgic. Haha
I loved this game as a kid.
Quite the spike in difficulty from the first mode to the second.
my favorite game as a child
The guy is a noob! I remember this game 40 years ago I still remember exactly all those maps even when they were partially hidden. The guy should take the black bat with him in any castle so it can get objects you may need a drawbridge or fast sword skills with a red dragon to get. I use to glitch that game with that drawbridge all the time I found you could go to different parts of the game by going through walls of that bridge you weren't supposed to. Additionally, I remember being eaten by a dragon and being carried away by the bat and then you could still pick up objects whilst you were in the bat and dragon and you were dead!
8:13 you had *One Job* , Dragon.
i always throught this was called duck adventure, since those dragons kinda looked like ducks to me as a kid
You should have always kept the Chalace on TOP of your cube player, this makes the whole castle rainbow blink in the colorful winning scene.
8:14
Duck creature : Existence is pain