The Atari ST POWER PACK | Nostalgia Nerd
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- The Atari ST Power Pack was bundled with Atari STFM Machines from 1989 onwards in Europe. Somewhat of a masterstroke by Atari UK, this pack began to shift the 16 bit home computers by the bucket load. For good reason too, because this pack contained some incredible titles, many still running on the hype of the arcade;
After Burner, R-Type, Gauntlet II, Super Hang On, Space Harrier, Starglider, Overlander, Super Huey, Eliminator, Nebulus, Pac Mania, Predator, Bombuzal, Bomb Jack, Xenon, Double Dragon, Black Lamp, Outrun, Star Ray, Star Goose.
This video explores the history of the Power Pack and the game bundles which came before it. It explores how the Power Pack changed the fate of the ST and of course we explore every game in the Atari ST Power Pack.
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Ah.. I spent the whole of the summer holidays with my best pal playing Gauntlet II. Best days of my life.
It's such a great multi-player game.
Espically 4 player with the multitap
I remember moving up from my Spectrum to my ST... man, so exciting. Got my ST second-hand from a mate at my first job in 1987. Those days, man....those days...
My Favourite Christmas present of all time (1989) I picked a boxed Atari ST Power Pack a few years back and gave it to my wife to give me back as a present :) It was Xmas 1989 once again!
I had the 520STE version of the Power Pack for Christmas 1989 and it was ace. Black Lamp, Afterburner, Gauntlet 2, Double Dragon, so much fun lasted me most of the year!
Over in Australia we got this with our 520ST as well - BEST pack ever.
That’s a pretty impressive list of games. I was always jealous of the ST and Amiga with my C64.
my favorite games on the ST were 'Hostages', 'Silkworm', 'R-Type' and 'Xenon 2'
I got the Power Pack with my STE in 1989 as a favor from the seller. I was so happy back in the time. Everything a 9 year old boy wanted.
Wow, that Power Pack has all the hits, no lie! :D
I was mesmerized by that woolly mammoth thing too :D
I dream about it, every single night.
Yeah me too, I would stare at that damn thing on either the Genesis or Master System title screen... the weird thing that it is lol.
That pack was solidly good. I had so many games and creative tools for the ST but I'd come back to those games a lot.
Tried to find this a couple of months ago when I got my ST!
My collection has grown to over 200 games in a few years. Half the originals, half the pirates. Atari ST is the love of my youth. :-)
Got my ST in 1989 with that power pack! Could not remember all the titles so thanxs !
1989 was the year the STE was released, if Atari were still making the STFM or if they just had a lot of STFM in stock they appear to have released this pack aiming at the gaming market while targeting the STE at adults doing desktop publishing and music sequencing. Both the STE and the STFM were quite capable of doing games, work and music.
The messiah of the home computing world was promised to come in the form of the Atari Falcon a 32 bit machine that could compete with the 486 PC (which you had to install a CD ROM yourself if you wanted one).
Imagine an alternative future in which you use PCs at work and come home to a quad core Atari with loads of RAM and internet connection that is actually better and more versatile than the terminal like computer you were using at work.
Awesome video, Pete! The ST was never popular here in Portugal, so thank you so much for sharing your memories as an ST player/owner back in those glory days!
Cheers!
Pete? His name is PETE? Why did he never tell us??
It's a Pixel THING 1
I recall Christmas 1989. I'd not long got my Amiga 500 and my school mate got an Atari ST just before Christmas itself as an early present. I went to his place and played on the ST.... He came to my place and played the Amiga. And then just after Christmas, he sold his ST and got an Amiga ;)
That power pack contains 20 amezing games, being ahead of it's time,i can't imagine that it dates back to 1989.
R-type!!!! The only game you'll ever need
I agree on that.
my cousin must have had the power pack, I remember playing some of these games when I went to his house. those were the days
GREAT video. This was a really insightful nostalgia trip; I had no idea about the Power Pack, and its being bundled with new systems perfectly explains why my mate and I - like you - played so much Gauntlet II, Double Dragon and Super Hang-On on his Atari ST. Some great historical exploration here that has really illuminated parts of my childhood. And thanks for the lovely wistful synth tunes ❤️
I seem to recall that the main reason for the ST game market drying up wasn't the existence of the Power ack, but was instead due to the rampant piracy that existed for the ST, relative to Amiga and PC.
Aw, nostalgia. My first computer. Only other game I ever brought for it was 'The Colonel's bequest'. Loved Gauntlet II -- but the game I played the most was Blank Lamp. I freaking loved that game haha.
Thanks for the video. Pure nostalgia heaven. I'd forgotten half the games in the power pack and presenting the intro screens as well as gameplay brings back so many more memories. Hell I even had a JVC tv like yours. Cheers.
I'm rewatching every Nostalgia Nerd because they're all awesome computer docs. For some reason, I didn't grasp the importance of clicking "like", Over time my TH-cam line-up began to suck. Where was Nostalgia Nerd?! Fantastic production values imho.
Back in 1992, one of my sisters old boyfriends of the 80's sent me his old Atari Mega ST which cost me nothing. It had a Hi Res monochrome monitor and hard drive. Great for CAD and not too bad for music programs and office apps...then I got an Amiga 500 and later a A1200, the latter of which I still use today.
did your Amiga 500 computer die?
Fantastic video. I most recently found your channel. I am hooked. I checked out your uploads and my mouth dropped open seen there were nearly 500 videos to watch. It's going to be a great ride. Thank you for creating such interesting content.
I remember seeing the advert for the st power pack bundle. I couldn't believe all the arcade games that were included. I managed to convince my dad to buy it for me for my impending birthday. Moving from spectrum to this, I was so chuffed. Played the st solidly for years. Still in the attic now, man I loved that machine.
My mate Graeme worked for firebird/rainbird back in the late 80s, he gave me some of their games, Star trek, Return to Genesis, Pandora, Corruption, Black lamp and others.
I had a power pack. I loved it. Sadly I've lost the box and pack. I still have the computer and disks. I played the games over and over. Great games
It might just be me, but as a kid I had NO idea that Atari made computers. I only thought of them for the video game consoles. I understand, thanks to your videos there were essentially 2 Atari's, and very much enjoy learning about them!
Love the ST. I had the STE. Great video!
My ST was second-hand, too.
It came with copies of Babarian, outrun, bubble bobble & a graphic adventure maker. The latter I enjoyed using as a paint program.
What a fantastic story! I had a similar incident happen to me in the late 1980's with Nes games (10). What truly amazes me...I was in my 8-bit glory thinking the Nes and Master System were the cream of the crop....then I see Hard Driving on your sweet ST. Wow, that was flat out drop dead gorgeous for 1987! I had no idea the micros were doing that even before we had the 16-bit machines! That made the Genesis version look pedestrian by comparison and you got it free with your computer! We had to wait until the Genesis released to get a substandard version of Hard Driving for the home. Great story on an excellent channel. When this damn COVID 19 business is done and I'm finally back to work I am going to support your Patreon. ;)
Watching this on my smartphone thinking about how far computers have come since back in the day. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
Great video. Used to play these games to death. Quick tip, if you eject the Space Harrier disk before you defeat the end of level dragon, you'll skip the next level. Then just put the disk back in and it'll carry on as normal. Was a great way of seeing the later stages
8:42 - I remember Nebulus being called Tower Toppler on PC. Interesting that game ports were named differently for different platforms.
Thank you for your interesting and really nostalgic videos! 1989 was the year I've finished High school.
It was also called that on the Atari 7800, but Castelian on the Gameboy.
Great review and I'm glad you out yourself as an Atari ST fan.
Never had the pack but quite a few of its games as copies...I remember Starglider as the first ST game I ever saw. And it worked on the SM124 too, not sure about the Powerpack version though.
Xenon, Pacmania, Star Goose and Nebulus are all on my favourite list, and I play them from time to time.
All4 played through to the end while thinking about it, Nebulus is possible without loosing a single life with concentration.
Hey NN, just a little nitpick from the beginning of the video. You said that the emphasis of Atari in Europe was more on gaming than in the US. That's only partially true unless you count Germany as not part of Europe. In Germany the ST was not only not marketted for gaming but as professionnal tool, it also managed to actually succeed in that. Very few people there bought ST with the color monitor but quasi exclusively with the outstanding SM124 monochrome monitor. That's why mostly all serious programs came out of German (Signum, Calamus, ST Pascal, Tempus Editor, Tempus Word, Turbo (then Pure) C, GFA Basic, Omikron Basic, to name only I few).
The Tempus editor was awesome, I remember it well. It inspired me to write my own in 68K asy.
Oh man.
My STFM came with Super Pack, a lass down the road got an STE with Power Pack. Much disk-swapping occurred
Truly hit the Nostalgia button here sir, another fine presentation
Gauntlet II is wonderful. My friends and I played it to death on my CPC. Such a great game.
I frigging loved my ST.
Very good video, never had an ST, but it looks good. Great outro tune ;)
Thanks for this video. I was searching around for details of the STFM pack... this is what my dad will have bought me. I was looking for the name of a game - Gauntlet II ! - and a few others.
Great video. Please do more ST videos.
I always regretted selling my STe when I moved to PC, as I had so many great memories playing games and doing g my GCSE's on it.
I was luck enough to get at a great price CIB the exact model I had back then. It was the Action Pack extra, bright pink and very 80s.
Back in the day mi e was the 520 upgraded to 1MB, I always wish it had the 1040 badge though. Now I have mine upgraded to 4MB and want the related badge but not at £20 of eBay.
The ST has a few games that can use the Roland midi, and some games that use it sound amazing, if I had this back them it would have blown my mind. Worth a video if you have a MT32 or as SC to connect up.
Keep up the good work, especially on Atari ST's.
This was my first ever computer, great video 😊👍
Loved this slice of nostalgic goodness. I remember the st power pack coming out as if it was just yesterday. Some great games included. Just wondered what the no 32 sticker on your st signifies?
What a fantastic video. Love it
I remember loving Black Lamp as a kid on the Commodore 64. The loading music and in game music was fantastic
I used to play Pac Mania on Nintendo and once you mentioned it I had to go play it.
Awesome video brings back a lot of memories like you are remember the bug with R-Type if you didn't press the button fast enough it didn't load and also like you I was coming from the spectrum to an Atari ST fantastic video brought back a lot of memories
Loved watching that. Many thanks.
You are most welcome, and many thanks for your kind words.
I love these Atari ST vids, had a 1040 myself. Introduced me to Cuebase. Could you do a vid on Cuebase?
Plenty of people with Cubase went on to become huge pop star acts, or producers, in the late 80s / early 90s. Though it probably helped to have a MIDI expander and maybe a decent keyboard too. Mind, if you could afford Cubase you probably could. If you could.. "afford"... Cubase that is.
The ST was a fairly popular line of computers here in Canada when I was a kid. It actually sold more units in Canada than the hard to find Amiga line of computers. Which was odd, because the C64 was so easy to find in Canada and it was a popular 8-bit home computer here as well.
But during the mid 1980's, Commodore were pretty clueless about distribution outside of the EU and UK and Atari had Jack Tramiel, who was better at keeping department stores stocked in Canada with Atari ST's and software for the machines.
I never knew anyone with an Amiga back in those days, but I knew many people with Atari ST's.
Great vid, professional and well presented. A+++
Thanks buddy!
NEBULUS was such a highlight !
Thanks for this video!
Enjoying this video. 👍🏻
Ahh my beloved ST
The power pack was a godsend for me. There was no way my folks would pony up for games and the entire time I had my ST, I bought 3. We had a Yamaha DX7 plugged into the ST through the MIDI ports when I loaded up Bomb jack. The music played through the Synthesizer.
Man, I wanted a ST so badly. We had an 800xl, it was a shadow of the ST.
The 800XL was one of the Jay Miner forerunners of the Amiga, you should've felt privileged.
My dad was obsessed with Super Huey I loved Gauntlet II
Kee Lo I should probably give it more of a go.
I could never get the chopper to get off the ground!
Bombuzal was called Kablooey on the SNES. I loved playing it and still have it.
Star Goose ! I had this on my Amstrad PC1640. Still have 1640, might do a solid state mod on it some day. Battle of Britan was my fav game on that machine.
STOS took up more of my life than any of those games, it was hypnotic trying stuff out. Sure I'd written stuff in ZX Spectrum BASIC before, but with STOS you had POWER!
Never turned out a finished game, of course, but I was only 11 or 12.
And then when I wasn't STOSsing there were 300-odd Automation disks. Grud bless those boastful young geeks!
My first gaming machine was an atari 1040st , what a souvenirs, thx !!!
What a pack! Never seen it but damn, even if there are a few stinkers here, there are also many frigging good games such as Gauntlet II, Xenon, R-Type or Star Ray (unlike you I had a blast with Star Ray back then).
Also I have the same joystick as you but I didn't like it much compared to the others ones that I also have such as the almighty Speedking (so good! But a bit fragile) or the Navigator (both by Konix).
Still the best compilation of games that I can think of for the ST (and the 2nd one I ever owned) is "Les Gen D'Or de Génération 4" which includes IK+, R-Type, Bio Challenge and Voyager. Sure it's less games in comparison but each of them is a winner and they're completely different in genre to each other (respectively: fighting, shoot 'em up, side-scrolling action and 3D exploration) making the whole compilation a fantastic package wich still impresses me! ^^
ok since I'm at it, the 1st compilation that I ever owned for my ST was "Action ST Vol. I" by Gremlin Graphics. Not as good but still a sweet package overall and so many memories
Good to see you back
Looking back the games were top notch, I dont remember actually buying too many games after this
It looks like I would have loved to have this pack as a kid!
Ah the Power Pack how I loved it. I remember the day we bought the STE and the Power Pack that came with it; trying game by game and being overwhelmed over and over. My favourite game, at least now, is probably Black Lamp.
Also: I think Predator had some sort of bug where it wouldn't end properly. I recall fighting the Predator, and he'd always just run off and never come back, followed by several empty levels of just running without any further encounters.
Also, pt.II: so THAT's why R-Type would only load for me sometimes!
Loved my St back in the day shame I only had a 4 game bundle, carrier command, space harrier, bomb jack and hard n heavy aww the nostalgia!
I bought an Atari 520STFM in 1987 and an Amiga 500 in 1988.
cool, Cheers for upload. I this, too It was on the early days from me :-)
Great video! What model is that joystick you were using?
Will you ever make a bad video? Quality stuff as always!
That eye blinking seemed so advanced back then.
Great vid my brother ordered a 520STFM power pack because of all those games and it was a lot cheaper than an Amiga 500, anyway the computer store screwed up and he ended up with the discovery pack with its four games
You pay more for QUALITY, Kieran.
Still got some of these disks :)
I loved my ST I upgraded the memory
Great video. It makes me wish I had my 1040STE with me . I fitted it with 4MB of RAM and upgraded to TOS2.06 and even got an UltraSatan for it. The edition I got was called the Music Maker that came with a copy of Steinberg Pro. Thankfully it's safe and well at my parents house.
Zimm Tibor that's some sweet ST upgrade action.
I miss playing Eye of Horus and messing with STspeech.
Am pretty sure i had Rampage and super sprint in my game pack wheni bought my ST i think mine was a discovery pack.
Super sprint was a terrific game, especially when played on 3 player
Pushing Up Roses took a look back at Stargoose Warrior for DOS (which was a port of Stargoose)...wow was the DOS version cut down from the ST and Amiga versions!
My first foray into the world of home computers
There's something about the Power Pack that will always mean nostalgia for me. It's as though most other ST games can't live up to the titles here, even the better ones; and there are some stinkers in the pack for sure. There were all these tiny differences with releases too. My Star Ray doesn't have that sampled intro-screen tune for example.
Ah man I'm going to have to get the ST out now!
I think you should do a live episode, and have one of those game phone ins - like Going Live. Bombuzal would work perfectly.
I to had a ST in the day playing xenon was amazing. I used to have slideshow images of some films ghostbusters and raiders of the lost ark even had some NASA space images. Probably look terrible today but back then they where the bees knees but sold the lot to go towards my first car. Tried to look on the tinternet but never did find those images again and can't think how I got hold of them I know neochrome was on the same disks
How do ur vids get so few rates n' views? That's just criminal dude!
Jamie Ramone 13k in a day?
Very kind for saying so! I think a lot of channels go for attention grabbing topics, whereas I just make videos on what grabs me at the time.... I gusess sometimes apparently they're a little niche!
it was 1K when I posted the comment. But the rating is 914 (?!)
That's part of the reason I love your channel so much, you can tell you're interested in the subject and not just doing the lowest common denominator for views.
Views will increase exponentially once (people actually too young to have been) hipsters latch onto ZX Spectrums, or Amigas and STs if they want to be honest about their socio-economic class :)
That QuickJoy TopStar, tho. I used to have one, my all-time favourite joystick.
I see what you did there. Both platforms were “Doomed”.
As for After Burner, I think they could have done better with the hardware, if you compare to what the other programmers were able to do with Space Harrier and Super Hangon.
I did not get the power pack, but all these games (almost) found their way to my St...
That's a lot of bang for the buck!
Sweet review NN! Next up - Deluxe Paint vs NeoChrome! :D
Joel Hopson Now there's an idea!
I had the Discovery pack, a video on STOS and Neochrome might be an idea.
Ooh! Starglider, I have that on my dad’s old ZX Spectrum, and it’s really similar to your Atari ST version, but the frame rate is way lower.
Hey dude! You've been missed!
Normal service resuming... (hopefully)
seen your cameo on LGR meanwhile)
I bought Atari ST with this Power pack so this is funny to see!
Double Dragon was nice.
The Atari ST sound wasn't so impressive. Lol. 🙂 I got from 520 to 1040 STE and later Amiga 1200. But I hold on to Atari buying this Atari Jaguar game console. Loved playing Doom and Katsumi Ninja! (Liked it better than Quake and Mortal Combat :-) ).
Nice to see that you remembered Language disk, organiser, Music Maker! 🙂
Black Lamp was amazing. I remember the intro being Green Sleeves.
There was an Atari ST game that was a side scroller that involved getting flying chairs and getting out before their fuel ran out.. Any ideas?
I choose Amiga 500, but the main reason for that was that here in italy almost every newstand or electronic shop used to sell cracked amiga games----
I'd be interested in seeing a video on ST BASIC.