The Dreadnaught Factor Atari 5200 Review
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ส.ค. 2024
- In this video we take a look at The Dreadnaught Factor for the Atari 5200, which was ported by Activision back in 1984. The original version was done for the Intellivision in 1983 and the idea is credited to Tom Loughry. It was also ported to the Atari 8 bit line of computers. But the big question in this video is: does Dreadnaught Factor hold up? Is it still worth playing? Or should you avoid this Stary Destroyer of a game at all costs? Lets find out!
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I think it is a great game. The 5200 is an incredibly underrated system. Space Dungeon and Robotron 2084 are probably my favorites but there are several great games that get overlooked.
I recently got a second stock controller so I could play space dungeon! It's an incredible game I'm really enjoying that one too! I agree, the 5200 doesn't get enough love
The ship is supposed to look like the Buck Rogers starfighters we saw every week on TV just a few years prior to this game.
Thanks for clarifying because it just looked weird to me. I'm not familiar with the buck rodgers TV show so it makes sense I wouldn't recognize it.
Aww man you gotta watch you some Buck rodgers however only season 1, season 2 goes completly banannas.
I must admit that I did daydream about flying a spaceship, but more so it was the Millennium Falcon. My brother and I also would get sticks out of the woods to fashion into light sabers. As far as the game goes, it definitely looks solid.
Yes! I knew I wasn't alone!
Me and my brother would use wrapping paper tubes as light sabers....mom would beat our butts for tearing up her wrapping paper. Lol😂😂😂
Dude if you took dreadnaught factor and that intellivision game that has you doing the trench run and the 2600 empire strikes back all on one cartridge it would make the perfect sci-fi game!😮😮😮
Good review. Enjoyed this game on the Atari 8-bit computers. I think a 7800 version would be great to have.
Funny you should mention that. It's a game inspired from another game but it's still a similar idea and premise and it's being worked on for the 7800. Dreadnought Assault!
Love The Dreadnaught Factor for the 5200. Great game that I would give at least a 4 and a half, maybe even a five.
At the Atari Network we never do halves in our scores. Why not? Because I don't half ass anything!
Just kidding I half ass everything...
But yes it's a great game in my opinion I would respect your score
Dreadnaught factor is a cool very niche game but i love it!
Great video 4⭐️
Great review and insights, Jon. I have yet to play it and somehow ended up with two copies for the 5200. Is it a generational thing? Who hasn’t day dreamed about strafing and bombing a capital space ship? I grew up with plenty of shows and movies that featured such giant ships from Star Wars to Battlestar Galactica.
Oh wow! Having a spare isn't a bad thing because it's not a bad game. Thanks for validating my fantasies that I definitely had as a child and not in my adulthood...
Your ship looks like a flying batman helmet with red fangs.
Lol that's a new one! Nice
Thanks for doing this one- always been interested in it
Didn't I fire you? How did you get in here?
Great video as always ! This is not a bad game but it does leave me wanting something more from it.
That's one of the biggest complaints. Personally I like it but I can see it being half of a full game. Like there should be something else to it. But overall it's fun and I really like it
Being a 5200 game the graphics are top notch and has me pondering what soundtrack I would add in the background. 🖖
I had this on Atari 800 computer and it was one of my favorites. The sounds the graphics all the same but played it with an 2600 joystick. I assume that it plays better with 2600 joysticks over the 5200 version. Never got to play it on 5200 so not sure. As a kid I remember going to Sears and playing Pac-Man on the 5200 and I hated the controls, not having a self centering joystick makes most games hard to play.
I didn't think the controls were all that bad on this one with the stock controller, but there are definitely games that suffer from that thing. But there are a lot of great solutions out there today for aftermarket controllers.
It’s on my pickup list for the 5200 and intelli…
It was on my pick up list forever too
I'll have to check this out on Atari 8-bit.
Let me know what you think of it!
@@TheAtariNetwork Played it for a bit, more time elapsed then I realized but overall I feel it's a good jump in jump type of game.
I did find two homebrew sequels on the 8-bit featuring new ship designs which were also fun to try out.
Sadly, I don't own a 5200. But I have Dreadnaught factor for my Intellivision, and Atari 8bit, both of which are good.
Biggs makes it and Wedge does not, interesting.
Did I get that backwards?
@@TheAtariNetwork Yes. Biggs Darklighter dies in the original attack on the Death Star. Wedge Antilles survives all three movies.
@@jeremiahthomas8140 damn it! Err umm I mean I figured Biggs deserved a break and Wedge needed a L...
@@jeremiahthomas8140 Four if you dare to include his cameo in Rise of Skywalker, though most of us don't want to talk about that film.
@@SNARC15 Rise of Skywalker, what's that?
It could've been easy to pick up if it wasn't for that controller.
Is this the be best version or the Intellivision is better?
You are outed !
Damn it I might as well close up shop. There's no coming back from this...
Thanks for watching by the way!
Wedge never died biggs died lol ima dork for knowing that but oh well