It was a dark and stormy night. A dark, four-story house filled with three pieces of a magical urn, a ghastly ghost with unfinished business, four tarantulas and a vampire bat loomed in the distance. Sound like a party? The bash is on your Atari 2600. But can any real sense of dread be culled from the rustic ole 2600? Enter the mansion and find out.
Author: Space Invader
[do_widget id=text-188]Sometime in the early 1980s, in the heart of the Silicon Valley was born one Angelo. No one knew it yet, but he would grow up to become the mighty Space Invader, master of the old technology and writer of the third-person profile.
The Atari 2600 and Xbox 360 vie equally for Space Invader's heart, but he can't seem to choose one and settle down. Something is just so appealing to consoles that have names featuring numbers between 300 and 3000.
Little is known about Space Invader's past, but he is rumored to drive a Buick and is said to have a tremendous singing voice.
Strategy X – Atari 2600
With one of the hottest-looking tanks available on the Atari 2600, smooth-scrolling scenery and action that alternates the need for frenetic and calculated reactions, you might think ‘Strategy X’ really brings the goods. Unfortunately, for everything Konami did right with this one, gamers may feel less like going back in for one more try and more like they’re being forced to push a boulder up a hill. Repeatedly. Forever.
Night Driver – Atari 2600
Platform: Atari 2600 Developer: Atari Publisher: Warner Release Date (NA): 1980 Genre: Racing Game Nerd Rating: 7 out of 10 Reviewed by Space Invader Night Driver was released back in 1980, when barreling through poorly-light country roads with one hand on the steering wheel and the other around a bottle of Jack was just good,… Continue reading Night Driver – Atari 2600