The Retro Gaming thread

[Killy_Vorkosigan]

SvennoJ said:

2000cc said:
I just have to ask, did anyone ever play 'stunt' in the atari 2600, if someone could tell me how to play/what you were supposed to do in that game i'd be stoked, in all these years i never figured that one out (though to be fair I havent played it since I was a young girl). I recall the cartridge cost my dad $100 (Australian) & there was so little to the game it was just crazy. I think you were supposed to jump something in a car, but I just crashed out every time, none of the controls even seemed to do anything. Not the best early ad for video games, thank god for the rise of more obviously playable games huh (the first I really liked were golden axe (amiga 500) & Final Fantasy 6 (computer rip)).

If anyone does have an answer i'd be most interested to hear it

Do you mean this game?

I played that game a lot. You have to stay on the track with the cursor keys and boost to get over jumps. Though not boost too much since you only get a limited amount.

Now that brings back memories. I played the hell out of this game. Stunt car was the name. Finished all the races and had the special car at the end.

I begun playing on an Atari 520 ST at the age of 5. Never stopped since. I'm 31 ^^

Favourite console : SNES FTW!!! Rock N Roll Racing, StarWing, MarioKart, Zelda III, SF2.. and FZero. A lot of games of nowdays are rehearseal of those gems.

 

But real retro gaming imho is Atari/Amiga's time, at the very dawn of the democratisation of computer.

Rick Dangerous, Midwinter, Barbarian, IK+, Silent Service, Xenon II, F29... I played the hell out of my ol' Atari.