I never had this cartridge on my Atari, and, honestly, it’s a weird game, because it needs to be explained. I watched others playing and I was clueless about the gameplay, couldn’t guess what this was about. I read the manual and I didn’t understand anything at all. Then I played it and I began having an idea. But your video really cleared all my doubts. Thank you for explaining it so well. But, still, no matter how good it is, it’s weird nonetheless… I wonder who and how had the idea for this game.
Actually there is a good Wikipedia article on the game, the guy that came with it, and what the idea was originally. It's pretty interesting. But I agree with everything you say here. It's pretty weird and hard to understand.
I like it too, but explaining it in a video without rehearsal is...well, I chose not to do it very well. LOL. The comic book it was packed with had a story that helped give context to the video game. The "Zorlon Cannon" wasn't finished and it can only fire by you, the Yar, aiming it and signalling to fire. There are two things you can fire, but Atari had to figure out how to do this with only one fire button.
Your gal: "Way to go, baby!"
My wife: "Can you take out the garbage, please?"
@sikwilly45 the garbage part happened off camera lol.
Heard of this game but never saw game play, looks like was a good one for the era.
It was! Lots of good memories playing it. Every neighbor on the street had an Atari 2600 and we would play in small groups.
it was one of the better games for atari, I loved it
It was definitely in my top 5 back then. And the comic was really well done.
I never had this cartridge on my Atari, and, honestly, it’s a weird game, because it needs to be explained. I watched others playing and I was clueless about the gameplay, couldn’t guess what this was about. I read the manual and I didn’t understand anything at all. Then I played it and I began having an idea. But your video really cleared all my doubts. Thank you for explaining it so well. But, still, no matter how good it is, it’s weird nonetheless… I wonder who and how had the idea for this game.
Actually there is a good Wikipedia article on the game, the guy that came with it, and what the idea was originally. It's pretty interesting. But I agree with everything you say here. It's pretty weird and hard to understand.
I actually really love this game!
I like it too, but explaining it in a video without rehearsal is...well, I chose not to do it very well. LOL. The comic book it was packed with had a story that helped give context to the video game. The "Zorlon Cannon" wasn't finished and it can only fire by you, the Yar, aiming it and signalling to fire. There are two things you can fire, but Atari had to figure out how to do this with only one fire button.