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1977 – Smack 10 of 77 – Street Racer
Street Racer was one of nine games available at the time of the Atari 2600’s launch. It was created by programmer Larry Kaplan, who is best known for being one of the five co-founders of Activision,...
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1977 – Smack 16 of 77 – Blackjack
Blackjack was one of the nine launch titles available when the Atari 2600 went on sale in September 1977. As the name suggests, it’s a simulation of the card game blackjack. I figure most people would...
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1977 – Smack 28 of 77 – Basic Math
I was excited to get the opportunity to play another Atari 2600 launch title. Sure, none of the two I’d played so far (Street Racer and Blackjack) really rocked my world, but I’d enjoyed them for their...
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1977 – Smack 35 of 77 – Video Olympics
When I think of Olympics-themed video-games, the various 80’s multi-sport efforts by Epyx are the first games that come to mind. They released a string of event-based games, including Summer Games I...
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1977 – Smack 41 of 77 – Surround
Remember those cool light cycles in the movie Tron? Ever wished you could join in on the fun? Well, the concept of players trying to trap their opponent with ever growing colourful walls wasn’t a new...
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1977 – Smack 47 of 77 – Combat
I have only vague memories of playing Atari 2600 games at my cousin’s house as a kid. Somewhere in those hazy recollections are tanks of different colours, firing at each other across screens filled...
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1977 – Smack 62 of 77 – Star Ship
I knew nothing about Star Ship, but it sounded like the sort of thing I might like. The 1977 advertisement for the game actually made it sound pretty awesome: “Hurtle through space in the cockpit of a...
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1977 – Smack 70 of 77 – Indy 500
I like racing games. Not so much the complicated ones where it’s a requirement that you tune every bit of your car between races, and where hitting a tree at over 300 kms/hr actually slows you down....
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1977 – Smack 76 of 77 – Air-Sea Battle
The very first video game I covered from 1977 was Street Racer, a primitive racing game programmed by eventual Activision co-founder Larry Kaplan. As it just so happens, the final video game of the...
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