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The Atari 2600 was first released in North America in September 1977 and featured 9 launch titles: Air-Sea Battle, Basic Math, Blackjack, Combat, Indy 500, Star Ship, Street Racer, Surround and Video Olympics. The final licensed Atari 2600 game released in North America was Secret Quest in 1989, and the final licensed game released in Europe was Klax and Acid Drop in 1990 and 1992. Even with their 1980s limited colors and block graphics these games are still entertaining to play today! We have over 500 Atari 2600 games for you to play online for free using our Atari 2600 Javascript Emulator.
This game is mobile device friendly and Iphone compatible. Enjoy!
Instructions and Keyboard Controls towards bottom of page.
Click “Game Reset” or F12 to Start Game
INSTRUCTIONS:
If you grew up in the 80’s you shouldn’t need instructions!! You might find some help at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Atari_2600_games and look up the game you need assistance playing.
CONTROLS:
Click “Game Reset” or F12 to Begin/Restart Game
Arrow Keys – Move
Space bar to fire/action button
Vidtec's Space Jockey (VC1001)
US Games Corporation
A Subsidiary of The Quaker Oats Co.
1515 Wyatt Drive
Santa Clara, California 95054
Typed in by Corey Stup (cstup@coplex.com) on 11/9/93.
Space Jockey is a single player, full color, action game
designed to be played on the ATARI(r) Video Computer System(tm) or
the Sears Tele-Game(tm).
You are a Space Jockey at the controls of a highly maneuverable
Attack Saucer, which appears on the left side of the screen. A variety
of enemy weapons and obstacles appear on the right and move toward your
space ship. These include tanks, jet planes, prop planes and
helicopters, which all fire at you. Additionally, there are balloons,
houses and trees that do not fire but are obstacles capable of
destroying your Attack Saucer upon impact.
Your objective is to shoot down as many of the enemy objects
as possible, scoring as many points as possible, while at the same
time avoiding enemy fire.
Initially you have a fleet of three space ships available to
you. For each 1,000 points you can score, an additional ship will be
available to you.
Instructions:
1. Connect the ATARI Video Computer System or Sears Tele-Game following
the manufacturer's instructions.
2. Install the Left Joystick control. The Right Joystick is not used.
3. Insert the cartridge, making certain that the power is OFF.
4. Move the power switch to ON.
5. Select the desired level of difficulty:
Left Difficulty Switch : UP for fast enemy shot.
DOWN for slow enemy shot.
Right Difficulty Switch: UP for frequent enemy shot.
DOWN for less frequent enemy shot.
6. Select the game of your choice. Continuous activations of the
SELECT switch will cycle the unit through the 16 possible game
variations of increasing difficulty. See the chart.
7. To start the game, press the Red Fire Button. This should be
oriented to the upper left hand corner of the Joystick.
8. Your accumulating score will appear at all times at the top of the
screen.
9. Points are scored as follows:
Jet Plane 100 points Helicopter 50 points
Prop Plane 100 points Balloon 25 points
Tank 100 points House/Tree 20 points
10.To view the highest score at game completion, wiggle the Joystick.
11.To reset the game at any time, depress the game RESET switch on the
ATARI Computer System, or Sears Tele-Game.
12.To reset the game at completion, depress the Fire Button on the
Joystick, or the game RESET switch on the ATARI Computer System
or Sears Tele-Game.
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available.
Atari(R) and Video Computer System(tm) are tradmarks of ATARI, INC.
Tele-Game(tm) and Video Arcade(R) are trademarks of Sears, Roebuck and
Co.
VC1001 (C)1982 U.S. Games Printed in Taiwan.
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REQUIRMENTS:
Our Atari 2600 emulator utilizes Javascript to run in your browser. No plugin is required, but a fast modern web browser will enhance the game play.
Emulation on mobile devices will drain your battery quite fast. I recommend playing while device is plugged into charger.
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