Atari
2600
Publisher/Developer:
Atari
Fixed-screen
shooter
1978
SYNOPSIS:
One
of the first games designed by David Crane of Activision fame, Outlaw for the Atari 2600 is both a
target shooting contest and a shootout game in one cartridge. When playing by
yourself, you score points by shooting a moving target. When challenging a
friend, the two of you (one gunslinger on the left and one on the right) fire
away at each other.
Outlaw
features 16 variations of play. In each of the games, an object such as a
cactus, a wall, or a stagecoach moves or stands between the gunslingers, or
between the lone gunslinger and the target. In the two-player games, the first
player to score 10 points wins. In the one-player games, you've got 99 seconds
to score a maximum of 10 points. Outlaw was patterned after Midway’s Gun Fight,
which hit the arcades in 1975.
REVIEW:

Like
most of the early Atari VCS games—Fun With Numbers and Maze Craze come
immediately to mind—the graphics in Outlaw are barebones to say the least. With
his cowboy hat and crouching shooting stance, the gunfighter is recognizable as
such, but overall the sprites and color schemes are basic. When compared to
other games of the day, however, Outlaw doesn't look too shabby.


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