Super Cobra by Parker Brothers on Atari 2600 VCS retro games console

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Super Cobra by Parker Brothers playing on the Atari 2600 VCS retro games console. Classic gaming.

This is not a review, walkthrough, playthrough, or demonstration of my playing ability.
It's simply a quick demonstration of the game so that anyone not familiar with these old games can see what it looks like.
It's also here so that I can embed it, along with most of the games in my collection, on my website (see link above).

Any opinions or comments I make regarding these games should largely be taken with a pinch of salt.
They are usually based on my first impressions after a very brief play.

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[Rockythefishman]

It looks damm good for a 2600, it must be quite rare if it cost you £30

[SteveBenway]

All 2600 games were around £30 back in '83. It's part of why the Spectrum and C64 became so popular... their games were so much cheaper.

[londonkaleb2]

how much did this game cost you? jc

[SteveBenway]

About £1.75 this time around. Back in '83 it was £30.

[JayArgonaut]

@SteveBenway That's right, games for the home micro's ranged from a couple of quid to £10. There's no way I would've been able to persuade my mum to splash out £30 per game! :)

This is a coding feat for the 2600. The programmers really worked hard cramming all that into a few kilobytes. Makes you wonder about today's scene where gigahertzs and gigabytes are required for gaming. Can the coders of today honestly claim they push hardware to the limits like the guys of 80s did?

[alex76gr]

I like that era myself too.

Modern games kind of scare me!

So many keys to play,so many specifications and sadly most of the times no score indicator !

[Adropacrich2]

One of my absolute faves, even though it looks like it's no fun at all

Still quite a lot of fun and typical of the charm the 2600 had

And Scramble too was a great little game.This the sequel was quite a bit better in arcade form of course and a fair bit more difficult.Having played the arcade version it was essential i had this for my 2600.Disapointed at first, i soon grew to love this version more

Can't imagine showing this to a teen having recently got himself a 360.How lucky we are