Classic Game Room HD - SPACE JOCKEY for Atari 2600 review

Classic Game Room was the FIRST classic video game review show on the Internet in 1999. Returning in 2008 with new episodes, Classic Game Room breaks out a review of SPACE JOCKEY for the Atari 2600 video computer system VCS. Space Jockey is an arcade style old school shmup in a horizontal style. This horizontally designed shoot em' up is a lot of fun where you fly your alien saucer against the armed forces which consist of fighter planes, prop planes, helicopters and hot air balloons. This was released in 1982 and is a relatively rare and obscure game today. Do you like Gradius V 5, Raiden 3 III, Ikaruga, Radiant Silvergun, Thunder Force 2, 3 and 4 on the Genesis, Life Force and Vanguard? Then you'll enjoy this.

The instructions say: "You are a Space Jockey at the controls of a highly maneuverable Attack Saucer!" Yeah! UFO Flying Saucer sightings and attack raids on remote villages across Texas!

Be sure to watch the original Classic Game Room episodes. Classic Game Room was the original classic video game review show on the Internet in 1999-2000, now on DVD. The HD series is reviewing 30 years of video games with PS3, Genesis, NES, Atari and Xbox 360.

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[Curious2Dream]

No, actually, I own this game, playing it long ago, and enjoyed it. People had different standards 26 years ago when it came out.

[kodaikun]

This game was fun, but easy to play for practically forever. You just kept getting extra guys, and eventually got bored and died on purpose.

[TobeyStarburst]

Does this have anything to do with the Space Jockey from Alien?

[AlexGRFan97]

@1978mtb It was also released in a "208 in 1" cartridge.

[nviso209]

Oh the irony of watching CGR and playing these games when they were the ne COD that WAS AMAZING!!! AND STILL F'N IS!!

[sglider]

Challenging? The only challenge to this game is to try and play it for more than 5 minutes without either falling asleep or throwing up.

[punji73]

gotta love the commercials they have at the start of youtube clips these days

[Adropacrich2]

Yeah the game isn't one of the better ones for this machine.Nothing actually very wrong with it but just forgetable

[Tapewormz]

The trick to this game was to only shoot 1 enemy since there was only ever 4 sprites on the screen at one and one of them was you. :P

[1978mtb]

I had space jockey but  wasn't this game also called 32 in 1??

[MattTheSaiyan]

This isn't really a terrible game, but it always seems to leave me feeling a bit bitter and it's kinda annoying.

[X4Valor]

3:30 lol