Classic Game Room HD - DRAGSTER for Atari 2600 review

Classic Game Room HD reviews DRAGSTER from 1980 for the Atari 2600. This auto racing game puts you in the cockpit of a Drag Racing car! Sort of... you push the button for gas, hold left to use to the clutch and push right to shift. Your objective is to earn the fastest time without blowing your engine up. As far as racing games on Atari 2600 go, Dragster is pretty dull. Enduro from Activision is a better bet for fans of racing games on the old school Atari VCS video computer system. This CGRHD review of Dragster has gameplay from the Atari 2600 version of this classic retro game cartridge.

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[tumest]

As god awful as the game seems to be, the drawing of the car is surprisingly detailed for a 2600 game. That being said, you still couldn't pay me to play this game.

[mstrxpldr]

this brings back memories. i used to play this with my dad and brothers when i was like 5. CGR KICKS ASS!

[uofm97]

That's bit harsh, Mark. You really need a friend to race against to make it fun.

[Patrick502]

This was a great game really.

[EastCoastDude99]

damn after all these years Im still discovering Atari games that I didn't know existed.

[MrHiu2]

This game is a remake of the original Atari arcade release titled Drag Race, is it not?

[uofm97]

I'm actually pretty good at this game. Shifting is hard on the first 2 gears because it's so quick, though. Once you have that down, you're golden.

[fzu2801]

The first scrolling ever ...

[UBEDAMAN3]

We got a winner

[Banderius79]

at first I thought it was stupid... But when you finally find out how to run a time below 6 sec, you look at this game in a whole different way. This week I ran my first 5,91 :D - on my PC in Stella, i do not have the Atari any more :(

[AMYuntold]

Real life drag racing has wonderful graphics, though still very boring... i don't understand what's so awesome about it.

[annuitcoeptus]

I flipped megamania when I was playing it