Classic Game Room HD - INDY 500 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 INDY 500 for the Atari 2600 video game console. The grandfather to games like Forza 2 and Gran Turismo 5 GT5 Prologue, this is INDY 500 for the Atari 2600. Race in the Indianapolis 500 against 1 other Formula one 1 F1 race cars in this early driving simulator, racecar game from 1978.

Indy 500 uses the driving controllers for the Atari 2600, not the paddle controllers. So make sure you have the right ones before you try to play it or it won't work.

Race against a friend and have a great time in this excellent party game that had a variety of arcade style retro games, not just driving.

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 PS3, Genesis, NES, Atari and Xbox 360. Xbox Live Arcade XBLA.

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[Alaska1925]

One of the earliest racing games on the Atari 2600! I think this is the second one, there's another one from 1977... Anyway, my best Atari 2600 racing game is Enduro, nothing compares to it. But I still like this game, specially the ice track :)

[atarileaf]

Love this game. So much fun with a friend. Best racing game on the 2600 hands down.

[lameshittyboy]

my relatives and i were competing in this game like hell during my birthday party. it was so addictive that we played it for six hours non-stop!

[gtvnetwork]

Could the padle controller be used?

[ClassicGamer88]

@TheAbbster79 That's the Sears version, they just changed the title of it.

[TheAbbster79]

Some people don't know that there was another game made by Atari called race and it's the exact same game

[syxx573]

I had this game and the paddle controllers when I was a kid. I loved it.

[69crackajack69]

lol wtf



[MattTheSaiyan]

That "hit the block" thing is ahead of it's time, very "Mario Kart"-esque in concept.

[gp75motorsports]

Nice! Next up: GRAN TRAK 10, the FIRST racing game! :D