- Indy 500 (video game)
"This article is for the video game for the race please see
Indianapolis 500 ."Infobox VG
title = Indy 500
developer =Atari
publisher =Atari
designer =Ed Riddle
engine =
released = vgrelease|NA=1977 [cite web | url = http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/a2600/data/584836.html| title = Release date (Atari 2600) | publisher = Game FAQs| date = | accessdate = 2008-08-28]
genre = Sports
modes =Single-player , Multiplayer
ratings =
platforms =Atari 2600
media = Cartridge
requirements =
input = Driving controller"Indy 500" is a
video game developed byAtari for its Video Computer System (later known as the Atari 2600). The game was one of the ninelaunch title s offered when the Atari 2600 went on sale October1977 . Sears Telegames later released "Indy 500" as "Race"; no changes were made to the gameplay.This video
car racing game — ostensibly named after theIndianapolis 500 — offered a number of games (listed below).Included with each game was a set of two driving controllers, which were identical in appearance to the paddle controller except they could rotate continuously.
Game variations
Among the racing games included:
* Standardized racing games: Players could opt to race against the clock or complete 25 laps around the course the soonest. A number of courses were featured (either dry or "ice-covered").
* Crash and Score: Players competed — either against each other or a computer opponent — to crash into a white square randomly placed on the track. The square was moved whenever one player crashed into it.
* Tag: Each player controlled a car. One was blinking and had to avoid being struck by the other car (which was "it").
Options
Each game allowed the player to determine the following:
* Whether the game had a time limit or continued until a certain score was reached.
* The number of players (one or two). In one-player games, the player competed against a computer opponent.References
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