Old Classic Retro Gaming | Atari 2600 Game: Flag Capture (1978 Atari) @oldclassicgame | Uploaded June 2022 | Updated October 2024, 3 days ago.
An action/strategy game where your goal is to locate a flag hidden somewhere on a 9x7 grid. Using the joystick you can move your explorer around the grid; on any square you can press the button to see if the flag is located in that square, or if not to receive a clue as to the flags location. If the square doesn't contain the flag, one of several items may appear: an arrow indicating what direction the flag is, a number indicating how many squares away the flag is, or a bomb which will cause you to have to start again. In the one player game your goal is to locate as many flags as possible in the 75 second time limit. There are several varieties of two players games: in free-for-all, both players can move around the grid simultaneously and whomever finds the flag first scores a point. In the other two player games, players take turns moving around the grid. Several skill levels are available which control the players moving speed, allow the flag to be stationary or move, or add an invisible wall around the playfield
An action/strategy game where your goal is to locate a flag hidden somewhere on a 9x7 grid. Using the joystick you can move your explorer around the grid; on any square you can press the button to see if the flag is located in that square, or if not to receive a clue as to the flags location. If the square doesn't contain the flag, one of several items may appear: an arrow indicating what direction the flag is, a number indicating how many squares away the flag is, or a bomb which will cause you to have to start again. In the one player game your goal is to locate as many flags as possible in the 75 second time limit. There are several varieties of two players games: in free-for-all, both players can move around the grid simultaneously and whomever finds the flag first scores a point. In the other two player games, players take turns moving around the grid. Several skill levels are available which control the players moving speed, allow the flag to be stationary or move, or add an invisible wall around the playfield
![Atari 2600 Game: Championship Soccer [AKA Peles Soccer] (1980 Atari)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Yon0rMxYzVY/hqdefault.jpg "Atari 2600 Game: Championship Soccer [AKA Peles Soccer] (1980 Atari)
In this soccer match, each team has one striker, two defenders, and one goalkeeper. The front and rear always run in formation. You only control the goalkeeper when he has the ball, he will be controlled by the computer.
The match is divided into 2 halves with the aim of scoring as many goals as possible within the allotted time. The time allowed varies depending on game settings. (See game variations below)
Change difficulty
Left for player one, right for player two.
Set to A to extend your aim, giving other players an advantage.
Variations of the game
Number of players
Games 1 to 27 are two-player games.
Games 28 to 54 are played with one player against the computer.
Player speed
The players move at a slow pace and each half lasts three minutes in games 1 to 9 and 28 to 36. The players move at an average speed and each half lasts 4 minutes in games 10 to 18 and 37 to 45.
The players move at a fast pace and each half lasts 5 minutes in games 19 to 27 and 46 to 54.
Penalty for exceeding the limit
There are no penalties in games 1, 2, 3, 10, 11, 12, 19, 20, 21 and 28 through 54. If the ball reaches the edge of the court, it will simply bounce into play.
There were only sideline penalties in games 4, 5, 6, 13, 14, 15, 22, 23 and 24. The ball may go out of bounds but may not go left or right of the goal.
There are full penalties in games 7, 8, 9, 16, 17, 18, 25, 26 and 27. The ball can go out of bounds anywhere except into the goal.
Lens size
Great in games 1, 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 19, 22, 25, 28, 31, 34, 37, 40, 43, 46, 49 and 52.
Average for games 2, 5, 8, 11, 14, 17, 20, 23, 26, 29, 32, 35, 38, 41, 44, 47, 50 and 53. Small in games 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24, 27, 30, 33, 36, 39, 42, 45, 48, 51 and 54.
The difficulty of opponents calculated
Easy difficulty in games 28, 29, 30, 37, 38, 39, 46, 48 and 48.
Difficulty level is average in games 31, 32, 33, 40, 41, 42, 49, 50 and 51.
Hard difficulty in games 34, 35, 36, 43, 44, 45, 52, 53 and 54.
Note: Wow! This is a very hard game. CPU is was very difficult to beat.")
![Mattel Intellivision Game: Baseball [Aka Major League Baseball] (1978 Mattel Electronics)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bU9EQqQIDD0/hqdefault.jpg "Mattel Intellivision Game: Baseball [Aka Major League Baseball] (1978 Mattel Electronics)
A sports game that follows most professional baseball rules and allows you to control all of the players on the team. You can throw a variety of pitches (from curve balls to fast balls), steal bases, tag players out, bunt, try for a home run, and in the event of a tie the game goes into extra innings! Several difficulty levels are available which control the game speed and whether or not stealing bases is allowed.")
![Atari 2600 Polo [Prototype] (1979 Atari)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/b_6toqXEGLc/hqdefault.jpg "Atari 2600 Polo [Prototype] (1979 Atari)
A sports game where you play on horseback. You move your horse with the joystick. The mallet swings automatically and will always send the ball in the direction of the opposing goal. The object is simply to to get the ball through the opposing players goal more than they get the ball through yours. Some game variations have the ball wrap around the screen, some make the ball bounce off the sides, some give each player one horse to control, some two apiece.
Originally planned to be released on the Atari 2600 in 1979 but was cancelled.")
