VG Music: Ultima 4 Apple II OST

Really nice fantasy music. Serious and classical, to fit the Life-and-Death tone of Ultima 4. No longer could you murder and steal, but as a hero were held accountable for your actions.

I prefer the games in which you can steal with ease. Still, this Apple II music is nice, perhaps as background to some Atari?

You can play Quest of the Avatar, 100% legal and free at GOG.com.

Missile Command 67,945

Another high score. I'm determined to break 100k. Playing on "stupid" missile settings also, so this should be an attainable goal. The Atari 2600 version of Missile Command is probably the second best game on the system after Pitfall!

ASCII Stuff

Some found ASCII artwork on the 8-Bit City your world of text page. To whoever did this, nice job.

Pitfall! High Score 100,963

My personal best at Pitfall! I was just 1 screen away from another diamond ring. Getting close to a 32/32 Treasure game. I was actually recording this game, so I'll have a video of it sometime.

Died once to a scorpion, and was pretty conservative with the jumps, thus my slow time. I also need to start going to the right at the beginning to pick up the first treasure; I'll never get a perfect game without perfecting that.

Enduro Atari Activision

Enduro is another Activision classic, and the best racing game on the Atari. Grand Prix is also pretty fun, and of course there is always Pole Position. Enduro is more like Outrun, you drive across varied scenes at high speed. 

Game features, ice, fog, day and night effects. Easy to pick-up and play, very impossible to master. A must have for any collector. Included in the Activision Antology for GBA and PS2. I own both versions, as they are excellent and have a nice virtual interface.

The main thing I like about Enduro is how long the races last, you'll be driving for minutes, instead of the seconds most other racing games of this era provided.

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Lord of the Rings Atari

For an unreleased prototype, Lord of the Rings is still a great great. The quest is simple, reach Rivendale. I've never successfully reached the Elvin City, and I'm not even sure it exists.

This is a great way to spend some time on an Atari Adventure. Read the books and play the game.

It seems that this would have been part 1 in a 3-6 part recreation of the Lord of the Rings. This could have been the original Bit Trip Runner-style game, stretching across genres. Still a great game, and a welcome addition to the very small adventure games 2600 library.