Lord of the Rings Atari Parker Bros Ad

An add for the unfinished (or maybe not) prototype for Lord of the Rings. It's actually an okay game, and you do kind of feel like you are exploring a vast landscape. Not many games could do that, and even though it's no Ultima: Exodus, it's still worth your time.

Usually I'd just make fun of ads, but this one seems pretty straightforward and informative. I'm not 100% certain, but I believe there were going to be 3 games, but only the first one got made, and maybe was intended to include even more stuff (like a journey through Moria).

VG Music: Ultima Exodus Soundtrack

I've recommended tracks from the NES version, but the Apple II had some amazing tunes of its own. Like the Commodore music for Ultima 4, these are more somber medieval sounding tracks.

Ultimate Warlock and Nameless

Just some pixels.

Pitfall Map & Solution

This map will let you beat Pitfall! with enough practice. I still requires lots of tricky Scorpion jumps (18 of them) and about 19 minutes of running. Getting all 32 treasures in Pitfall has always been one of my Holy Grails of gaming, and I hope I can accomplish this goal very, very soon.

Back in the day they expected you to map the game out yourself. I love mapping games out, but I'd already looked at this map years ago and remembered some things about it, so a personal mapping seemed insincere. I doubt anyone playing after 1998 mapped the game out on his or her own.

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.