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Desert Falcon Atari 2600
£9.00
Desert Falcon Atari 2600
- This is a used Atari 2600 game cartridge, no box or manual included.
- Please see the photos for the condition.
- Cartridge hasn’t been tested yet.
- Thanks for looking.
1 in stock
Description
Desert Falcon Atari 2600
Desert Falcon for the Atari 2600 is a scrolling shooter released by Atari in 1988. The game is loosely based on ancient Egyptian mythology, and tasks the player with recovering the pharaoh’s lost treasure.
Gameplay and plot
In Desert Falcon, you control a falcon that flies across an isometric, diagonally-scrolling desert landscape. According to a manual archived on AtariAge, your mission is to recover treasure that thieves stole from a pharaoh’s tomb.
Key gameplay elements include:
- Isometric perspective: The game uses an isometric perspective to create a sense of pseudo-3D flight, similar to the 1982 game Zaxxon.
- Enemies and treasure: You will encounter enemies like vultures, warriors, and other mythical creatures. Your falcon can shoot arrows to eliminate them. Your goal is to collect treasures scattered across the desert.
- Hieroglyphs and power-ups: You can collect different hieroglyphs on the ground. By collecting the correct combination, you can unlock “super powers” such as invincibility, bonus points, or a decoy to mislead enemies.
- Boss battles: At the end of each level, you face a giant sphinx.
- Controls: The controls can be challenging, particularly when trying to accurately judge your falcon’s altitude.
Reception and legacy
Reception of the Atari 2600 version of Desert Falcon is mixed.
- Some reviewers found the game to be ambitious for the hardware, and the isometric graphics were seen as impressive for the Atari 2600.
- However, others criticised the gameplay as slow, the controls as sluggish, and noted that the game suffered from flaws present in the Atari 7800 version, such as the difficulty of judging altitude.
- Despite its mixed reviews, the game has been called an “underappreciated game” by some in the retro gaming community.
Another great retro game available at Escapist Gamer – Space Invaders (Atari 2600)
Additional information
| Weight | 65 g |
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| Dimensions | 10 × 8 × 2.5 cm |
