Flash! Harry Hooligan, notorious con-artist, thief and all around-not-a-nice-person, has escaped!! He is now at large and in the vicinity of Southwick‘s Emporium. At this moment, Hooligan is failing every attempt to end his felonious freedom. On the scene is Keystone Kelly, the pride of the men in blue. Officer Kelly, what’s it like in there?” Oh, ‘tis o cryin' shame! Shenanigans like yo wouldn‘t believe! Dastardly deeds that defy description! That rogue is hurlin' everything in reach! Shopping carts, biplanes, beachballs- everything but cathedral radios. LOOK OUT! It's a cathedral radiol! Gotta go! I mean to recover the loot and bust that brute!" Will that double-dyed hoodlum keep Keystone in triple trouble, or will YOU help the greatest gumshoe going catch that no good galoot?? Grab your billyclubs and joysticks! lt's curtains now, Hooligan!"
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Keystone Kapers isn't a 5/5 game, I would argue it wasn't even a 5/5 when it first came out, though it was definitely very good, don't get me wrong! But this game will always be a 5/5 for me because of the emotional connection I have to it, and how it introduced me to my love for gaming.
5/5
One of the few Atari games that I recall playing that made some kind of lasting impact on me as a kid with more modern tech available to him. Look out for those airplanes, kinda hard to catch Harry Hooligan if your face gets taken off by a children's biplane. It's really no wonder the police have such a hard time catching Mr. Hooligan when he's capable of throwing multiple shoppings carts at hypersonic speeds. No telling what this menace will do if he ever decides to expand his horizons beyond simple burglary and con artistry
Would've absolutely seen myself loving this game growing up, if I had been born five years earlier and my first system was an Atari.
It holds a special place in my heart.