MotoRodeo

MotoRodeo

released on Dec 31, 1990

MotoRodeo

released on Dec 31, 1990

You're second in the grueling competition of an all-day MotoRodeo. Your customized truck, a cherry little number, speeds through the dangerous obstacle course. You quickly break through a brick wall, rumble through a muddy ditch, and jump high into the air. You grin widely as you land on a Plymouth, crushing it beneath the weight of your monster truck. Up till now, you and your opponent, Trucker Tom, have been neck and neck throughout the competition, but you've just pulled ahead. Your truck paid its dues during the early part of the competition, but you're confident that you've got the skills needed to outmaneuver Tom as you race for the finish line. Your adrenalin pounds. You psych yourself up for the few remaining obstacles. You're only slightly ahead of Tom, but there are still a few more walls and cars to crush. Good thing you learned quickly to jump the mud which is slowing Tom down. You rev your engine, add a burst of acceleration, and jump the last mud hole as you race for the finish line. Trucker Tom has finally met his match!


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These games that came out in the last hours of the 2600's life are fascinating because in some ways they pushed the system to its limits while still being utterly archaic relative to their contemporaries. It plays ok, but you would have to be crazy to spend more than 15 minutes on this considering the other options available in 1990.

This was actually really fun somehow. the race is long but varied with a host of different obstacles, each one with a unique strategy of avoiding it. the midair rotating of your truck feels like the prototype of a lot of driving flash games i played as a kid on coolmathgames and the app store. the bouncing physics are fun, I can see em being used in some clever ways by someone who's mastered the game.

i cant tell if theres a gameplay difference between tires vs. treads, and the different vehicle types, or if its just for aesthetic (can you even say that for an atari game? especially when the tires are constantly flickering because of console limitations)